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Malt Shovel Brewery tour
Matt and I just did a tour followed by beer and food matching. First taste is the new Noir Stout with a hint if licorice. Delicious!
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Louis has worked out steps
And he's pretty damn fast crawling these days too.
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Shed in the pipeline
We had the council's tree officer around yesterday to look at the tree we want to remove from our garden. It's a camphor laurel, an invasive non-native species. In much of NSW it's listed as a noxious…
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Me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me me
What's in the Federal Election for you YOUR complete guide to how the election policies of Labor and the Coalition will hit your hip pocket. via news.com.au Everything that's wrong with Australian pol…
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Rip off Australia
In Britain before the crash, "Rip off Britain" was a common trope for newspapers, comparing prices for identical products with the prices charged on the continent or across the Atlantic. There must be…
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Immigration in context
the issue of the boats (full set) via batteriesredux.blogspot.com Next time you're arguing with a redneck that refugees arriving by boat aren't a problem, show them this graph. See that huge ramp up?…
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Fat Man in a White Hat
I discovered Bill Buford having watching Fat Man in a White Hat, a seemingly-truncated BBC4 series broadcast earlier this year. It featured a passionate and highly-articulate American guy who'd thrown…
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Musical OCD
This came from my mate Mike, as a profound quote from his mate Dave. Women do not understand mans need to accumulate music, they seem to think it has something to do with a desire to listen to it. Thi…
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Cute ALP attack ad ripping off Rocky Horror
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Uncle Arch's Cookbook
One for the breakfast menu: Banana Rolls Cut bananas and peel, wrap each in a piece of bacon and dip in eggs and crumbs Cook in a quick oven for 10 minutes. From a sister housewife in NZ. via unclearc…
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Snatching a draw from the jaws of victory
Well I suppose a draw is good enough but we were 2 up! A good game for neutrals: 6 goals, Sydney up 2-0 at one point, then down 3-2 before equalising in the end.
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To Enhance Flavor, Just Add Water
Just to see what spirits themselves are like with no alcohol burn at all, I diluted a number of them with plain water by three to one, to cut their alcohol levels to the equivalent of a low-alcohol wi…
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Fruitloop shop
Rachel and I took Louis out to Flemington for our fruit and veg co-op shop this morning. Holly got a sleep in. Louis loved all the sights, smells and colours. As usual the ethnic grandmothers loved Lo…
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Oil: A History
via good.is Excellent visualisation
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SMH runs opinion without detailing who holds it
The watermelon party July 31, 2010 Green or red, it is not necessarily the Greens' political colours that should interest voters, but their economic philosophy, write Nick O'Malley and David Humphries…
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Beyonwiz DP-Lite PVR review
I bought the Beyonwiz DP-Lite PVR a few weeks ago so I thought I'd write up my impressions of it. It's important to understand that I bought this after having used MythTV mostly happily for about 4 ye…
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Saint Paul's Letter to the Electorates: Chapter 3
iii) 'Blessed are those who dig in the earth and profiteth from the treasure therein, for they shall see me afterwards. xiv) For Gough begat Malcolm and Malcolm begat Bob. And Bob begat Paul, although…
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Babi Guling: Balinese suckling pig
We finally made it beyond the immediate surrounds of the hotel and out to Ubud where we visited the legendary Ibu Oka for Babi Guling, roast suckling pig. it was... sensational!
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Complaint Reference: ACMA278584515
A great example of how arbitrary our current Internet censorship is, and it's the model for the new censorship regime. Somehow describing in detail how to make hash brownies is not "detailed instructi…
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Flying to Bali
So the flight to Bali was relatively uneventful. Surprisingly Louis was fine on the flight. He'd developed a snotty nose the night before the flight, so we were expecting the worst, but in the event h…