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I know they probably thought these were close enough to looking like dinosaurs but that is exactly the kind of mediocrity that does not bode well for our nation. Do these look like any dinosaurs you’ve ever seen?

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A plate for people who like to split hairs from Uptoyoutoronto

Thanks Boing Boing via Gizmodo

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[If you’ve just tuned in to this exciting serial, this is about my time in Switzerland, written age 11 - hence the poor spelling which has vastly improved since then - after never having been there, Switzerland that is]

Diary & Itinerary
Day One
Off and away! With Swissair! This morning I awoke with a strange feeling then […]

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There are a number of writing deadlines for the Serious Writer at the end of June. I don’t think I will make all of them
Because I am busy I thought I would regale you with my tales of Switzerland. What sets this travel diary of Switzerland apart from other travel diaries of Switzerland is the […]

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Queen of the Wits by Norma Clarke is a biography of Laetitia Pilkington (1709-1750), an Irish poet who somehow survived scandal (of the worse kind!), poverty, prison, a sort of poetry and theatre writing sweatshop, and a most terrible kind of husband. I was so absorbed by the end that I was in tears
This provides […]

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Magic elves have fixed the weather widget during the night. Our three day forecast for Fremantle is back up and running

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Found this in one of LittleSquib’s First Steps to Reading books. A useful word no four year old should be without

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Have any of you seen this? I only watched the first 15 minutes because the posturing and frequent scene changes felt forced and pretentious. And where was Nicole Kidman? I thought she was playing Woolf? It was confusing
Would it have been more compelling if I’d read Mrs Dalloway? I’ve only read To the Lighthouse

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After moaning and groaning for some time now that no one has ever tagged me with a meme, the gallant Rob has finally put me out of my misery. I know it’s uncool to want to do a meme but I once wore a hair net because it reminded me of Meg’s snood in Little […]

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Anyone see it last night? Oh wasn’t it wonderful, those lovely BBC period drama sideburns… But this is about persuasion of another kind. We have some interesting debates in the Squib household during dinner and last night I managed to convince our oldest that people can really disappear up their own behind
You might want to […]

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