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Supermarket: Crime and Punishment

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I was standing in a long line at the supermarket express lane waiting to be served. Well, they call it the  express lane – but really, it’s as slow as a snail on valium so I grabbed my new android phone and pressed the Kindle icon. Up came the novel ‘Crime and Punishment’ by that […]

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Life Is Too Short ….

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I just got my stickers and badges from Ephemera which produces funny slogans. I’m also in their 2011 Summer/Fall supplement. Not bad for a beginner. My slogan ‘Life Is Too Short To Argue With Stupid People‘ was accepted and paid for, which is very handy for a one line slogan. I was lucky to get […]

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Get Spanky

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Oh, no! I’ll never get this tune out of my head. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylc4DekeOOI[/youtube] What you focus on grows what you focus on grows what you focus on grows …… I am focused – agggggggggh!  

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“I’m an Idiot …”

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Well, I’m not really, but some may disagree. But the phrase ‘I’m an idiot’ does apply to … well … idiots. Especially to those idiots in the public eye who do idotic things and announce though the media that ‘I have acted inappropriately’ , which to me is a weasel phrase. Only a weasel can […]

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Roy Boy

My memoir about growing up in the working class slum of Fitzroy during the 1950s and 1960s.
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Sandringham Sabres – The First 25 Years – 1974-99

Fast break your way through 25 years of history of the Sandringham Sabres (now known as Southern Basketballl Association)

In this e-book, snippetts, stories, photos, raw prawns, stats, results, awards, articles, reveal a community of dedicated basketball enthusiasts who shared their dreams, achievements, frustrations and disappointments to help create a large basketball association where 1000’s of children and adults now play in a eight-court stadium.
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Books I’ve Read

Chris's bookshelf: read

Beau Geste
5 of 5 stars
Beau Geste
by P.C. Wren
Jaws
4 of 5 stars
Jaws
by Peter Benchley
Fahrenheit 451
4 of 5 stars
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
4 of 5 stars
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
by Philip K. Dick
The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau
5 of 5 stars
The Liberator: One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau
by Alex Kershaw

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