November 2010
6 posts
In conversation with a retired Constable (from...
As I said.
Weddings can be awesome because you can talk to randoms.
In fact, you HAVE to talk to randoms because you are usually put on a table of randoms. Well, that seems to be my experience.
I was placed (and always seem to be placed) as a “breaker”. The person between two groups of people who don’t know each other. I can just imagine the bride & groom doing the table...
In conversation
I went to a wedding a few weekends ago…in Radelaide.
Weddings are great for a number of reasons:
You can feel the love.
There’s usually a bitchy comment from someone about bride’s outfit/hairdo.
You get to talk to randoms.
The speeches can be good (or so bad they’re good)
So, I was catching up with some people who I haven’t seen for a long time. Two of them...
Five kids and two nannies
Two parents who are partners in a big consulting firm.
Five kids (one which has Down Syndrome).
Two nannies.
Kudos.
I asked the mother of this family how she runs everything (I glibly said there must be an iPhone app for that). She has a matrix: family members down one side, days of the week across the top, photocopies 52 weeks worth, binds it, sticks it on the kitchen table and THAT, my...
In conversation
I was having a chat with a friend I hadn’t seen for awhile and mentioned I love my kids but I can’t handle talking about mothering ALL the time. I want people to ask me about other stuff in conversation - anything - just because I have kids doesn’t mean I want to talk about them. But I guess it’s like footy and weather….it’s an obvious opening gambit. In...
Like a wa-erfall - there's a limit to your love →
This is a a bewdiful track/video.
Love Feist but this version grasps my heart.
What a voice.