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| Things I don’t understand Tuesday | December 9, 2008 | The logic of rock paper scissors Deal or no Deal Why the plant in my office is still alive…it gets no sun and very little water The political nuances of the Middle East (or the basics actually if I’m being realistic) Why people listen to Mahler Australia’s Funniest Home Videos Ballet the ABC Finance report […] |
| Secret Santa Sunday | December 7, 2008 | Let’s see, what did I do today? Sunday is perhaps the oddest day of the week…it can be insanely busy or you can find yourself staring into space for hours on end with nothing to do. Got up, got out of bed….(Beatles fans feel free to keep singing along here..I can’t actually remember the next […] |
| Secret Santa Sunday | Let’s see, what did I do today? Sunday is perhaps the oddest day of the week…it can be insanely busy or you can find yourself staring into space for hours on end with nothing to do. Got up, got out of bed….(Beatles fans feel free to keep singing along here..I can’t actually remember the next […] |
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| Watch, listen and singalong 1: Birdhouse in your Soul | December 3, 2008 | After the earlier Ratcat and Hummingbirds posts earlier in the week I have decided to start a new occasional series of posts called Watch, listen and singalong. Here I will show you my fantastic taste in music (read that sarcastically if you want to! I’m writing it that way), lots of it from the olden […] |
| Watch, listen and singalong 1: Birdhouse in your Soul | After the earlier Ratcat and Hummingbirds posts earlier in the week I have decided to start a new occasional series of posts called Watch, listen and singalong. Here I will show you my fantastic taste in music (read that sarcastically if you want to! I’m writing it that way), lots of it from the olden […] |
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| This was my exciting morning | Disclaimer; Many people who read this will not think it’s exciting.It’s funny how things in life connect. When I left school I went to USQ in Toowoomba and completed a music degree majoring in piano. There I met and was good friends with a double bass player called Murray Gay who had come from Hervey […] |
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| This was my exciting morning | Disclaimer; Many people who read this will not think it’s exciting.It’s funny how things in life connect. When I left school I went to USQ in Toowoomba and completed a music degree majoring in piano. There I met and was good friends with a double bass player called Murray Gay who had come from Hervey […] |
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| electronic meowing and yowling | December 2, 2008 | I’m the first to admire people with exquisitely beautiful Christmas decor, with matching and expensive hand-painted decorations and twinkly lights. But part of me thinks that the best Christmas decorations are the somewhat less tasteful ones. Like this cute 3 dollar cat that when you press its tummy as directed, it meows “We Wish you […] |
| electronic meowing and yowling | I’m the first to admire people with exquisitely beautiful Christmas decor, with matching and expensive hand-painted decorations and twinkly lights. But part of me thinks that the best Christmas decorations are the somewhat less tasteful ones. Like this cute 3 dollar cat that when you press its tummy as directed, it meows “We Wish you […] |
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| the plot is not the thing | November 30, 2008 | Jinx and I had the privilege of watching a dress rehearsal of Aladdin on Sunday evening. When you describe a pantomime to someone who isn’t familiar with the tradition, I can imagine they would look at you strangely and wonder what on earth there is of entertainment or interest to be found there. Surely, they […] |