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Explanatory Memoranda
- Armagny
- Policy lawyer, international relations postgrad, lefty contrarian, muso, married, proud father, have cats, lefty, enjoy fine liquor... These Armagnac dispatches cover parenting and fatherhood, politics, law, ethics, international relations, life and love, cats and a piece of my soul for good measure.
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Trolling coal: jobs, climate and the Iron Lady - The pre-recorded televised tributes have ended. The street parties are over. In Britain, the outrage that swelled in some quarters over the Baroness Margar...1 day ago
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Monday Message Board - I’m travelling, so posting will be light to non-existent for a while yet. In the meantime, another Monday Message Board. Post comments on any topic. As usu...2 days ago
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Fishies! - We’ve escaped to Berlin for an excellent change of scenery, some amazing playgrounds, and vast amounts of delicious food. More on that later. Today the wea...3 days ago
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Associate and Affiliate Podcast: WCL3 Review - The associate and affiliate cricket podcast is an attempt to expand coverage of associate tournaments by obtaining local knowledge of the relevant nations....3 days ago
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Charity begins at the IRS - The head of the US tax agency has quit after it emerged his staff singled out conservative groups for extra scrutiny, President Barack Obama has announced....4 days ago
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One of us: vale Kathreen Ricketson - Some of you might have heard of the tragic death of Kathreen Ricketson and her partner Rob Shugg in the news in the last day or so. The shock and disbelief...4 days ago
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Tory dinner party - *For years we have been told that technology was making us richer, but we eat less and drink less than we did 100 years ago, so where is the improvement....6 days ago
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the comedian and the Grand Hotel Mildura - Dear Grand Hotel Mildura, I'm sad and disappointed you cancelled a local comedian's recent booking on the grounds that it 'damaged your brand' to have her...1 week ago
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Thank you Annie O for the feather toy. - He likes his toys all tied together, catnip dragon, ball of wool in velvet, Christmas scrunchie he found under the chair and Miss O'Dyne's lovely bird fe...1 week ago
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Feminism and the terrifying dependency of children - [Cross-posted at Larvatus Prodeo - where you'll find a great conversation on these issues in the comments.] For Australian women of my generation, many is...1 week ago
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Eclipse: Kiritimati, 10 May 2013 - Ok so it has been a million years since I have posted on here! I am at Christmas Island in the Pacific Ocean to view the annular eclipse happening this af...1 week ago
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The news about the death of the unnamed prisoner - Z"L (with respect - sensitive content) - I stalled writing about this subject for a few months. I was reluctant about it for a number of reasons – such as, not wanting to add to the media’s re-traum...3 weeks ago
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Friday Earworm and gig guide - Blogger on the Cast Iron Balcony has moved! Please update your bookmarks. ------------------------------ Throwing this post up late, but Tess and the Shapi...5 weeks ago
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Young women and the ‘F’ word - Alecia Simmonds is a feminist. Or at least she thinks she is one- and the proof is that she can get her rant on with holy buzzwords like ‘patriarchy.’ Sim...1 month ago
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Toast - The girls usually bite big chunks out of the middle of their morning toast rectangles, turning them into some kind of amorphous animals that squeak at each...3 months ago
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more Dynamic than I wanted - UPgrading ( ha ha ) to the New Blogger Dynamic View has caused all the images here to disappear, as well as the comments, and most of each post. I have gone...10 months ago
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the horses - Like most of the rest of the world, I was entranced to see that the spawn of the Dear Leader had got hisself a squeeze. A singer and whatnot, you know, as l...10 months ago
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Tigers in Literature and Popular Culture - For in his morning orisons he loves the sun and the sun loves him. For he is of the tribe of Tiger. For the Cherub Cat is a term of the Angel Tiger. -- Chr...11 months ago
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I'm from the Commonwealth Bank and I'm here to help myself. - ONLINE auction site eBay has withdrawn the Snowtown Bank from sale less than 24 hours after real estate agent Nigel Christie listed it. In emails and ...1 year ago
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Nature, red in tooth and beak - We were forced to have a barbecue at Lake Tuggeranong Town Park. The park is green and pleasant, with a sandy lakeshore beach, skate park and playground e...1 year ago
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wrong basket - For several years Flo has had a penchant for the wrong basket. Like many dogs 'of a certain age' she muddles the scale. But in the meantime, the dogs in ...1 year ago
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I heart feminists on twitter – some Christmas dues - A lovely conversation on twitter has sparked me to dust off the old blog to talk about how twitter is a much more feminist friendly space than blogging eve...1 year ago
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1 comment:
Teacher Bans Sport!
Well, no. I confiscated a footy this morning.
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