Random thoughts and observations
I was sorry to hear that George MacDonald Fraser, author of the Flashman series, died this week at the age of 82. I’ve read all the Flashman books and I had hoped there were more to come. As described neatly in The Age: “Flashman, published in 1969, imagined Harry Flashman, the bullying schoolboy of 19th-century [...]
Margaret has her first dancing concert next Saturday. She has been attending dance lessons for most of this year and the concert will be the grand finale. I went along to watch the girls practice several weeks ago and it’s quite a sight. I’ve got no idea how the instructor manages to maintain the attention [...]
I took the twins to see Dorothy the Dinosaur’s Dance Party today at the Kalgoorlie Town Hall. They didn’t actually get into it as much as I’d expected. The organisers wisely limit the show to about one hour, which is about the attention span for the target audience of three-year-olds and parents. Dorothy is a [...]
Something prompted me to think this morning about Australian sayings which are no longer in common usage. He’s got Buckley’s hope Owes its origins to convict William Buckley who landed with David Collins’ expedition to found a settlement on Westernport Bay in Victoria. Buckley escaped, the settlement was abandoned and he spent the next 32 [...]
I went to see Borat at the local cinema on Sunday. I thought it was gross at times but generally hilarious. I can understand why the Kazakhs are offended It has a bigger go at Americans and western society though, especially our self-righteous thinking that we’re the best. I loved the rodeo scene where Borat [...]
