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My Nan
My Nan died on Monday. Her funeral was today. She was my grandmother on my mother's side, my last remaining grandparent, and was 101 years old. A remarkable age, and though she was mentally sharp almost to the very last hours of her life, she had become very frail and tired and was quite ready to go. She wanted to just slip away in her sleep, and ( Read more... ) -
Smile!
I just watched the cheeriest short film ever! It's called Validation and you can find it here. Guaranteed to put a smile on your face - well worth the 16 minutes of your time. -
Resolutions
I don't generally make formal New Year's resolutions, but I generally do have a think about what I want to achieve in the coming year. Sort of the same thing, I guess ( Read more... ) -
Books
More books added today to my ever-growing to-be-read stack, courtesy of an Xmas book voucher:
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Christmas lunch
Because I'm sure you all want to know ( Read more... ) -
That merry old time of year
Jebus! It seems only last week that I was writing my 2007 Christmas fireside post. And yet, the season has rolled upon us yet again, impatient juggernaut that it is ( Read more... ) -
The Case Of the Appearing Knickers
I arrived home from work this evening, wet from my short but bracing cycle in the rain, to discover a Mystery. A few rags or suchlike lay on my living room floor. Ah, I thought, the cat has been rummaging in my toolbox looking for playthings; she does that sometimes ( Read more... ) -
Crikey! Or, Baz's Australia.
So tonight I saw Baz Luhrmann's Australia. For the first half hour it's a comedy. Oh that Nicole and her wacky upper-class Pommy antics! How we laughed! Then it's a drama. How we still laughed, but not quite so much, and how surprised we were to feel somewhat engaged by the action and characters! Then it's a romance. How... well. Then it's a war ( Read more... ) -
AA congrats
Just a quick note to join in on the chorus of congratulations to everyone shortlisted for the Aurealis Awards, especially my friends among you - I started listing you but decided against it, there are so many and I'd inevitably forget someone. So I'll just say "Well done all, and good luck on the night." And well done everyone else who wrote and ( Read more... ) -
iPod meme
Via kesalemma1. Put your (Ipod) on shuffle ( Read more... )