Posts by Greg Wood
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What a post. Thanks man. Miss ya.
Meantime, I sprung for Mr Scott's single a coupla days ago, and have been listening to it almost literally non-stop on my epic attempt to walk every mall and MRT station in Singapore. I think I've bent my head. Sad not to be able to head up and buy merch, but will grab the album off Bandcamp in lieu.
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Thanks, Russell. Thanks heaps for representing and for your powerful combination of logic and compassion. Thanks also for pointing out the arse-ness of putting support crews in the legal firing line; specifically regarding terminal cases, Hospice crews are an extraordinary bunch of people, operating at the literal limit of human experience. I'd love to see them allowed and able to do whatever they think appropriately comforting – both for patients, and for patients' families (that drinks trolley was an incredibly grounding device!). Everything else in my experience with them has been scrupulously honest, direct, and compassionate; it seems incredibly unfair to have any of them put in such a complicated position that they have to tell someone not to help, in a way that somehow lets the patient's family know it's an option, but not to tell the Hospice they're doing it. What bullshit.
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On behalf of all of the moderate, frustrated parents who give a shit about *all* of the issues – including having to repeatedly try to decode the signs and explain to kids that protest is ok, but lying and attacking people sucks – I'd like to say thank you for this post.
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As a Westmere-living, SUV-owning Soccer Dad, team coach, and certifiable bike nut, I am so stupidly excited about the Meola Fix for a ton of reasons. So when I started reading this email from the club urgently opposing the changes, my first reaction was "selfish wankers!" – but but but!!! Turns out the opposition is coming from a positive perspective, hooray for once! They're asking AT to
develop an alternative safe parking area as part of a precinct wide solution that benefits all of the Community including other major supporters MOTAT and Western Springs College.
Bloody good on them. Get those cars off the street. And yes - I'd love to use safe new bike lanes to ride to soccer with my boy every time, instead of gritting teeth as we ride on the footpath. It's a great warmup and a ton of fun when we're not too terrified. Equally, thought, on those really crap weather days when we pick up 2 or 3 others and drive there, I'd be happy to pay for the privilege of parking our warm, dry people-moving box in a place where I'm not risking having my door, arm and leg taken off by a bus. So, let's. Yay.
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You don't need to win Lotto to get hold of a mirror ball... $34.50 from Surplustronics and maybe another $10 for a D-cell motor. I have one above my desk!
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Hard News: Friday Music: So Rad, in reply to Russell Brown,
Good lord. That girl can sing! So why doesn't she SING, then?! Makes me sad in so many complicated ways.
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...and I gotta say, if you're going to hit a six off the second-to-last-ball, make it a good one. Like that one.
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Hard News: How about that cricket, eh?, in reply to Russell Brown,
The @BlackCaps certainly saw it... https://vine.co/v/O3zQDBzMT5h
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I had to pull over while driving home last night, listening to this story on RNZ. I was swearing and crying. What can I do?
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Pardon my French, but FUCK YEAH NICK CAVE. See you there...!