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Venting

It's disconcerting to realise that you've been just a tiny bit psychotic most of your life.

"Psychotic" defined as "denying reality", an irrational state of being unable to per Venting
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Hallowe'en Costumes

Like all reformed goths, I have a thing for Hallowe’en. It’s not the black & orange motif, or the cats with arched backs that do it for me so much, but more the idea that it’s a night to Hallowe'en Costumes
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One day in November

As you’re all no doubt aware, the Prime Minister has just held a press conference announcing the election will be held on November 24. Didn’t hear the whole thing, but after all the justified outra One day in November
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It’s on!

11am: The Prime Minister is currently meeting with the Governor-General.

Update 12 noon: The election has been formally announced for 24 November 2007. It is the first six week campaign since 1984 It’s on!
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Don Talbot is on something

Or should that be onto something? Talbot, former Australian swimming's National Head Coach, has stated that because sport is so drug-riddled perhaps we need to consider allowing all athletes to take drugs. The Don Talbot is on something
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PM’s announcement to recognise Indigenous Australians in our Constitution

John Howard’s announcement in a speech to the Sydney Institute that – if re-elected - he will seek to hold a referendum to formally recognise indigenous Australians in our Constitution is unexpecte PM’s announcement to recognise Indigenous Australians in our Constitution
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Pattern-Spotting

The realisation that I have become a sad little pattern-spotter has caused very little worry; which is a worry in itself.

So here we have the pattern-spotter's guide to vintage Australian Patons p Pattern-Spotting
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The laws of backyard cricket

Andrew Mosey emailed me an entertaining article he wrote featured on the front page of the Sydney Morning Herald: the ICC's code of conduct for backyard cricket (here's a direct link to the page on the cricinf The laws of backyard cricket
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