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Jackie Clark

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:19:06 +1300

Hi, Mummy Gracewood, I just wanted to tell you, and I'm sorry I didn't on the night, how fantastic I think your family is. Really. And I am so sorry about your lovely husband. Big hugs and mwahs from me to you.

Liz Gracewood

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:41:30 +1300

oooooohhh Russell – you are SO smooth!! May I say that I thought YOU were looking extremely handsome and well groomed for the Media 7 bfm report :)

Jackie – you can come and play with my kids at my house anytime. Your lovely, lively personality will fit right in.…

Carol Stewart

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:08:41 +1300

Yes, wasn't it wonderful? Great script too, I might add – Nick Hornby has a magic touch. Glad you enjoyed it.

Jolisa

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 08:25:35 +1300

Oh, what a film. Managed to see it the other night. Gorgeous acting, great story, hot clothes, beautifully shot. I loved it.

Carol Stewart

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:36:23 +1300

I believe the better line is "I didn't know you had an older sister!"

This line was deployed to great effect by Peter Sarsgaard in An Education ..

Jackie Clark

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:09:38 +1300

Thanks for that, Hannah. What a lovely story.

Hannah Edwards

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:22:41 +1300

Jackie I have met the Gracewood's. I used to flat with one of them. Did you know they used to be Wood's but changed their name to Gracewood to save their mother's maiden name Grace? I have always liked that story and now they have this great unique name except…

Eddie Clark

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:02:16 +1300

Ooo. Book club. Yes please.

Jolisa

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:13:06 +1300

Russell, you smooth thing! I'm surprised Fiona lets you out of the house with a repertoire like that.

Russell Brown

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:52:32 +1300

Was that your mum I saw there with her?

I believe the better line is "I didn't know you had an older sister!"

Jolisa

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:38:22 +1300

Yes, Jackie – that was them. Next time, don't physically restrain yourself!

Jackie Clark

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:01:38 +1300

As it happens, Jolisa, I saw your lovely sister Gemma at the do last night, and had to physically restrain myself from throwing myself at her, and pleading for adoption. Was that your mum I saw there with her?

Jolisa

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:46:37 +1300

Thanks, all. It's always a pleasure to share these sweet child(ren) of mine, especially when they are being sweet. One of the happy ironies of the Breaking Trolley Incedent [sic] is that for once they weren't actually trying to cause grievous bodily harm in the pursuit of fun.

Deborah, I…

Paul Dowden

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:46:31 +1300

gravity-confirming spectacle previously seen only in Tom and Jerry cartoons.

Surely Calvin and Hobbes* is a more appropriate?

* laziness leads me to use this 'example'

alan C

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:18:32 +1300

The future of newspapers perhaps? Hyper-local, super-relevant, same-day production and controlled circ – no wastage, minimal distribution costs. Lovely read, as always.

Ngaire BookieMonster

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:23:08 +1300

Bravo on the Pterry reference, bravo. :D

Deborah

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:30:47 +1300

Damn! I can no longer find the newspaper in which was reported, breathlessly, the murder of the Tamagotchi by the washing machine. It also had an interview (of me, about cooking) and advertisements (for a soft toy minding service). And a somewhat forlorn request for story ideas. It had a…

Islander

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:27:28 +1300

Thanks mark taslov- a lot of my sibs have bred (I am a greataunt many times over) and I truly am fascinated by watching their kids, friends' kids, grow up-

mark taslov

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:14:25 +1300

It's like the way wee kids can keep their hands on their hips and stick their elbows back at impossible angles.

Picture perfect Islander. I Like that.

I'd been sitting here for a couple of minutes thinking, Jackie Clark, familiar name, but I don't recognize the face...fair warning when changing…

Islander

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:00:46 +1300

*That* Jolisa, is a beauty.
"his mouth fairly rectangular with anxiety." O so observed, so excellent! (And the subject matter – whee! And, arrgh!))
It's like the way wee kids can keep their hands on their hips and stick their elbows back at impossible angles. Or their faces mirror 5…

mark taslov

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:52:24 +1300

his mouth fairly rectangular with anxiety.

Nice shape to picture a mouth in. I'm baffled as to who wrote this, but it's a good read.

Jackie Clark

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:31:21 +1300

I love my family very much, but just occasionally I do wonder what it would be like to be adopted by someone else's. Say, the Gracewoods (and that's without having "met" any of aforementioned peoples), or, Sofie and Mr Sofie, or Danielle's. Or Giovanni's. And did I mention that if…

Russell Brown

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:12:10 +1300

And done in a way that is not at all plagiaristic.....

Personally, I felt the attribution was more than adequate.

Danielle

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 18:01:53 +1300

(I would, however, do whatever it took to smuggle the phrase “axle rose” into the headline.)

And since you're their mother, I'm thinking that's just begging for a follow-up 'Sweet Child O' Mine' joke, buried somewhere in a following paragraph.

Leigh Kennaway

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:00:50 +1300

But in the spirit of journalism in the age of the internet, I have repackaged the story for your consumption and put my own name on it.

And done in a way that is not at all plagiaristic.....

Public Address

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:00:50 +1300

Discussion from blog post.