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"No Galette des Rois!" he wails. "No Galette des Rois?" the other asks in astonishment, then shaking his head in utter disdain. Indignation hung heavy in the air, the disappointment so thick one could cut it with a knife. Hopes were blighted and I feared irretrievable, inconsolable damage to our familial relations. Crestfallen faces, harsh reprimands as they pointed accusing fingers at the half-eaten cakes sitting on the table, the cookies that I had insisted upon making at no one's request all the while allowing the 6th of January, le Jour des Rois Mages, Epiphany, to slide by without so much as a glance, a second thought or, as they haven't stopped reminding me, a single Galette des Rois.
The message was loud and clear: I had somehow failed my family. How could I have misread the signs, turned my back on something that carried such weight and significance for them? How could I not know that in the midst of all of their complaining about the constant onslaught of baked goods that they would much rather do without that they were each waiting for, expecting, craving a Galette des Rois? Backing away at each sarcastic word, every bitter accusation, unable to answer their "You didn't?!" "Why not?" and "What were you thinking?" I swore that I would right this wrong and give them just what they wanted.
My family is indeed a confusion of mixed messages, a riot of paradox and irony. One minute they are shouting food abuse, too much, too often, too sweet. The next they are requesting this treat or that, lamenting that the cupboard is bare, charging me with neglect. Or wondering how it is that I have forgotten or have chosen to ignore this holiday or that event. Guilty as charged! Year in and year out, the rules change, Hanukkah or Christmas, New Year's Eve or not, Passover, Easter, Valentine's Day, each fête, holiday or celebration leads to a monument of negotiation, discussion, argument and compromise. Shoulders shrugged when asked opinions, each in turn saying that it doesn't much matter, that it is all up to me. And all the baked goods that accompany each special day? "We could really do without more cake!" each exclaims with a shudder. So how could I know that this year they would want, were absolutely waiting for a Galette des Rois, a special treat one eats on Epiphany, a religious festival we don't even celebrate?
We often talk of comfort food these days, a trend that seems to return with each economic crisis and financial dip, foods we turn to with each bump in the road, each life-changing event or difficult choice we face. We think of foods that bring us back to an uncomplicated, safe childhood full of dreams, foods rich and warming filled with the aroma and coziness of grandma's kitchen on a Sunday afternoon. Cravings that may change and evolve or that may be different for each one of us; being in a mixed cultural marriage it has been clear from the beginning that the food I turn to for comfort and well-being is not always want he craves when the need arises. But no matter the food, it has the same meaning for all of us. Comfort.
But as comforting as many foods are for us: warm rice pudding or steaming, spicy couscous when the blustery weather threatens and moods turn sour; chocolate cake or a stack of chocolate chip cookies when times get tough; a bowl of ice cream slathered with hot fudge sauce after a harrowing trip to the doctor's or after a workday of stress; a hot dog nestled in a soft bun with a side of greasy fries or a slice of fresh baguette smeared with tangy goat cheese while sitting in the softest, most comfortable spot of the sofa when difficult decisions are waiting impatiently to be made; there is also much comfort in rituals as well. Following a certain, expected rhythm, ticking off special dates on the calendar and the planning and organizing, the anticipation and the final culmination of a particular celebration or event, no matter how small, no matter how simple, grounds us, reassures us, comforts us. And sometimes it is the food that symbolizes these events that instills a warm contentment that if all comes as planned and expected then all is well in the world: a fresh, tender, golden sweet Challah welcoming the Shabbat; potato latkes on Hanukkah; bûche and orangettes for Christmas and pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving and, of course Galette des Rois on the sixth day of January. As each of these foods appear on our table with regularity, like clockwork, we know that in this mad, hectic, unpredictable world that there are still some things that we can always count on.
And here I was, skipping this ever-anticipated treat, shunning this yearly custom. Beginning just after the New Year, glass cases in every French pastry shop are lined with this traditional, buttery confection, two layers of golden, crisp puff pastry filled not only with the traditional almond cream but with chocolate or fruit fillings as well. Every year I buy one or two over the course of the week or two of their short-lived appearance and we all enjoy these wonderful, rich cakes. And these last two years I have even baked one myself. Excitement mounts as the slices are passed from hand to hand and the first bites are taken. The golden crown sits in the center of the table just waiting for one of us to find the special fève nestled deep inside one lucky eater's slice. The one who perchance discovers the token, the coveted prize, hidden in a mouthful is crowned king or queen of the day. The tradition, the delectable treat and the glory of being crowned have become an important part of a comforting rhythm of our year, a gentle slide from rambunctious holiday season into the normal, risky, uncertain rest of the year.
The plate is set before me, the aroma of warm pastry and almonds whirls and swirls up and around my head. I inhale deeply and breath in all the goodness, the scent of cozy winter afternoons in front of a roaring fire, snowy days bundled up under a thick blanket, dog at my feet, a mug of hot tea in my hand and this delicacy, this thing of beauty placed before me. Layer upon layer of flaky golden pastry, its sugary, buttery flakes cradling a rich, rum-kissed frangipane in which hides a very special prize. And like all great French fashion, it comes with the perfect accessory: a golden crown. The Galette des Rois, proudly displayed for a few short weeks of January in every pâtisserie across France, has finally found its way to my table. It took me a few extra days, but I rolled out luxurious, smooth puff pastry from a recipe shared with me by my wonderful, talented friend Gail, The One Tough Cookie, and switched out the traditional almond frangipane with pistachio and added a swirl of cherry preserves for an added fruity sweetness.
This piece on Comfort Food is part of a series for France Roundtable hosted by Christine of Why Go France. This little French Roundtable is made up of a group of five bloggers who have gathered together to share our love, experience and knowledge of this country we call home. This month's topic is French Comfort Food. Although my French husband and I often turn to such wonderful and comforting foods as Riz au Lait, Blanquette de Veau, even a plateful of local oysters, cool and nutty with a squeeze of lemon to soothe what ails us, the events and festivities that dot our calendar have become reference points, a way to find rhythm to our year, signposts along our well-traveled, often hectic and uncertain road. And from the unexpected reaction of my son and husband when January 6 rolled around and there was no Galette to be seen just shows me how much they hold onto these heart-warming symbols, these yearly customs and rituals that console and delight simply in their regular and well-regulated appearance. Comforting, indeed.
Please visit the the other members of the French Roundtable to see what French foods they turn to when comfort is required…
Why Go France
Chez Loulou (oops! absent this month!)
Food Lover's Odyssey
GALETTE DES ROIS or KING'S CAKE
Puff Pastry (recipe follows) or enough store-bought for 2 x ½-inch thick x 8 ½-inch rounds
2 ½ oz (70 g) sugar
2 oz (60 g) unsalted butter softened to room temperature
1 large egg
2 ½ oz (70 g) ground almonds or pistachios
¼ tsp vanilla
1 Tbs rum
2 Tbs cherry jam or preserves, optional
Egg wash (1 yolk whisked with 1 tsp cold water)
Icing/powdered sugar for dusting the top of the Galette
Prepare the Frangipane filling:
Beat the sugar and butter together until fluffy. Beat in the egg, the ground almonds or pistachios, the vanilla and the rum. Add more vanilla or rum to taste, if desired. Place the filling in a small bowl covered with plastic wrap or in a lidded plastic container and refrigerate until ready to use. It needs to firm up before assembling the cake.
To prepare the Galette des Rois:
Roll out the puff pastry to a thickness of ½ inch (1 cm) and not less than 3/8 inch, long and wide enough to cut out two 8 ½-inch (21 cm) discs. Using a cake tin or plate of about 8 ½-inches (21 cm) diameter and using a very sharp knife, trace and cut out two discs. Place each disc carefully on parchment-lined baking sheets, cover with plastic wrap and let rest in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
Stack remaining dough (don't mash together into a ball as you would other dough), wrap in plastic wrap and store in the fridge for another use.
Preheat oven to 425°F (220°C).
Remove prepared rounds of puff pastry. Choose one to be the bottom of the cake and gently press the edges out a bit with your fingers to enlarge the circle slightly. Remove the chilled frangipane from the fridge and, if desired, swirl a tablespoon or two of cherry preserves through it and then mound in the center of the bottom disc of dough. Press it flat and out, using the back of a soupspoon, leaving about 1 ½ inches (4 cm) border of dough free around the edges. Press a fève, a ceramic charm of some sort, or even an old-fashioned dried bean or a coin into the almond cream.
Paint this wide edge of the dough around the frangipane filling lightly with the egg wash (too wet and the top disc may slide during baking). Gently place the second disc of dough on top of the filling placing the top and bottom discs edge to edge (so the edges meet all the way around), gently stretching the top disc if needed so the edges line up. Press to seal tightly.
Place a bowl upside down on top of the discs – the bowl should come up to ½ to 1 inch from the edges. Using a sharp knife held perpendicular to the table, cut into the dough to create a scalloped edge to the cake. Now carefully carve a design into the top of the cake (not too deeply into the dough). Cut a small circle in the center of the top dough disc and insert a chimney (make a chimney out of parchment or foil or, as I did, use an upside down aluminum pastry bag tip).
Brush the top and sides of the dough with egg wash. Place in the hot oven and bake for 20 minutes until the pastry is puffed up and golden brown. If you think the pastry is browning too quickly, simply lay a piece of foil over the top.
Reduce the oven temperature to 400°F (200°C) and continue baking for an additional 25 to 30 minutes until the sides of the pastry are also golden and crisp and the pastry is well risen.
Remove the Galette from the oven and move the rack up one notch. Protecting your hand with an oven mitt or kitchen towel, gently and carefully lift out the chimney. Generously dust the entire top surface of the Galette with powdered sugar (using a sieve or sifter) then place the pastry back in the oven. Now bake for around 5 minutes until the sugar has turned to a golden and very shiny glaze. Stand next to your oven and watch because it turns to the perfect glaze very quickly then in the flash of an eye burns! You must watch so you can pull it out of the oven just as the last of the top turns a gorgeous deep golden and not leave it one second longer.
Remove the Galette from the oven and slide the parchment paper off onto a cooling rack. Allow the Galette to cool before slicing and serving.
Make sure there is a child under the table while the host cuts the Galette and then passes each slice as the child calls out whom to serve. Have a paper crown ready to crown the King or Queen who finds the charm!
PUFF PASTRY – Pate Feuilletée
Recipe from Gail of One Tough Cookie using my own procedure
Click here to see step-by-step images of how to put together your own perfect Puff Pastry!
8.8 oz (250 g) cake flour
8.8 oz (250 g) bread flour (type 55)
2.5 oz (70 g) softened butter
2 tsps table salt
1 cup (250 ml) cold water
8.8 oz (250 g) cold unsalted butter
The détrempe or the basic dough can easily be made in a food processor, but I did this by hand in a snap.
Blend the 2 flours and the salt in a large mixing bowl. Add the butter cut into cubes and rub into the dry ingredients until it has disappeared. Add the chilled water all at once and stir until all of the dry ingredients are moistened and the dough starts to pull together. Add a tablespoon or two more if needed. Scrape out onto a well-floured work surface and knead for just a few minutes until the dough is smooth and pliable.
Form the dough into a ball, wrap it in a damp towel and refrigerate for about 5 minutes.
Incorporating the Butter:
Place the butter between 2 sheets of plastic wrap and beat it with a rolling pin until it flattens into a square 1" thick. Take care that the butter remains cool and firm: if it has softened or becomes oily, chill it before continuing.
Remove the dough from the fridge. Working on a well-floured surface, roll out the dough into an approximately 10" square. Keep the top and bottom of the dough well floured to prevent sticking and lift the dough and move it around frequently. Starting from the center of the square, roll out over each corner to create a thick center pad with "ears," or flaps. Place the cold butter in the middle of the dough and fold the ears over the butter, stretching them as needed so that they overlap slightly and encase the butter completely. (If you have to stretch the dough, stretch it from all over; don't just pull the ends) you should now have a package that is 8" square. Make sure it stays cool at all times; if need be just pop the whole thing in the fridge regularly for a few minutes until it firms up again.
Making the Turns:
Gently but firmly press the rolling pin against the top and bottom edges of the square "package" to seal, thus ensuring the dough stays square. Keeping the work surface and the top of the dough well floured, roll the dough into a rectangle, perpendicular to your body, 3 times as long as wide (24" long, the width may vary between 8" and 9" but don't worry).
Brush off all excess flour from the dough and fold the bottom of the dough up (mark off 8" down from the top and align the edge of the folded dough to this). Again brush off excess flour from the folded up portion and bring down the top remaining third so the edge comes to the bottom edge (the dough is now folded into thirds, all edges even and no gaps). Pull gently on the corners if need be so there are no gaps. Gently but firmly press the rolling pin on the edges to "seal" so when rolling again the edges stay aligned.
Rotate the dough so that the closed fold is to your left like the spine of a book. Repeat the rolling and the folding process one more time (you'll now be rolling and folding in the other direction). Once it is rolled out and folded again into thirds, you have just completed the second turn. If the dough is still cool and no butter is oozing out, you can give the dough another two turns now. If the condition of the dough is iffy and beginning to soften, wrap it tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerate it for at least 30 minutes. Each time you refrigerate the dough, mark the number of turns you've completed by indenting the dough with your fingertips. It is best to refrigerate the dough for 30 to 60 minutes between each set of two turns.
The total number of turns needed is six. If you prefer, you can give the dough just four turns now, chill it overnight, and do the last two turns the next day. Puff pastry is extremely flexible in this regard. However, no matter how you arrange your schedule, you should plan to chill the dough for at least an hour before cutting or shaping it.


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Hi ladies,
Today marks 10 months since we lost out daughter. Things are so much better but the pain I feel is the same. I miss her so much and what her life would have been. I look at all the clothes I bought for her and all the ideas I had for her room. I had an early ultrasound in November around 16-17 weeks and was told I was having a boy! When I went to get my first growth scan we were shocked to find out we were having a girl!! I was so so excited and just couldn't stop myself from buying the cute dresses, bows etc.. I now look at those things and imagine how my life would have been without all these tears... I sometimes feel that the pain will never stop.
We are ttc again and feel defeated every month I don't get pregnant... So it's like an emotional roller coaster I am pretty sad with the holidays coming up & wishing that she was here and that I could change what happened. I would have rather given my life for her.
I have always gone home for thanksgiving but this will be the first year we will stay here and spend thanksgiving with my husbands family ( I'm not looking forward to it) but no I am going to be ovulating around thar time and I can't miss it by being at my parents house. Last 2 times I ovulated I was at my parents house and it is just not very comfortable... Lol
How are you ladies getting through the holidays? How do you deal with trying again and not getting a positive right away? I know we have only been trying for 3 months but it seems like just forever wanting to have a baby in my arms

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Ned Martin's Journal
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Canyonlands National Park, Utah
Bronwen & I drive to Canyonlands National Park, where my knee hurts & there are many canyons.
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Fri 1st May – Sat 2nd May 2015
Arches National Park, Utah
Bronwen & I drive through New Mexico, along parts of Historic Route 66, past Monument Valley, & through Colorado on our way to Arches National Park in Utah, where we find many, many arches.
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Wed 22nd Apr – Thu 30th Apr 2015
Dallas, Texas, United States of America
Bronwen & I fly to Dallas, Texas, hire a car, & begin our American holiday.
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Sat 18th Apr – Sun 19th Apr 2015
Australian Surf Life Saving Championships
Bronwen & I drive to Tweed Hospital then North Kirra Beach & watch the Australian Surf Life Saving Championships.
Tue 7th Apr – Fri 17th Apr 2015
Quitting Work & Fighting Hospitals
Maz makes new poi, I receive fake rubbish from eBay, find malware, quit work, buy an Easter egg, go to Sizzler, Pancake Manor & Indooroopilly, & Bronwen gets business cards, goes to the doctor & fights Tweed Hospital & we see "Furious 7".
Fri 3rd Apr – Mon 6th Apr 2015
Bronwen & I go to "Natural Bridge Glow Worm Cave" with Maz & Emmi & find glowing mushrooms, I observe "Reclaim Australia" versus the communists, Bronwen & I drive to random jetties & Tom's Confectionery Warehouse at midnight, go to Leslie Harrison Dam, fight lantana, & meet Clint & Kelly with Maz & Emmi at Mount Ngungun.
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Fri 27th Mar – Thu 2nd Apr 2015
Maz's Farewell
Bronwen, Chris, Clint, Emmi, Maz & I go to Stradbroke Island for Maz's farewell, & only Clint misses the ferry.
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Tue 24th Mar – Thu 26th Mar 2015
Coomera Circuit
Clint, Maz, Emmi & I walk the Coomera Circuit at Binna Burra. Clint falls over many times but does not dislocate his finger.
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Mon 16th Mar – Mon 23rd Mar 2015
Bronwen's Cyborg Finger & Purling Brook Falls
Bronwen finds out she is to be made redundant & dislocates her finger, we see Chappie, drive to Coolangatta with Maz & Emmi, & walk through the clouds at Springbrook.
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Bronwen & I go and watch "waterlining" at Kangaroo Point.
Mon 9th Mar – Sat 14th Mar 2015
Vietnam Veteran's 2015 Bike, Trike and Hot Rod Show
Bronwen recaptures worms, we see "Focus", go to the Vietnam Veteran's 2015 Bike, Trike and Hot Rod Show, & Maz makes LED poi.
Mon 2nd Mar – Sun 8th Mar 2015
The Three Worlds Fire Twirling Competition
I take photos of water & the Three Worlds Fire Twirling Competition, fight my phone & Cyanogenmod, & Maz returns to Australia.
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Mon 23rd Feb – Sun 1st Mar 2015
Neon Pop
Bronwen & I go to Roving Conspiracy, buy a new Canon 70D camera, test the camera at Neon Pop, see "Jupiter Ascending", & Bronwen goes to Q-Ride & postpones buying flights.
Mon 16th Feb – Sun 22nd Feb 2015
The Year of the Goat
Bronwen & I watch "Fifty Shades of Grey", live through a cyclonic flood, & visit Chinatown for their year of the goat celebrations.
Sun 8th Feb – Sun 15th Feb 2015
The Fort Lytton Cosplay Shoot & Amigurumi Toyland
Bronwen & I find miles of VHS tape at "Sublime", watch "Kingsmen", I eat a terrible curry & hunt for laptops, we go orienteering & to the Valentine's Day Busk where a world record is broken, to the Fort Lytton Cosplay Shoot, Recycling Art Competition Exhibition, Suitcase Rummage, Amigurumi Toyland & The Japanese Festival.
Rio Rhythmics Carnaval
Bronwen tries Stretch Hummers on for size, we visit the state library & the museum, and then watch the dancers at Rio Rhythmics' Carnaval in West End.
Tue 27th Jan – Fri 6th Feb 2015
I go to Brisbane Free University, The Dentist, Lake Baroon with Clint, West End Fire Festival, The Cinema, & there is an election.
Mon 19th Jan – Mon 26th Jan 2015
Australia Day
Bronwen feeds snakes, it rains a lot, we go swimming at Cedar Creek Falls, attend the Super-Awesome Greens Supporters Party, go to a photoshoot where my camera doesn't work, watch Australia Day fireworks, & Bronwen goes in a 1000w Esky Race.
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Mon 12th Jan – Sun 18th Jan 2015
College's Crossing
I return to work, Bronwen & I go to Roving Conspiracy, watch "Taken 3", survive the bull sharks at College's Crossing, & Bronwen plays with snakes & wins a trip to Dallas.
Mon 5th Jan – Sun 11th Jan 2015
Brisbane No Pants Subway Ride & Sunset Gathering
Bronwen & I test my camera, go to a climbing BBQ, ride the train with pantless people from No Pants Subway Ride & attend the first Sunset Gathering of the year.
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Fri 14th Nov – Sun 16th Nov 2014
Brisbane G20 Summit
Bronwen & I attend the G20 Summit in Brisbane.
Fri 31st Oct – Sun 2nd Nov 2014
Island Vibe Festival 2014
Bronwen & I go to Stradbroke Island & Island Vibe Festival.
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Rockets & Scarecrows
Bronwen & I drive to Queensland Rocketry Society's Rocket Launch & watch many rockets, then continue to Tamborine Mountain Scarecrow Festival.
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Mon 13th Oct – Sat 18th Oct 2014
Little Planets
I go to the G20 Laws Community Session, learn how to make "little planets", & Bronwen is sent a bomb.
Sat 11th Oct – Sun 12th Oct 2014
Brisbane Open House, West End Festival, & Brisbane Kite Festival
It is Brisbane Open House weekend so Bronwen & I go see QPAC, Roma St Fire Station, the Law Courts, the Masonic Temple, & the Port of Brisbane, as well as the West End Festival and the Brisbane Kite Festival.
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Mon 6th Oct – Fri 10th Oct 2014
Bris Brick's Lego Exhibition & Roving Conspiracy
Bronwen & I go to Bris Brick's Lego Exhibition, The Greens' "Roving Conspiracy", & I watch a lunar eclipse & some Diwali celebrations.
Brisbane Zombie Walk
Bronwen goes to TedX & I go to the Thai Festival & The Brisbane Zombie Walk, which I survive.
Mon 29th Sep – Sat 4th Oct 2014
Spring Hill Alive Festival
Bronwen's parents return from Japan, I finish working, & Bronwen & I go to the Spring Hill Alive Festival.
Mon 22nd Sep – Sun 28th Sep 2014
Bronwen & I go to Riverfire, watch jets & helicopters, & trample people & their picnics.
Fri 19th Sep – Sun 21st Sep 2014
Mitchell Creek 2014 Rock 'n' Blues Festival
Bronwen & I drive to the Mitchell Creek 2014 Rock 'n' Blues Festival, have a great time, & drive home again very tired.
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Mon 15th Sep – Thu 18th Sep 2014
The iPhone 6 Plus
I buy a mousepad. Bronwen wears a hat. Everyone else buys an iPhone.
Swell Sculpture Festival
Bronwen & I drive to Currumbin Beach & The Swell Sculpture Festival & stop at the PNG Independence Day Festival in Beenleigh on the way home.
Mon 8th Sep – Sat 13th Sep 2014
Exxopolis & Street Reads
Bronwen's parents go to Japan & Bronwen & I go to the Exxopolis luminarium, watch "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", & battle roaches in "Street Reads".
Mon 1st Sep – Sun 7th Sep 2014
Spring is Sprung!
I recover from my tooth extraction, Bronwen & I see "Do Do Land" & go to the Kurilpa Derby, & Sizzler.
Mon 25th Aug – Sun 31st Aug 2014
The Wisdom Tooth
I have pain & my wisdom tooth is removed.
Mon 18th Aug – Sun 24th Aug 2014
Valley Fiesta & Slacklining
I eat a cupcake, watch "The Expendables 3", go to Valley Fiesta & watch Slacklining.
Mon 11th Aug – Sun 17th Aug 2014
Ekka Flu & The Supermoon
Bronwen & I go to Moonfest & there is a Supermoon. Then we catch Ekka flu & ache.
Mon 4th Aug – Sun 10th Aug 2014
The Pipe Organ & Sunset Gathering
I ache, watch "Lucy", break my phone, & Bronwen & I go to the Brunswick St. Mall reopening, listen to City Hall's Pipe Organ, & go to the colourful Sunset Gathering.
Mon 28th Jul – Sun 3rd Aug 2014
Cannon Firing at Fort Lytton
I go to the Hawken Village Street Festival, watch AFL, crazy uni students, & "Guardians Of The Galaxy", & try to photograph cannons firing at Fort Lytton.
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Mon 21st Jul – Sun 27th Jul 2014
Hogswatch in July
It is Alexandra's birthday, I drop a hard drive off to Amanda, taps to Bunnings, pay some tax, look at Cosplay people, Hogswatch in July people, St. Brigid's Church, & find a brush with breasts.
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Mon 14th Jul – Sun 20th Jul 2014
South Bank's Regional Flavours Festival
I go to work, the bus is slow & annoying, Bronwen & I go orienteering, & eat lots of things at the Regional Flavours Festival.
Tue 18th Feb – Sat 22nd Feb 2014
The Temples of Tamil Nadu
Bronwen & I travel India for 2 months. It isn't the season tourists normally go, because it's starting to get too hot. To try to make the best of this, & also the best use of our limited time, we fly into Chennai, & head immediately south, travelling through Tamil Nadu.
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Wed 5th Feb – Mon 17th Feb 2014
Preparing for India
I clean my car air-filter, look at flights to India & travel insurance, apply for an Indian visa, buy a new camera bag & camera strap, go to Sunset Gathering, get immunised & a sore arm, buy some locks, SD cards & various things for India, fight Citibank, book flights to India, & pack for India!
Thu 30th Jan – Tue 4th Feb 2014
The Rent-a-Bomb, Flash-lit Cactuses & Chinese Dancing Girls
I rent-a-bomb, photograph cactuses at Mount Coot-Tha Botanic Gardens, watch dancing girls at the Chinese Lunar New Year Celebrations, finish up at work, give the rent-a-bomb back, swim in the peeing pool at Southbank, & Bronwen's leave is approved.
Sun 26th Jan – Wed 29th Jan 2014
Australia Day
I go to the "Freedom Rally", take my car to the RACQ Assessment Centre, & clean my laptop heatsink.
Sat 11th Jan – Sat 25th Jan 2014
Chopping Tree, Hitting Car, Scanning Ear
Bronwen & her Dad chop down a tree, I fight ivy & a washing machine, go back to work, eat sushi, move office, watch "47 Ronin", swim at Cedar Creek, have ear scans at hospital, & am involved in a car accident. Also, a possum comes inside.
Fri 3rd Jan – Fri 10th Jan 2014
Bronwen's Hair
Bronwen & I are sick & sleepy, watch "The Desolation of Smaug", I see a koala, & the rest is about Bronwen's hair.
Thu 26th Dec – Thu 2nd Jan 2014
Woodford Folk Festival 2013/14
Bronwen and I go to Woodford Folk Festival, see many, many things & have a good time.
Mon 16th Dec – Thu 19th Dec 2013
Christmas Lights
Bronwen & I watch the Myer Christmas Parade and Pantomim, "American Hustle", "Enders Game", & drive lots, seeing many, many Christmas Lights.
Mon 9th Dec – Sun 15th Dec 2013
Christmas Carols
I watch "The Spectacular Now", The Lord Mayor's Christmas Carols, City Hall's Light Spectacular, & go to College's Crossing, which is destroyed.
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Wide Eyed
I eat veggie pasties, pizza & am wide-eyed & amused.
Sun 22nd Sep – Fri 27th Sep 2013
Swell Sculpture Festival
Bronwen & I drive to Currumbin Beach & The Swell Sculpture Festival & attend UQ's MBA Information Evening, & I eat lunch with Alexandra & Anne & start exercising, & my ear plays up.
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Mon 16th Sep – Sat 21st Sep 2013
Symphony under the Stars
I take my car to the mechanic, who fixes two of the three things wrong with it; Bronwen & I see "Jobs", go to "Symphony under the Stars" & "Opera at the Riverstage"; & I buy Bronwen a B.
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Mon 9th Sep – Sun 15th Sep 2013
SpringFlare Festival of Colours
Both Bronwen & I are sick & go to the doctor. We also see "White House Down", the Brisbane Festival, & SpringFlare Festival of Colours, as well as gardening.
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Mon 26th Aug – Sun 8th Sep 2013
Election 2013: Krishna's Birthday, The Fire, The Snake, Serbians, The Kurilpa Derby & Alexandra's Bass Guitar
Bronwen & I go to Krishna's Birthday, the Serbian Festival, The Kuripla Derby (& squid race), the Sit Down Comedy Club, a few Brisbane Writers Festival events, watch "Red 2", & Alexandra's bass arrives; I find a fire & call for help, I find a snake & deal with it, & Abbott (Liberal) beats Rudd (Labor).
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Sun 4th Aug – Sun 25th Aug 2013
Rallies, Movies, Indians & Robots
I go to several rallies (gay marriage, saving the reef, & fearing chemtrails), see movies ("Now You See Me", "Elysium" & "The World's End"), eat very expensive food at The Stokehouse, watch ravers at "Elements in the Park" & dancers at "The Indian Independence Day Festival", & see Japanese & teddybears at The Botanic Gardens & robots at QUT's Robotronica, before watching the Glow Run & becoming sick.
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Thu 11th Jul – Mon 22nd Jul 2013
Comedy Hypnosis, Ailan Kores, Bastille Day, Sunset Gathering, Thai-ish Food & the Epicurean Festival
Bronwen, Anne, Andy & I go to Anthony Laffan's "Comedy Hypnosis", then Bronwen & I watch a (failed) attempt to form the largest trumpet ensemble ever, slackline, drink water, go to The Ailan Kores, Bastille Day, the Sunset Gathering & the Epicurean Festival, endure "Pacific Rim", eat Thai-ish food, & I save Australia.
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Sun 30th Jun – Wed 10th Jul 2013
Lockyer Powerfest, New Farm v Brisbane Wolves & The Teneriffe Festival
Bronwen & I go to Lockyer Powerfest at Lake Dyer where I develop "ouchies" & photograph lots of speedboats, eat at Sizzler, watch "Superman" at South Bank, ogle art at "A Celebration of the Female Form", watch Dan lose in soccer, visit The Teneriffe Festival, & Bronwen & I watch "The Lone Ranger" but it is broken.
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Sun 23rd Jun – Sat 29th Jun 2013
Bronwen & I go to the World Refugee Day Festival, see the "supermoon", & twirl fire at Moonfest. I catch public transport & take my car to David, go to Sizzler with extreme difficulty, & switch my mobile to TPG. Bronwen recycles batteries at ALDI, I upgrade my phone to ICS, & we both go slacklining & to a fifties-style street party–"Shake the Village".
bronwen moonfest fire twirling world refugee day car david dan maz soccer cat & niall phone john & sarah shake the village slacklining photography
Sun 26th May – Sat 8th Jun 2013
Africa Day
Bronwen & I go to "Africa Day" & look at amazing hats, watch Dan play soccer–twice, watch "The Great Gatsby", go to the Albion Comedy Club with Greg & Kylie & Toowong Cemetry with Sarah, & I help Maz move & pay my speeding fine.
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Sat 6th Apr – Sun 14th Apr 2013
Greta's Wedding
Bronwen & I drive to Greta's Wedding in Coffs Harbour. It is beautiful. Later, we watch "G.I. Joe Retaliation" & "Oblivion", & I buy $5 shorts.
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Sat 2nd Mar – Wed 13th Mar 2013
Propaganda, Flooding & Tom's Confectionery Warehouse
It floods again, I build a Propaganda site, & I go to Tom's Confectionary Warehouse.
Sun 17th Feb – Fri 1st Mar 2013
Australian Sand Sculpting Championships
Bronwen & I drive to the Gold Coast to look at the "Australian Sand Sculpting Championships", I start work, & we watch "Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away".
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Thu 14th Feb – Sat 16th Feb 2013
Daisy Hill Koala Centre
I attend interviews & get some work, Maz's car battery goes flat, & Bronwen & I go to the Daisy Hill Koala Centre.
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Sun 10th Feb – Wed 13th Feb 2013
Mapleton Falls
Bronwen, Maz, Clint & I walk to the base of Mapleton Falls, & Maz & I nearly die.
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Sun 3rd Feb – Sat 9th Feb 2013
The Harrowing History of my Media Centre
I build a new media centre, which promptly breaks, prompting me to revisit the harrowing history of my media centre. Bronwen & I also go see "Race 2"–a Bollywood film–& Mettro tells me Ray White have pulled development back in-house.
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Twin Falls Circuit, Springbrook
Bronwen, Maz & I drive to Springbrook & walk the Twin Falls Circuit, which is closed, & then go to Chez Tessa because The Burrito Bar has run out of tacos.
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Fri 25th Jan – Fri 1st Feb 2013
Flooding, Storms & Power Failures
My umbrella is stolen, there is a little storm & half of QLD (including me) loses power, & the media centre dies.
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Sat 19th Jan – Thu 24th Jan 2013
Boondall Wetlands
Bronwen & I swim at Southbank, walk through Boondall Wetlands, see many jellyfish, & I have my wheels balanced.
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Mon 7th Jan – Fri 18th Jan 2013
My Last Two Weeks at Mettro
I go back to work, replace the diff in my car, and finish up at Mettro. Bronwen & I watch "Les Miserables", "The Life of Pi", Jupiter at Astro Pete's, & "Gangster Squad", & we go to Heidi's Fortieth. Laurie passes away.
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Mon 12th Nov – Wed 14th Nov 2012
The Solar Eclipse of 2012
Bronwen & I fly to Cairns, drive to Mount Carbine, & watch an amazing solar eclipse with Bronwen's parents. I then meet Silas & Liza, & fly home.
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Sat 27th Oct – Fri 9th Nov 2012
The Valley Fiesta, Bogan Bingo & The Brisbane Grass Roots Music Festival
Bronwen & I go to Sunnybank, The Valley Fiesta, Bogan Bingo, Astro Pete's, The Diwali Festival, The Brisbane Grass Roots Music Festival, & see "The Intouchables"; Sarah's laptop arrives, Silas & Liza visit, & I get sick.
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Sat 20th Oct – Fri 26th Oct 2012
Bogans, Scarecrows & Cedar Creek
I buy 6TB of hard drives for the server & find they can't be used, go to Sizzler with Bronwen, & Cedar Creek & Cameron Falls with Bronwen & Maz & most of the bogans in the Gold Coast, & see some scarecrows. Then Niall leaves, I meet Clint, & go see Anthony Laffan's Comedy Hypnosis Show.
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Sat 13th Oct – Fri 19th Oct 2012
Springbrook, Twin Falls & Natural Bridge
Bronwen & I drive to Springbrook, walk the Twin Falls Circuit, & look at Natural Bridge in the day time for a change. I also use the bike carrier for the first time.
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Fri 5th Oct – Fri 12th Oct 2012
Kondalilla Falls & Alexandria Bay
Bronwen & I go to Govinda's, don't take Natacha to Murwillumbah & instead go to Kondalilla Falls & Alexandria Bay, see a fruit bat and many naked men, & eat a Frenzy for the first time in many years.
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Mon 1st Oct – Thu 4th Oct 2012
Springbrook, Purling Brook Falls & an Upside Down 4WD
Bronwen, Maz & I drive to Springbrook & visit Purling Brook Falls, coming across an upside down 4WD on the way home; Bronwen & I get free mini Dutch pancakes, watch "Looper", & I cook two-minute noodles.
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Mon 24th Sep – Sun 30th Sep 2012
Robowars 2012 Nationals & Riverfire
Bronwen & I attend the Robowars 2012 Nationals, watch Riverfire from the 33rd floor of the Suncorp building, & Bronwen starts a new job.
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Sat 22nd Sep – Sun 23rd Sep 2012
The West End Block Party, Alexander Hills Hotel, Byron Bay & Nimbin
I go to the West End Block Party, Bronwen & I both go to the Sit Down Comedy Club at the Alexandra Hills Hotel, & Maz, Uzi, Ian, Chris & I drive & ride to the Gold Coast, Byron Bay & Nimbin.
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Sat 15th Sep – Fri 21st Sep 2012
Stradbroke Island, The "Straddie Salute" Triathlon, & Moonrise Kingdom
Bronwen & I go to Stradbroke Island, watch the "Straddie Salute" triathlon, "Moonrise Kingdon", eat chocolate nachos & go to Govinda's.
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Sat 8th Sep – Fri 14th Sep 2012
The Brisbane Festival & Lake Kurwongbah
Bronwen & I watch the Brisbane Festival opening & Santos City of Lights, drive to Lake Kurwongbah with Maz, walk up Mt. Gravatt, eat pizza, & I am nearly killed by a ferocious shower spider.
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Sat 1st Sep – Fri 7th Sep 2012
Natural Bridge Glow Worm Cave
Maz, Kate & I drive to Natural Bridge Glow Worm Caves, we all look at Ngoc's milk boobs, then Ngoc's icecream boobs, watch "The Expendables 2", a spider is in my shoe, the police deafen me, I clone my hard drive, & go shoe shopping & visit the new Chez Tessa.
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Sat 28th Jul – Fri 3rd Aug 2012
Flinder's Peak & Secret Cave
Bronwen & I go to The Korean Multicultural Festival, & climb Flinder's Peak with Derek, Eric & Robert, I fall sick, Bronwen's job ends, & wee see off Natacha at The Three Monkeys with Shane and Alexandra, before booking flights to Cairns.
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Wed 30th May – Tue 5th Jun 2012
A Week of Food
I eat–and photograph–food for a week, go to Pittsworth with Maz, watch "Men in Black 3", & try a new vegetarian restaurant–The Green Vegetarian Restaurant
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Wabbit Season
I eat chips at Pittsworth, curry in Rosalie, & film the massacre of many Easter Bunnies.
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Pittsworth Light Painting
Bronwen & I go to Pittsworth with Maz & Clint, eat birthday cake, & take photographs in the dark.
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Thu 5th Apr – Tue 10th Apr 2012
Stradbroke, Ants, Mosquitoes & Gum Nuts
I go to Stradbroke Island with Bronwen & am attacked by ants, mosquitoes, & gum nuts—but no icebergs.
Thu 22nd Mar – Wed 4th Apr 2012
Suitcase Rummages, Mini Bike Trainers & Earth Hour
I run out of milk, go to the Sit Down Comedy Club, eat chips with Clint at Scarborough, shop for shoes & chocolate, watch "The Hunger Games", attend "Earth Hour", a suitcase rummage, & buy a Mini Bike Trainer.
Sat 10th Mar – Wed 21st Mar 2012
Gavin's Funeral
Bronwen & I attend Gavin's funeral, I get toothache & visit the dentist, go to Govinda's Sunday Feast, & watch "Coriolanus" & "The Rum Diaries".
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Sun 4th Mar – Fri 9th Mar 2012
Bushwalking O'Reilly's, Leeches & Itching
Bronwen, Clint, Maz & I go for a wet & misty walk through the leeches along Toolona Creek & Mount Wanungra at O'Reilly's, & itch for days after.
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Birthday Shirts
I get very "me" Birthday Shirts, walk the Gateway Bridge, & eat muffins.
Mon 20th Feb – Fri 2nd Mar 2012
Sick, Retiring, RAM & Comedy
I put more RAM in my laptop, Bronwen's Dad "retires", her Aunt & Uncle leave, we laugh at the Sit Down Comedy Club, & watch "Killer Elite".
bronwen gav & valerie sick maz kieran clint laptop geek sizzlers cinema sit down comedy club john & sarah geoff & hillary
Sat 18th Feb – Sun 19th Feb 2012
Coomera Circuit, Lamington National Park
Bronwen, Clint & I walk the Coomera Circuit in Lamington National Park, & I eat pancakes & fall sick.
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Wed 1st Feb – Fri 17th Feb 2012
The KGB Don't Find Me
The KGB don't find me, I fix my car's central locking, watch "Chronicle" with Clint & "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" without him, the water fails, Flash crashes, I redesign my site, & Bronwen & I attend Cam & Christine's party & a family dinner.
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Mon 23rd Jan – Tue 31st Jan 2012
Family Dinner, Sizzlers, & Cloudflare
I have some days & nights, attend family dinner at Bronwen's parents' place, eat most of Sizzlers, & start using Cloudflare.
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Mon 9th Jan – Fri 20th Jan 2012
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
It is hot. I fix my car door, watch "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", & eat a lot.
Wed 4th Jan – Sun 8th Jan 2012
College's Crossing
I watch "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows", eat a late Christmas Lunch at Sizzlers, & go swimming at College's Crossing.
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Mon 26th Dec – Tue 3rd Jan 2012
Woodford Folk Festival & The Dreaming
Bronwen and I go to Woodford Folk Festival, where the weather is good for a change, I fall sick, we don't argue, and overall have a great time.
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Sat 10th Dec – Fri 16th Dec 2011
Wherein I get a new bike & the moon goes away
I am haircut, there is a lunar eclipse, Bronwen buys me a bike, I go riding & get lost, fall over and damage my laptop, & post my old camera up to Sarah.
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Sat 3rd Dec – Fri 9th Dec 2011
Dotty at GoMA: We Miss You Magic Land!
I go dotty at GoMA, eat chips, pizza & pasta, & attend the work Christmas Party.
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Wed 23rd Nov – Fri 2nd Dec 2011
Pittsworth & Light Painting
A picture breaks, I eat at Coffee Club, buy a Mack Diamond Warranty, drive to Pittsworth with Maz, take starry photos, go-live at work, & watch the lighting of the Mayor's Christmas tree.
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Sun 20th Nov – Tue 22nd Nov 2011
Bronwen's Birthday
It is Bronwen's birthday, I make my first ever "Extra Special Birthday Vouchers", get lots of things from eBay–some of which aren't broken–& photograph the city.
Mon 14th Nov – Sat 19th Nov 2011
Seven Years
It is Bronwen and my seventh anniversary. I attempt to change my headlamps, eat curry with Silas, photograph the media centre & my server, give Bronwen flowers, gain a battery grip for my camera, & eat dinner at Caravanserai.
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Mon 7th Nov – Fri 11th Nov 2011
Canon EOS 7D
My new Canon EOS 7D camera arrives & I am excited.
Tamborine Mountain Scarecrow Festival
Bronwen & I drive to Tamborine Mountain for the Tamborine Mountain Scarecrow Festival, & are lucky to survive.
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The Steamers (Attempt Five)
A fifth unsuccessful attempt to get to "The Steamers", wherein it rains, squalls, & I meet the strongest wind I have ever met.
Tue 6th Sep – Fri 9th Sep 2011
More Torches & Some Thai
Two torches arrive from eBay, only one of which is broken; it rains & blows, & I go to Tara Thai.
Mon 22nd Aug – Fri 26th Aug 2011
Torches, Tax & Dinner
Bronwen has her first day at work, my 18650 batteries and P-Rocket torch arrive, Mack Warranties suck, it rains, & we have dinner with Bronwen's cousins, Laurence & Valerie.
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Thu 11th Aug – Thu 18th Aug 2011
A Funeral, Classical Music, Cowboys & Aliens
I attend Bronwen's grandfather's funeral, Classic FM's Topology, & Cowboys & Aliens.
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Mon 1st Aug – Wed 10th Aug 2011
Computers Suck
I fought–then bought–a monitor, fought the media centre, watched Captain America fight, bought some torches & batteries & a fake Wi-Fi card on eBay, fought my netbook, went to Sunday Live, fought Bilharzia, & got fit & stayed thin.
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Fri 29th Jul – Sun 31st Jul 2011
The Haircut & Not The Steamers
I get a haircut & don't die on a cliff, in the dark, trying to find "The Steamers".
bronwen maz outdoors chris haircut the steamers bushwalking john & sarah
Fri 22nd Jul – Thu 28th Jul 2011
Stradbroke Island & Ida's Funeral
I get a quote for my lens repair, go to Stradbroke Island, trim the hedge, install windscreen wipers & attend Ida's funeral.
bronwen outdoors stradbroke maz car camera lens john & sarah ida funeral cam & tina
Wed 13th Jul – Thu 21st Jul 2011
Home, Frizzy Hair, Pizza & Lens Repair
I arrive home, Bronwen's hair goes frizzy, we watch Harry Potter & Transformers, visit Kieran, Maz, Smeagol, buy pizza & a shirt, & visit Camera Tech.
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Sun 20th Mar – Sat 26th Mar 2011
The Netbook, The Diseases, & Tom
I buy a netbook, eat Malaysian food, visit the travel doctor, inject diseases, buy a Lumix camera, travel on a bus, & have lunch with Tom.
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Mon 14th Mar – Sat 19th Mar 2011
My Kindle, My Dentist & My Last Day at Work
My Kindle arrives, I visit the dentist, have my last day at work, & nearly die in several road accidents.
World Naked Bike Ride
I watched naked people ride bikes, had a milkshake, and watched "Gilmore Girls".
Mon 28th Feb – Fri 11th Mar 2011
Quitting Work, Buying Flights & a Kindle
I visit Amanda, give notice at work, book flights to Europe, & Bronwen gets a Kindle.
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Mon 21st Feb – Sun 27th Feb 2011
Storms, Nachos, Anger & Laptop Repair
I am very angry, it storms big, Maz moves to his new place, my laptop is repaired, & we go for a lovely drive.
bronwen maz outdoors geek photography storm phone ian john & sarah laptop
Mon 14th Feb – Sun 20th Feb 2011
Stradbroke Island & Natalie
I go to Stradbroke Island, and, unrelatedly, meet Natalie.
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Mon 7th Feb – Sun 13th Feb 2011
Gasses Damaging to the Ozone Layer
I cancel things, get in trouble, visit Amanda, & Maz, Kieran, Bunnings, Sunnybank & Govinda's.
Mon 31st Jan – Sun 6th Feb 2011
The Eight Dollar Milkshake
I buy an eight dollar milkshake, find that traffic congestion occurs during peak-hour, eat a fair bit, & go to Cleveland.
Mon 24th Jan – Sun 30th Jan 2011
Moving House
My sister is pregnant, I visit College's Crossing Moonscape, move to Bronwen's, & find traffic sucks.
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Tue 18th Jan – Sun 23rd Jan 2011
Squatting after the Flood
I move my things back to my flood damaged house & squat there. I also trim hedges, eat Sizzlers, tacos, curry, & help Maz move.
Tue 11th Jan – Mon 17th Jan 2011
The Flood
There is a huge flood: I evacuate, my house is flooded, & then cleaned.
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Mon 3rd Jan – Mon 10th Jan 2011
College's Crossing Flooded
I drive back to Woodford, go for a swim, eventually get to Nandos & naively go to swim at a flooded College's Crossing.
bronwen outdoors woodford flooding maz photography swimming kate college's crossing
Sun 26th Dec – Sun 2nd Jan 2011
Woodford, Rain, Relationship Woes & 2011
It rains a lot, my feet hurt, I volunteer at Woodford, argue with Bronwen, & return to Brisbane.
I attend Robowars & buy fudge.
Sculpture by the Sea
Bronwen & I fly to Sculpture by the Sea & take lots of photos.
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Wed 3rd Nov – Fri 12th Nov 2010
Handel's Solomon
I fix the broken front door, look at cameras, eat cheesecake, go driving, stay up all night, buy tickets to Sydney, & attend Handel's Solomon at St. John's Cathedral.
bronwen cinema raymond geek maz south bank qums john & sarah
Mon 1st Nov – Tue 2nd Nov 2010
Police remove Blaise & Amy
My horse wins, Amy & Blaise attempt to break in, breaking the door, & the police are called.
Mon 25th Oct – Thu 28th Oct 2010
A Taxing Time
I am threatened, eat pizza, do my tax & work after hours.
Brisbane Zombie Walk
Bronwen & I shoot zombies at the Brisbane Zombie Walk, eat Thai, visit Maz, & it storms.
Mon 18th Oct – Sat 23rd Oct 2010
Earthlings, Remix & Bronwen's New Laptop
I attend "Earthlings", "Remix", the West End Markets, several cheap takeaway places, & Bronwen gets a new laptop.
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Fri 1st Oct – Wed 13th Oct 2010
Hayfever, Paintball & Flooding
I get hayfever, shoot people with paintballs, & it floods.
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Sat 4th Sep – Sun 5th Sep 2010
Riverfire & Riverbreakfast
I drive far into the mist, watch F111 jets & fireworks, & squeeze through crowds to eat French food.
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Tue 31st Aug – Fri 3rd Sep 2010
My Car Breaks
My car breaks, Eagle Boys suck, I buy U2 tickets, see "Tomorrow, When the War Began", & see Peter Berner at the Sit Down Comedy Club.
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Sun 22nd Aug – Mon 30th Aug 2010
Valerie's Second Coming
Valerie comes again, It Takes 2 to Tango, I see Clint, "Salt", & Buderim & Bronwen's Grandfather.
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Mon 9th Aug – Sat 21st Aug 2010
The Return of Valerie & The Pressurised Head
I hurt my eye, see the doctor, argue politics, fall sick with a pressurised head & Valerie returns.
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Sun 25th Jul – Thu 29th Jul 2010
New Flatmates: Amy & Blaise
I stay up late working, get new flatmates & Bronwen bruises herself.
Sun 18th Jul – Sat 24th Jul 2010
Sabine says Goodbye
I replace my car mirror, say goodbye to Sabine, show people my rooms, watch Inception, & go to the wreckers.
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Mon 12th Jul – Sat 17th Jul 2010
The Return of Sabine
I drive, eat, wreck my mirror, watch Knight & Day, & Sabine returns.
Abbey Medieval Festival
I attend the Abbey Medieval Festival.
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Sun 4th Jul – Sat 10th Jul 2010
Going Between & Car Re-Tiring
I visit the Go Between Bridge, Kara is sick, & my car is re-tired.
Mon 28th Jun – Sat 3rd Jul 2010
Death of a Teapot
A teapot dies, I watch Balibo, Samson & Delilah, interview people, & build a perpetual motion machine.
Mon 21st Jun – Sun 27th Jun 2010
20 Bread Rolls, A Brainstem Infection & A Lunar Eclipse
I get a brainstem infection, 20 bread rolls, two LED torches, & there is a lunar eclipse & lots of fire twirling.
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Tue 15th Jun – Sun 20th Jun 2010
I am sick, watch The A-Team, & Sabine departs
I am sick, watch The A-Team, meet Sabine's boyfriend, & am sad when Sabine leaves.
Fri 11th Jun – Mon 14th Jun 2010
The Dreaming
I go to The Dreaming Festival, & fall sick.
bronwen sick the dreaming outdoors woodford photography festival john & sarah
Tue 1st Jun – Thu 10th Jun 2010
Paddington Fair, Jokes & Suitcase Rummaging
I flash phone ROMs, watch "Titanic", fight Paypal, visit Paddington Fair, rummage through suitcases & tell the best joke ever.
Mon 10th May – Sun 16th May 2010
Phone buying dramas & Stradbroke
I get the wrong phone, then the right phone, & go to Stradbroke.
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Sun 25th Apr – Tue 27th Apr 2010
ANZAC Day
I attend ANZAC Day, learn how to train my dragon, & suffer from a pre-midlife crisis.
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Sat 17th Apr – Sat 24th Apr 2010
Ma Baker's Tonic
I hunt green fleas, meet Sabine's fiancé, watch "The Book of Eli", clip hedges, brighten my car & see "Ma Baker's Tonic", amongst curry puffs, spring rolls & homemade lemonade.
bronwen valerie sabine maz kieran kara cinema south bank uq dentist car coolum buderim john & sarah west end markets markets
Sat 10th Apr – Fri 16th Apr 2010
Alexandria Bay, Noosa
In hindsight, there was a Music Kafe, very few people at work, Sabine arrived home, Bronwen bought surround sound & Valerie, Kara & I went to a nudist beach, after the markets.
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Thu 1st Apr – Fri 9th Apr 2010
Easter: Scouts, Stanthorpe, Girraween & Work
I climb the great pyramid amidst apple cider whilst my flatmates sail the oceans, before technical issues cut short my holiday—& regularly my sleep—& I return to work. Then, it's Kick-Ass.
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Fri 26th Mar – Wed 31st Mar 2010
The 6th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art
I'm depressed, dangerous & go to Bunnings. The Earth has an hour, Bronwen & I have Hungry Jacks, attend APT6, drive Kara to the airport, and decide to be positive—not to mention, buying German bread & seeing the doctor about my eye.
A Very Bad Day
I'm furiously angry, filled with quiet, subdued, rage - ironically, not at the police who I failed to evade, but at my work, Bronwen, & Valerie. & it's all because I was trying to get fit.
Sun 21st Mar – Wed 24th Mar 2010
Queensland Wind and Brass
I am annoyed at the lack of enforcement of road rules, cut myself on a can, & watch Kara play with Queensland Wind & Brass.
Sun 14th Mar – Sat 20th Mar 2010
Welcome, Clem7 & Hurt Locker
I watch "Welcome", "A Hurt Locker", & some comedians, before getting a sore throat, calling in sick & driving through the Clem7 tunnel.
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Mon 8th Mar – Sat 13th Mar 2010
Alice in Wonderland
Ophthalmology, Alice in Wonderland, a kilo of peppermint creams & the St. Patrick's Day parade, along with a new keyboard for my phone.
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Mon 1st Mar – Fri 5th Mar 2010
March Ophthalmology
I attend the ophthalmologist, Umart, curry, rain & pizza.
Fri 26th Feb – Sun 28th Feb 2010
Linda and Bill's Ruby Wedding Anniversary
Linda and Bill's Ruby Wedding Anniversary: Mt. Tamborine in the rain: Bushwalking, swimming & mingling.
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Mon 22nd Feb – Thu 25th Feb 2010
Nothing of any interest
Just another normal week at work.
Mon 8th Feb – Sun 14th Feb 2010
Late & Flatmates
I gain a sore eye, a very rich cheesecake, & two of Germany's loveliest as flatmates.
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Mon 1st Feb – Sat 6th Feb 2010
Pulling apart computers
Bronwen pulls apart computers & Ned has an entire Arnott's Family Assorted biscuit packet to himself, but fears it may not be enough.
Let There Be Light
I am a fan of light, & my room has high ceilings… so I drove down to Bunning's, & bought a thirty dollar light bulb.
College's Crossing
It is quite hot. Bronwen & I go swimming.
Fri 8th Jan – Sat 16th Jan 2010
Lock 'n' Load, The Steamers & The Unwarping
It rains, I get my car unwarped, fail to climb The Steamers, Lock 'n' Load with Kristin, watch "Up in the Air" & have potential flatmates.
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Sun 3rd Jan – Thu 7th Jan 2010
Brisbane, Again
Back in Brisbane again, I go about my daily life, have Kara visit, & watch "Sherlock Holmes".
Clem7, & An Apple Notebook
I tour the Clem7 tunnel, & give Bronwen an Apple Notebook.
Pre-Woodford Woes
I set up camp at Woodford & remember why I don't like Woodford.
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Sat 12th Dec – Sun 13th Dec 2009
Hot, Inspired & Pensive
It's hot. I eat curry, visit Kieran, stay up late & watch for Geminids.
Mon 7th Dec – Fri 11th Dec 2009
Kurbaan, work, & some geeky things.
Sat 1st Aug – Mon 31st Aug 2009
Sunday Live, Byron Bay, Speakers & Mustangs
I attend Sunday Live broadcasts, Ian Smith's Bay Pastel showing, "District 9", investigate speakers, have an x-ray, drive to Byron Bay, take over from my boss, & visit the Mustang State Concours & Muscle Car Spectacular.
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Wed 1st Jul – Fri 24th Jul 2009
Winning a TV & Bright Lights
I win a TV, buy earphones, start designing v3, fall sick, buy 500watt lights, am reviewed & see Harry Potter.
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Tamborine Mountain Scarecrow Festival
I drive to Tamborine Mountain for the Tamborine Mountain Scarecrow Festival, & am bitten by a vampire.
Fri 1st May – Sun 31st May 2009
I install CentOS, start hosting my own sites, Maz buys surround speakers, & I suffer IKEA-poisoning & mental degradation due to excess shopping options.
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Wed 1st Apr – Thu 30th Apr 2009
April Daze
Kieran buys a car; I buy apple juice & reverse into a car. I also visit Stradbroke Island, Pittsworth, work's Christmas in April, attend TocH, ANZAC Day, see "Fast and Furious", "X-Men Origins: Wolverine", my phone fails, & I get toothache.
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Sun 1st Mar – Tue 31st Mar 2009
A New Laptop, Stradbroke & Rejects
I sell an iPhone, buy a laptop, attend the Pittsworth Show, watch "Watchmen", go to Stradbroke Island, & meet the rejects.
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It was a stormy day at work.
Sat 3rd Jan – Sun 18th Jan 2009
Brisbane, after Woodford; Canberra & Maz's New Car
I drive to work, fly to Canberra where Maz buys a car, drive back, visit Amanda, & see a movie & eat a lot.
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Fri 26th Dec – Fri 2nd Jan 2009
Woodford Folk Festival
I drive to Cairns, fly back to Brisbane, drive to Woodford & enjoy the festival.
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Tue 2nd Dec – Mon 22nd Dec 2008
I buy a New Car
I buy a new car, see "Australia", setup tent at Woodford, meet Silas & Sam, am embarrassed to be associated with the "No Clean Feed" people, & Stella moves entirely out.
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Tue 25th Nov – Wed 26th Nov 2008
I argue about solar power & see "Quantum of Solace". It rains.
Fri 14th Nov – Mon 24th Nov 2008
My Father's Passing
Dad passes on.
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Mon 10th Nov – Thu 13th Nov 2008
Thai Food
Most of what happened is no longer known.
Fri 7th Nov – Sun 9th Nov 2008
Extreme Kayaking
28 kilometres of kayaking, against the tide, through waist deep mud, into 30 knot winds.
Sat 1st Nov – Thu 6th Nov 2008
Hip Hop, Movies & Food
I watch a school hip-hop competition, "Rock'n'Rolla", "Death Race", & eat food.
Mon 20th Oct – Fri 24th Oct 2008
In The Middle
It hails. I get pizza & watch "Burn After Reading".
Fri 17th Oct – Sun 19th Oct 2008
Sydney & Sculpture by the Sea
I fly to Sydney, look at Sculpture by the Sea, & fly home again.
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Macro Sydney
Bronwen flies to Sydney, and I play around taking macro photographs.
Wed 23rd Jul – Sat 26th Jul 2008
Car Accident
I am hit by a truck, go to hospital, then fly to Cairns & Cooktown.
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The Execution of a Laptop
I go to Pittsworth with Bronwen & Maz & execute a laptop. Also, a pleasant bonfire is had.
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My Last Day at Work
I go to work for the last time, & send my lauded multi-me farewell email.
Fri 26th Mar – Mon 29th Mar 2004
Hanging Rock Chalets
I relax and unwind at Hanging Rock Chalets.
Tue 10th Oct – Tue 30th Jan 2001
The Indian Journal: October 2000 – January 2001
I travel to India, see amazing things, & have an absolutely fantastic time.
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PRESTONSBURG — Another local landmark will soon be closing its doors for good.
Next month, the Strand Twin, Prestonsburg's only and longest running movie theater, will show its last movie.
Owner operator J.T. Absher says declining sales, as well as the upcoming industry wide conversion to digital projector systems, have left the Strand without a viable way forward.
"Beginning in 2013, everything is going digital," Absher said. "We won't be able to get 35mm film to show on our projectors. The necessary upgrades would cost about $200,000. There's no way we would recoup that investment, and with our slowest time of year coming in January, we need to try to minimize our losses."
The Strand Twin will be show its last movie on Sunday, Jan. 6.
The Strand Twin is only the latest Prestonsburg business owned by Absher Enterprises to find itself on the financial chopping block. Last year, the company also closed one of Prestonsburg's longest running restaurants, Jerry's.
The Strand Twin has been the sole Prestonsburg theater since the closing of the Abigail Theatre, once located on Court Street, and the demolition of the Prestonsburg Drive-in on Univesity Drive. .
The Strand will be open on its regular weekend schedule through the Jan. 6 closing and will be open for the full week of Christmas, Dec. 23-29. The Strand will open Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit" on Friday, Dec. 14.
"I'd like to give special thanks to all our employees and customers, both past and present," Absher said. "Thank you for your support all these years."
All hope is not lost that the theater will be gone for good.
Absher Enterprises intends to sell the building at 203 South Lake Drive. The building is 13,500 square feet, consisting of 11,500 square feet of theater space and 2,000 square feet of office space. The asking price is $425,000.
Anyone interested in the property can contact Absher Enterprises at (606) 886-6397.


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The Portsmouth City Health Department has hired a new code enforcement officer. That officer's only job will be to write citations for those not following city codes.
The new code enforcement officer is Josh Skaggs, who is a graduate of Shawnee State University.
"Josh is our code enforcement officer who will be working one day a week and his only job is going to be going out and writing citations. He'll write summons into court and see those through the court process," said Chris Smith, Health Commissioner, city of Portsmouth. "Both judges (Portsmouth Municipal Court Judges Steven Mowery and Judge Russell Kegley) are on board with the program and pushed for the position."
When asked what codes Skaggs will be enforcing, Smith said, "He has the authority to enforce any city codes, including solid waste, garbage, we will also be helping with high grass. Currently the service department orders a property owner to cut their grass and if they don't the city goes out and cuts it for them. So the city is wasting a lot of money cutting people's grass."
Smith said with Skaggs in place, he can write citations and take those people to court.
"While it may sound petty taking people to court over cutting their grass, it has a big impact on the city service department," Smith said.
He said Skaggs will be working with the police department in cases where people have junk vehicles in their yards. He will also assist the engineering department with people who have not painted their houses have missing windows, gutters or have items that are blighting the neighborhoods.
"We don't want the public to worry that we're going to be out picking on people. We're not going to write people a ticket for having one can in your yard, but if you have a bunch of garbage in your yard, you will receive a ticket and without a warning," Smith said. "You will receive a citation into court, you will appear before a judge with a $50 or a $100 fine and a $111 court costs. This can cost anywhere between $150 to $200 dollars a ticket."
Smith said this position has been needed within the city for a while now.
"It's always been for a lack of personnel. Everybody in the city in all of the departments have had to do multiple jobs. When you have to do multiple jobs you don't want to write a citation because you know you will end up in court," Smith said. "It's been hard to get employees to write tickets. With this new position his only job is to write tickets and go to court."
Smith said it's important to note there is no quota system for writing tickets associated with the job, but he hopes to make the position full-time in the future.
"The hope is he will be able to make enough of an impact and pay for his time with fines. If we can show this is a benefit to the city, our hope is that City Council will make the position full-time," Smith said.
The Lawrence-Scioto Solid Waste Management District in cooperation with Portsmouth Municipal Court and others are set to host a Portsmouth Citywide Cleanup Day Saturday, June 1.
"This (cleanup) is the citizens chance to cleanup. So, cleanup now because we will be issuing citations," Smith said.
He said Skaggs will begin issuing citations on Scioto Trail and U.S. 52 as soon as possible.
"For people living in those areas, get your grass cut, get the garbage out of your yard and start painting your houses and repairing your gutters," Smith said.
Wayne Allen may be reached at 740-353-3101, ext. 228, or firstname.lastname@example.com. For breaking news, follow Wayne on Twitter @WayneallenPDT.


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LAS VEGAS — The urge struck me about halfway through Mike Tyson's latest adventure, just after he told the audience about how his mother loved the bottle more than she loved him. Or maybe it was when the big video screens showed a young Tyson serving as a pallbearer for Cus D'Amato, the man who molded his boxing career and the only man he really loved.
The former baddest man on the planet once made opponents and anyone who came into his path shake with fear. On this night, though, it was all I could do not to run up on stage and give him a big hug.
Surely a lot of those gathered in a hotel theater just down the hall from where Tyson had some of his biggest fights felt the same way. How could they not after watching him bare his soul for assorted VIP's and anyone willing to pay $117.49 to hear his story?
It was billed as "Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth" and there's still time to catch it if you have the cash and can get to the MGM Grand hotel before Wednesday's final performance. Beware, though, because this is more about Tyson's greatest misses than it is about his greatest hits.
"Many of you wondered what the hell Mike Tyson was going to do on stage tonight," Tyson said at the beginning of the show. "I was wondering the same thing."
Actually, I had a good idea because I've been listening to it for years. So did Tyson, because the show is mostly scripted — credit is given to wife Kiki — and he knows the subject material because he's lived it.
That he's still alive at the age of 45 after all that living is remarkable enough, a fact Tyson himself acknowledged on stage. Any combination of the women, the fights, the drinking and the heavy cocaine use could have done him in at any time.
"I'm coked up and fat," he said at one point, gazing up at a Los Angeles police booking shot of himself on the video screen. "I'm a fat cokehead." (AP Photo/SPI Entertainment, Kirvin Doak Communications, Erik Kabik)
To continue reading this article: Mike Tyson reveals tormented life of sex, drugs in 'Truth'
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Click HERE to listen to the audio of this program in YIVO's Program Archive.
Isaac Shapiro; Rabbi Marvin Tokayer (Moderator)
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After escaping war, revolution and anti-Semitism in early 20th century Russia, Isaac Shapiro's parents fled to Germany. Hitler's rise to power forced them to continue their odyssey to Palestine, China and lastly to Japan, where they ultimately settled. But the onset of World War II uprooted the family once again, as they travelled from city to city surviving privations and the bombing of Japan by the United States. Join Isaac Shapiro in conversation with Rabbi Marvin Tokayer, as he shares his family's experience, his fascinating story growing up Jewish in Japan, and his ultimate immigration to America.
Edokko: Growing Up a Foreigner in Wartime Japan will be available for sale at the event.
Isaac Shapiro is a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom (Europe) LLP, and of counsel to the firm in New York, and is admitted as an avocat honoraire in France. From 1982 to 1991, Mr. Shapiro served in public office as a member of the Services Policy Advisory Committee to the Office
of the United State Trade Representative. He is a former president of the Japan Society, a trustee of the Asian Cultural Council, a trustee and past president of the Isamu Noguchi Foundation (New York), a trustee of the Isamu Noguchi Zaidan in Japan, and a trustee of the Trust for Mutual Understanding. Mr. Shapiro has taught Soviet and Russian Law at the New York University School of Law and at Columbia Law School, and is fluent in English, French, Russian and Japanese. In 2006, Mr. Shapiro was decorated with the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon by the Emperor of Japan for his service in promoting U.S.-Japanese cultural relations.
Rabbi Marvin Tokayer served for many years as the rabbi of the Jewish community of Japan, and has authored more than twenty books in Japanese about Judaica and Japan, including The Fugu Plan: The Untold Story of the Japanese and Jews during World War Two. He recently retired from his Modern Orthodox synagogue in Great Neck, Long Island and is currently writing a history of Jews in the Far East.
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Last week my friend Craig asked me why there seems to be so few weeping willow trees in our area. I had not noticed before, but there do seem to be far fewer of them here than there were in southwest Virginia where I grew up.
While there are over 100 species of native willows (most of which are shrubs), weeping willows originated in China. Their naturalized North American range is from eastern Canada south to Georgia and west to Missouri, with a preference for cooler areas.
My father was especially fond of weeping willows and I remember him declaring that the front yard of my childhood home, located beside a paved street at the bottom of a hill, was the perfect place to plant one. The spindly stick he put into the damp ground quickly rooted itself, benefiting from the run-off water it regularly received.
There is a black and white photograph of my brother and sister in their Easter finery standing in front of the tree when it and my brother were about six years old. The tree was not much taller than he was. The last time I drove by to see it, Daddy's beautiful willow dominated the yard, standing at least 40 feet high. I often consider stopping to tell the current owner the tree's story.
In my father's memory I planted a young willow beside the pond at Cedarleaf. It was a "rescue tree" purchased from the baking heat of a discount store's parking lot display. Two years later, it seems to be struggling and I am afraid I put it too close to the water's edge. Willows spread along creek and river banks and beside ponds and lakes by the drifting of fallen branches carrying light brown encapsulated fruit with tiny hairy seeds.
Perhaps someday there will be baby willow trees at our pond.
Willow trees help control streamside erosion, offer nectar for bees in early spring and provide food for the larvae of certain butterflies. A major component of aspirin, salicylic acid, was first derived from willow bark. The willow's flexible branches and twigs are used in "bent willow" furniture and baskets.
Weeping willows are admired for their distinctive arching limbs and graceful drooping branches. They often appear in pictures of romantic scenes, most notably that of the famous Blue Willow China.
Joanna Angle is a Master Tree Farmer and 2012 South Carolina Tree Farmer of the Year.
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Celebrating class's 5th year: facilitators Gary, Mark, Paul, Lee & David.
Practice classes are facilitated by Lee Lipp, PhD, and others
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Note: Those who have participated in a workshop with Lee are invited to participate in this class. Attendance at one of Lee's workshops is a prerequisite for participation in this class. For the calendar of all of Lee's upcoming workshops at SFZC, please visit Lee's bio page.
These 1½-hour drop-in practice classes are offered to those who are interested in fine-tuning the practices introduced in the basic skills workshops taught throughout the year at SFZC and at other venues.
The class begins and ends with meditation and includes time for discussion about how our practice is going. Different than a therapy group, San Francisco Zen Center is offering these drop-in classes with the intention to encourage the development of the mindfulness and compassion practices taught in the workshop framework and offers support for examining the links of conditioned patterns and our relationship to them.
Fundamentally, we agree that mindfulness practice provides an effective way to alleviate afflictive emotions and thoughts and that structuring the classes accordingly offers the most support.
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I am working on a project with a single developer (so far) and myself in a testing role. There are a bunch of new features being added. The project is .NET4.0 based, but some users need 3.5 compatibility, support for Silverlight and Windows Phone 7. These are all features wanted by users, but with the number of people participating in this project, it might get out of hand.
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Hi Jerry, I am just now reading through these posts. So sorry I didn't see them sooner, but glad the others here have provided you with helpful advice/support. I hope that by now you and your wife have been able to welcome your daughter home and that everyone's health is well.
I live in Southeastern PA and my daughter was delivered at a Phila hospital ....so if by chance you check back in here, please send me a direct email (click my screenname). I (and I'm sure my husband too) can relate in many ways to the feelings and concerns you expressed in your posts.
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Perhaps the hackers should have just clicked on the inevitable make-money-fast link that is bound to show up in these comments soon, rather than attack Apple ;-)
Seriously though, I can see why Apple mobile products made the distinct decision to move away from plug-ins on their mobile devices, a move that was much more controversial back when the iPhone was newer. There are too many security vulnerabilities that are outside of Apple's control. I am glad that the web is slowing moving towards not needing these plug-ins anymore.


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- A Stopped delta-matter source in heavy ion collisions at 10-GeV/N? (1994)
- We predict the formation of highly dense baryon-rich resonance matter in Au+Au collisions at AGS energies. The final pion yields show observable signs for resonance matter. The Delta1232 resonance is predicted to be the dominant source for pions of small transverse momenta. Rescattering e ects consecutive excitation and deexcitation of Delta's lead to a long apparent life- time (> 10 fm/c) and rather large volumina (several 100 fm3) of the Delta-matter state. Heavier baryon resonances prove to be crucial for reaction dynamics and particle production at AGS.
- "Antiflow" of antiprotons in heavy ion collisions (1994)
- In the framework of the relativistic quantum dynamics approach we investigate antiproton observables in Au-Au collisions at 10.7A GeV. The rapidity dependence of the in-plane directed transverse momentum p(y) of p's shows the opposite sigh of the nucleon flow, which has indeed recently been discovered at 10.7A GeV by the E877 group. The "antiflow" of p's is also predicted at 2A GeV and at 160 A GeV and appears at all energies also for pi's and K's. These predicted p anticorrelations are a direct proof of strong p annihilation in massive heavy ion reactions.
- Phasespace Correlations of Antideuterons in Heavy Ion Collisions (1995)
- In the framework of the relativistic quantum molecular dynamics approach (RQMD) we investigate antideuteron (d) observables in Au+Au collisions at 10.7 AGeV. The impact parameter dependence of the formation ratios d/p2 and d/p2 is calculated. In central collisions, the antideuteron formation ratio is predicted to be two orders of magnitude lower than the deuteron formation ratio. The d yield in central Au+Au collisions is one order of magnitude lower than in Si+Al collisions. In semicentral collisions di erent configuration space distributions of p s and d s lead to a large squeeze out e ect for antideuterons, which is not predicted for the p s.
- Antibaryons in massive heavy ion reactions : importance of potentials (1995)
- In the framework of RQMD we investigate antiproton observables in massive heavy ion collisions at AGS energies and compare to preliminary results of the E878 collaboration. We focus here on the considerable influence of the real part of an antinucleon nucleus optical potential on the ¯p momentum spectra. Pacs-numbers: 14.20 Dh, 25.70.-z


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I'm so glad that he's home safe! Congratuations. Please come back often and let us know how things are going.
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4-H sale of apples, peanuts, honey, cookbooks underway
The Henrico County office of the Virginia Cooperative Extension has launched its fall sale of apples, peanuts, honey and cookbooks with proceeds to benefit the 4-H Youth Development program.
The annual sale features Virginia-grown produce and, for the first time, four different cookbooks, each with more than 140 recipes. The items and their prices are:
• Winesap and York apples, $18.50 per half bushel, which equates to about 88 cents per pound;
• Raw peanuts, with recipes, $9 per two-pound sack;
• Salted and unsalted deluxe cocktail peanuts, $12 per two-pound sack;
• Honey, $7 per one-pound jar; and
• Cookbooks, $6.50 apiece. The titles are "5 Ingredients or Less," "Kids in the Kitchen," "Busy Mom's Cookbook" and "Better Health." Each spiral-bound cookbook measures 5.5 by 4.25 inches, with a soft cover and 150 pages.
Order forms are available at http://www.co.henrico.va.us/extension; the Extension Office in the Human Services Building, 8600 Dixon Powers Drive; any Henrico library; and by calling 501-5160 from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Because supplies are limited, orders received after Friday, Oct. 26 will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Orders will be available for pickup from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14 and from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 15 at the loading dock of the Human Services Building. For details, call 501-5160.
10th annual Filipino Festival coming in August
The 10th Annual Filipino Festival will be held Aug. 7-8 at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, 8200 Woodman Rd., beginning with opening ceremonies at 5 p.m. Friday and continuing with live entertainment, food and exhibits until 10 p.m. On Saturday the festival will take place from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. with a full schedule of performances featuring traditional Filipino dance, music and song.
Filipino cuisine, including BBQ, pansit, lumpia, adobo, halo-halo, lechon, empanada and leche flan, will be available for purchase. The festival will also feature a children's area, church tours, exhibits, and health screenings. > Read more.
CMoR reopens at new Short Pump site
The Children's Museum of Richmond last week opened its new Short Pump location at Short Pump Town Center, to the delight of children who attended a sneak preview of the location July 10. The new facility, located under the forthcoming LL Bean store (formerly the food court) is 8,500 square feet in size – much larger than CMoR's former Short Pump location at West Broad Village, which opened in 2010. The new space includes The CarMax Foundation Service Station, the Silver Diner, a grocery store, a performance stage and an art studio, as well as a giant Light Bright Wall. > Read more.
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The Virginia Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Henrico Police are both presenting community events tomorrow, Aug. 1. The Feria Community Resource Fair at Richmond International Raceway brings together community service providers, embassies/consulates from Latin American countries, government agencies, nonprofit organizations and corporations that impact the Latino community. The Division of Police's Community Day will feature demonstrations and displays from police, fire, animal protection and sheriff's office, as well as family activities, food, entertainment and more. Other events this weekend include wine, chess and theatre! For all our top picks this weekend, click here! > Read more.
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CalendarInnsbrook After Hours will present Andy Grammer and American Authors, with special guest AJR, at 6 p.m. Grammer's highly-anticipated sophomore album titled "Magazines or Novels" is due out Aug. 5… Full text