tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-238481189278119116.post664277093820369979..comments2024-03-10T16:45:38.711+08:00Comments on WORD + STUFF: A slight blogging slumpTrishahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16927558937796802496noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-238481189278119116.post-77938643454749342472014-02-27T01:30:14.753+08:002014-02-27T01:30:14.753+08:00Hi Trisha ... when I left South Africa it had been...Hi Trisha ... when I left South Africa it had been hot hot hot .. and I came back to a hot UK summer - bliss, but too much for me! I was desperate for cool .. now I'm looking forward to some dry ..<br /><br />The weather is crazy isn't it ... hope it's settled down for you .. cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-238481189278119116.post-33621382616626089772014-02-19T06:29:27.453+08:002014-02-19T06:29:27.453+08:00I hope you feel better now. Nature has finally dec...I hope you feel better now. Nature has finally decided it's done frying us (at least it's gotten cooler in the North West province) but like you, I'm so over the summer!Damaria Sennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16933949808230808200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-238481189278119116.post-2607744605112264822014-02-18T02:20:04.348+08:002014-02-18T02:20:04.348+08:00I have snow up to my bum. How about we swap for a ...I have snow up to my bum. How about we swap for a day, or maybe a week...heck, let's go a month! By the time I get back to the US, spring should be coming.Elizabeth Seckmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00045076826326574984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-238481189278119116.post-25426280607297202472014-02-17T10:20:09.657+08:002014-02-17T10:20:09.657+08:00I'm with you there, Trish. What a limp fish of...I'm with you there, Trish. What a limp fish of a Prime Minister. Shark culling! Ugh! Even the surfers etc are against it. Now he's trying to remove the freedom of the press, but I wonder how long it is since our press has been free to comment on the crazy politics of this country! Denise Covey https://www.blogger.com/profile/07106490051555233439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-238481189278119116.post-12678778450237556372014-02-17T10:17:51.981+08:002014-02-17T10:17:51.981+08:00Yes, I'm hearing you sister! I'm thinking ...Yes, I'm hearing you sister! I'm thinking of doing a 'heatwave' post as I'm so over hearing about Polar Vortexes and UK dastardly weather. Not only is it unbearably hot, there's the added element of bushfires raging in Victoria and flooding in parts. Phew! These last couple of days in Brisbane have been soooo bad. I can't even think about writing as my sweet little office Geo built me only has an overhead fan! So today I'm glad I have files of flash fiction I've already written in cooler days! I thought I'd come to the state library early so I can write in the air conditioning and use free wi-fi into the bargain. I've got to be here by 2pm anyhow, to teach.<br /><br />So our projected weather report is for this heatwave to continue...no end in sight. Roll on autumn...<br /><br />DeniseDenise Covey https://www.blogger.com/profile/07106490051555233439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-238481189278119116.post-28636225769638733542014-02-17T08:17:22.777+08:002014-02-17T08:17:22.777+08:00Yeah, it's pretty foul - particularly when we ...Yeah, it's pretty foul - particularly when we live on the coast so it's meant to be cooler here. :PTrishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16927558937796802496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-238481189278119116.post-47747267319651468022014-02-17T08:16:53.468+08:002014-02-17T08:16:53.468+08:00I get depressed as well - my state government here...I get depressed as well - my state government here is the one responsible for starting the cull of sharks, including some endangered species!! He's a ******* jerkface and makes me want to cry.Trishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16927558937796802496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-238481189278119116.post-28007493126554743942014-02-17T07:28:08.262+08:002014-02-17T07:28:08.262+08:00I just googled what your Celsius is equal to in ou...I just googled what your Celsius is equal to in our Fahrenheit and I'm in shock. I think I know why you're in a slump...it's too hot! OMG!<br /><br />Is it weird that you all have been having this intense summer, while we've been having this crazy snowy winter?<br /><br />I wonder if Hawaii has had a sudden population increase...Remembering Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14760441035721518260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-238481189278119116.post-83486129616166174922014-02-17T06:55:53.320+08:002014-02-17T06:55:53.320+08:0044 C is pretty toasty, we got up to around 43 summ...44 C is pretty toasty, we got up to around 43 summer before last where I'm at and it was pretty brutal. I still prefer that to the -20 C or so we've had this winter though. It doesn't usually get that cold here. Stupid weather. <br /><br />And I tend to think we make the dumbest people our leaders. One of the problems of democracy I think. Stupid is really attractive. Our state legislature just put a bill up for vote that would offer legal protection to any businesses that refuse to serve a person because of their sexual orientation.<br /><br />Let me rephrase that, they want to make it legal to allow shop/restaurant owners to have 'no gays allowed' signs in their windows and not serve people they suspect of being homosexual.<br /><br />The name of this bill is 'the religious freedom act'.<br /><br />They've also threatened (the state legislature again) to remove all tax incentives if Volkswagen allows their labor force at the plant in the state to unionize. <br /><br />I'm pretty sure that's not legal. VW <i>wants</i> their workers to be unionized, they like dealing with a body that represents them. Somehow it's turned into a weird, borderline, illegal series of threats from the state to stop it. <br /><br />I get so depressed. The world has gone insane. Rusty Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09887821877521181811noreply@blogger.com