Friday, March 22, 2019

The real contest is Morrison versus Lenore Taylor's sources

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Social media is divided between those who think Morrison acquitted himself well in his interview with Waleed Aly and those who don't. In...
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Thursday, March 31, 2016

A Bear and a Lion and a brand new school

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Our world has fundamentally shifted. We have moved schools halfway through the primary years, and our worlds, especially those of our childr...
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Wednesday, February 10, 2016

The long tail of a short defriending

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Today I went to the facebook of a friend, wife of a former-friend, to leave birthday wishes for their daughter. The former-friend and I go b...
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Sunday, January 31, 2016

The heartbreak of changing schools - part 1, the decision

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We have moved both Bear and Mitts to a new school, following a terminal process that commenced when we first met the leadership and wondered...
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Friday, June 14, 2013

Extracts from a personal letter

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I wrote a long and personal letter to an aunt and uncle who have always been close. They looked after me a lot when I was at boarding school...
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Friday, May 03, 2013

RIP Jeff Hanneman - and why I still respect one of the heaviest bands on earth

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Two random autotrivias : 1) I once did a stint as a blow in DJ on a heavy radio show as 'metal REALNAME' 2) the riff to Slayer...
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Thursday, May 02, 2013

The Guilty Christmas and the bitter aftertaste

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"Christmas is Poo Poo!" was a Boi's summary, at the end of a day with my parents. He was angry and upset. And I was wondering...
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

School is actually rather crap for working parents

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Nuclear family is best, with mum doing 'schooly' stuff along with craft group, dad hard at work leaving all that to the missus. I ...
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Monday, November 26, 2012

Crosscurrents of the intertubes

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I am pulled in different directions, by my love for this blog and the history I have embedded here; by a desire to stretch my writing into p...
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Saturday, November 17, 2012

Blogger, are you still working?

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Having some issues doing this through my iPad. Let's see... And is anyone still out there?
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Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Driving back on the Hume Highway with road songs

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Early Paul Kelly, a surprising amount of noise, I thought; accoustic, low key, folk-country but he gives sax and snares and guitar solos and...
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Monday, March 05, 2012

Bear starts school, and everything suddenly....

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Exit bankerworld . It started tugging at my sleeve during transition, and has crystalised during the first few weeks of school. The differ...
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Thursday, December 29, 2011

As days become years

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As Beloved peeled off to bed, I went out for a walk. Like so many evenings capping days that drag on, circling around the screen, files, bri...
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

After transition, a transition

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We are just weeks from school. Bear tries on her dress, I well up. She is excited. I am, and yet. It is the start of it all. We went to tran...
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Grandparents in Queensland - a brief (dis)engagement

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We went to Queensland. A few months ago now, this blog has lost some of its grasp on chronology. It was fine. Fine in the sense that nothin...
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