Mar 30 2008
We were discussing the possibility of a day trip to Stanwell Park. The girls asked what there was to do there. We suggested some lunch, then an ice cream cone while we watch the people on “kites”. Miss 6: “What do you mean the people on kites?” MM: “Well sometimes people strap themselves onto big […]
Mar 27 2008
The case of pregnant men – Thomas Beatie and Lee Mingwei.
Mar 26 2008
Central Art, an online Aboriginal art website, is running a competition to win this stunning painting Bush Leaf Dreaming from artist Abie Loy Kemarre (valued at $3,000). image courtesy of Central Art The competition is open until 30th May, 2008. I spent some time on the website, and there is some truly incredible artwork featured […]
Mar 25 2008
Little Miss 4 mentioned that she wanted to take some stickers to school to share with her friends. I asked her if she was going to give one to her “boyfriend”. “Oh, no”, she replied “I dropped him”. “Oh, why?” I asked (biting my lip to control my laughter). “He was pushing me around”. I […]
Mar 18 2008
What a laugh! If you persist through the first minute or so of this talking parrot Lolita, it has the most infectious laugh. And it sings, barks and miaows! * Ok, so Lolita is a parrot, but the alliteration loses all effect…
Mar 16 2008
He was dressed smartly in his school uniform (including blazer and tie) and was out of his school’s area. Waiting for the train at Kogarah station (south of Sydney) he found himself surrounded by about 10 school boys, around 2-3 years younger than himself. He was bigger than most of them – but as I mentioned there were 10 of them and one of him.
Mar 16 2008
Can’t say I’ve ever been particularly endeared to yodelling, but this caught my eye on Servant of Chaos – What the Hoff. Taylor Ware was 11 (or 12) when she was a finalist on America’s Got Talent in 2006. At age 7 she got a yodeling instruction book and tape while attending a music convention […]
Mar 15 2008
Sometimes we can be very quick to write negative posts when service sucks (*raises hand*), so I thought I’d give a little “thumbs up” to Telstra…
Mar 13 2008
It turns out the call was not from Google at all, but from a company called Yodel™. Yodel are an authorised Google AdWords reseller (the first one authorised in Australia, so their about page tells me), and a Google AdWords qualified company….
Mar 12 2008
Kids have a voice, an opinion and are certainly best qualified where their own bodies are concerned. Isn’t it up to us to encourage kids to express themselves, so they mature into people capable of giving more than monosyllabic responses?
