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3. A kite
Rejection can be fun. Oh the merriment I had as I skipped down the lane with my friendly kite smiling down on me like a benevolent and mirthful paper god in the sky
You could say I felt as high as a kite but please don’t
You will need rejection letters, sticky tape, scissors, wooden skewers, string, […]

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We went to a protest concert down at South Beach this morning. There were about 2500 people there. The Department of Planning & Infrastructure are planning to do infrastructural things to our beautiful local beaches, including South Beach and Bathers’ Beach
Since we bought a house in the City of Fremantle it’s been just one uphill battle. […]

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Yesterday MrSquib asked us to name the seven dwarves. (Clearly even asking such a question suggests a certain amount of malevolence and smuggedy smugness)
Me: Oh! I know, I know! Sleepy, Dozy, Grumpy, Happy, Angry… um… no, don’t tell me… Droopy?
MrSquib: Doc
Me: No, Doc’s not a dwarf
BigSquib: Yeah, Doc’s not a dwarf
Me: You’re thinking of Smurfs. […]

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Check out Isaac Asimov’s magnificent pair in this antique computer advertisement
Classic!

Thanks 2Spare

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Finally some news we can all get really excited about. Kevin Rudd has grown some retro sideburns

(thanks SMH)
Personally I’ve always been a bit partial to sideburns, particularly as exhibited by one Mr Thornton, though I supect that Mr Rudd does not want to look that retro. There comes a point where retro sideburns become period […]

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PoetSquib looms large in the Australian imagination from iconic poems such as Ode to my Peugot 504 and Brownies
Join PoetSquib as she discovers that every single one of her ancestors was a coal miner in Fife. ‘You are a product of your ancestors,’ says Poetsquib. ‘Since I’ve been on this amazing genealogical journey, a lot of things […]

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As there has been some controversy on Poetsquib about what part of the body a skivvy really covers, this article seems more scandalous than it might otherwise be
Bjork Tear’s Man’s Skivvy in Half

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Sing a Song for Us Tonight is a segment where people choose a song that is special to them and explain why. Today’s guest is Warthog. He’s chosen Mansun and their song Egg Shaped Fred (which I’ve never heard before) but I can tell you there’ll be music, sweet music, there’ll be music everywhere, there’ll be swingin, swayin and records playin, […]

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Doing things backwards has been all the rage on rage for a good while now. Apparently if you’re silly enough to want to try this, you have to learn to sing your song backwards. I think the best backwards music video is Camille’s with the great big blue dress that seems to knit itself and interesting facial expressions. See […]

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‘Then I thought of my lovely puffed sleeves and took courage. I knew that I must live up to those sleeves, Diana’ (Anne of Green Gables, L.M.Montgomery)
All in all it’s been a boring summer for children’s movies. I enjoyed Enchanted for 3 reasons:
1. Puffed sleeves
2. Timothy Spall (’the man who made a career from playing oafs, losers, perverts, […]

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