Tag: NaBloPoMo

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The Great Lego Pistol dispute

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Just when I was looking forward to a quiet afternoon. Ha! No, we must have drama instead! David came out of class this afternoon in a right state. The story emerged slowly, interspersed with sobs and sniffles. A piece of Lego is being held hostage in the teacher’s staff room this afternoon after a major dispute over ownership broke out in class today. Why the hell are the kids playing with Lego in class? Well may you ask! It’s all to do with the project they’re doing – a personal interest project – they have to produce a presentation of … Continue reading The Great Lego Pistol dispute

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Lucky

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I feel a little less safe from storms after today. Living, as we do, at the bottom of a gully, sheltered from the worst of the winds in the storms that come through this part of Sydney, I’ve always felt pretty safe even though we are surrounded by tress that, if they fell, would do some serious damage to the house. Earlier today we had a very brief storm hit, it wasn’t particularly windy but there was some fairly heavy rain. And now we have slightly less tree than we used to. Fallen branches Two fairly decent sized branches have … Continue reading Lucky

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Blog quiz warning, content free post ahead

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It’s scientifically proven, my cats are out to get me! Well, this was much better for the ego than that other periodic table quiz. Can’t do rat dog breeds at all, except for chihuahua, I’d know those evil buggers anywhere. I cheated on this one and made Adam help me, I’m notoriously useless when it comes to movie trivia. With 11 seconds to spare! (shhh, don’t tell them about Pluto) I named 9 planets in 30 seconds I used to be able to do all of them thanks to a bit over a years worth of schooling in the US, … Continue reading Blog quiz warning, content free post ahead

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Happy (belated) 98th birthday Grandma

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On Friday I had lunch with my mum and my grandma. I was one day late seeing Grandma for her birthday and missed out on being part of the larger family gathering the night before but there were advantages to being there just with my mum and the birthday girl. Grandma finds it very difficult to hear people when there’s a lot of background noise (though her new hearing aides are helping) so it’s much easier to carry on a conversation with her with no-one else around. We talked about curries and Chinese food – Grandma is a fan of … Continue reading Happy (belated) 98th birthday Grandma

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Damn, I found out about this one day too late

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Following links from this post at Blogger on the Cast Iron Balcony I discovered that last night I missed watching the Australian TV premiere of the documentary A Well Founded Fear. From the film’s web-site: The Australian Government sends back asylum seekers it doesn’t think are refugees. International law says people shouldn’t be sent to unsafe locations. But the Australian Government never finds out what happens to the asylum seekers they don’t want. So a determined Australian with a passion for justice has made it his mission. A Well-Founded Fear is a moving documentary film about Phil Glendenning’s search for … Continue reading Damn, I found out about this one day too late

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Car parks are not always concrete jungles

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My new workplace is in a fairly recent development hacked out of the edge of a quite extensive area of bushland. The views from the office are rather nice and they’ve done a pretty good job with the landscaping, the car parks have plenty of garden beds strewn about the place. Apparently the local wildlife have lost no time in making themselves at home, Jen tells me she often sees a couple of reptilian residents making use of the warm bitumen in the car parks. As I was leaving this afternoon, this fellow popped out from under a car as … Continue reading Car parks are not always concrete jungles

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Questions people ask

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Every now and then, when I’m futzing around doing nothing much I pull up the keyword searches that bring visitors to my blog. I’m sometimes disappointed that it’s really not that interesting but then perhaps it’s better not to be regarded as an expert on the matter of ugly underarms. BBQs. Quite a number of people end up here looking for the Beefmaster bmh4cs BBQ. What they get is one of my menu plans. For the record, it’s a good BBQ, we’re pretty happy with it. There’s a whole bunch of folks who want to know how to fix a … Continue reading Questions people ask

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Plague!

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I got nothing, have some giant microbes: Last November I got to day 22 before hitting the wall and fobbing you off with my shoe collection, I hate to think what depths I’ll be driven to in another week from now. I think what this collection has over the shoes is its undeniable cuteness, geek value and the therapeutic benefits of being able to throw small stuffed toys at one’s children while yelling “Plague! Mad Cow Disease! Flesh Eating Bacteria!” The kids have devised a complex game with specific rules for the use of each critter. Various diseases can only … Continue reading Plague!