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Stupendous Splat Up!

By AlexKJ, on February 26th, 2013%

You may remember quite a while ago in this post, Beezkneez floated the idea of the Ultimate Splat Up on 12/12/12.

Obviously we have missed that date, but do you like the idea? Tell us when and where would be your Ultimate Splat Up, and what would we get up to?

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Reaching for the mental bleach

By Al Locust, on January 29th, 2013%

Can something really be unseen…?

So, I was reading an article about Lance Armstrong (but don’t worry, that’s not what this post is about – no matter how much he might like us to unsee things!) which mentioned how people had been posting unfavourable reviews on Amazon, and that Manly library were going to move . . . → Read More: Reaching for the mental bleach

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Soaking up the Sun

By harlequin, on October 25th, 2012%

Richard Glover is a writer whose columns span a huge gamut of topics, and I almost always enjoy them. Sometimes hilarious, sometimes gently amusing, sometimes insightful. In the article Forget about pot luck – step into the sunlight, he draws a parallel between plants that blossom best when positioned properly with relationship to the sunlight, . . . → Read More: Soaking up the Sun

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Topics on Tuesday: Respectfully disagreeing

By Smoph, on October 23rd, 2012%

With trolling being a popular topic in the media at the moment, and some disagreement among people whether disagreement (particularly whether someone expressing their own belief, ie. one of a racist viewpoint) is true trolling, I was thinking of the intracies of disagreement on the internet (or outside of it).

I was interested in your . . . → Read More: Topics on Tuesday: Respectfully disagreeing

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Of Kith and Kin

By harlequin, on September 13th, 2012%

In a post a while back PP mentioned “I’m also going to try and catch up with my half brother the other night which will be great.”

That got me thinking, as I have a half-sister. This is something I hardly ever remember (not the fact that she exists, but the fact she is a . . . → Read More: Of Kith and Kin

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In March I made an NPC village into a little replica Winterfell, I can cross that off my bucket list

By beccaann, on May 1st, 2012%

 At a recent dinner party the topic of TV came up. Everybody had an opinion about My Kitchen Rules, The Voice and even Today Tonight; everybody except me. I don’t own a TV. People are shocked by that until . . . → Read More: In March I made an NPC village into a little replica Winterfell, I can cross that off my bucket list

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Who are you? (Who, who… who, who..)

By Al Locust, on March 7th, 2012%

It seems a simple enough question: who are you? Proving it, on the other hand, is a different matter – and one the IT industry spends a lot of time and thought on.

You could show me a driver’s licence. Does that prove your identity – or merely that you managed to convince the local . . . → Read More: Who are you? (Who, who… who, who..)

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Frivolous Offering Friday

By beccaann, on February 24th, 2012%

I am currently helping a friend (Matt) pack up his house after the end of his marriage. We stumbled upon the “gift cupboard” on Tuesday night. The first layer of items included photo frames, gift wrapping paraphernalia and candles. Boring items removed, we found what I am prepared to call the most fabulous collection . . . → Read More: Frivolous Offering Friday

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Absence makes the heart grow fonder

By harlequin, on January 20th, 2012%

Mrs H is away for a fortnight.  Along with a close friend (and honorary family member) she has taken the grandsons on a holiday to Queensland. She has been away a week and a half and will return on Sunday.  D2, hubby and son are living here so, strictly speaking,  I haven’t been lonely.  They . . . → Read More: Absence makes the heart grow fonder

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Who is your Dorothy?

By beccaann, on November 25th, 2011%

I grew up in a basically agnostic home. I felt that God was someone else’s business and despite the fact that my father knows (and taught me) school boy Latin and served at Mass every week during his childhood, we were allowed to pursue whatever faith we wanted to. So I decided to become a . . . → Read More: Who is your Dorothy?

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