Hi there, my purge continues, mostly junk that goes straight to the op shop, but if I have things that others may be interested in, I'll post them up here. There'll be plan for a clothes swap day coming soon if anyone is interested. (where any of those clothes you never wear anymore, but which are still in good condition can be swapped with friends ( Read more... )

Okay, I'm having a smallish clean out of my book shelf and I have a box of mixed titles to give away as a Mystery Box of Literary Fun ( Read more... )

When did Tony Blair become Gordon Brown? I work for a bloody newspaper and I didn't know Britain had a new prime minister until some nuff nuff on the news mentioned Prime Minster Brown's slow response to the flooding in the UK ( Read more... )

I've started learning to drive, being as how I can't work as a celebrant if i can't drive. We cannot afford to run two cars, therefore I must learn to drive the Lancer, which is manual. Well fuck. Clutches. Confusing much? And Matt gets nervous and yells at me. But overall I'm doing okay, despite being pulled up the the police for driving in an ( Read more... )

New terrible terrible baby name:

KHE-SANH.

Oh, for fuck's sake.

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Today I had a little apart moment where I realised mid conversation why the janitor was shooting me such disturbed looks. Part of my job is confirming that the people for whom death notices are being placed in the paper are in fact deceased, not the victim of a hoax or, as has happened, in jail with mad as hell parents in the Outside. We usually ( Read more... )

Today i got my Learners Permit. Yes, I know, I am in fact 28 years old. There were four people doing the test at once, and I was the oldest one. Also, the only one there without my parents. I feel old and outmoded. Still, I only have to keep it for three months, then I can go for my Ps. This year is crazy. Marriage, driving, saving for a mortgage, ( Read more... )

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Your child is a snowflake, amazing, unique, beautiful and DIFFERENT to every other squashy headed baby out there. We know. We appreciate your child's spectacular specialness, as well as your own. But there comes a point where celebration turns to nasty child abuse, you know ( Read more... )