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"Hello, anybody home?" ~   ~   ~ "Hey guess what!" [whisper voice] "Prop 8 got reversed which means that a law defining marriage as a heterosexual union is unconstitutional - which means that homosexual marriage is not not legal!" "Fo' Real?!  -  But wait, does the double negative make it doubly bad?" "I think the 'not not' symbolizes

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The grand entrance into summer here in Sydney saw no relief from the curtain of rain. And now here on Australia Day 2012... intermittant sunshine between determined showers. Cute summer dresses? Sigh... A myriad of adventures and trials have come and gone. Here's a bit of photographic evidence: vietnamese dumplings and overpriced adult beverages at the picturesque Opera House Bar (

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(file this under "back-log blog"...)From time to time Silvino takes me on fun tourist dates - which after all the time I've been in Sydney, I haven't ticked any of these "sightseeing musts" off my list. Partly because it pains me to admit I'm a tourist... even though I most undeniably am. And partly because I haven't had the right playmate. I must admit that it is... quite fun! to do all

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The Australian Museum, the oldest museum in Oz according to its website, is the natural history museum - which means it is full of cool weird and interesting things because this continent is full of cool weird and interesting naturalness.but what is more natural than native-habitat-ifying the museum to better-suit the local species? what does that mean?museum + BEER! = Jurassic Loungea museum

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you guys....!!!!I MADE HOME MADE SOURDOUGH!!!(and it's delicious! and i followed the recipe almost kinda most of the way!)and it wasn't even that hard! ok, well actually it was a little bit hard on the outside because i didn't have a spritzer bottle and used a baster-brush instead, so the crust got a bit crusty, but by Grapes it is sour and delicious! Tastes like home! just the way my... Bay..

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towertaken by a young chinese father. not a place for meditation, the sydney tower was full of loud, wriggling families and bustling nikon lenses.it's hard to tell from the picture, but well below us lies sydney. we perused the gift shop and i made some audible annoyance about knick-knack crap and then lo-and behold i saw a wine aerator... for $13 - not the $40 as i've been eying in couture

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It's true that if you snews, you lose... which is why I read the Times...the FUN Times that is!This little muffin tried to sue her neighbor for having a loud air conditioning system.What's in this article? Answer: Who cares?!All you need is in the heading and the picture!Fun Fact:That's basically all the newspaper is!(those little words are just for decoration!)You probably think this article is

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It is said, by a friend of mine, thatin Sydney, people look like they suntan and go to the gym.In Melbourne, people look like they read books.There was a discernible surplus of girthage in Melbourne...we think the Melbournians might not read books,they might devour them.ha-HA! We were right!(sometimes i'm not sure if it's in "the eye of the beholder"or in "the I of the beholder")

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bundled up in Melbrrrrrrrne. (after seeing a show on Australia's "Broadway"and on our way for drinks and desert at a thai bar)

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At the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) in Melbourne, we got abducted into the Matrix. Which was a thousand times more fun than the avant garde room full of long stable shots of bmx biking.http://www.acmi.net.au/timeslice/Timeslice.htm?file=ts-20110725-8e8c42e0d2b42209de55b7d101153ef4.flvhttp://www.acmi.net.au/timeslice/Timeslice.htm?file=ts-20110725-8494d6a506c00dae0eed3f3189fe7d42

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There's a relatively busy road between the beach town and the closest mega-stop-and-shop-for-all commercial centre. Along one side is a park, with a series of recreational grass fields and tennis courts, and on the other is... SURPRISE! last but not least...!and friends.

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The living room functions asdining roommovie theatrelibraryart studioparty roomcockroach hangout (mostly in the couch)gymnasiumlaundry drying facilitymuseum of my red-wine-gone-awrygeneral storageand most importantly ---dance studio.Silvino and I both dancers, me from Salsa he from Forró, are learning together Samba de Gafieira, a sensual partner dance to the Samba rhythm. Its closest relative

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This boy was at the ferry terminal with us. And then again at the grocery store. And then again at the cove where we went snorkeling. Come on! thank you silvino's shoulder for helping to orchestrate the fashion-shoots-he-scores!can you believe it? (p, there's a market out there... for reals!)

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3 cockatoos2 cockatoos and 2 rainbow lorikeetsback to 3 cockatoos.the sulfur crusted cockatoos are everywhere - the "pigeon" of sydney. they are about a foot and a half tall and have an amazing screech. at cockatoo-o-clock (dusk) it is impossible to converse if the bird-club has parked nearby. ditto the lorikeets who park by the thousands in their routine trees.

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In the US, we all wish Goodwill towards men, but here in Australia it's Vinnies. Which is short for St. Vincent de Paul. And if it's not Vinnies it's Salvos, which is typical Ozzification of any name - chop of first syllable and add "o", so from Salvation Army we get...I had an amazing scouring/meditation session and resisted the temptation to buy a heap of unnecessary crapola, but could not

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My laundry brings all the boys to the yardAnd their like, It's better than yoursDamn right, it's better than yoursI can teach you...But I have to charge! (ouch!)---Lala-lalala... the boys are waiting...---My laundry brings...

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After a dinner of roast lamb, beet, and sweet potato salad with butternut squash sage risotto -[Risotto, because I bought arborio rice 2 weeks ago for 750 grams at $2. And then the next week I saw "2 for $3" 1 kg bags of arborio rice - you do the math! (here in Australia they say "maths" which is the ultimate slap in the face to anyone with a speech impediment, not to mention straight up

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beware! the sugar shark lurks in abandoned lots luring its prey with derelict furnitureMUNCH MUNCH MUNCH MUNCHI'M GONNA EAT YOU!

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there are a heap of pots and potted things in our front yard. I got semi-inspired (possibly by sale at local grocery store - advertising works!) to investigate what was growing and what was going... there were succulents up the wazoo, aloe vera and various sister species, clippings and offshoots of some mother plant that were being salvaged and reborn in a new pot. miscellaneous trifolium (

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who let the trees bark?who -- who who -- who?

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the southern hemisphere is shying away from the sun. autumn species are popping up, new colours are out - i'm wearing socks!don't eat memoses takes up suburban landscapingredleaf district"untitled"

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meu homem trabalho na pizzaria... então, tenemos sushi grátis!ok, so the pizzaria, that gives us a never ending supply of pie, lies sushi place adjacent. and sometimes 'out with the old' falls our way!working in the restaurant biz rocks - our grocery bills!

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the day after jesus ascended into heaven, our fridge decided to ascend, too. in temperature, that is. it became a hot-house for cheese, a saucy sauna, a very loud, tall freezer. not a travesty. it was purchased for 40 bucks by our housemate dan 3 years ago and has seen its fare share o' livin' since then. a share-house hopper ice box, and now it was an ice box in the literal sense as i

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