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One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best he can.

We've got him in training this summer. He should be right to ship out to those Somalian pirates by April...

a monotone with a name, as place / it is an aspect of human spirit

Railyard rabbit. Seen on the Intercity Cycleway, Hobart. December 2012. Do you know that I have seen eight ( 8! ) separate rabbits across Hobart in the past two weeks? Why, they almost breeding like... RABBITS! Colville , Kendrick Smithyman That sort of place where you stop long enough to fill the tank, buy plums, perhaps, and an icecream thing on a stick while somebody local comes in, leans on the counter, takes a good look but does not like what he sees of you, intangible as menace, a monotone with a name, as place it is an aspect of human spirit (by which shaped), mean, wind-worn. Face outwards, over the saltings: with what merit the bay, wise as contrition, shallow as their hold on small repute, good for dragging nets which men are doing through channels, disproportionate in the blaze of hot afternoon’s down-going to a far fire-hard tide’s rise upon the vague where time is distance? It could be plainly simple pleasure, but these have another tone or qual...

Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.

Henry hams it up.

About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgement.

Cars on the Tasman Bridge. As seen from The Queens Domain. December 2012. A Virtuous Woman , Kaye Gibbons: A slight novel of a man and woman who are married out of convenience, yet still find love and comfort with each other. C+ .

Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves, will, in general, become of no more value than their dress.

Ezra has finally realised just how a lot of those rocks have found their way in Fossil Cove...

There are bad people who would be less dangerous if they were quite devoid of goodness.

Fin. Opossum Bay Beach, South Arm Peninsula. December 2012. Theme Thursday and there is not a whole lot of hope for this crab in terms of a REBIRTH. The Buddhist concept of vijñāna-srotām might offer some chance for this blighter, but I remain to be convinced that the crab subscribed to a Buddhist theology. There is a chance (however slight) that the crab was once the son of God/ awaits Frashokereti / is an inhabitant of Sheol/ or that Yawm al-Qiyāmah is just around the corner; but as I said, the odds are against it. No, the crab is dead. The best it can hope for is that some bird had a good meal and will go on to be a good parent and maybe (unlikely, but you never know) the children of that bird will open a crab infirmary for lame or destitute crabs in the future.

One may be humble out of pride.

Eyes on the ball Hen. Keep it simple, soft hands and your eyes on the ball...

The great act of faith is when a man decides he is not God.

Don't fence me in. Waverley Flora Park, Bellerive. December 2012. Wordless Wednesday.

I would never want to be a member of a group whose symbol was a guy nailed to two pieces of wood.

Santa has come and gone for another year.

There's nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child..

Jen leads Ezra a merry dance. Opossum Bay, South Arm Peninsula. December 2012. A very special Christmas Day Sunday Stealing: The Not So Manly Meme 1. Boxers? Briefs? Boxer briefs? Thongs? Bikinis? Commando? I'm on holidays, which means commando! 2. What’s your fussiest personal care routine? I can't say that I have one. Shaving is always a chore, but having a beard is worse. 3. Do you have a favourite tool? Power or manual? A computer. It uses power. 4. Can you change your own oil? Do you? I cook in fresh oil every time. That's what you mean, isn't it? 5. What’s the “manliest / womanliest” thing you do on a regular basis? Manliest? I get a slightly contemptuous feeling any time shows an undue level of emotion. 'Womanliest'? Do you mean 'effeminate'? I'm very clean and I like to cook. 6. What’s something “manly” that you never learned how to do? Drive a car. Or even be even remotely interested in cars in any way. 7. Do you eve...

Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.

Get some rest in Henry. It's going to be a big day tomorrow...

Never cut what you can untie.

Run Henry, RUN! Anzac Park, Lindisfarne. December 2012. As you know, the Internet is a wonderful place filled with the rich and varied treasures of the world holds (and dogs dressed as Father Christmas.) The following are some things that I've had a look at in the last week. I call this: a Compendium of Click-throughs for Monday Morning... For hundreds of years, Hell has been the most fearful place in the human imagination. It is also the most absurd... xkcd nails the Instagram furore... This flat out amazes me. Jerry Seinfeld Intends to Die Standing Up. Ezra's favourite link of the week. A time to stop giving? United Noshes is a project to cook one feast from every UN member . Yum. 8 Nostalgia - it's not like it used to be. 20 Astounding Gun Ads . Ahem.

The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals.

Ezra carefully makes his way across the geological formations that you'll find around Bellerive Bluff.

She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it).

Tree. St Davids Park, Hobart. December 2012. Sunday Top Five ? So, at the end of last year I set myself to goal of knocking over 75 books this year. Thus far, I've knocked over 104 and am hoping to get through a few more before the year is out. Which leads me to... My Top Five Rated Books That I've Read This Year! Of Mice and Men , John Steinbeck The Painter of Signs , R.K. Narayan Tortilla Flat , John Steinbeck Cannery Row , John Steinbeck The Sense of an Ending , Julian Barnes Property , Valerie Martin The Glass Canoe , David Ireland Bring Larks And Heroes , Thomas Keneally Life and Fate , Vasily Grossman The Lost Thoughts Of Soldiers , Delia Falconer An interesting mix, to be sure. Three Steinbeck novels, three from Australians, an Indian love story, Barnes' mediation on memory, an exploration of gender and slavery and a lost Soviet classic. If I had to pick one? Tricky. Very tricky. Gun to my head, I'll go with The Glass Canoe ...