tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58146092009-11-22T10:24:41.779+08:00Mutterings.Possberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10171820061054294169noreply@blogger.comBlogger980125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5814609.post-1166516995812866042006-12-19T17:27:00.001+09:002006-12-19T17:29:55.813+09:00

Mutterings continued.I've decided to let Blogger lapse in favour of Live Journal as I was having a lot of probs with the former and not so many with the latter.My LJ site is: http://possbert.livejournal.com/Come on over.

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Mutterings continued.I've decided to let Blogger lapse in favour of Live Journal as I was having a lot of probs with the former and not so many with the latter.My LJ site is: http://possbert.livejournal.com/Come on over.

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Mutterings continued.There was a thunderstorm last night - I heard the thunder but didn't get to see any lightning. L and R said it was very cool forked stuff.The fish recipe I threw together last night worked out rather well. I discovered I'd run out of breadcrumbs so I made it with diced onion, garlic, paprika, cumin and lemon, basil and thyme. I baked the fish and served it with green salad

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Mutterings continued.I have MP and the HG on in the background - one of my very favourite movies. Love the music, the photography and the very silly, highly quotable lines. "And Saint Atilla raised the hand-grenade orn high..." "...five is right out!" and of course, the ever-popular, "Run away! Run away!!" It's one of my desert island disks - one of the movies I'd want with me if I was

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Mutterings continued.From The Stage: "Awards shows such as the National Television Awards (ITV1, Wednesday) are all very well, but they do have a tendency to concentrate on the visual figureheads of each programme — pretty much the only awards given out in terms of technical skill are the Actor and Actress gongs, and even then (especially with the NTAs) the award often ends up in the hands of the

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Mutterings continued.From The Australian: "Platypus colony 'fixed' in minutes A PLATYPUS colony in southern NSW is holding up construction of a new section of the Hume Highway but the delay could be fixed in 10 minutes, a government senator said today. Liberal senator Bill Heffernan told a parliamentary committee today the delay could be quickly fixed if commonwealth roads staff took an

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Mutterings continued.You Belong in London You belong in London, but you belong in many cities... Hong Kong, San Francisco, Sidney. You fit in almost anywhere. And London is diverse and international enough to satisfy many of your tastes. From curry to Shakespeare, London (almost) has it all!What European City Do You Belong In?

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Damn! but we've got some talent in this State. When auditions were called for Cosi, we had more callers than we could comfortably look at, and director Grant Malcolm had the enviable/unenviable task of whittling down over 30 auditioners to a cast of 11. So, what we've ended up with is the best of the best. And it shows.For a play like Cosi to succeed, it depends upon teamwork, timing and the

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Mutterings continued.Just when I get all excited about the future, in the mail pops a letter from National Seniors inviting me to join. But I'm far too young!Also in the mail was the Xmas cattledog from Oxfam - they will def. be getting some of my money (and yah boo sucks to National Seniors).Cosi opens tomorrow night. I shall be on the door, ushering the multitude to their seats and telling

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Mutterings continued.Finally worked out which flights will get me to and from Heathrow for 112,000 points! It means flying into London at 6.45am but at least it's Qantas all the way and there's only a 3 hours stop in Singapore. Flying back, however, is with British Airways (rats!) and I arrive at half past midnight. The last couple of times I've flown to the UK, I've landed early in the

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Mutterings continued.There were three parcels waiting for me at the PO agency. One contained Terry Pratchett's The Science of Diskworld II - The Globe; the second had clothes in it; and the third 3 DVDs - X Men III, Cotton, Keayes and Morris Live at the Basement and the Moody Blues. Basement has a live version of The Real Thing, which I heard performed unplugged on the Coodabeens one Sunday

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Mutterings continued.Had yesterday off, which was nice. I met Director Pat in Nedlands for a coffee and a trip to the bank. Underground power is being installed in the streets surrounding the bank and I had a bit of trouble finding somewhere to park; in the end I opted for Broadway. I met Pat in the bank carpark and asked her how she got in when the streets were blocked off. "Oh, I ignored

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Mutterings continued.It's been humid and not at all pleasant today - and that means headache weather.The morning was spent running a desktop disaster recovery scenario as part of our business continuity plan. As a member of the Risk Management Committee I got to participate by scribing for our particular crisis team sub-group. And then the head of our team had to report back to the rest of the

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Mutterings continued.Seems I got my dates wrong and the PA I was filling in for came back today - I was sure she was retuning tomorrow. Still, at least we could have a decent handover.The goodie waiting for me at the Post Office turned out to be the Crumpler camera bag I'd ordered. It's very nice and has some highly amusing tags. The fabric is called Chicken Tex - the fabric of the future.

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Mutterings continued.Warm to the point of having to put the air-con on in the car whilst tootling about.Superb dins last night - roast turkey and lots of vegies. Poor Rob had to go into work as something important had gone kar-blooey. Leece and I watched X Files (the one with Arthur Dales' brother, Arthur Dales. They also had a sister called Arthur. And a goldfish.) - The Unnatural (a play on

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Mutterings continued.Well, that's the housework done. Ok, some of the housework done. I still have the washing to do but I'll do that tomorrow morning.Shiny thing purchase - a can opener, $2.26. Oooh, last of the big spenders, me. Also bought Rob's B/D present. And boring groceries.There was another card from the PO agency in the letterbox yesterday. Forgot to go and get it this morning.

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Mutterings continued.Oooohhh!! Tempting! The 20th anniversary tinbox set of Withnail and I. Oooh....but I've got the DVD already...but I want the tin box and extras...aaaghhhh!!!"Something new and important is coming to Perth! UPstageWA is a new company that wants to improve the standard of theatre in WA. They're not doing this by producing plays, rather they're organising Panel Discussions

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Mutterings continued.Another wintry day - some showers, some wind, very little blue sky.Long, but amusing - the scammer bit. Looks like the op Leece's dad had yesterday has been successful. Whew! And hurray! When my dad had his heart attack in '92, he was in a ward with 3 others. One of the chaps came in looking just awful, went for a triple bypass and came back looking a million dollars.

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Mutterings continued.Quite a bit of rain this morning and lots of wind all day. This morning, the bedroom curtain blew the lamp off my bedside table and broke the bulb housing. The bulb is still in one piece, thank the small gods.WA moves closer to "centre of the universe". Introduced L and R to this oldie but goodie on Saturday: Lions and tigers in Kenya. One million years BC is also

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Your Brain is 60% Female, 40% Male Your brain is a healthy mix of male and female You are both sensitive and savvy Rational and reasonable, you tend to keep level headed But you also tend to wear your heart on your sleeveWhat Gender Is Your Brain?Temp was mild - 24.7c, though it's come somewhat humid. Lots of rain and wind forecast for tomorrow. Huzzah!Walked to the food court in Mends St for

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Mutterings continued.HowManyOfMe.comThere are:6,276people with my namein the U.S.A.How many have your name?Humph. Still, that's not as many as I thought there would be. I know of two other Pamela Smiths in this state alone - one of them is a raptor rescuer.

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Mutterings continued.Last night I used my new vegie julienner to slice up carrots for dinner. You know what's coming next, don't you? Yup, julienned my thumb. Grabbed a clean tea towel to staunch the blood, ran to the bathroom for a quick run under water and then kept sticking bandaids on it until the blood didn't come through any more.I didn't faint, which I have been known to do, but felt

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Mutterings continued.Rain was forecast for this morning but I don't think we got any. It's shiny and bright outside and I've done the washing (3 loads), the vacuuming and general tidying up. I have a meeting in a couple of hours and L and R for dinner tonight. I piked out of making something and have bought 3 beef swags from the Garden City butcher's. They are seriously good and I'll be doing

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Mutterings continued.Despite having Monday off, it's been a bloody long week. I've worked about 4 hours time in lieu so far this week, which is nice. Well, it will be when I get to take the time off.I don't normally like to plug multinational bloodsuckers, but this ad cracks me up.Busy weekend coming up - have a GRADS committee meeting in the arvo and L and R for dins tomorrow night. I was

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Mutterings continued.From The Australian - "Grazing dieters do it the hard way FOOD grazers beware. Numerous small meals during the day may crank up your food intake, not decrease it. The warning comes courtesy of new US and British research revealing that the first bites of food trigger key hunger centres in the brain. "The drive to eat is massively stimulated by the start of eating," said

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