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At the risk of sounding unpopular...
From the early 1900s, Cornell University had Practice Apartments for female students. It included learning basic housekeeping, cooking, and silly things like keeping a budget.
And here's where I will probably sound unpopular, but I honestly do believe that uni students now could do with this. I hear many people saying "I can't cook", and to be ( Read more... ) -
Delinquency and the ineffectiveness of perceived authority
I've been watching the London (now UK) riots with interest, not least because of where they started. Quick background story is that my grandfather is rumoured to have played for Tottenham Hotspurs.
Thing is, I understand the original riot. I do not condone it in any way shape or form, but I understand it. Police shootings are such a rarity in the ( Read more... ) -
Online presence
I've been thinking quite a lot about online presence. Most of you would know I have two blogs. I have a Myspace that I cannot seem to shut down (each time I go to do so, there's a "server error", so I've just stripped all the info from it).
I also automatically crosspost to LJ from here (DreamWidth).
I've also jumped on the bandwagons that are ( Read more... ) -
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I've found myself to be a stay at home mum, and in a bid to save a bit of extra money, and maybe even make some, I want to take up knitting and crocheting. I live nowhere near any family (my mother in law is my closest family member, as the crow flies, and she's a 2 hour drive away), so I know I'll likely have to teach myself ( Read more... ) -
An ANZAC Day tradition
I'll be in Sydney for ANZAC Day, but before I go, I wanted to post this. I post it every year, in memory of my own family who've done service, and everyone else who served, fought and died for our country.
The Ode comes from For the Fallen, a poem by the English poet and writer Laurence Binyon and was published in London in the Winnowing Fan; Poems ( Read more... ) -
A rant regarding gay marriage rights...
Yesterday, I came across a status update of a girl who I went to school with. It turns out she's a very traditional Catholic.
Thing is, yesterday, her status read "We have equal marriage rights. Any gay man is free to marry any woman he chooses. Start hurling those tomatoes now, but the further we move away from our biology the more problems start. ( Read more... ) -
Filling everyone in...
A while back, the clutch cable on the Big Blue Bus (8 seater van) died. 3 weeks later, the thing was finally back on the road ( Read more... ) -
This year
So, my resolutions for this year have changed slightly.
Earlier this week, I was diagnosed with tenosynovitis in my right wrist. I'm very right hand dominant. In fact, even as I type this (I don't touch type, but I do a damned good job of typing fast none the less), my right hand is up to 5 times more active than my left. Thing is, treatment for ( Read more... ) -
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My thoughts and prayers are going out to friends and family in Queensland.
My closest possible relative (my identical twin sister, bastyseult, is in South East Queensland, just west of the Brisbane. My biggest prayers go to her and her not-even-4-month-old twin girls, as well as her 15 year old son, her partner and their pets.
Just a note there, too.
DON'T ( Read more... )