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Merry Christmas!
Yep, tis time for me to be merry, having finished the shopping and seen all three kidlets completely happy with their gifts etc. First time we've had it at home in three years, so it's been rather a relief not having to do the drive.
Hope everyone has an enjoyable and relaxing day! -
During the move...
Well, almost done, just have a house full of rubbish still to be cleaned out, and then one that is less full of rubbish *happy dances* to be sorted and that will be that ( Read more... ) -
*adores*
Even while putting fingers to keyboard to create the incredible story she's doing for Nano, the every-educational chaosmanor has brought us yet another little gem!
Pronto Condoms - stops the whole 'damn it's fuckin' upside down!' dilemma, but my question is... what about when you only have one hand?
Here's the little movie demo, which comes with sound ( Read more... ) -
Hippy, hupfee, harffdey day!!!
Here's to faramir_boromir - one of the bestest friend you could ever hope for, and a damned fine writing/RPing buddy too Hope it's a fantastic day, hon, and there are many many more to come. *doesn't cough, no, really.. manages to keep a very, very, very straight face... Love you! *hugs* -
So long Steve
Just finished watching the broadcast of the memorial service for Steve Irwin ( Read more... ) -
Pimpage!
I can't tell you how much I love the creations of John Howe! And not just his illustrations, but also his newsletter that comes out at random times. He has a wonderfully dry sense of humour, and it's always a pleasure to read. Plus it gives an interesting insight into one of the men who provided the artistic influences for Peter Jackson's Lord of ( Read more... ) -
Two legends in the one week...
... please, to all the powers and energies that be, don't make it three.
Just a little stunned and shocked, a man I did know personally, and have admired for decades, has just been killed. Australian motor racing legend Peter Brock was killed this morning in a racing accident in West Australia.
One report and and anotherAgain, at least he went ( Read more... ) -
Addendum
A press conference is currently underway in Cairns with both the superintendent of police and John Stainton, the producer of Steve Irwin's documentaries for 20 years ( Read more... ) -
RIP Steve
Taken a while to actually accept it, after the kids came in from school and were telling me the news that had shot around the school like wildfire today - Steve Irwin's dead.
I admit when the guy first hit the screen I was turned off big time - thinking he was putting on this OTT 'Aussie bloke' personna to cash in on the US market which seemed to ( Read more... ) -
Viggo's acceptance speech
When I was wandering through a few LJs yesterday I was lucky enough to stumble across a copy of the transcript of the speech Viggo gave at the ceremony where he was presented with his doctorate by St Lawrence University, back in May this year. It is accompanied by some lovely pics too, that nikkie222 gathered from a few places (credit given on her post, and ( Read more... )