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I do like to write poetry, sometimes it works, some not, but it is always me...or bits therein. My last position was in the radiology unit (ct) of a major teaching hospital, now retired but still get to do a little work whenever they need a crusty curmudgeon.Classical music is another love, and I am re-learning my piano, reading /writing music in the hope that one day I can put down some of my poetry into music again.
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Re: The Top 8 Dinosaur Discoveries of 2009
(in Fossils and Natural stuff)
6. Horned Tyrannosaur
American Museum of Natural History paleontologists Michael Novacek and Mark Norell found an eccentric T. rex cousin when on an expedition in Mongolia's Gobi desert. Alioramus altai, with its slender teeth, long snout and eig... read more discussion post on Fri, November 20, 2009 - 10:42 PM
Re: in passing
(in Poetic Display of Whatever)
fat black clouds roil and twist
storms come from the west, change is here discussion post on Thu, November 19, 2009 - 12:54 AM
Re: The Top 8 Dinosaur Discoveries of 2009
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5. Tank-like Ankylosaur
While roving the hillsides of Montana, Bill and Kris Parsons, a husband-and-wife team of paleontologists, stumbled upon a nearly complete dinosaur skull. It wasn't just any skull—this was a new species of ankylosaur later ... read more discussion post on Tue, November 17, 2009 - 8:41 PM
how sweet it is
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I don't suppose that most of you know / remember where that phrase , how sweet it is, came from.Some of you do, good. Well for those that don't it is from the days of black and white TV and a show called the 'Honeymooners' starring Jackie Gleason...
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Re: The Top 8 Dinosaur Discoveries of 2009
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3. Bird-Footed Theropod
Paleontologists are making history again in the dino-laden fossil beds of northwest China, home of the oldest tyrannosaur and horned dinosaur. A team of American and Chinese paleontologists, including James Clark and Xu Xi... read more discussion post on Mon, November 16, 2009 - 1:38 PM
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I don't suppose that most of you know / remember where that phrase , how sweet it is, came from.Some of you do, good. Well for those that don't it is from the days of black and white TV and a show called the 'Honeymooners' starring Jackie Gleason. I first saw this when I was in the navy, as on ships of the USN most mess decks had at least one TV set. The "How sweet it is' line is a reference to life as the whole show was in fact a metaphor for just that. For an Australian at that time to se...
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Tue, November 17, 2009 - 3:58 AM
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Can I be forgiven in the way I go to a film then get into it so deep actually want that to be the way I live life, that does last 5 minutes only then reality sets in. That I never saw Forest Gump is possibly a good thing,dontcha know,'cos I really don't think life is a box of chocolates. Some of the movies that really did make an impression on me were,lost weekend/ rebel without a cause/the wild one/blackboard jungle/on the waterfront/streetcar named desire/to kill a mocking bird/ catch 22 ...
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Mon, August 31, 2009 - 5:06 AM
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For us here in the Antipodes Spring, and all its renewables is just around the corner.
Sun, August 16, 2009 - 5:57 PM
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August,for me, is always a profound month,details of which I shall not bore you with except to add that it concerns the 28th and 1972. As a result some Augusts become watersheds of agendas,the setting of , at times completions of. I'm talking about leap forwards, change, moving on and all that entails. That I do so at this time is not through some mystical force of habit but is in part due to how everyth... read more 
Not sure if the picture that I post for this will get posted as there seems to be a hiccup of some proportions on here.That it might not is neither pertinent for the moment or not, as the case may be. A picture is central to the story but never fear if one doen't appear today then there is always another time to add something.
Mon, August 10, 2009 - 7:28 PM
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We have here in my home state (south australia) a very fine arts centre that has several world class performance stages and halls.Naturally it also has many spaces in... read more 
There was a time (some 40 yrs) when I became very political. Grandfather, who brought me up, was a politican and a mover /shaker of some note.He instilled a desire in me to see wrongs righted and justice for all, you know how the mantra goes, once more into the breech etc etc.Shoulders to the wheel backs to the grindstone, leave no stone unturned, all stirring and commendable stuff, all right and proper too.So on coming of age I joined a political party, the one that happens to be in now pow...
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Fri, July 17, 2009 - 9:11 PM
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My TestimonialsDecember 13, 2008
I've never had the honor nor the pleasure of meeting rob, but would definitely welcome the opportunity if it were available some day. rob is a man who cares about the world around him and his friends. He shares his pasta with his chickens. THAT is not only kind, but memorable.
rob and I share the mutual interest of paleontology. He picks up articles in the newspapers and popular press that I, as a professional scientist often miss and wish I hadn't. In that way, unknowingly, he's helping me with my interests and profession. Thank you, rob, for being a friend.
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