A good angle on American ‘retaliation’ for the terrorist attacks by Rabbi Michael Lerner. And an even more interesting page from the excellent Urban Legends site that investigates rumours surrounding the attacks - which are true and which are a pile of bollocks!

Only a week to go till Jan’s due date arrives! I can’t even begin to imagine how our lives are going to change so I have decided to take it one nappy at a time. My mother Helen is arriving on Monday to lend a hand about the place. We have had our capsule installed […]

Had a bit of a labour scare last night - Jan started getting strange pains in her belly - we decided they might be contractions but luckily they subsided after about an hour. A little test run perhaps? Anyway it is all very motivating to get the capsule put into the car! Went to see […]

Am in a bit of an anxious state at the moment - this whole looming war thing is getting to me! I guess we are a lot safer down here in the Antipodes than in Europe, the U.S. or Afghanistan but am still wishing I was back in New Zealand which somehow feels even more […]

A shocking article contributing by LJ about the $43 million dollars given to the Taliban by the Bush Administration 4 short months ago. I am really hoping that this tragedy causes some major shakeups in international politics and humanism. What is more important - ‘retribution’ or some measures that will actually prevent such horrific events […]

The sense of shock in Sydney yesterday was quite amazing… walking down the streets surrounded by skyscrapers I felt scarily unsafe and caught myself with little nervous pangs every time I heard a plane. Have been glued to whatever coverage I can find over the net and tv.
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What a day… unbelievable scenes from the United States last night and this morning. We were woken by a phone call from Glyn at around 12 midnight and turned on the television in time to see the second tower of the WTC collapse live - it all seemed so surreal, like an over-the-top Harrison Ford […]

Popped over to K Mart last night to get some stickers and ending up spending $130 on baby accoutrements. We really must NOT buy any more little outfits! But they are very hard to resist. I think Little Jem will end up with an outfit for every day he is size 0000! Also got some […]

More nano fun - a video of how exponential assembly would work. This clip shows a tiny robot arm making another robot arm, then each of those arms makes another arm and so on. Very interesting! (for more on this process, click here)

Had a lovely long weekend (got Friday off) which was very baby themed! Spent Saturday at the final baby class where we learned all about breastfeeding and how to fold a nappy. Fascinating stuff - but really brought home the enormity of the task we have set for ourselves. Then on Sunday my friend Clare […]