If I lived in New Zealand I’d probably be hungover today

Ah, New Zealand, I see what you did there. You heard us, didn’t you? All our ‘if Tony Abbott wins the next election I’m moving to New Zealand’ chatter made you worry. You sure put a stop to that option. … Continue reading


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There is a negative correlation between the number of numbers I see in one day and my enjoyment of that day

I have now done a statistics course in each of the previous three decades. In the 1990s as part of my library studies; in the 2000s as part of my journalism studies; and in the 2010s as part of this … Continue reading


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Never alone

After we had washed the deep, neat cut and wrapped the band aid round it and Eldest was satisfied that there was no longer any chance that I might faint he said, ‘So, Mum, how did you do it?’ ‘The … Continue reading


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swot vac

Exams. I am in the middle of them. They are all multiple choice which, from what I gather, tests breadth of knowledge rather than depth. Other exams I’ve done have been essay-based which, I am surprised to find, requires (for … Continue reading


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Gaudi

On the way up to the Parc Guell, I thought, ‘How would it be to go to school in the shadow of Gaudi?’ … Image: sign on a school fence, in the background a peep of a Gaudi tower


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Another meander

Still in Barcelona, we saw this on the walk back down from that Gaudi park, what’s it called, oh, yeah, Parc Guell. So, anyway, we saw this spray painted on a wall and Boy the Younger said, ‘Why would anyone … Continue reading


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