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• November 04, 2008
• 15:57

  Comment on Oh yes we did! by rad

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  Hoorah!

• 15:29

  Oh yes we did!

   » ‎ Shannon
  It’s so nice to know that come January 20 I can be proud of my president again. I’ve always been proud of my country – even when I’ve disagreed – but I’m so glad that we’ve decided to follow our hopes rather than capitulate to our fears. I gotta go to bed now – hopefully I’ll be [...]

• 12:20

  jojoeffe: finding the US election a heck of a lot more interesting than i would have thought. Almost as thrilling as the horse race yesterday

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  jojoeffe: finding the US election a heck of a lot more interesting than i would have thought. Almost as thrilling as the horse race yesterday
• 11:35

  jojoeffe: @markomeara What did Finn choose for dinner?

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  jojoeffe: @markomeara What did Finn choose for dinner?

• 11:35

  Comment on A 2 Cat Night by jojo

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  Jayne is the hot water bottle with the COLD feet. He likes to shove them into my tummy, but at least they are only tiny (even though there is four of them). Theo has a tendency to rabbit kick if he thinks he’s a bit squashed (um.. one person and two cats and a queen sized bed anyone?), but I do agree - the best hot water bottles. Also double as snooze alarms now i have them trained.

• 11:32

  Comment on Counting Down the Days by jojo

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  Someone’s got to be in the 95 percentile and i reckon for talking that’s right where Finn will be

  Hope the colds are just snuffles and you both feel better soon.

• 11:30

  jojoeffe: Listening to someone deflect the patronising very nicely.

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  jojoeffe: Listening to someone deflect the patronising very nicely.

• 8:19

  puppydeluxe: New blog post: A 2 Cat Night http://tinyurl.com/6potkr

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  puppydeluxe: New blog post: A 2 Cat Night http://tinyurl.com/6potkr

• 8:19

  A 2 Cat Night

   » ‎ Just Nicky
  
  
  The way she spent Christmas day by Nicky P
  

  Over the last few months we’ve stopped shutting the cats in the laundry of a night. Cosmo is over his need to pounce on Mark all night and, as he and Zelda are starting to get on a bit, it seemed reasonable to let them sleep in the warmer part of the house.

  Cosmo has become a fixture on our bed, spending at least 20 of every 24 hours there. He sleeps on the other side of me away from Mark. I get the sense that the bed has become ‘his’ and he allows us to use it for the warmth we provide.

  To begin with Zelda did not venture onto the bed, but she gradually started to spend the odd night here and there with us and it’s becoming more frequent. She comes in over the top of Mark’s head and sleeps in between us. She generally waits until everyone is settled before she comes in and Cosmo is happy to ignore her when she does this. The only time she got there before him ended up with Cosmo chasing her off the bed, over Mark’s face. It was not pretty.

  Last night Zelda didn’t join us until after I’d been up with Leila. I’d cuddled up to Cosmo, but was still a bit cold. Once Zelda snuggled in on the other side of me, though, I was lovely and toasty. Cats make the best hot water bottles.

• 8:09

  puppydeluxe: New blog post: On Hold http://justnicky.com/2008/11/05/on-hold/

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  puppydeluxe: New blog post: On Hold http://justnicky.com/2008/11/05/on-hold/

• 8:09

  On Hold

   » ‎ Just Nicky

  Finn’s visitor is not coming today. Finn woke up very early this morning with a snotty nose and he has been poorly behaved and silly since. I’m tired and snotty and so is Leila. There has been some shouting and a time out already so I decided today was not the day for the testing. The project manager will call me back later to arrange another time in a couple of weeks. I feel bad about cancelling, but I don’t think things would have gone particularly well today. There’s information about the study here, by the way.

  In the wee small hours of the night I had an idea about how to manage my time, remember the things that need to get done and track my progress. I’m not going to detail it here, because I don’t remember much of what I thought at the time, but it all boils down to a form of project management. I’m going to think about it some more today (now that I’m not buzzing furiously around the house trying to make it presentable) and see how viable it really is.

• 7:41

  Election 08

   » ‎ Mark O'Meara: the blog
  
  
  Election 08 by Paul F McHugh
  

  I knew it was a long shot but I did ask if we could have the election coverage streaming at school just like we had the Olympics. Sadly it seems that magic was performed on borrowed equipment which has since gone back.

  Instead I will be keeping three tabs running today.
  The Verdict Live
  Twitter - Election 08
  Slate Magazine

  Lesson for the day - hooray for the interweb age.

• 5:23

  Rhymes with Something I am Sure

   » ‎ Mark O'Meara: the blog
  
  
  04-11-08_1038 by jojof
  

  And hoorah for Joanna. Although I still look clean shaven by target is looking pretty good.

  If I’d thought about it I might have realised that women would pay to see my features obscured. If this was full-beard-over I might make $200 for charity.

  Lesson for the day - perhaps I should have set a higher target.

• 1:11

  puppydeluxe: New blog post: Counting Down the Days http://tinyurl.com/5vk8gj

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  puppydeluxe: New blog post: Counting Down the Days http://tinyurl.com/5vk8gj

• 1:11

  Counting Down the Days

   » ‎ Just Nicky

  OK, so still not blogging daily … I wonder if I can count this one entry over two days, since it’s the middle of the night?

  As Americans go to the polls I’m sitting here in front of the computer - not because I’m interested in Americans voting (although I am a bit), but because Leila and I both are getting/have colds, again. I got up to settle the grouchy princess and then found that I couldn’t get back to sleep because I couldn’t breathe properly. So I’m up having a Lemsip and hoping it will do the trick so I can get some sleep. Tomorrow/today is another busy day.

  Finn is taking part in a study which is comparing the outcomes of children with hearing impairment who were picked up by newborn screening in NSW, compared to those who were picked up by other means in Victoria (eg. referral from a maternal & child health nurse). We have newborn screening here now - all newborns are automatically assessed - but it’s only been in for the last 2 or 3 years so there’s a short period where NSW were doing and Victoria doesn’t. I believe the idea is to compare the kids born in that period as they’re heading off to school as a way of assessing the success of newborn screening and access to early intervention.

  A researcher is coming to see us tomorrow/this morning to do some testing with Finn. She’ll be looking at his speech in much the same way that the speech pathologist from his early intervention service did at the start of the year. She’ll be here for about 2-3 hours which is going to make it a long morning.

  While I’m happy to be involved, I can’t help thinking that Finn is going to be pretty atypical and could skew their stats a bit. His language skills are pretty good for any kid of his age, let alone a hearing impaired kid. On the other hand, Finn is a very good argument for early access to aids and early intervention services. One could hardly look at him and say it hadn’t worked.

  Part of me would be just as happy not to be involved, though, since at this time of the year it’s one more thing to fit into the schedule which feels very crowded. In reality it’s no more crowded than it has been all year but we’re all running out of puff. Mark has had a hell of a year at work, as well as helping me out at home far more than many full-time working dads. I’m well and truly over the revolving door of Leila’s recurring illnesses - I’m sure she is too - and feeling very worn down by it. Finn remains in rude health but he’s showing signs of wearing down too as he’s getting very tired and ratty. All in all, the end of the school year can’t come quickly enough for any of us.

  At times like this I really wonder how people cope in households where both parents work full-time in jobs that go all year. How do they get everything done? The mind boggles.

• November 03, 2008
• 23:36

  Comment on i sit and watch those children jump in the tall grass by docgrumbles

   » ‎ Comments for the twinkle in my eye

  but, wouldn’t that make a great story to tell her friends in college?

• 20:36

  Comment on I Never Lived Through The Great Depression (Sometimes I Feel As Though I Did) by David

   » ‎ Comments for Mark O'Meara: the blog

  A song by Kasey Chambers, I believe.

• 18:45

  I Never Lived Through The Great Depression (Sometimes I Feel As Though I Did)

   » ‎ Mark O'Meara: the blog
  
  
  Atlanta During the Great Depression By Barry Otwell by zero12741
  

  When I first started marking the assignments about The Great Depression I was really impressed by the quality of understanding shown in this work.

  In the next stage I was vaguely annoyed by the small number of students who had made little or no effort.

  And finally I was entirely sick of the whole exercise and just delighted when I got to the end.

  Lesson for the day - there is such a thing as too much of a good thing.

• 17:22

  Rhymes With Stylish

   » ‎ Mark O'Meara: the blog
  
  
  Be Stylish … by Douée ?
  

  Hoorah for Eilis. I am now almost halfway to the fifty dollars I was kidding myself I would raise. I’ll print off some paper forms and try to hit some teachers up for a few bucks tomorrow.

  With any luck I might have my target by the time I have this mo.