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Best of 2008

I actually reviewed a lot of things here this year. Some of my best: Best music: The Hold Steady, Stay Positive. Reviews Best movie: Wall-E. Review Best US TV: Burn Notice. Review. Best local: Underbelly. The guide Best news: Obama … Continue reading

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And as the year draws down…

Here I sit, at our family place in Nelson Bay, thankfully feeling better (but hardly perfect), and planning our night’s activities, and thinking about the year that was. Only about five hours left in the year, and it’s certainly been … Continue reading

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TV: Leverage … familiar and new heist fun

Caught the first episode of the new TNT series Leverage this week. Have to admit that I’m predisposed to liking it already, as I’m a fan of series co-creator John Rogers, and have followed his blog for several years now. … Continue reading

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Weekend matters

I’ve noticed at the moment that most of my postsĀ  during the week are link posts, which is fair enough, because barring a major event, other than the fun few hours at home with the kids at night, all the … Continue reading

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On not failing NanoWriMo

I see that the month of November is over, and that I have not reached 50000 words for NanoWriMo. And I don’t care. I only reached 26000 words in fact, but that is still more words in one month than … Continue reading

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Easy Days

Just a real relaxation day today. Went into Coona to see the Sunday markets. Somehow I take a little money out intending it to last until we go home, but instead spend most of it this morning. It was on … Continue reading

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Don’t get off target

I was going to write something about writing as a business again, then I realised there isn’t much point, and that I have to concentrate on the writing itself, because nothing else matters until you have that down. Fair progress … Continue reading

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Wonderful day

Really great day at home today. Was feeling a bit ill from last night, so was able to get up fairly late (9am, ha!), quiet morning, getting back into it. Actually got a good amount of writing done today, which … Continue reading

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Getting the writing better

After thinking that I’d screwed up over the weekend, with drastically less writing for the NanoWriMo project than I’d hoped, the first two days of the week have proven both just how much time I have available on the train, … Continue reading

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Writing and Daily Show marathons

Late now… did manage to watch a Daily Show marathon including the election night special. Magnificent stuff! Have found however that writing on the weekend, at home, seems far less easy, even though I should be loaded with free time … Continue reading

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