Update: a phantom post came through and shouldn’t have regarding The Dark Knight poll the other day. I set it to publish (why? I have no idea) instead of save. Sorry. I thought I grabbed it before it hit the feeds, and I didn’t. I did delete it here, though. So back to the other action… ****** As my mother…
I’m torn about the Olympics. I love the Olympics. Really, I do. The Sydney 2000 Olympics was one of the greatest pleasures of my life. It was a pleasure and a privilege to live there at the time, especially since we moved shortly after it had finished. But I don’t know…this year, I’m concerned for…
This is the second subject I’m currently writing about offline. I recently went and saw TDK and it is seriously one of the most impressive movies, script-wise, I’ve seen in a long time. Then I twittered this little piece and ever since cannot get it out of my head. I want to ask all of you who’ve…
I’m currently writing an essay. Well, two actually, but this first one is on: “Pictorial representations of freedom and desire in the pre-pubescent child” Or: “When you were a kid, what kind of posters did you slap up on your door/walls?” [The first one sounds so posh, eh? You want to use it? Sure, okay.] The…
We drink coffee. We can’t help it, we live in Melbourne. Our car washes have cafes. Our hairdressers are frothing the cappuccinos out the back as they’re mixing up our hair dyes. There’s a cafe on every corner, almost. Especially in the city. We’re so picky, if a cafe’s chosen or preferred brand to use…
First, it was my blog crashing. Then I decided I’d hunt out our old Nikon digital camera – one I’m glad we kept since our Kodak is kaput. This Nikon was bought two weeks before our wedding in 2002, so now bears more than a passing resemblance to a toaster. Fittingly, it’s 512mb memory card…
I’ve spent the better part of this afternoon wondering why my blog wouldn’t open in Internet Explorer. All I got was an “Operation Aborted” message. Frankly, it was really pissing me off. Then my lovely husband got his laptop out and did some detective work and found that the Site Meter problem (it had also…
I mentioned last month that I was asked to run a blogging workshop. Here are a few more of the details: “Personal blogging can help a writer in many ways: practice your craft, increase your public profile and gain general confidence. Karen’s workshop will cover all these aspects for those who are beginning their blogging…
I am an unabashed peddler for the Sandman – sleep, sweet sleep, for my children is all I can ask for, or want, at the end of a long day. A day full of the typical games of youth; of cubbyhouses and tea-parties, preschool and television time. Sheet tents erected in the lounge room; the putty-ish smell…
