Posts by Deborah
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Inspired by my daughter's spelling practice, a handy little mnemonic to ensure that when practising the art of writing, your practice of practice / practise is correct.
Practise, the verb, contains within it a verb, is: pract**is**e.
Practice, the noun, contains within it a noun, ice: pract**ice**.
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Then there's always Ms Enid Tak-Entity's tips on how to minimise pain during waxing.
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Fantastic, thanks, Andrew. I've been wanting to try something like that for a long time, especially because the potato supply here is Adelaide is very disappointing.
Jersey Bennys. My favourite. I can't get them here.
http://inastrangeland.wordpress.com/2008/02/05/dashes-not-lines/ about a month after we shifted to Adelaide.
And it’s the little things I miss. Kumara. Australian sweet potatoes just aren’t the same. Getting a choice of potato varieties at the supermarket. I’m used to getting nadines or agria or desiree or jersey benny pototoes, depending on what I’m cooking. Here it’s red potatoes, or white potatoes, and virtually nothing else, even at the famed Adelaide Central Markets. Again, no doubt sooner or later I will find a place that sells different varieties, but in the meantime, it’s something to grumble about.
I still haven't found anything as good as Agria potatoes, and all too often, even at the markets, all I can get is desirees or colibans.
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I'll do that, Andrew. Mostly because I rather dislike arguments from authority.
Rather than putting the whole post here, mostly because it's about 1500 words long, and it comes with piccies too, here's a recipe for lamb galette which fortuitously I put onto my own blog just the day before yesterday.
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Hey Craig, just out of curiosity when confronted IRL does the bluster go away and all we are left with is an unattractive whining gay guy with a big mouth?
Ouch! I doubt that Craig needs anyone to defend himself, but Tom, that's pretty much out-of-line around PAS. Insult someone's arguments all you like, but not the person themselves.
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they're going to be getting the shame-making Big Gay Uncle Craig lecture about respecting themselves, respecting others and not letting anyone pressure them into doing a damn thing to the contrary.
Mutatis mutandis, sounds like what I will be doing with my daughters, Craig.
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Oh, Jackie. Thank goodness you got out. I had an awful sinking feeling as I started reading your story. I'm so glad you were able to shout and scream and escape. It could so easily have been different.
Case in point, everyone! Consenting to a quiet drink does not entail consenting to sex, let alone consenting to sex with a room full of unknown men.
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Thanks, Sue. What lucy and anjum have been saying is spot on. T'would be nice if people spent some time reading the extensive analysis of the ALAC ad over at The Hand Mirror and elsewhere in the NZ femi-blogosphere. The Hand Mirror post I have linked to has links to lots of posts about the whole 'she was drunk so it was her fault she got raped' trope.
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rugby players, or 'thugby" as they call it in melbourne, seem to actually fulfill the negative stereotypes much more than other men though.
Meh. I think it's men in team situations full stop. There's lots of unsavoury stories about all sorts of male sports teams.
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Some other things to bear in mind:
Not saying "No" does not equal consent.
Consenting to lap-dance does not entail consenting to sex.
Consenting to having sex with one man does not entail consenting to have sex with other men.
Consenting to having sex with one man at one time does not entail consenting to have sex with other men as well at that same time.
Consenting to have sex does not entail consentiing to have other people watch you having sex.