August 2007
1 post
looking of for a witty .us domain?
these are available: tuberculo.us odorifero.us disadvantageo.us oh and tumblr.us
May 2007
7 posts
new issue available
superb new fiction (and non-fiction)
Your language needs you!
Help the Oxford English Dictionary find the orgins of this words and more. (via Balderdash Wordhunt Oxford English Dictionary ) bananas (1968-70)* Bloody Mary (1956)* bonkers (1957)* bung (1958)* dog and bone (1961) dog’s bollocks (1989) domestic (1963) duh brain flip-flop (1970) Glasgow kiss (1987) Gordon Bennett hoodie (1990) identity theft (1991) kinky (1959) one sandwich short (1993)...
April 2007
29 posts
UQ Library new overdue charges
(via Your UQ Library record news)
pinch and a punch for the first of the month. →
Its Tuesday morning here
Multiple tumblr'in
I cant find anything in the ToS (should read “I’m too busy to actually read through the ToS”) about having multiple tumblr accounts. Is having more than one a big ‘no no’? Ive got some ideas for different accounts - using them to tumble specific content.
on my fourth cup.
“I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London,...”
– Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal 1729
handing in 2 papers today at 4:30pm AEST, and...
Rudd secures ALP backing on IR, uranium - The 7.30... →
730 30/04/2007
Marco's Tumblelog →
cheers for the comprehensive update
re: ReBlogging
One thing i’ve noticed while wasting/utilizing my time refreshing radar is that;with the newly implemented ‘reblog’ button, tumblr is fast becoming just a copy and paste medium. That’s fine I do it myself but what I’d really like to see is tumblrs using the reblog button as a way to comment on ones post, rather than just see the same unchanged. So you whiners wanting...
editing 1st draft of an essay on Swift's use of...
A Modest Proposal
what I gots to do by monday
WRIT2110 & WRIT6110: Explication Essay Due Date: Monday 30 Apr 2007 at 4.30pm Weight: 25% Length: 2000 Words Task Description: Write an insightful, coherent essay in which you explicate one of the following stories from The Art of the Story: Ann Beattie, “In Amalfi” Deborah Eisenberg, “The Girl Who Left Her Sock on the Floor” Kazou Ishiguro, “A...
writing an esssay on A Family Supper by Kazuo...
reading A Family Supper by Kazuo Ishiguro
10 years on →
Ten years after the Bringing Them Home report into the forced removal of Indigenous children from their families, members of the Stolen Generation say they’re still waiting for an apology from the Howard Government and for compensation. And the former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser says some of Howard Government’s current Indigenous policies smack of the paternalism of the past.
Literary Hack →
I like the name..
“Says the man with an American flag on his lapel.”
– Bill Maher to Jay Leno