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Last time it was a calf

October 31, 2008 –

What is wrong with these people?

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Colesworth take note: history has already judged you!

October 31, 2008 –

Grocers are but merchants, the business of an Apothecary is a Mistery, wherefore I think it fitting that they be a Corporation of themselves

King James I of England in 1617, defending his decision to allow the Apothecaries to separate from the Grocers’ Guild.

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Time for a regeneration

October 31, 2008 –

Slightly old news, but worth repeating. After next year’s collection of telemovies, David Tennant is leaving Doctor Who. David has been a great Doctor and I will be sad to see him go, but he has had a reasonable run (I’m looking at you Christopher Eccleston) and I look forward to seeing what the new [...]

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The attack of the unwanted apostrophe in Camden

October 29, 2008 –

I’m not saying anything about the desirability of a new Islamic school in Camden, but judging by this sign shown in the ABC’s story on the issue I think some people could make better use of the schools they do have.

I’m sorry, but this sort of thing really brings out the Bob the Angry Flower [...]

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Nano meltdown

October 27, 2008 –

Oops. 5 days to go and things are going into meltdown!

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Amarok! On OS X!

October 8, 2008 –

I can’t wait to get home to download this. An installable package of Amarok for my mac! Joy of joys! I kept telling myself that when I got this running I would be donating to the project and I will… I would pay for commercial software of this quality.

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HMAS Darwin

October 7, 2008 –

We saw HMAS Darwin leaving Esperance Bay on Sunday. It moved a lot faster than the Capesize freighters we usually get! Its visit was noted in the Esperance Port Authority shipping list, so I don’t think I am endangering national security by posting this here!

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…insert title here…

September 24, 2008 –

I’m not sure what to write here. In fact I’m not even sure I want to be writing anything.

My Dad died on Sunay. He had turned 60 earlier in the year. He was semi-retired and had so much more planned for the rest of his life. Besides me, he left behind my mum and two [...]

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