crazybrave

I have to give this computer back tomorrow, and mine remains unfixed and a new one not yet decided upon. I’ll be back eventually, but probably not for a bit as the little guy’s hips are wockier than expected and require a ghastly cast which – due to the excellence of the public health system – needs doing in Sydney.

It’s not so terrible a problem to have in the scheme of things, but he’s my little baby and it makes me a bit sad.

In the meantime, please share with me a picture surreptitiously ripped from a stupid loifstyle magazine in the doctor’s waiting room:

Well, that’s what my niece calls them.

On RN’s breakfast show this morning, the Melbourne University bloke described how tops HECS was because it eliminated the upfront cost barrier to entering university.

I hope he just spins, and doesn’t teach anyone anything. Like logic, for example.

(I’ve closed comments on this post as a “late” comment somehow acts as spambait. If you want to comment email zoe at crazybrave dot net and I’ll post it.)

What to get the Presidential history nerd who has everything for Christmas … yes, a “Presidential Action Figure” which speaks 25 phrases in the President’s own voice!

Can’t you hear him now – “I am not a doll!” I am VERY sad that they don’t have an LBJ one.

This is my blog.

You can get a free one to rule as your own fiefdom at blogger or wordpress.com.

zoe AT crazybrave DOT net

Emails may be published, particularly if they’re like this one.

I’m 37. I live in Canberra. Yes, on purpose, I like it here. I have a partner called Owen and we have a 6 year old son, Sage, and a baby, Jethro, who will be 2 in January.

I work one day a week as a research assistant at ANU, but I’ve done quite a few things for work, generally involving arguing and writing. I like windsurfing and raging.

Credits and Thanks

This blog is brought to you by the kindness of Comrade Liam Hogan of stoush.net, who set me up and told me to “fix it ’til it breaks“. Which I did. Several times. Thanks, Liam, you rock.

The main banner was fiddled up with the assistance of Ampersand Duck, who is a genius you should hire for all your letterpress and design needs. Although you might want to know that her photoshop skillz are so intense it broke my work computer. The main banner features Mrs Betty Weider (neé Brosmer) on the cover of Cloud ’9′ magazine in 1959. It’s a “58 page magazine filled with beautiful Naked Ladies – some XXL Busted – All Extremely Sexy” if you’re interested. The cloud background is from a photograph by netjeff, and is used under a Creative Commons licence, the conditions of which are here.

The gargoyle in the complaint policy banner is by *Fly*, and is used with permission. Check out *Fly*’s photos on Flickr.

The other banners use photos I have taken.

The theme is PressRow, by Chris Pearson who also has a personal blog. Of course.