I'm just this guy... y'know? :)
Just letting the reguars know all is well here and we’re enjoying the quiet of the holiday season. We’ve not been doing much other than relax but it’s such a novelty to be able to do it we aren’t bored at all. The regular routines will start to kick back in over the next few … More Still on holiday.
We’d like to wish everyone who drops by a *very* happy Christmas and hope the New Year brings all your heart desires. I’d especially like to thank those dedicated garbage collectors who arrived at 4:00 this morning, for making that extra effort to ensure we were all up early enough to enjoy the whole day … More Happy Christmas Everyone!
And so this is Christmas, and what have we done? Well today we spent the entire day outside Woolworth’s running a BBQ with other parents raising money for our Senior Guides to go to the International Jamboree in Melbourne 2010. It might seem a bit early to start fundraising for a specific event, but with … More And so this is Christmas…
Yesterday the eldest daughter and some friends decided they would try to raise some money for ther trip to Melbourne in 2010 to attend an International Girl Guides Jamboree. The method the chose was *busking* at the local town centre! Despite not having rehearsed much off the went. You can see how pleased they were … More A nice side of Christmas!
One of the reasons I’ve not been very active in here for the last couple of days is that apart from Xmas coming and having the kids home, I’ve been getting on with creating a new forum site aimed at supporting ‘carers’, i.e. those largely unsung heroes who spend their lives caring for a member … More Strictly Magic – yet another site!
In the UK while mayhem reigns on the streets those guardians of law and order have slapped a $150 fine on a pensioner because someone knocked a cigarette out of his hand! The ‘someone’ who knocked the cigarette out of the hand of Lazaris Michael (76) was a policeman who tackling a shoplifter. Before Mr Michael … More And in the UK?
Over here in Australia the law has decided that the characters drawn in the Simpsons cartoons are the equivalent of real people. Someone who was found to have accessed and downloaded drawing showing the chacters engaged in various sexual acts was fined $3000. He appealed and the appeal was denied. I’ll accept quite happily that … More Political Correctness gone mad.
New site set up for anyone interested. Not sure if anyone will ever visit it or comment… but it’s there just in case as much as a reminder that despite the doom and gloom pervading the worlds media, people *do* still care about each other! It’s called “The Magic of Strictly” and it’s purpose will … More The Magic of Strictly…
There’s so much that could be said but through my brother, my father has requested not. Cryptic or not, so long as some of us know what I’m on about that’ll do. Just wanted to say thanks… and well done… to my brother. I’ve been feeling the tears welling up for the past hour or so … More So much could be said…
Hot on the heels of the unprecedented arrest of a Damian Green, a Member of Parliament, and the police raid on his Parliamentary office comes news of the imminent arrival of ID’s for every person on UK soil and a threat of *arrest* if ID is *not* presented on demand by the police!! This move not … More For United Kingdom read 'Police State'.
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