Posts by Tony Parker
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Absolutely off topic but .... Outrageous Fortune, what an ending. Didn't see that coming.
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Oh I don't know. I'd be Iggy's bad ass bass player for a day. It'd beat the hell out of playing crappy covers at weddings which is what I normally do.
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It could be adapted perfectly by the PC bunch ruining our school sport...
And what do you base this erronious piece of bs on. If you came to my school you would see competitive sport with the result definitely being important, acknowledgement for those who have done well participation for those who want to take part for the fun of it and an emphasis on playing fair. So yes we do like to win but we try to show the kids that there are other aspects of sport that are just as important. So don't be coming down on teachers and schools for a suppossed lack of competitive edge in our sports people.
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Giovanni Tiso wrote a beautiful post about connecting with his daughter Lucia – who has been diagnosed on the autism spectrum – through the hands-on practice of making pizza. We republished it on Humans.
Are you aware of the work of Sue Larkey. She's an Australian I managed to hear earlier this year and she has great ideas for working with children on the autism spectrum. She's also realistic and practical especially when it comes to working with them in the classroom which is where I'm at at the moment with a couple of mildly autistic kids.
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The all clear has been given in Napier. They closed off parts of the city 200m from the shoreline apparantly.
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Due here in about 15 minutes. No civil defence siren so it seems there's not much to worry about. 1 metre is a lot less than some of the easterly swells we get. Haumoana always gets it when there's high seas. Me I'm at school getting ready for nest term.
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Here's my favourite Peter Case moment; a blistering slice of power pop.
The Plimsouls - A Million Miles Away [Live At The Whisky A Go Go, 1981]3410-If we're talking Power Pop I'll see your Plimsouls and raise you some Let's Active
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I love Transformer Man, good pick. A song about technology and embracing technology at the same time. Possibly in my top 5 Neil Young songs (and I'm not being sarcastic, people who don't allow themselves to dig Trans are missing out!).
Exactly. Trans was Neil's response to the personal tragedy of having 2 sons born with Spinal Bifida, the 2nd son confined to a wheelchair and not being able to communicate except by machine (computers).
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The Nerves, Hanging On The Telephone (L.A., '76)
That was brilliant. A very young Peter Case in that band.
Of course if we're talking machines then pretty much all of Neil's Trans was about the human interface with machines.
Transfomer man
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If I was in the audience, I think I'd have to be physically restrained from strangling Paul Schaffer. The interplay they have where he keeps talking behind the host? Turns me green and makes me start ripping my shirt off.
I've always viewed Schaffer as Letterman's trained monkey, and yes he annoys the fuck out of me too.
No one willing to go OT and mention Sue Bradford's resignation and implications for the removal of the steel in the backbone of the Opposition?
The glee with which this being greeted on the comments on Stuff are nauseating. Don't even dare venture onto Your Views.
Simply Paris on Cuba would a nice place to take mum