http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/education/teachers-rally-for-better-pay/2305016.aspx

Though I reckon there was closer to 2000 people there.

My eye, elbows, biceps, tricep, forearms, shins, thighs, foot are both. It's a bit like that scene in Raiders of the Lost Ark (except my elbow is one of the sore bits).
My belt is only one.

Online registration is now open for Pheno 2011.
Go to www.pheno.org.au to see our wonderful selection of games.

Shane and I have been working on our blurb for Pheno. The original one which is currently on the Pheno website The Sacrifice of Immortality was bit of a rush job. I like the meter of this new one, and it (we think) holds the feel of the game better, but maybe it's a bit long ( Read more... )

I remember enjoying reading Anne McCaffery. I know people think her stuff went down hill as the Dragon Rider stuff went on... and on... and on...
But this sentence just... leaves me speechless...

"How could she have blundered around so, looking for a mind that was superior to hers, completely overlooking the fact that a woman's most important ( Read more... )

Mark and I are planning on heading down to Melbourne for Arcanacon. Anyone got crash space?

Thank you to everyone who came and made our New Year Party a success. The boys talked about little men hitting other little men (Warhammer 40K) and the girls talked about actually hitting people (martial arts). There were plenty of other things discussed too, but that was a particularly funny gender split (though not surprising in our circle). ( Read more... )

Hmm... and I'm going to try making Basil and Lime sorbet too ;)

We hosted Xmas lunch in our new house. Ten adults, two children, potato salad, carrot salad, green salad, coleslaw, random mango salad, fresh spring rolls, honey baked ham, pavlova, non-alcoholic trifle, mince pies and a partridge in a pear tree ( Read more... )

So, said I, let's host New Year in our shiny new house.
Just putting it out there. Actual invitations will come later.