February 2012
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January 2012
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Jan 24th
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Cynthia Nixon On Being Gay: 'For Me It's A Choice' →
xntrek: jennlevo: hmmm… She’s got a point, we do have a choice with who we sleep with and how we wish to be defined. You can choose to sleep with men or choose to sleep with women. One choice will make you happier and leave you feeling honest and full-filled, and well… one might not. But, you do have a choice.  I mean just because I was born with a natural tendency to eat doesn’t mean I have...
Jan 23rd
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luckyshirt: Words with Daughters →
luckyshirt: Me: What kind of sandwich do you want in your lunch? Her: PB & J, please. Me: You got it. Her: Do you have jelly? Me: No, I’m just going to pour juice on your peanut butter sandwich. Her: Daddy. Me: What? Your friends will be so jealous. It’ll be a peanut butter and jealous sandwich. Her:… Oh dear - that’s Game Over for our favourite LuckyShirt :(
Jan 20th
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Lolzilla vs The Way Home
Me: ok, are we ready to go home now?
Lolzilla: No! I want to go to Poo Land!
Me: Poo Land? That sounds terribly unpleasant. What would we do in Poo Land?
Lolzilla: I'm gonna poo in it!!
Me: ....
Jan 14th
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luckyshirt: 21 Reasons Why The English Language... →
luckyshirt: by Sheetr 1. The bandage was wound around the wound. 2. The farm was used to produce produce. 3. The dump was so full it had to refuse more refuse. 4. We must polish the Polish furniture. 5. He could lead if he would get the lead out. 6. The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the… I think that’s actually 21 reasons that the english language is awesome, and...
Jan 11th
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Jan 2nd
December 2011
8 posts
Dec 30th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-25) →
Sufjan Stevens (38) My Morning Jacket (27) Harry Connick, Jr. (26) Michael Bublé (26) Ren & Stimpy (25) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 30th
Goodbye, dear friend
I bought my WAHL beard trimmer almost 10 years ago. Some of you may think this is a joke, given my sparse growth. It is no joke. I used my dear WAHL so much - I relied on it. Shaping, smoothing, and for the last few years it kept a perfect length on my pseudo-beard. But this morning, for the first time for the last time, I dropped him. He hit the tiles, and shattered into a million (or two)...
Dec 28th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-11) →
Beastie Boys (14) The Beatles (10) Big Star (9) The Apples in Stereo (9) The Velvet Underground (8) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Dec 14th
Reactions to Gruber: Fun With Gruber's Nitpicking →
johngruber: gizo: What I find interesting about the original article, which John referenced, but your rebuttal (conveniently?) ignored, is the statement “PC manufacturers are dominant in the tablet space”, which I believe is at best erroneous, if not downright misleading. I’m only having fun with this: is Apple somehow not a manufacturer of personal computers? Or do they no longer make...
Dec 1st
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November 2011
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Nov 30th
Nov 30th
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Reactions to Gruber: Fun With Gruber's Nitpicking →
johngruber: Gruber’s extended rant on U.S. tablet sales is very amusing. I get the feeling, reading it, his entire problem stems from the fact that the article treats “2nd place” in the tablet market as where all the interesting action is, instead of spending the entire article talking about how great the… So yeah. I’m definitely not aiming to get into a nit-pick here - I applaud...
Nov 30th
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Nov 30th
“Look Daddy! It’s the meat that was in the movie!!”
– Lolzilla
Nov 29th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-20) →
Bon Iver (42) Nick Drake (25) Laura Veirs (18) Page France (17) The xx (16) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Nov 23rd
Nov 16th
Lolzilla vs. The Bedtime
Me: Would you like me to sing you a song?
Lolzilla: Yes
Me: what song shall I sing?
Lolzilla: ...
Me: Lullaby in Ragtime?
Lolzilla: No.
Me: 5 little ducks?
Lolzilla: No.
Me: Wide as the Ocean?
Lolzilla: No.
Me: ... well, what then?
Lolzilla: Superstitious.
Me:
Nov 16th
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-11-13) →
The Fauves (29) Bon Iver (20) The Smiths (16) The High Llamas (13) Viva Voce (11) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Nov 14th
October 2011
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Imagination vs. Realism (or, Girl vs. Boy, or, 3...
Lolzilla: If I eat a spoon, I will become magical
Me: ok, cool
Harvey (off stage): No you won't.
It will really hurt.
And you'll have to go to hospital and the doctors will cut you open and take it out and put you back together and you'll be all better.
But it will hurt you.
A lot!
Oct 29th
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Oct 25th
There's a fireman coming to The Hardman's kinder...
I made sure to remind him to ask the fireman “are you that same fireman who came to mummy’s special party?” That should work, right?
Oct 19th
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Oct 9th
Monday
I got mobbed by kids I have never met on Friday.  Healesville Sanctuary has built an inflatable jumpy blow up thingy. I got on there with my kids, and my sister’s kids. There were many other kids there too. After some double-bouncing and launching my nephew, it was game on for everyone. I ended up buried beneath about 10 kids I’d never met, with Harv off to the side, worrying that I...
Oct 9th
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September 2011
4 posts
Sep 29th
Kymbo just got to meet Vasili, and Lolzilla tried to steal his olives. I’m so proud right now.
Sep 8th
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Lolzilla vs. The Garden
Mum: what are you doing?
Lolzilla: I'm digging...
Mum: ok
Lolzilla: ...for a dead bird
Mum: ....oh.....k....
Lolzilla: ...and then I'm going to kill it!
Mum: ...
Lolzilla: ...with a spade
Sep 8th
Dear every bakery I bought from today
Ciabatta is NOT JUST A SHAPE!!!
Sep 2nd
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August 2011
6 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-8-7) →
Work of Saws (53) Bart & Friends (33) Blur (28) Spain (28) Sufjan Stevens (20) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Aug 9th
Mornings with gizo & the Hardman
Hardman: Dad, where are we going?
gizo: ...Paris?
Hardman: but that would take all night and all day
Hardman: ...and another night
Hardman: ...and another day...
gizo: .....
Hardman: ....
Hardman: and do you even KNOW which way Paris is?
Aug 6th
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-7-31) →
Bernard Herrmann (48) Richmond Fontaine (23) They Might Be Giants (18) The Cure (17) David Bowie (14) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Aug 2nd
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July 2011
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-7-24) →
The Steinbecks (34) Pavement (24) Abba (19) Richmond Fontaine (13) Yo La Tengo (13) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Jul 8th
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Just got a phone call
letting me know that the Hardman just read his first book. He’s being doing some learning on readingeggs.com.au, and today he read his first bunch of sentences (I am a cat, a cat can bat, I am a rat, can a rat bat?) Why am I not there with him? Work sucks for being a parent :(
Jul 6th
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June 2011
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Jun 26th
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-6-12) →
ABBA (38) Bon Iver (37) Hayden (24) Vampire Weekend (23) Guided by Voices (22) Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
Jun 22nd
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erinmargrethe replied to your post: How can it be that I have only just now listened to an album by Fleetwood Mac? What were your PARENTS doing? I o.d.ed on those guys in the 80s thanks to my mom. I rolled my eyes when they played at Clinton’s inaugural ball. Only in the last decade have I been able to abide them again. My parents? That’s a whole other story… Mum was humming away to...
Jun 21st