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Speech
Yesterday at Christmas dinner, my dad gave me a copy of the speech he made at my wedding. Lots of people have told me since we got married that dad’s speech was one of the best they’d ever heard. Unfortunately, … Continue reading
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a favour
While cleaning out our study yesterday, I started to get a bit nostalgic. Our study is where we keep things that don’t really have a home in other parts of the house – dairies, notebooks, old cards and letters, sermon … Continue reading
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100 Thing Challenge
I read this article on smh.com today about a guy who has set himself a challenge to live with only 100 things next year. From his website: The 100 Thing Challenge is a personal project, a way for me to … Continue reading
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Holidays
College has been on holidays now for a few weeks, and I’ve realised that I haven’t posted once! I’ve been working almost full time these holidays, which has been strangely refreshing. I’ve got a gig behind the machine at Pablo … Continue reading
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on children and gifts
Child psychologist Gregory Ramey says buying children lots of toys at Christmas may not be the best thing for them. an excerpt from the SMH story which I found interesting: Here’s what will happen in many families. Children will develop elaborate lists … Continue reading
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On cash bonuses
Miranda Devine weighs in on the Rudd Government’s cash bonus solution to the global financial crisis. I’m no economist, but even I can see that she’s no economist either. Still, she raises some good points.
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On the flipside…
I felt I had to add this, in case everyone took my last tongue-in-cheek post too seriously! Anglicare is running a Toys ‘n Tucker appeal this Christmas, so don’t forget to give generously to those in need this year. Someone … Continue reading
Spend the lot and spare the nation
Christmas has come early this year for Australians, with a $10.4 billion cash injection into the economy – $8.7 billion of which will take the form of direct payments to families and pensioners. The Federal Government estimates that Australians will spend … Continue reading
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Britney Spears
Did anyone watch the doco on Britney Spears last night on Channel 10? what did you think? I thought she was pretty cool and I felt really sad for her, especially when she described her life as one big groundhog day, until Sam pointed out … Continue reading
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