I totally love this! Of course you've seen the original version, because you live on this planet. (If not, click here, and don't tell anyone) But this is soooo much cooler. I loved their other stuff, but this is more awesome.
I'm going to go listen to it again now : )
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
I'm sure it'll grow out
Mikester took the kidlets to get their hair cut last weekend.
Firstly, they straightened Cat's hair. Straightened it. She's four for goodness sake! And how would they know how the cut will look in it's natural state if they cut it straight? Anyway, Cat thought it was very grown-up. And she did look older.
Mikester thought it looked a bit:
But I couldn't stop thinking:
And Cam. Well perhaps if I'm feeling generous, the hairdresser was feeling a bit:
(In case you're wondering - I saw them in concert in 1985, it was transcendent)
But honestly it just reminds me of:
Just thought you should know before you see them.
Firstly, they straightened Cat's hair. Straightened it. She's four for goodness sake! And how would they know how the cut will look in it's natural state if they cut it straight? Anyway, Cat thought it was very grown-up. And she did look older.
Mikester thought it looked a bit:
But I couldn't stop thinking:
And Cam. Well perhaps if I'm feeling generous, the hairdresser was feeling a bit:
But honestly it just reminds me of:
Just thought you should know before you see them.
Monday, March 15, 2010
How it always starts
Cat: Mum, can I have My Sister's Favourite Drink?
Mum: Which drink is that?
Cat: You know, it's a bit chocolatey!
Mum: (raises eyebrow) Okaaaay.
Ruh-Roh. This is how it starts. Next thing you know it'll just be her, a dessert spoon, and a big green tin.
Mum: Which drink is that?
Cat: You know, it's a bit chocolatey!
Mum: (raises eyebrow) Okaaaay.
Ruh-Roh. This is how it starts. Next thing you know it'll just be her, a dessert spoon, and a big green tin.
Examining faith, and questioning beats.
The one thing I am prepared to say uneqivocally about religious beliefs, is that they should be examined.
I am inordinately proud of the way you refused to attend school scripture classes after your teacher showed himself to be a fool, both on the subject of homosexuality and of epidurals in childbirth (eye-roll). I was really proud of the way you were prepared to question matters of faith on your own terms, but I hope it's something you continue to examine with a relatively open mind - not falling into the alternate trap of rejecting all faith as a matter of dogma.
I'm prepared to be wary of any faith that demonises 'the other'. Both for it's nasty consequences (see also Conservative Politics, WWII, Slavery, Oppression of Women, Arab-Israeli Conflict) and also because I just can't see Jesus ascribing to that notion. He put rules aside to care for people enough times to give a pretty clear vision of how the law vs love thing was supposed to play out - and if you're going to have a faith that disagrees fundamentally with it's deity, then it's not really a faith, is it? Just an excuse to push your own exclusivist views around.
Anyway, Effortless Segway to Christopher Hitchens' who is not backwards in standing up for his beliefs. Below is his interesting examination of the ten commandments. But if it was me? I'd reconsider the dorky beat track in the last section. Bad 90's top40 spoken word hit flashback.
Love you, Mum xx
h/t Andrew Sullivan
I am inordinately proud of the way you refused to attend school scripture classes after your teacher showed himself to be a fool, both on the subject of homosexuality and of epidurals in childbirth (eye-roll). I was really proud of the way you were prepared to question matters of faith on your own terms, but I hope it's something you continue to examine with a relatively open mind - not falling into the alternate trap of rejecting all faith as a matter of dogma.
I'm prepared to be wary of any faith that demonises 'the other'. Both for it's nasty consequences (see also Conservative Politics, WWII, Slavery, Oppression of Women, Arab-Israeli Conflict) and also because I just can't see Jesus ascribing to that notion. He put rules aside to care for people enough times to give a pretty clear vision of how the law vs love thing was supposed to play out - and if you're going to have a faith that disagrees fundamentally with it's deity, then it's not really a faith, is it? Just an excuse to push your own exclusivist views around.
Anyway, Effortless Segway to Christopher Hitchens' who is not backwards in standing up for his beliefs. Below is his interesting examination of the ten commandments. But if it was me? I'd reconsider the dorky beat track in the last section. Bad 90's top40 spoken word hit flashback.
Love you, Mum xx
h/t Andrew Sullivan
Makes you wonder
h/t Neatorama
I love this. I love how he includes the sound of the tools slowing down at the end, and throws in what sounds like the workmen whistling as well. I'd love to do a kookaburra sound that convincing, and the whole range of other birds reminded me of lying in bed in the morning at Gran's place listening to the birds in the trees outside.
Makes you wonder though, how does this work in the wild? How do lyrebirds find mates? Do randy currawongs and cockatoos come rushing over to lyrebirds looking for the spunkrat they heard from a distance? Do other lyrebirds hang out anywhere there's a loud noise, just on the off chance?
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Stuck in Greenland
"Do you want me to send you back to where you were, unemployed . . . in Greenland?"
The Princess Bride
I've been flopping around the various templates, some garish, some ill-fitting, and here I am again with the green. You will let me know if you find out how I can easily have a nice light-yellow blog won't you? It's making me seasick.
A World of Books
I just ordered a lovely batch of books for Easter.
Some easy readers for the kidlets - I found one about the Power Rangers for Cam, and stories of famous ballets for Cat, a war book for the Mikester, and the beginning of Buffy season 8 for me.
Reading: You're doing it right!
I ordered the A S Byatt you asked for (of course) and then I found out that someone in Israel ordered the original Alice in Wonderland, and someone in New Zealand will soon be going to Rome. Or maybe they're just hoping to.
Some easy readers for the kidlets - I found one about the Power Rangers for Cam, and stories of famous ballets for Cat, a war book for the Mikester, and the beginning of Buffy season 8 for me.
I ordered the A S Byatt you asked for (of course) and then I found out that someone in Israel ordered the original Alice in Wonderland, and someone in New Zealand will soon be going to Rome. Or maybe they're just hoping to.
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