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| stripey shirts and electric typewriters | November 29, 2008 | Inspired by a friend on facebook reminiscing about 1927 (the band, not the year) I’m remembering the late 80s and early 90s, which for me was the end of high school and the beginning of university. Remember when those stripey shirts looked cool. When we were only just beginning to hear murmurs about Nirvana. When […] |
| I am all waltzed out | November 26, 2008 | I went to work. The day was turned upside down – administrivia in the morning, book writing and filing of readings in the afternoonThere was pavlova and profiteroles at morning tea – a farewell for a corridor colleague.I ate both pavlova and a profiterole.I reviewed two course profiles for Term 1 2009.I taught my lovely […] |
| I am all waltzed out | I went to work. The day was turned upside down – administrivia in the morning, book writing and filing of readings in the afternoonThere was pavlova and profiteroles at morning tea – a farewell for a corridor colleague.I ate both pavlova and a profiterole.I reviewed two course profiles for Term 1 2009.I taught my lovely […] |
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| mild mannered philosophising | November 15, 2008 | Sometimes, particularly before bed, I just have to read books that don’t require me to think too much. And in this way, Alexander McCall Smith fits the bill perfectly. That being said, I didn’t take to the Botswanan detective agency series where it seemed to me that he hadn’t quite struck the balance between his […] |
| mild mannered philosophising | Sometimes, particularly before bed, I just have to read books that don’t require me to think too much. And in this way, Alexander McCall Smith fits the bill perfectly. That being said, I didn’t take to the Botswanan detective agency series where it seemed to me that he hadn’t quite struck the balance between his […] |
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| blog+twitter=something or other part 2 | November 6, 2008 | unsuccessful first time…trying again now…if it still doesn’t work I’m giving up |
| blog+ twitter =something or other | I have attempted to feed my blog posts to my twitter profile. I have no idea if I’ve been successful just yet. |
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| my all time favourite election analyst | November 5, 2008 | I just love a good TV election coverage, so it’s lucky for me that I’m on a sick day today and can watch the US election unfolding. My, those American news broadcasters are slick. There also seem to be more snazzy technologies and visuals (electronic maps, predictive graphs etc) than we have in the Australian […] |
| my all time favourite election analyst | I just love a good TV election coverage, so it’s lucky for me that I’m on a sick day today and can watch the US election unfolding. My, those American news broadcasters are slick. There also seem to be more snazzy technologies and visuals (electronic maps, predictive graphs etc) than we have in the Australian […] |
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| we’ll hitch-hike, bus or yellow cab it | October 29, 2008 | Now I’m really indulging myself. But hey, it is my blog after all. Enjoy these wonderful muppet memories. The fork in the road joke still makes me smile. (I’m also pretty chuffed that I worked out to read the blogger help to embed a video!) |