Posts by Lyndon Hood
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Oh, how could I forget that geek sacred text: Hofstadter's "Goedel Escher Bach -- an eternal golder braid"?
It's a good 'un.
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As part of my Theatre course we were set Keith Johnstone's 'Impro'. Not exactly a manual but a inspiring and influential discussion of improvisation for the theatre and general spontaneity. At least, I must have been inspired because shortly after reading I decided to come up with an idea for a play by starting a sentence "I'm going to write a play about..." and then finishing it. It worked.
Fergus Henderson's enthusiasm in 'Nose to Tail Eating' has turned me assertively in favour of offal (and sundry other non-steak bits) - despite my not having gotten to try many of them.
I don't recall having been troubled by existential angst since I read 'Candide'. Oh, the hilarity.
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That's the comments on Kiwiblog. Just to be clear.
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Just to confuse things, the new 'Real Issues' from Maxim, mostly publicising the book, doesn't bother mentioning smacking at all.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0703/S00400.htm -
While we're recommending videos DPF has a nice thing and it's sort of the opposite of smacking.
http://www.kiwiblog.co.nz/2007/03/just_watch_it.htmlWell it's nice unless, as indicated by some coments, you are a grinch,
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Photos from the protest
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00507.htm
One chap with a sprog appears to be supporting the bill.attempted thunder stealing:
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0703/S00378.htm
Celebrities palm-print banner supporting bill. Former mother of nation included. Also Deborah Coddington. Gosh. -
actually, i've just got a corrected list that's only got 47 entries. see...
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0703/S00358.htmi haven't looked for who was the mistake...
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For reference, to compare and contrast with the 'for' list in various places, here is Family First's list of organisation opposing the bill:
1. Family First NZ (Inc) 2. Sensible Sentencing Trust 3. For the Sake of our Children Trust 4. Grey Power 5. Te Whanau O Waipareira Trust 6. Lifespring Pasefika Trust 7. NZ Centre for Political Debate 8. Society for the Promotion of Community Standards (SPCS) 9. Family Life International 10. Kip McGrath Education Centres NZ 11. Focus on the Family NZ 12. Crosspower Ministries Otara 13. Samoa Community Council of Waitakere City 14. FamilyLife NZ 15. Vision Network 16. Affirming Works (AW) South Auckland 17. Parents Against Negative Intervention by CYFS (PANIC) 18. Families Apart Require Equality (FARE) 19. Pacific Resource Centre Dunedin 20. Drug Proofing Your Kids (DYPK) 21. West Health Fono Trust 22. Family Education Network 23. HandsonEqualParent Trust 24. Voice for Life 25. section59.org 26. Home Education Foundation 27. Affinity Child & Family Services 28. Children and Family Work 29. MOPS NZ [ Mothers of Preschoolers] 30. Drug-ARM Tauranga 31. Right to Life New Zealand Inc 32. Youthline Manukau 33. Drug Arm (Blenheim) Inc 34. Sowers Trust 35. Parents Against Bullying Support Group 36. Family Integrity 37. VOICE Hibiscus Coast 38. Family TV 39. VOICE Helensville 40. Courageous Women 41. Trinity Broadcasting Network South Pacific Ltd 42. Marriage Works 43. Franklin Christian Lobby 44. GCC Public Affairs Group 45. Promise Keepers NZ Ministry With Men Coaching 46. VOICE Waikato 47. Family Federation for World Peace and Unification 48. Family Ministries New Zealand (YWAM)
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Ms Collins is just finishing on afternoons - her emphasis as regards Kiro was that Kiro should be too busy dealing with CYPFs complaints and so on to put out press releases.
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And I got told off in ENGL 320 just for calling Deconstruction 'intellectual wanking'. I still bear a deep, primal loathing for Post-modernism, even though it once got me laid.
The way my sister-in-law tells her tertairy history - I'm not sure what the subject was - the students ended up all like "but this is all nonsense", and the staff were like "Yeah! Isn't it cool?"
I also have the impression that high pomo is all very 80s/90s. But I'm sure enough has been retained to annoy generations to come.