tooth soup

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This is a

pre-emptive farewell as I’ll be away for four weeks starting Friday, tramping around Thailand with Louise. You may have heard about the floods over there that have displaced over 2.5 million people, although there’s …

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Yesterday, I had

the singular pleasure of reading a book in its entirety, start to finish. That book, Cian will be happy to note, was Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett. It was the first time in …

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This week, I’ve

had nothing to do. Nothing! I finished my Cosmos internship last Friday*, flying out to Albury to visit my Uncle and Aunt at their farm. They have around fourteen horses, beautiful creatures, and I …

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[Pre(r)amble: This post is pretty much all over the place. I've tried to distil the main points/questions as I go along, but it's not exactly a complete, ordered thought process. Consider yourself warned. ;)]…

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I’m sitting in

a cafe on Newcastle’s Hunter St., listening to a symphony of bakehouse clatter and the bubble of excited voices as they discuss performances, panels, and workshops. It’s absolutely hammering it outside, but I’m dry …