The other weekend I dropped into Melbourne on my way to a conference to see my newest niece and drop in a Christmas present. Here she is with my soon-to-be sister-in-law. Isn’t she adorable! Well… they both are. And I reckon my brother is pretty cute too. My brother was recently on telly, featured in [...]
mental health
Today I decided I needed a mental health day. It was going to be a reasonably quiet day at work, I had plenty of rec leave up my sleeve and a very understanding boss. A form tomorrow and a sigh of relief. I had a few things to do. I’m making a little slideshow for [...]
By Mark Haddon, author of bestseller The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. A Spot of Bother is a story of ordinary people. George, in his sixties has retired, his wife, Jean is having an affair. Their daughter Katie is marrying someone they don’t particularly like and their son Jamie is homosexual, which [...]
Loved this post by Beatnic. A ten year old child genius in conversation with a Professor of Philosophy: Professor: “If you had to lose only one, would it be logic or emotion?” Child genius (without hesitation): “Emotion, because then I wouldn’t feel unhappy.” Professor: “Ah, but you wouldn’t feel happy either.” Child genius: “Yes, but [...]
