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Harmony Day happens in Australia on March 21 every year. It started in 1999 and is designed to encourage multi-culturalism and harmony in this amazing land of ours. It coincides with the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racism.Some of you know…
Cable, anyone?
After sorting through our study (and it’s almost done!) Doug and I are now convinced we could start a cable loan service. Whatever cable you need, I’m sure we have it. We have so much CAT 5 and CAT 6, it’s silly (one of the CAT 5 is 75 feet long). We have FireWire…
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Heal the world
This is the post I promised ages ago about charity.It relates to reading To Heal a Fractured World by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. It’s prompted tonight in part by watching American Gangster and being reminded yet again about Jewish ethics. Throughout the film, the crims and…
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The National Apology
“Today we honour the Indigenous peoples of this land, the oldest continuing cultures in human history. We reflect on their past mistreatment. We reflect in particular on the mistreatment of those who were stolen generations – this blemished chapter in our nation’s…
Apologies
I said I’d write about the apology to indigenous Australians and I meant to at length, but that was before Doug and I popped La Vie en Rose into the DVD player. Intense movie and lengthy. Very, very impressive. I knew Edith Piaf had a hard life but I had no idea it…
Beauty in the face of sadness
In the absence of real content about either the Apology or what’s just happened in East Timor (I promise I will post about both tomorrow), I give you this from merovingian:“There is a difference,” the caterpillar told me, “between a reasonable argument and a proven…
Garage Sale Tomorrow, Saturday!
Hey everyone, this is Doug typing for Rosanne. We are having a superduper (Rosanne’s word) sale at the rear of our driveway at 96 Spensley Street from 8 am till 1 pm this Saturday. Bookshelves, kitchenware, clothes, CDs and DVDs… And that is where she entered the…
I love my city
Doug and I are holed up trying to unpack ready for our grand Driveway Sale, but we meant to go out and Do Things this weekend. Illness prevented most of it (sorry especially to Stu who was DJing at Carnivore with Michaela VJing; we really wanted to catch that).…
Nice timing, Aveline
I picked up today’s classifieds section as a completely random thing at a bus stop in Doncaster East, because I’d forgotten my book and had nothing to read. I flipped through the pages. There, at the bottom of a page was an ad for Fairfax Photos, an opportunity for…
Rainbow serpent
Back from a weekend of fabulous conversations with morgan303 and patchworkkid and a fun night’s dancing with anthonybaxter. Listened to an interesting talk by hyperpeople, although it was a bit of the usual for me and I’m looking for more these days. Mind you, it was…
Rainbow Serpent
I am the world tree I am the woman, my branches reaching I am the serpent, entwined This is a story ancient and common My roots reach around a globe I feel all and know all I am light and desire And I created the earth I shed my self and the woman remembers I stroke…
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We’re throwing things away!
It’s true! We’re also selling things, but some things just have to go. The little blue apartment will be having a clearance sale on Saturday, February 9. We’ll be selling a futon bed (base and mattress, queen-sized), a regular mattress (queen-sized, a year and a half…
Wanted: cat sitter
Doug and I scored free tix to Rainbow Serpent (yay and high fives to me old mate Justine!) but it wasn’t confirmed until just tonight because my spam filter did stoopid things with the guy’s e‑mail. Anyhoo, we are going away for the weekend now and need a cat sitter…
Phoenix Emberstone
passionate political poet
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