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I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.

Ready for Ezra's birthday yet? Nearly...

One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled but few are educated.

Are you sure Hank done it this way?

Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question.

Here is one from a while ago now. For some reason the photo that I had uploaded had deteriorated in quality from its pre-uploaded form. It’s a shame, because I had a very nice photo of Ezra preparing to repulse the Tsarist hordes of Aleksandr II Nikolaevich (it’s all very well to emancipate the serfs, but he is not going to get his grubby, imperialist hands on our Casino!) Anyway, that photo is just not going to happen tonight, so you’ll just have to use your mind’s eye to envisage it yourselves. Think ‘Charge of the Light Brigade’ with children operating heavy guns and you’re there. In the absence of that image, I delve deep into the well of unused photographs to find one from last year of a more youthful, gentler Ezra re-enacting one of our favourite discussion points: the Second Battle of the Masurian Lakes. Here, Ezra takes the role of Lieutenant-General Pavel Ilich Bulgakov as he bunkers down in the long jump sandpit – standing in for the Augustów Primeval Forest in modern-d...

The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive.

Robot? You're a robot? An incredibly handsome robot!

Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

Ezra cracks an elaborate gag that involved a Greek, a Bulgarian and a Romanian transsexual who walked into a bar...

Nothing is more sad than the death of an illusion.

We had our first parent-teacher meeting with Henry's Prep teacher yesterday evening, and were delighted with the news that the lad is doing very well in all areas! Of course, like his father, the one area that he perhaps might need to work on a little bit is understanding the correct time and place for 'a joke'. Well done Henry!

The wildest colts make the best horses.

Male model material?

Martyrdom covers a multitude of sins.

I can only assume that the wish involved computer games...

A man will give up almost anything except his suffering.

Ezra strikes a stately pose in front of a young coffee tree [ Coffea arabica ], some gourds and whole bunch of spring onions...

Nothing happens, and nothing happens, and then everything happens.

While hiding in plain sight might make some sense in the context of international terrorism, gender politics or matrimonial disharmony, it is less successful in your typical game of “hide and seek”.

To tell the truth is revolutionary.

Ezra is bemused by the whole notion of Australia Day.

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.

On a clear day you can see forever Henry...

Let's make a law that gay people can have birthdays, but straight people get more cake - you know, to send the right message to kids.

The colour of the day is... BLUE.

I figure if my kids are alive at the end of the day, I've done my job.

"Yes!"

There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.

Crabs = 3 Ezra = 1

If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself up as a warning and not as an example.

I like to call this: James Dean, with tongue .

Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.

Happy birthday Henry! Geilston Bay, October 2011 Can you believe it? Henry is FIVE today. FIVE! Intense preparations forbid me to dwell too long on today's Sunday Top Five : The Top Five This Will Hurt Me Blog Posts On Henry's Birthday Party-Related Events Throughout History! A short and sweet series for first birthday party... Parts EIN and ZWEI of birthday party two... Photograph , video and CAKE from party #3... Shark attack from birthday number FOUR ...You'll see number five on this list later today!

We must respect another's religion only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.

Early starts for Ez. Even in the gloom his eyes light up the room!

Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest.

He's had a snip since this snap, but it grows so quickly he already needs another snip!

Release your potential? That’s a very bad idea. Leave it alone! It’s potential!

NOT YET! I HAVE HAT HAIR!!!