Litha picnic

by | Dec 18, 2003 | Uncategorized

To cel­eb­rate the summer sol­stice we are organ­ising a picnic at Edin­burgh Gar­dens, Fitzroy on Sunday, Decem­ber 21 (actu­ally the day before the Sol­stice, but what the hey). Meet­ing place is the circle of trees as always[1], from about 12.30 onwards. It...

Gulf War 2: Good Morning Baghdad!

by | Dec 17, 2003 | Uncategorized

After Oper­a­tion Red Dawn nabbed Saddam, we now have a camo-wear­ing Robin WIl­li­ams enter­tain­ing troops and actu­ally saying *that* *line*. Did he not watch his own film? I am ter­ri­fied to try talk­ing to 10 year-olds and asking them to explain...

Swings and roundabouts

by | Dec 16, 2003 | Uncategorized

Slowly get­ting my head together so long as no one dis­cusses *it*. Got a rejec­tion letter for the Good Week­end Edit­or’s pos­i­tion without an inter­view (sur­prise, sur­prise) but wasn’t really expect­ing any­thing, it was more put­ting my hat in the ring to...