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In case you missed it, there was a bit of a literary brouhaha over a letter from Les Murray in response to a request from editors at Puncher and Wattmann for a blurb for an upcoming collection of J.K. Murphy’s poems (here) 
Basically Les Murray said if you want my blurb you have to print my […]

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I’ve never been tagged for a meme. I’ve had a blog for - I don’t know, ages, and no one, absolutely no one has ever tagged me. I feel really really UNLOVED

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Yesterday I dusted a plant. Not as in crop dusted but as in removed dust from the surface of, you know pinny-duster-Sadie-Farnham-esque like
The big plant in our downstairs bathroom was severely dusty so I dusted it (with an actual duster, dear reader) until I could see my reflection in its leaves. I just needed a bushel of wheat […]

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Depeche Mode circa 1990

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqzpDr7pOJk

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Our passionfruit vine has recently begun to flower. Now in case you didn’t know this, Spanish missionaries in South America saw this flower and it reminded them of The Passion. Hence the name
The corona threads of the passion flower were seen as a symbol of the crown of thorns, the five stamens for wounds, the […]

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This is a recipe book we used in Home Economics at High School

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hell   noun. a state or place of great suffering, typically goldfish level swimming lessons at your local leisure centre. Aimed at small children, these lessons take place in a hydrotherapy pool which is situated inside a large glasshouse. By midday the inside temperature is approximately 90 Celsius and there are at least two dozen parents singing loudly and badly […]

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 Your website is example of middle-class websites. Congratulation! I?ll show your site and guestbook to my friends.
It’s almost like this spammer knew I was eating quince jelly and castello cheese on crackers all weekend

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When it comes to graphic design software, not everyone has a spare $1700 and three years to learn how to use it. But that’s OK because I’ve come up with an easy way of transposing pictures seamlessly
Now say I have this picture of a llama

And I want to make the llama look like he’s on holiday
 
Step […]

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This is a beautiful family movie from the director of The Black Stallion. This film works well for three reasons:
1. the cheetah is magnificent
2. the cinematography is superb
3. the cheetah is truly magnificent
LittleSquib (4) was mesmerised, as was BigSquib (13). Afterwards though, our dog struck me as being very drab and domestic. Sure he can chase a […]

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