boredom-induced coma or brain explosion: you decide

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 […]

Comments Off on boredom-induced coma or brain explosion: you decide

facebook and "mood fruit"

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 »

facebook and “mood fruit”

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 »

Not shouting…emphasising

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 […]

Comments Off on Not shouting…emphasising

Not shouting…emphasising

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 […]

Comments Off on Not shouting…emphasising

Monday: thinking about the meaning of life

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 […]

Comments Off on Monday: thinking about the meaning of life

Monday: thinking about the meaning of life

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 […]

Comments Off on Monday: thinking about the meaning of life

What do you mean Harvey Keitel is in a movie about singing nuns?

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 […]

Comments Off on What do you mean Harvey Keitel is in a movie about singing nuns?

What do you mean Harvey Keitel is in a movie about singing nuns?

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 […]

Comments Off on What do you mean Harvey Keitel is in a movie about singing nuns?

"does this boy dance?"

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 […]

Comments Off on "does this boy dance?"