- How did I become the mother of this household? I know I'm the eldest child (of the four of us siblings), but it hit me today, that I'm living with the two children I helped raise: my youngest sister (now 22) and her daughter (now 3). I never signed up to be a mother and yet here I am ( Read more... )

Today was a busy day ( Read more... )

- When I was in high school, Brian Greig was the only openly gay politician I knew of. Today he's writing in The Guardian, reflecting on those times, and how little has changed:
History teaches us that wishing gay rights issues would just go away always backfires, and suppressing this issue will only serve to make it a key focus in the election.- I ( Read more... )

- This is hilarious:
As question time began, Fairfax journalists walked out on strike in protest against 120 job cuts. The former Labor treasurer Wayne Swan was named and banned from the chamber for 24 hours. His colleague Stephen Conroy played Candy Crush while heckling the defence minister, Marise Payne.A summary of the last sitting of parliament ( Read more... )

- I'm lying in bed, staring out at the night sky, counting bats. No really. Sixty-six have flown over my house so far.

- I posted about my birthday over on tumblr.
Feeling a lot better now.

- I also got the best insult this week. A lady yelling at her phone (not the person on the other end, just AT her phone) caught me smiling. She spat out: " ( Read more... )

I've made a list of all the comic book films I've seen. It amounts to about 24 movies, depending on whether you count Tintin as a "comic book film".

So here's what I've come up with so far, in alphabetical order:

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- I have now watched Under the Red Hood five times. It was a good purchase. :)

- I've been doing "guerilla marketing" on Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Every time I'm at a toy shop I rearrange the toys. You might have heard that Rey toys are rare in shops the world over, and when I'm in a toy shop, I go looking. If I find a Rey toy, I will move her ( Read more... )

It's been one hell of a year. A wedding, a funeral, a graduation, a family holiday, and a close friend gave birth for the second time. It's had all the big milestones ( Read more... )

Inspired by these three chuckle-heads, I decided to make a list of my favourite comic characters. From all comics.

( list with pictures )

- I can't believe the year is going to be over in a month's time.

- Last week, the pet rabbit tried so hard to escape, that it gave itself a concussion jumping against the roof of its hutch.

- New game my family loves: Love Letter: Batman. Which I don't consistently lose, for once ( Read more... )