Hold me now, oh hold me now, until this hour has gone around. And I'm gone on the rising tide, to face Van Dieman's Land
Theme Thursday again, and this one is rather easy. I am Tasmanian, you see, and aside from being all around general geniuses - as I have amply described previously - we are also very familiar with the concept of WATER. Tasmania is the ONLY island state of an ISLAND continent. That means, we're surrounded by WATER. That should help explain why I take so many photographs of water . Tasmania was for a long time the place where the British (an island race terrified of water) sent their poor people most vile and horrid criminals. The sort of folk who would face the stark choice of a death sentence , or transportation to the other end of the world. Their catalogue of crimes is horrifying : stealing bread assault stealing gentlemen's handkerchiefs drunken assault being poor affray ladies being overly friendly with gentlemen for money hitting people having a drink and a laugh public drunkenness being Irish Fenian terrorist activities being Catholic religious subversion. ...
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Boise Diva, she seems silent on the matter.
Jim, it made my brain hurt.
Priyanka, as a good husband and comic strip artiste, I was obliged to get permission to post it, as I do with all potentially controversial topics.
Jackie, I am generally at my best at that time. From there, however, it is all downhill.
You need to start putting pressure on The Brother, I've given you two, it is him that is letting the team down...
the boys, i love them fiercely and some days they are delightful and maddening in almost equal quantities. but despite the repetitive, tiring and frustrating parts of parenthood, carrying, giving birth to and caring for a child (and now children) is mindblowingly amazing and something i really love doing.
somehow i think the good bits are harder to articulate in a quick 'home from work' rant than the 'omg my day has been hard vent'.