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There was a lot more to this year than stunning images.
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1½ cups quick-cooking rolled oats½ cup flaked coconut½ cup chopped walnuts½ cup all-purpose flour¾ cup packed brown sugar½ cup butter or margarine2 tablespoons honey36 red or green candied cherries In large mixing bowl stir together first 4 ingredients. In heavy saucepan combine brown sugar, butter, and honey; bring to boiling, stirring frequently. Pour over dry […]
by Rosalie Bull
“Planned obsolescence” has become a household term for 21st century Americans. No wonder, considering that most household appliances today have been designed in accordance with the practice. Now more than ever, things just aren’t made like they used to be. In fact, they’re made to fail—often within a fraction of their potential lifespans—in order to spur more consumption.
- What have we here, Santa?
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Elvis is in Home Alone. (Thanks to John Lobert)
"He only got to where he is because he has a famous dad"
Ho-ho-hold it right there - you're on the naughty list! Cops disguised as father Christmas and Santa's little helpers arrest drug gang in Peru - with heroic elf seen cuffing a cocaine crook (Thanks to Roberto)
Universities should encourage overseas students to do courses in health and education, and TAFEs should offer overseas students more traditional trade courses. read now...Apologies – the recent period of inactivity is caused by a period for me – of what the Americans would call ‘off grid’. For those that follow, the unfortunate details are that my mother, a widow, died at the respectably young age of 102¾… Having informed British Gas, they told me to do nothing (by... Read more
from Lars Syll In econometrics one often gets the feeling that many of its practitioners think of it as a kind of automatic inferential machine: input data and out comes causal knowledge. This is like pulling a rabbit from a hat. Great, but as renowned statistician David Freedman had it, first you must put the […]
The UnOz’s Person of the Year award is one of the most anticipated events of the year, with defamation lawyers everywhere especially keen to see the list. If 2022 was a chess game it didn’t go well for the World... Read More ›
Following my annual practice, I have listed here my “novel” reading for 2022. This is a way of documenting what I get through in a year’s worth of reading on the commute to work, in the evenings after work, and while travelling outside of my “normal” academic reading. My use of the term “novel” reading is loosely adopted, as you will see from the list to include fiction and then really important non-fiction work I get excited to read in my spare time. As you will see, my novel reading shifted away from novels to much more academic reading in my “free time”. But that approach has been richly rewarding.
1) Dennis McCarthy, The Gospel According to Billy the Kid: A Novel (University of New Mexico Press, 2021).
2) Larry McMurtry, In a Narrow Grave: Essays on Texas [1968] (Liveright, 2018).
3) J. Frank Dobie, Tongues of the Monte [1935] (University of Texas Press, 1987).
4) Barcley Owens, Cormac McCarthy’s Western Novels (University of Arizona Press, 2000).
5) Vasily Grossman, Stalingrad [1952], trans. Robert Chandler and Elizabeth Chandler (NYRB Classics, 2019).
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Writing a book based on this outline is a years-long project. Some parts are not filled out in the outline because I know too much and my thoughts are unorganized (not that you might disagree with my emphasis and story). Others are not filled out because I know too little. I am aware I have spelling mistakes. Some needs to be reorganized....
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Complaining to the fake standards body is worse than a waste of time; it plays into the hands of a cynical and immoral industry, writes Brian Cathcart
Welcome to my Wednesday Blog. It’s quite the day for the reveal of a new project, but this is a big date for Blake’s 7 fans, so… Blake’s 7: Origins Blake’s 7: Origins is a limited edition collection of hardback novelisations of the first season of the classic BBC SF series (and the start of ... Read More
Sian Norris reports on how a Texan judge has fired warning shots on restricting access to contraception, a well-rehearsed tactic in the attack on reproductive rights