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• July 30, 2007
• 19:38

  Comment on Stainless Steel Nicky by suburbanhen

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  where maybe nicky has a tardis hiding somewhere?

• July 29, 2007
• 6:30

  Comment on Is Snape is Good by Mark O'Meara

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  I must admit that I thought he was good until the end of Half Blood Prince and then I was baffled by his actions. Once it was explained to me what was probably happening that made much more sense.

  I must confess that I found the REAL reason for him being good, I just finished the book last night and found out, slightly unsatisfying even if it was all-too-human. I guess I had it fixed in my head that he was just plain deeply principled.

• 5:42

  Comment on Is Snape is Good by Gerri

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  I KNEW he was good all along, I KNEW it. I never thought he faltered. I just believed there was a reason. And oh, what a reason it was!

• July 27, 2007
• 6:52

  Comment on The Boys by J-Le

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  that sounds like great fun!

• 3:09

  Comment on The Boys by Shannon

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  That sounds completely wonderful and I am sure you’ll have a fantastic time. Hugs to the boys (and the girls)

• July 26, 2007
• 21:14

  Comment on Full Registration by Mark O'Meara

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  I am happy to report that I am very much alive and will write something or other quite soon.

• 13:32

  Comment on Full Registration by jojo

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  maybe registration proved too much for Mr O’Meara and he is licking his wounds in a rehabilitation home for scrabble players somewhere?

• 12:52

  Comment on Full Registration by Kristen

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  Mark? Are you still there? Did Facebook eat you? This might be the longest you have gone without blogging for quite a while.

• July 25, 2007
• 22:10

  Comment on Full Registration by CW

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  ahh, to be the full bottle (so you can empty the contents…)

  You’ll be right, just need to dig it all up and create a nice fat dossier. Oh, the compliance!

  You’ll only have to do it once?

  CW

• 11:41

  Comment on Scrabble Mad by Danger

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  Err… did you send me an invitation to play a game of scrabble? I am still finding my way around this facebook thing.

• July 23, 2007
• 19:35

  Comment on Full Registration by Fiona

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  It’s a bit of a minefield, isn’t it? I’ve been looking through re-registration procedures for the past few days…

• 12:44

  Comment on Scrabble Mad by Mark O'Meara

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  I agree that it is great for the time poor and geographically challenged. I like being able to have a game with people even though I rarely see them or have time with them.

• 12:37

  Comment on Failing to Connect by Mark O'Meara

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  As you might expect I have just been saved by two year nine boys; bless their cotton socks.

• 12:34

  Comment on Scrabble Mad by jojo

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  facebook scrabble is good for timezone differences.

• 9:10

  Comment on Rush Hour by Shannon

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  It was a Fine Plan Indeed.

  But as is the case with many a Fine Plan, life got in the way.

  Hope the rest of your day smelled as good as you did.

• 4:43

  Comment on Words by Shannon

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  Hegemony
  Obfuscate
  Acumen
  Obtuse and Acute (the literary sense - although it’d be good to reinforce the geometry as well)
  Antithesis
  Obsequious
  Ostentatious

• 4:33

  Comment on Scrabble Mad by Shannon

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  While I may well have a good vocabulary I don’t seem to shine in the whole Scrabble Scene. Besides, it’s a bit tough to play a game across so many time zones… We’ll see — who knows?

  I’m sure you could meet all sorts of interesting people though and good luck!

• July 22, 2007
• 22:30

  Comment on Scrabble Mad by suburbanhen

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  where the hen asks where is my wordy or otherwise invitation to play scrabble?

• July 21, 2007
• 13:27

  Comment on The Explorers by Mark O'Meara

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  We certainly landed well and truly on our feet. Dumb luck seems to work well for us.

• July 20, 2007
• 23:58

  Comment on The Explorers by Fiona

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  You have picked the best street to buy into…library coming, new shopping centre, a creek at the end of the street and a coastal park nearby. The best of every world for Finn and Leila to grow up in. I would never move if I’d found a place like that.

• 23:56

  Comment on The Final Harry by Fiona

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  I tried to read one of the Harry Potters but I just couldn’t get into it at the time. A great shame since the final outcome is very rapidly going to be known. Hope you enjoy the last instalment.

• 15:55

  Comment on Social Connectivity by Mark O'Meara

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  I have had my turn and the word was sexy (take my word for it)

• 15:28

  Comment on Social Connectivity by J-Le

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  your turn…

• July 18, 2007
• 23:23

  Comment on Johnnie Ray by J-Le

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  come on eilis

• 11:34

  Comment on Rockstar by jojo

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  Where Mark tosses off a podcast in a minute, then goes and buys Iceland with the proceeds. (it’s an island right?)

• 11:03

  Comment on Harry Potter and the Mountain of Publicity by jojo

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  I read them when convinced by a 9 year old boy that they were well worth it, after years of snobbish resisting for exactly those hype reasons.

• 2:45

  Comment on Words by Shannon

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  You should put a spot on the front of your blog for ongoing word submissions… or maybe it’s just me. :-0

  Cogent

• 1:35

  Comment on Local Cooling by Shannon

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  That’s quite a range.

  Granted I had to do a quick conversion to see that you are talking between 35 and 50 in my ‘temperature-speak’ but still is that seems like a big spread.

  Wear something (or someone) warm and cuddly.

• 1:27

  Comment on Sanguine by Shannon

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  This is a great word.

  But then, there really are so many…

• 0:48

  Comment on Sanguine by suburbanhen

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  this day one?
  on. I meant ‘on’.

• 0:43

  Comment on Sanguine by suburbanhen

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  Oh! You are that and so am I. Huzzah! We are sanguine (though I wish that the ruddy - as in cheeks bit didn’t apply to me, but it does. I’ll be calling it sanguine from this day one).

• July 17, 2007
• 22:07

  Comment on Red Space Rocket by Fiona

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  Climbing through the opening was an issue for me, too, though for different reasons to Nicky (not sure my lardishness would actually fit!)

  And I can’t believe I missed “Red Space Rocket” as a label for that photo.

• 7:50

  Comment on Harry Potter and the Mountain of Publicity by J-Le

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  i notice you slip the word turgid into this podcast.
  i have not been able to get into harry potter. i did try to pick up the first book and read it but it simply did not grab me. sorry.

• 2:39

  Comment on Words by Shannon

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  Serendipity is a great one!

  Loath and Loathe (since they are so easily confused)
  Aplomb
  Vacuous
  Resonate

  Ok, I’ll try to make myself stop now.

• July 16, 2007
• 18:27

  Comment on Red Space Rocket by suburbanhen

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  There is still one in Moree, but I think that you can’t climb it any more, which is just cruel.

  Gosh, I can still feel the steel bars of the rockets ‘walls’ and remember exactly what it was like to look down from the top!

• 14:59

  Comment on Words by jojo

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  ok so if turgid is in there (and what a ripper of a word it is), turbid should be included to avoid confusion and misuse. “The waters of the Murray river are somewhat turbid”

• 13:07

  Comment on Red Space Rocket by nicky

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  The height would be no issue for me, but climbing through those small openings would be impossible for me. Not physically (or at least I don’t think so). My claustrophobia would be the issue.

  That’s why Finn can only go on the playground at the fast food joints when you’re around to rescue him. If I’d been with him when he got stuck he’d have had to stay there because I couldn’t go and get him.

• 12:57

  Comment on Words by kristen

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  remuneration (freaky m & n combo)

• 12:44

  Comment on Words by nicky

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  This is to remind you about ‘turgid’, as in, “The Australian movie of Macbeth is turgid” They’d completely understand it in that context.

  And ’serendipity’. One of my favourite words. It’s a pretty word with a nice meaning.

• 12:21

  Comment on Words by Mark O'Meara

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  Keep them coming.

• 11:14

  Comment on Words by Danger

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  I’m amazed ’shambolic’ was not top of the list!

• 10:37

  Comment on Words by Sharon

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  How about Gormless?

• 7:25

  Comment on Rockstar by Shannon

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  The only sticking point to that would be that amount of pay is usually inversely proportional to the importance of the work that is being done.

  Therefore:
  Being a rock star = Millions
  Being a movie star = Tens of Millions.
  Playing sport professionally = Hundreds of Millions.
  Providing an educational experience = What’s minimum wage now?

• 7:20

  Comment on Words by Mark O'Meara

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  I knew I asked in the right place.

• 7:10

  Comment on Words by Shannon

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  You might want to be careful putting me to this task…

  Foment
  Loamy
  Feckless
  Segue
  Elicit (as opposed to illicit)
  Ironic (just ’cause it needs to be taught better - you could use the song)
  Dichotomy
  Maudlin
  Pander
  And a new-ish personal favorite: Codswallop.

  There can be more if you’d like.

• 7:09

  Comment on Words by J-Le

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  you might want to join The *Official* 100 Best Ever Words in the World… Ever! group on Facebook for some more ideas…

• July 15, 2007
• 23:04

  Comment on Words by rad + andy

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  We nominate ENTICE

• 19:45

  Comment on Weekdays with Foozley by Mark O’Meara: the blog » Blog Archive » Check

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  […] Mark O’Meara: the blog » Blog Archive » Weekdays with Foozley […]

• 9:35

  Comment on Who Has a Rooster? by jojo

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  Perhaps the rooster would be nicer like this? [www.greek-recipe.com]

• 2:51

  Comment on Sunday Edition by shannon

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  Hooray! This is one of the things I miss most: Play on, Mark; play on, Tim; play on Finn!

• July 14, 2007
• 19:44

  Comment on Sunday Edition by suburbanhen

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  where Finn steals the show, frankly. shake that egg!

• July 13, 2007
• 9:26

  Comment on Random by Mark O’Meara: the blog » Blog Archive » Random Thoughts

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  […] your extremely slow days I have a link over on the slide which in turn has a link to a completely random entry from my […]

• 5:43

  Comment on The End by suburbanhen

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  Where Mark assures us that he’s had enough time to relax. Really. He has.

• 4:36

  Comment on The End by Shannon

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  Hope you have a lovely weekend and are all ready to get back to the kids on Monday.

• July 11, 2007
• 9:11

  Comment on Library Time by Shannon

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  Yippee!

  So many books, so close to home.

• 9:08

  Comment on Peggy Sue by Shannon

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  I probably meant “False Dichotomy” rather than ‘false choice,’ but whatever, the point still holds.

• 0:52

  Comment on Pre-Production by jojo

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  A little preparation can make a big difference.

• 0:51

  Comment on Library Time by jojo

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  green green green lucky you

• July 10, 2007
• 20:38

  Comment on Library Time by suburbanhen

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  where mark makes us green eggs and ham with envy.

• 0:43

  Comment on What Gonna Work? by Shannon

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  Well I wouldn’t want to stifle a true artist - I’m sure when he’s ready he’ll share the adorableness of teamwork. kisses to Finn!

• 0:43

  Comment on What’s Gonna Work? by Shannon

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  Well I wouldn’t want to stifle a true artist - I’m sure when he’s ready he’ll share the adorableness of teamwork. kisses to Finn!

• July 09, 2007
• 19:55

  Comment on Friends of Thomas by Mark O'Meara

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  If it was around the middle of the day on Saturday then chances are good it was us. We caught the 10.30 and the 12.30 train (and greatly enjoyed both of them)

• 13:56

  Comment on Friends of Thomas by jojo

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  I saw a train with a Thomas-like face go past as we went down to meet the boat for our rip tour. I thought you might be on it - I could see lots of waving going on.

• 13:29

  Comment on What Gonna Work? by Mark O'Meara

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  Finn is a genuine artist and will not just perform because someone turns a camera on. Which is a shame because lots of people do have videos of their kids singing the wonderpets theme on YouTube and they are very cute indeed.

• 13:29

  Comment on What’s Gonna Work? by Mark O'Meara

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  Finn is a genuine artist and will not just perform because someone turns a camera on. Which is a shame because lots of people do have videos of their kids singing the wonderpets theme on YouTube and they are very cute indeed.

• 10:09

  Comment on Peggy Sue by Shannon

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  I have (finally - and trust me, it was a loooooong time coming) figured out that I have to accept even the most hurtful and damaging parts of my past experiences rather than stay mired in the ‘what-if’ game.

  It’s a bit like the false choices we get from politicians or religious experts; like when “President” Bush says we can either fight the ‘terrorists’ over there or they’ll follow us home - that’s a false choice since there are clearly way more options than just those two.

  Likewise, if I hadn’t experienced X, Y or Z - or hadn’t made whatever choice I may now think was a bad one, I’d be a different person. That’s all. I can’t say I would have been a better person or a worse person, just different, and part of *really* accepting who I am is *really* accepting all the choices and experiences that got me here.

  Anyway, that’s the choice I’ve made and unless I chose to change that choice, that’s the choice I’ll be sticking with (’cause that’s another false choice we get fed a lot, that once you make a choice, you can’t ever change your mind and make a different one.)

• 0:59

  Comment on What Gonna Work? by Shannon

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  Video of said cuteness? Pretty please with cream and sugar on top?

• 0:59

  Comment on What’s Gonna Work? by Shannon

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  Video of said cuteness? Pretty please with cream and sugar on top?

• 0:53

  Comment on Break in Transmission by Shannon

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  Ditto suburbanhen - I can even access it on my “Pocket PC” that work makes me carry.

  Far be it from me to cast aspersions at your father but perhaps he has trouble spelling O’Meara?

• July 08, 2007
• 20:38

  Comment on Break in Transmission by suburbanhen

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  I have accessed your site from firefox and ie on laptops, pcs and internet kiosks the world over (seriously. I am not feeding anyones vanity here) and only ever encounter problems if your server is down, but that never renders the site to jibberish.

• 19:41

  Comment on Break in Transmission by Fiona

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  that’s weird. the holiday one plays for 33 seconds here and cuts out mid-sentence. this is the first podcast i’ve had trouble with though.

• July 07, 2007
• 22:19

  Comment on Break in Transmission by Mark O'Meara

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  which particular podcast? I checked the Holiday one and it plays the whole 70 seconds for me.

• 20:06

  Comment on Break in Transmission by rad

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  Nope - I access it from 3 or 4 computers and a few different isps a week and it’s always fine.

• 19:54

  Comment on Break in Transmission by Fiona

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  no problems but the last podcast as you’ve probably realised was cut-off half-way

• 19:52

  Comment on Eco-Fundamentalism by Fiona

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  That’s a great article and anything that promotes itself as beyond criticism should especially be critically looked at. Especially when some people have a crack at the McMansions and so on and when you look at their resume, they’ve racked up so many air miles it would cancel out years or even a lifetime of McMansionism.

  I do think though that the point of the ascetic lunatic green fringe is that we can’t keep consuming massively and need to dramatically cut back because a) there’s a tipping point and b) the carbon offset idea is a nice, neat one that lets us keep consuming but it has problems.

• July 06, 2007
• 17:39

  Comment on The Frightening Truth by Fiona

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  Haven’t seen it yet but it is number one on my list of things to get and watch.

• 7:28

  Comment on Miranda Has Two Mummies by Mark O'Meara

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  I should have guessed that Miranda was based on a real book. As for people with their virulent preconceived notions of what structures and pieces of paper you HAVE to have to be a parent, well, don’t even get my started about these social conservatives. Clearly they are entitled to walk the planet but I fine with them keeping their distance.

• 3:55

  Comment on Miranda Has Two Mummies by Shannon

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  Names are interesting. In the U.S. it is “Heather” who has two mommies - and it *is* mommies, as mummies over here are mouldering corpses wrapped in nasty bandages.

• July 05, 2007
• 20:31

  Comment on Miranda Has Two Mummies by kristen

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  hey, thanks! i wanted to listen today but work computer doesn’t have sound card. i like your take on it all, and i also like that you guys did things differently too. i’m disappointed that some people have strange preconceived ideas about parenting (mothering vs fathering and all that hoo haa).

• 17:29

  Comment on Miranda Has Two Mummies by Mark O'Meara

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  The ad, while entirely fake, is for the real book where I pinched the little, Miranda Has Two Mummies, from. Shane Maloney has a real talent for plausible but amusing names for stuff.

• 7:30

  Comment on Miranda Has Two Mummies by Shannon

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  The ad you used for this episode made me think of the actual book advertising that Thom Hartmann uses for his book entitled, “Screwed: The Undeclared War on the Middle Class.”

  His ad starts with, “Get Screwed by Thom Hartmann”

• 1:38

  Comment on Hey! Listen by Shannon

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  I can’t possibly know how you feel completely, but I think I have an inkling and I Wish Very Much that that pesky fairy would show up too. xo

• July 04, 2007
• 22:48

  Comment on Nothing, Arizona by suburbanhen

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  where mark talks about reverse motivation with motivating results.

• 22:33

  Comment on Coffee and Music Everywhere by jojo

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  The starbucks i was near on Tuesday were playing something that sounded like a drunken busker with a violin. It was weird. I kept looking around looking for the busker, and then figured it might be inside the starbucks (the one with the most staff and the worst service out of the two i’ve ever patronised).

• July 03, 2007
• 20:17

  Comment on Must Love Dogs by Marc

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  And… DIANE LANE.

  Gorgeous, talented and very classy.!

• 1:48

  Comment on Weekdays with Foozley by Shannon

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  It’d be lovely to meet you on the ferry, but I think that is all played out.

• 1:46

  Comment on The Quite Bearable Lightness of Beeing by Shannon

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  I really only meant musically — I can quite enjoy Mark Wahlberg just not that idiot alter-ego.

  I saw him on Biography once. One of the set questions they always ask is, “What is your favorite noise/sound?” and “What is your least favorite noise/sound?” When asked question number two Mark said, “Is ‘Marky Mark’ a noise/sound?” He then nearly injured himself laughing after singing the line, “Can you feel it baby? I can too.”

• July 02, 2007
• 18:56

  Comment on Weekdays with Foozley by J-Le

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  i don’t know if you’d qualify for a very small men’s group, mark. you’re not *that* small.

• 8:11

  Comment on The Quite Bearable Lightness of Beeing by Mark O'Meara

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  Although he does Executive Produce Entourage and The Big Hit was good dumb fun. All the same I think it’s likely he’ll keep being him and I’ll keep being me.

• 6:27

  Comment on The Quite Bearable Lightness of Beeing by Shannon

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  Oh yeah, my comment on the actual post (before I got distracted by Finn and Pixar) was, “Just so long as you never move, even a little bit, towards being ‘Marky Mark.’”

• 4:31

  Comment on The Quite Bearable Lightness of Beeing by Shannon

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  Too bad I can’t come, that all sounds lovely.

• 4:29

  Comment on The Long Neglected New Albums by Shannon

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  Wow, we have three overlapping albums on the current rotation: Hello Love; My Better Self; and Sunrise Over Sea.

  I’ve been really into Hello Love for a while now, hooray for the Be Good Tanyas.

• 4:22

  Comment on Faith and Autism by Shannon

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  I read that article (from the link on your blog) and was likewise intrigued - I hadn’t actually heard the term ‘confirmation bias’ (or maybe I had and it just didn’t stick) but it is pretty interesting.

  It’s one of the things I’ve noticed a lot about the internet. It can be very helpful, but it can also create a community of idiots (or ditto-heads) who are less concerned about supported facts as they are about unsubstantiated opinions that happen to match their own.

• 3:33

  Comment on Morrisette Moment by Shannon

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  But to be a true Morrisette moment, it couldn’t *actually* be ironic.

• July 01, 2007
• 22:45

  Comment on The Quite Bearable Lightness of Beeing by Mark O'Meara

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  good idea. I was thinking that we should catch a train into town and that would be a great thing to do while we are there. Finn loves a bit of Pixar.

• 21:58

  Comment on The Quite Bearable Lightness of Beeing by rad

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  One of the things you should do is get along to the Pixar exhibition at ACMI - we saw it today and really liked it. The zoetrope is fantastic! I think you’d like it and I think Finn would too.

• 20:23

  Comment on More Than a Haircut by nicky

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  I’ve been thinking that school holidays would be a good time for us to visit the twinkle (and you and special k too…). How does a Tuesday (but not tomorrow) or Thursday sound for you?

• 19:58

  Comment on More Than a Haircut by J-Le

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  that’s a bummer - it sounds nice and i would have liked to have seen a photo. perhaps a visit is in order so we can see it in person.

• 12:32

  Comment on The Black Dog and The Bald Man by kristen

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  structure helped me as well.
  there’s a medicare rebate for 10 psychology sessions now (the rebate almost covers the $130 fee), if you get a referral from a GP. this has helped me a great deal also.

• June 30, 2007
• 21:10

  Comment on The Black Dog and The Bald Man by jojo

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  I have found that a little structure and some gentle bossing by my lovely housemate, my demanding cats and my mother has made a big difference to me. That’s it’s done with care makes a difference.

  Well the cats care very much that I get up and feed them.

• 21:01

  Comment on Morrisette Moment by jojo

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  Is it irony that my car seems to break down when i have a full tank of petrol rather than none (and i mean potentially fatal, off-to-the-wreckers type of break down)

• 20:37

  Comment on The SingStar Curriculum by Mark O'Meara

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  I have had a couple of kids simply choose not to take part even after a whole session. Some were super shy and others just couldn’t see any value in it.