I finally finished all the APA punctuation twiddling, the quadruple checking of everything in sight, the last minute spell check, the constant reformatting of the table of contents and plucked up the courage to send the manuscript to the publisher. I am now convinced that I will have done something ridiculous, like spelled my name […]
So often you hear derogatory comments about Facebook and other so-called social media in reference to their time-wasting capacity. But, I ask you to witness the below facebook status update/comments conversation that occurred this afternoon and rethink your skepticism regarding the transitory,ephemeral uselessness of such Web 2.0 applications. For where else could the potentially earth-shattering […]
4 Comments »So often you hear derogatory comments about Facebook and other so-called social media in reference to their time-wasting capacity. But, I ask you to witness the below facebook status update/comments conversation that occurred this afternoon and rethink your skepticism regarding the transitory,ephemeral uselessness of such Web 2.0 applications. For where else could the potentially earth-shattering […]
4 Comments »As Battle of the Choirs proved without a shadow of a doubt there are a great many of what might be termed popular songs that should NEVER EVER EVER BE ARRANGED FOR CHOIRS.(not shouting, emphasising). However, yesterday’s choir practice in preparation for the Queensland Eisteddfod at Easter clarified an important musical point for me which […]
As Battle of the Choirs proved without a shadow of a doubt there are a great many of what might be termed popular songs that should NEVER EVER EVER BE ARRANGED FOR CHOIRS.(not shouting, emphasising). However, yesterday’s choir practice in preparation for the Queensland Eisteddfod at Easter clarified an important musical point for me which […]
The terrible devastation and loss of life in the bushfires is dreadful to say the least. To comment on it in any meaningful way seems impossible while the event is still unfolding. And I think I’ll leave that to others more knowledgeable than I. Reading the coverage in the paper this morning over breakfast was […]
The terrible devastation and loss of life in the bushfires is dreadful to say the least. To comment on it in any meaningful way seems impossible while the event is still unfolding. And I think I’ll leave that to others more knowledgeable than I. Reading the coverage in the paper this morning over breakfast was […]
Well strictly speaking, this should be held over until Wendy’s next week of TV, but it’s my blog so, hey, I’ll make the rules up as I go along.Sister Act won out over Billy Elliot for last night’s TV viewing. As I was watching I realised I had seen Sister Act 2 a number of […]
Well strictly speaking, this should be held over until Wendy’s next week of TV, but it’s my blog so, hey, I’ll make the rules up as I go along.Sister Act won out over Billy Elliot for last night’s TV viewing. As I was watching I realised I had seen Sister Act 2 a number of […]
Out for breakfast with parents and sister this morning we were perusing what’s on the telly tonight. “Look”, I said, “There’s a choice of “Sister Act” or “Billy Elliot”. My mum and I both agreed that the best parts of both those movies are the finales, especially the final scene of Billy Elliot when adult […]