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| The Great Bookclub Poetry Experiment – and jokes about Gerard Manley Hopkins | August 6, 2008 | The Great Bookclub Poetry Experiment was deemed a great success by all those in attendance (Jan and Anne H – we missed you!). Jan had kindly sent along the comic relief in the form of a Tasmanian teatowel with a lovely little ditty about beer, “The bitter end”. Jinx injected just the right amount of […] |
| The Great Bookclub Poetry Experiment – and jokes about Gerard Manley Hopkins | The Great Bookclub Poetry Experiment was deemed a great success by all those in attendance (Jan and Anne H – we missed you!). Jan had kindly sent along the comic relief in the form of a Tasmanian teatowel with a lovely little ditty about beer, “The bitter end”. Jinx injected just the right amount of […] |
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| That’d be worth seeing | In The Australian today is a report of David Tennant performing in Hamlet. The reviewer for The Times noted: “I’ve seen bolder Hamlets and more moving Hamlets, but few who kept me so riveted throughout”. |
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| Solzhenitsyn | August 4, 2008 | I see a great Russian writer has died. Maybe I should now finally make myself read Ivan Denisovich. (Why did the ABC website post this under “Entertainment” I wonder?) On a very shallow note, whenever I hear the phrase “Russian writer” I always think of the Seinfeld episode where Elaine made a fool of herself, […] |
| Solzhenitsyn | I see a great Russian writer has died. Maybe I should now finally make myself read Ivan Denisovich. (Why did the ABC website post this under “Entertainment” I wonder?) On a very shallow note, whenever I hear the phrase “Russian writer” I always think of the Seinfeld episode where Elaine made a fool of herself, […] |
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| the impossible task | At first I was really excited that our bookclub this week was going to be “our favourite poem”. However, after skipping through some poetry over the weekend I realised the impossibility of such a task. For me it’s like asking “what’s your favourite song?” – a question which I am really unable to answer. It […] |
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| the impossible task | At first I was really excited that our bookclub this week was going to be “our favourite poem”. However, after skipping through some poetry over the weekend I realised the impossibility of such a task. For me it’s like asking “what’s your favourite song?” – a question which I am really unable to answer. It […] |
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| follow the yellow brick road | August 2, 2008 | Just finished watching the Broadway Musical documentary. The last couple of episodes took us up to 2004 when Wicked had just opened on Broadway. I’m wondering if I’m in the minority, never having been particularly fascinated with the Wizard of Oz mythology in its movie form. I agree the Over the Rainbow is a classic […] |
| Is he a fort????? | July 15, 2008 | i see Angelina Jolie called one of her twins Knox. IS HE A FORT?Stop giving poor defenceless babies stupid names please celebrities…..(Don’t even get me started on Nicole and Keef’s Sunday!) |
| Is he a fort????? | i see Angelina Jolie called one of her twins Knox. IS HE A FORT?Stop giving poor defenceless babies stupid names please celebrities…..(Don’t even get me started on Nicole and Keef’s Sunday!) |