This will hurt me...

Oh really?

Pull yer socks up!

Spikey plant. East Derwent Highway, Lindisfarne. July 2013. Sunday Top Five today sees Henry and I compile our Top Five Tracks From The Late Great Dusty Springfield (This Sunday)! The Look Of Love You Don't Have to Say You Love Me I Only Want to Be with You Breakfast in Bed What Have I Done To Deserve This (with the Pet Shop Boys)

Letter. East Derwent Highway, Lindisfarne. July 2013. The Moon is Down , John Steinbeck: Wartime propaganda at its best. By all accounts it was quite a success in occupied Europe during WWII. I can see why. The American critics hated it at the time. B- . A Clergyman's Daughter , George Orwell: Perhaps Orwell's most lesser-known work. He apparently left instructions that after his death it was not to be reprinted. After reading it, I can see why. D .

Go-to-sleep-forever berries? East Derwent Highway, Geilston Bay. July 2012. As you know, the Internet is a wonderful place filled with the rich and varied treasures of the world holds (and photos of a grumpy Ezra.) 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... Robert Hughes, the death of a grumpy genius railed in vain against the rise of stupidity ... Life has been pathologised to the point that fear is an abnormal anxiety, persistent sadness a mental illness - and psychiatry faces a crisis of legitimacy ... Not on Facebook? What kind of sad sicko are you? Skip the opening paragraph of this on, the story itself is a cracker. How Poon Lim survived for 133 days at sea, after his ship was torpedoed in 1942 . Bludgeoned sharks to death with his water jug; drank seagull blood and generally had a rough time of things... Do you find 'charisites' annoying? You might like this t...

Henry takes Ezra's new umbrella for a stroll. I won't comment on the lad's supremely-wise decision to wear his Essendon FC jumper to last Friday's casual dress day...

Circle and lines. East Derwent Highway, Lindisfarne. April 2012. Another Tuesday Q and A courtesy of Sunday Stealing. It's a bit of a shake-up this week, less 'Q and A' and more 'complete the sentence' really. Thus, I present to you The Semi Charmed Meme, Part One 1. My uncle once: got my father imprisoned for the weekend. 2. Never in my life: have I insincerely professed love. 3. When I was five: I am sure that I was naughtier than my boy Henry. 4. High School was: not something that enjoyed in the slightest. 5. I will never forget: that the important things in life cannot be bought and sold. 6. I once met: someone with an odious personality. It didn’t end well. 7. There’s this girl I know who: must have the patience of a saint. 8. Once, at a bar: I took a punt and then everything in my life changed. 9. By noon, I’m usually: ready for either a) my run; or b) a nap. 10. Last night: was like most other nights. 11. If only I had: been a little ...

Flower. East Derwent Highway, Lindisfarne. April 2012. The Internet is a wonderful place filled with the rich and varied treasures of the world holds (as well as best of lists of best of lists.) 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... BBC News explores the work of the charity PhotoVoice , which seeks to raise awareness of issues through photographic workshops around the world . No alarms and no surprises... A series of studies indicate that homophobia is more pronounced in individuals with an unacknowledged attraction to the same sex and who grew up with authoritarian parents who forbade such desires. I like the look of CCOKC: Child Celebrities Opposing Kirk Cameron ... What we talk about when we talk about bogans . The language of class distinctions tells us a lot about Britain and Australia.. Here is a question: Has Instagram made everyone's photos look the same?

The Internet is a wonderful place filled with the rich and varied treasures of the world holds (as well as pictures of dogs dressed in uncomfortable outfits.) 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... This Sweet and Spicy Green Beans recipe is a winner... Here is your chance to discover the links between yoga, Barbara Cartland, and the modern history of Iraq ... Here is a question: Is having children immoral? In more depressing reading, read how when endeavouring to stop a genocide, you must remember to please submit the correct form ... Speaking of some such, in Russia, Stalin seems to be enjoying a revival on school notebooks ... Lastly, a short piece on why mothers should ignore the myth of the 'the mama's boy' and keep their sons nice and close ...

This flower finds a way. East Derwent Highway, Lindisfarne. March 2012. The Internet is a wonderful place filled with the rich and varied treasures of the world holds (as well as pictures of things that have been deep fried but should never have been deep fried.) 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... This bloke used to hate Israel, then he went there. Some thoughts on reducing complex issues to bland homogeneities. On that - and it seems almost redundant now - a plea against elevating Joseph Kony . It isn’t just a dis-empowering simplification, it is also irresponsibly naive. Might there be hope? How about a piece on healing Guatemala's emotional scars from the civil war... It’s political correctness gone mad! Dante's Divine Comedy is 'offensive and discriminatory'... The New Statesman asked a collection of writers, activists and politicians the same question: if f...

Henry and Ezra make their way to school.