February 2010

Term Time!

February 8, 2010

Today’s officially the first day of semester for the University of Canberra… probably the earliest starting uni in Australia, they’ve commenced having a half-length winter semester mid year. If I ever decide to head back and do a teaching qualification it will really come in handy, but for now it just means getting my brain [...]

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So Many Dates

February 7, 2010

The food festival day of the National Multicultural Festival was yesterday. Since I wasn’t there for the beer, unlike much of Canberra who drank their way through the day, I busied myself in the Middle East – working my way through the samples of coffee and dates that Iran, Jordan, Morocco, Iraq, Kuwait, the Emirates [...]

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Our Daily Caffeine

February 5, 2010

For my first week back at work (first real week back, school wasn’t back before) I’ve made a start on the promises to bring my own lunch and cut back on the caffeinated drinks (both for Febusave and for my own health). I managed to take my lunch each day (generally involving tuna, or leftover [...]

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Ahh, Public Service

February 4, 2010

Emailed around by a workmate: Queens University researchers have discovered the heaviest element yet known to science. The new element, Governmentium (symbol=Gv), has one neutron, 25 assistant neutrons, 88 deputy neutrons, and 198 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312. These 312 particles are held together by forces called morons, which are [...]

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Do I need to wear a badge?

February 3, 2010

I think I need to add a badge to my work lanyard that says “not pregnant”. It seems to be the thing to do if you’re a young, partnered, permanently employed speech pathologist in Canberra at the moment. We have five of them. Usually it tops out at three at a time. So the eyes [...]

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Chocolate Buddha, Federation Square

February 2, 2010

One advantage of going to meetings interstate has to be trying the different restaurants they take us out to! Fed Square was packed on Friday night for the men’s semi-final for the tennis. The year we were booked into

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That's gonna hurt in the morning

February 1, 2010

Not a great start to the day – spent over half an hour trying to get the ripped left contact out of my eye, while half of it was on th bench. Eventually go it out, but not before turning early to work into late for work. I did remember to take my lunch… gotta [...]

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Febusaving for Flights to Germany

February 1, 2010

I’m not a bad saver – I have my ING direct account which I direct $500 to each fortnight on payday, plus I have extra payments in the home loan account, but it would be nice to see how much more I could be saving if I cut back on the little expenses that add [...]

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