JK Rowling fails to make Bad Sex 2012 shortlist – News – Books – The Independent
JK Rowling fails to make Bad Sex 2012 shortlist – News – Books – The Independent. Some things you have to read: the excerpts are priceless.
Author: Chris Bounds
Unsealing the confessional: The duty of society versus the salvation of souls – Opinion – ABC Religion & Ethics (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Simon Longstaff writing for the ABC Religion and Ethics site: very good on the issue, but why does everyone bag out poor old Augustine. Half the time he gets bagged for stuff he never...
Restoring faith: Child sexual abuse and the Catholic Church – Opinion – ABC Religion & Ethics (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
I have a feeling we are going to following this for a while… Of course, I am very concerned for those women and men who have served blamelessly and faithfully but will now be...
Something a bit more creative
Working with Extension II kids on writing skills: specifically, transformation from recollection to narrative via ‘re-imagination’; so I thought I should make sure I could do it too. Here is my homework. The Mail...
Royal Commission a sign of the times for the Church – Eureka Street
The admirable Pat Power: such an MSC! This is a truly generous position to take. If only Pat was the Bishop’s spokesman… Royal Commission a sign of the times for the Church – Eureka...
Link from Twitter
I hold la Roxon in high esteem, but where is this intrusive move coming from? Ahh, time for a spoof on Roxanne! m.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/be-careful-she-might-hear-you-20120924-26h6r.html Download the official Twitter app here
Review: Dust donkeys and delusions
Dust donkeys and delusions by Graham Wilson My rating: 4 of 5 stars Most military historians have a greater respect for historical records than they do for oral history, an irony given the father...
@smh, 12/09/12 7:18
smh.com.au (@smh) 12/09/12 7:18 Letters to the editor: what our readers are saying today: Jensen needs to try to walk in the other man’s shoes – goo.gl/wG1Oo
Debating the Bible
Interesting that Richard Holloway won them over but lost the debate. m.smh.com.au/national/miracle-katter-greer-agree-on-bible-20120908-25lm3.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Harbour Cruise
This photo and the attached gallery are from a great lunch on the water. One is always wary of restaurants that float or rotate! The food was, however, excellent, and who would care with...