Public Address | Cafe | Speaker: Seven Good Reasons https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24923#post24923 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24923#post24923 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 08:15:06 +1200 Deborah https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24918#post24918 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24918#post24918 Macadamia and Glaced Citrus Tart

Shortcrust pastry
300g chopped glaced peel
3 tablespoons Grand Marnier (Cointreau will do)
Grated rind of 1 orange
150g soft butter
125g almond meal
125g castor sugar
3 eggs
200g unsalted MACADAMIA NUTS
Extra caster sugar

Macerate peel and rind in Grand Marnier. Line tart…

]]> Thu, 09 Aug 2007 22:04:40 +1200 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24869#post24869 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24869#post24869 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:17:12 +1200 Jeremy Andrew https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24863#post24863 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24863#post24863 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:01:51 +1200 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24840#post24840 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24840#post24840

after getting frisky with a hay mower

Yikes!

]]> Thu, 09 Aug 2007 10:17:17 +1200 Jeremy Andrew https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24837#post24837 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24837#post24837

the vet told me where this leads to down the track

Hmmm, I've seen gummy bears, but never a gummy labrador...
Still, at least its just a fang or two, we used to have a lab that managed to lose a leg after getting frisky with a hay mower. Didn't…

]]> Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:42:19 +1200 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24836#post24836 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24836#post24836 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:30:33 +1200 Jeremy Andrew https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24835#post24835 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24835#post24835 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:28:00 +1200 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24833#post24833 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24833#post24833 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 08:49:53 +1200 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24832#post24832 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24832#post24832 You need a B.O.N.K. Which are the best I've found so far (although I managed to break one of their earlier models on a very tough nut.)

I think Kirks & other stores sell them, but they're available online also.

]]> Thu, 09 Aug 2007 08:47:28 +1200 Jeremy Andrew https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24831#post24831 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24831#post24831 Thu, 09 Aug 2007 08:19:24 +1200 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24829#post24829 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24829#post24829 You crack them & eat them!

Propaganda I have read states that eating 10-20 macadamia nuts each day will see a cholestoral reduction of 7% over several weeks (can't recall exactly how many weeks).

And they are calorie neutral (Martha at Wandaharland.blogspot.com suggests this is because of the effort required to…

]]> Thu, 09 Aug 2007 08:13:15 +1200 tim kong https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24826#post24826 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24826#post24826 Wed, 08 Aug 2007 22:39:18 +1200 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24773#post24773 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24773#post24773

Saw the nuts – nicely bagged

Strictly utilitarian – they hang drying in those bags for 3 months. I plan to get nicer ones for similar occasions to the Hustle.

]]> Wed, 08 Aug 2007 08:46:39 +1200 Robyn Gallagher https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24762#post24762 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24762#post24762 Guardian magazine has a good piece on the autistic rights movement, including Autscape, a conference for autistic people being held this week in England. ]]> Tue, 07 Aug 2007 22:11:32 +1200 tim kong https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24745#post24745 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24745#post24745 I enjoyed the night – tough crowd for the fellow from Dunbar Sloane. Being a Monday can't have helped.

I too was impressed with Mr English's spiel – not his usual televised demeanour. I preferred to think of that speech as indeed being from 'Billy Glish', instead of from the…

]]> Tue, 07 Aug 2007 19:11:15 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24735#post24735 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24735#post24735 At the risk of seeming like a party pooper, I think the next step for Bill English has to be to say what he'll do to improve the situation for autistic children and their families.

National's rhetoric on education – and some of the things he has said personally -…

]]> Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:24:37 +1200 kmont https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24730#post24730 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24730#post24730 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:01:13 +1200 Stephen Judd https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24729#post24729 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24729#post24729 Fixed that for ya. ]]> Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:59:52 +1200 kmont https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24728#post24728 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24728#post24728 http://bp3.blogger.com/_a7jkcMVp5Vg/RrUl2fOfJHI/AAAAAAAABXI/8seipCs5XXU/s1600-h/puzzle.jpg/this on post a secret. ]]> Tue, 07 Aug 2007 16:50:50 +1200 Don Christie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24725#post24725 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24725#post24725 Also, David Farrar covers the evening. I had forgotten this point from English picked up on:

He said that after reading the book he probably agrees that hope, even more than love, is the most important emotion.

]]> Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:38:56 +1200 kmont https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24723#post24723 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24723#post24723 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:37:41 +1200 Don Christie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24720#post24720 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24720#post24720

Any chance of a transcript, or slightly longer abstract for those of us who missed it?

Well, he had notes and some quotes from Cohen's book but didn't feel like a written out speech.

He spoke of knowing David Cohen at school. A disruptive force in Bill's life of order…

]]> Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:31:09 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24719#post24719 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24719#post24719

He then outlined the alternative aspiration of a Good Life.

Actually, that was me, quoting David's phrase from the book.

]]> Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:31:08 +1200 Stephen Judd https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24718#post24718 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24718#post24718 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:27:20 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24715#post24715 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24715#post24715

Any chance of a transcript, or slightly longer abstract for those of us who missed it?

A few people have asked about English's speech. I'll see if I can get it for humans.

]]> Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:21:42 +1200 Jeremy Andrew https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24713#post24713 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24713#post24713 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:18:52 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24710#post24710 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24710#post24710

We just got back, and while it would be presumptuous to say a good time was had by all, I can confirm a good time was had by me. Who knew that Bill English could speak soulfully and well of the curse of the middle class drive for perfection?

Did…

]]> Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:17:03 +1200 Don Christie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24698#post24698 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24698#post24698 Made it for a short time only.

Bill English was brilliant.

]]> Tue, 07 Aug 2007 13:33:40 +1200 Jason Kemp https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24678#post24678 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24678#post24678 Came across this quite by chance – it has some numbers in it from the U.S and seems to be useful – from the NY Times

What Autistic Girls Are Made Of
By EMILY BAZELON
Published: August 5, 2007
Research and clinical observation are starting to show that autistic girls…

]]> Tue, 07 Aug 2007 11:02:45 +1200 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24669#post24669 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24669#post24669 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 09:38:27 +1200 Sue https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24655#post24655 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24655#post24655 and tada
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellipse/sets/72157601250615362

Yes it's some hideously bad photos from the Evening, for some reason my Camera was wobbly ;)


I can confirm SunnyO's nuts went to a good home
and how amazing are those folks at PeadPR

]]> Mon, 06 Aug 2007 23:03:28 +1200 kmont https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24654#post24654 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24654#post24654 Good times.

I hope the human.org site grows into a fertile and fabulous place.

]]> Mon, 06 Aug 2007 22:58:26 +1200 Stephen Judd https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24653#post24653 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24653#post24653 Mon, 06 Aug 2007 22:43:03 +1200 Robyn Gallagher https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24641#post24641 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24641#post24641

I hope you raise obscene amounts of moola.

Speaking of which, is there a way that those of us who care but can't be there can donate?

I missed out at Hustle For Russell time cos I was in a maxed-out/starving artist phase, but now I'd like to give a…

]]> Mon, 06 Aug 2007 20:33:49 +1200 Jackie Clark https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24639#post24639 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24639#post24639 Mon, 06 Aug 2007 19:21:28 +1200 Kyle Matthews https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24614#post24614 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24614#post24614

And pay dearly for the privilege... I'm sure there's a word for that.

Nut allergy? In both senses...

]]> Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:54:52 +1200 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24605#post24605 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24605#post24605 Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:09:42 +1200 Craig Ranapia https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24594#post24594 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24594#post24594

Well, we'll be there. And I'm sure someone will be delighted to get their hands on Andrew's nuts.

And pay dearly for the privilege... I'm sure there's a word for that.

]]> Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:07:42 +1200 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24565#post24565 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24565#post24565 Mon, 06 Aug 2007 11:36:04 +1200 Stephen Judd https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24542#post24542 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24542#post24542 Mon, 06 Aug 2007 09:45:05 +1200 Robyn Gallagher https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24540#post24540 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24540#post24540

So my nuts will be there.

Oh, how I wish I was in Wellington!

I'm sure it'll be a great evening. I'm really excited about the launch of the Humans website, and looking forward to reading David's book.

I insist that all my posse in the capital get along and…

]]> Mon, 06 Aug 2007 09:38:28 +1200 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24538#post24538 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24538#post24538 Can't make it either – but with any luck there should be 5kg of SunnyO grown macadamia nuts to auction off.

So my nuts will be there.

I have waited all my life to type those words.

]]> Mon, 06 Aug 2007 09:23:29 +1200 Craig Ranapia https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24529#post24529 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24529#post24529 Mon, 06 Aug 2007 07:37:36 +1200 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24528#post24528 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-seven-good-reasons/?p=24528#post24528 Discussion from blog post.

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