"Sighing, Irene said, Why is it that we can love so much that which only makes us cry? Susannah thought for only a moment, and then, with certainty, she said: Because it is that which calls us home to... here is the voice of Andy Mobbs , one of our gap year interns [don't say 'intern' wihtin earshot of Bec&Col though, it is a faux pas]. His bruvahs call him Angel because they can't do "Andrew". HO ho ho

“The fragility of crystal is not a weakness but a fineness. My parents understood that a fine crystal glass had to be cared for or may be shattered. But when it came to my brother, they did not seem to...out Fantasy Island! Oh, and today, I finally got up to the Annual Head Shear- 3 times in 3 years probably makes it annual. It’s cold though, my head is cold - so cold I wore a beanie to bed last night

Randomly choosing to read We need to talk about Kevin this week plays a loudly desolate counterpoint to the week before and the Fabbies' cheerful intimation that there is nothing so serious that the...I'm not languishing. There was a time was when languishing was my sole ambition. How things have changed. there is a fad book doing the rounds in our miniverse, called The Shack. Has it hit you yet

this week in the miniverse, the Rhino Brigade get to invade the water sports centre, and the various instructors have the acute pleasure of trying to direct our turdburgers in the subtle arts of open sea...to say about that because if there's one thing we're on about, it's about tearing away apathy and if you believe the Fabbies then shit, we'd still be asking who that bell was ringing for, wouldn't we

“ Ezra engaged them in the worship of God, the most all-absorbing, comprehensive act in which men and women can engage in. This is how our God-formed identities become most deeply embedded in us. ” Eugene...looks like it is sponsored by Starschmucks. TJ came to visit the other day. Visitor #20-something I've lost count. We went to the beach and she showed off her round belly. Yay for round bellies

I am content to always be witness to your mystery - Ginny Owens, I know who you are. I had an epiphany this week. I often worry about being good enough for my boys, about knowing what the right thing... Don’t tell Bec&Col now but my new favourite thing to do on days off is to go to an arvo show at the cinemas and sneak in a stubby to sip through the movie [1st ten minutes anyway]. hat hat hat

This week, Mr G finally joined the skinny-silhouette-with-white-earphones brigade. Before I knew it, an innocuous admiration of the ipod aesthetic turned into a 2 minute impulse consumption. What I found...the tide, stand up, resist the hypnosis of hype (I should talk), minimise your carbon footprint, reduce reuse recycle, BUT keep your eyes on people. It’s the same for us in the miniverse. I hope

When on holidays my constant companion is the Library Book. The bruvahs don't really understand when i say i am going out to dinner, or lunch or whatever, and not meeting anyone at all. That's right, Mr...it'd ever apply to me, i liked to say that break-dancing was probably more a case of breaking than dancing. ho ho ho. Now I'm thinking:' dance... no break... dance... no break'. Videos soon. as if

From the deep recesses of his barely-there sentience, Mr Ganglion is making a comeback, pulsing his way to egg-like proportions. I daren’t let any of the bruvahs perform the next slam dunk procedure because... what must it be like to visualise defeat so accurately, so completely? There was a sort of triumph in this – a courage- the value of which he did not wish to diminish by arguing. Not there yet :-

This feeling of trying to dance after the music has stopped, of realizing you’ve taken a dead-end turn in a maze, of having outstayed your welcome, strikes everyone, I imagine, every except the perpetually...years of blaring Jason at different addresses across the inner west, he's finally coming here. A similar project is in progress on the Fantasy Island. Next year Jason will perform here. Yes he will