http://daddyfu.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ ...because parenting can be a martial art. en Vox Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:27:59 +1000 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://daddyfu.vox.com/library/post/afl---round-16-preview.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(daddy-fu) http://daddyfu.vox.com/library/post/afl---round-16-preview.html?_c=feed-rss http://daddyfu.vox.com/library/post/afl---round-16-preview.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:27:59 +1000 Only five our of eight last week which means I've really dropped off the lead in the tipping comps I'm in. I have this horrible feeling that, come the end of round 22, I'll be looking back on the time a couple of months ago when I uncharacterist... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://daddyfu.vox.com/library/post/afl---round-16-preview.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521c981549d00fa968873220002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> footy afl tipping http://daddyfu.vox.com/library/post/a-cynic-in-the-supermarket.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(daddy-fu) http://daddyfu.vox.com/library/post/a-cynic-in-the-supermarket.html?_c=feed-rss http://daddyfu.vox.com/library/post/a-cynic-in-the-supermarket.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:26:37 +1000 As soon as I was legally able to work (14 years and 9 months of age) I got a job as a night filler at the local supermarket, and pretty much worked at the same place right through until I finished uni and started a "proper" job in 1996. It was a... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://daddyfu.vox.com/library/post/a-cynic-in-the-supermarket.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521c981549d00fae8ccb563000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> shenanigans miscellaneous ramblings http://daddyfu.vox.com/library/post/afl---round-15-preview.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(daddy-fu) http://daddyfu.vox.com/library/post/afl---round-15-preview.html?_c=feed-rss http://daddyfu.vox.com/library/post/afl---round-15-preview.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:57:30 +1000 Before I start, I'd just like to briefly whinge about how freakin' cold it's been in Canberra this week. Look at today's prediction - Isolated showers, falling as snow on the hills around Canberra during the morning [I keep looking out the bac... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://daddyfu.vox.com/library/post/afl---round-15-preview.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521c981549d00fad6996a090004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> footy afl tipping http://daddyfu.vox.com/library/post/downer-responds-to-hartcher-and-a-quick-word-about-east-timor.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(daddy-fu) http://daddyfu.vox.com/library/post/downer-responds-to-hartcher-and-a-quick-word-about-east-timor.html?_c=feed-rss http://daddyfu.vox.com/library/post/downer-responds-to-hartcher-and-a-quick-word-about-east-timor.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:15:01 +1000 A week ago I noted Peter Hartcher's piece on Alexander Downer in the SMH, and today it appears as though Lord Downer has been granted the right of reply - The tragedy of much public commentary in Australia is that it is blatantly anti-conservat... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://daddyfu.vox.com/library/post/downer-responds-to-hartcher-and-a-quick-word-about-east-timor.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521c981549d00fad69965850004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> australian politics timor miscellaneous ramblings http://daddyfu.vox.com/library/post/voss-goes-to-the-west-coast-eagles.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(daddy-fu) http://daddyfu.vox.com/library/post/voss-goes-to-the-west-coast-eagles.html?_c=feed-rss http://daddyfu.vox.com/library/post/voss-goes-to-the-west-coast-eagles.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:04:05 +1000 I mentioned in passing a couple of weeks ago about Michael Voss being approached by the Eagles, plus some analysis he'd done of the side, but I flippantly dismissed it thinking that he wouldn't want to make the move all the way over there. But I... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://daddyfu.vox.com/library/post/voss-goes-to-the-west-coast-eagles.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521c981549d00fad69962a80004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> footy afl http://daddyfu.vox.com/library/post/qotd-ouch-that-hurt.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(daddy-fu) http://daddyfu.vox.com/library/post/qotd-ouch-that-hurt.html?_c=feed-rss http://daddyfu.vox.com/library/post/qotd-ouch-that-hurt.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:45:55 +1000 Have you ever broken a bone? If not, what's the worst injury you've sustained? Couple of posts from me today as I'm having sort of a "pottering around" day, catching up on doing a few things around the house while looking askance at the some 25... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://daddyfu.vox.com/library/post/qotd-ouch-that-hurt.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521c981549d00fae8ca555f000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd broken bones http://daddyfu.vox.com/library/post/the-hollowmen.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(daddy-fu) http://daddyfu.vox.com/library/post/the-hollowmen.html?_c=feed-rss http://daddyfu.vox.com/library/post/the-hollowmen.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:04:46 +1000 I think I can confidently predict that Working Dog's new production The Hollowmen (ABC, 9:30pm tonight) will be one of the highest rating television shows in Canberra this week. Well, it's an easy call given the ABC pretty much wins the ratings ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://daddyfu.vox.com/library/post/the-hollowmen.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521c981549d00fae8ca4e28000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> tv canberra http://daddyfu.vox.com/library/post/one-down-one-to-go.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(daddy-fu) http://daddyfu.vox.com/library/post/one-down-one-to-go.html?_c=feed-rss http://daddyfu.vox.com/library/post/one-down-one-to-go.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:26:42 +1000 Just submitted 4,031 words on an analysis of the fees and charges regime under Commonwealth freedom of information law, with a particular focus on the reasoning of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal in Peatling and DEWR [2007] as regards to the ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://daddyfu.vox.com/library/post/one-down-one-to-go.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521c981549d00fad698373d0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> study miscellaneous ramblings australian law http://daddyfu.vox.com/library/post/peter-hartcher-on-alexander-downer.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(daddy-fu) http://daddyfu.vox.com/library/post/peter-hartcher-on-alexander-downer.html?_c=feed-rss http://daddyfu.vox.com/library/post/peter-hartcher-on-alexander-downer.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:38:37 +1000 Absolutely scathing piece by Peter Hartcher on Alexander Downer in today's Sydney Morning Herald, here are a couple of highlights - ...Downer can be petty and puerile. He plays a mean-spirited, personal, scratchy game of partisan politics. He ca... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://daddyfu.vox.com/library/post/peter-hartcher-on-alexander-downer.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521c981549d00fad69749160004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> australian politics timor miscellaneous ramblings http://daddyfu.vox.com/library/post/afl---the-rest-of-round-14.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(daddy-fu) http://daddyfu.vox.com/library/post/afl---the-rest-of-round-14.html?_c=feed-rss http://daddyfu.vox.com/library/post/afl---the-rest-of-round-14.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:32:19 +1000 Well, I've had another shocking week with just 2 out of 6 correct from last weekend and, look, honestly, it's feeling like a form slump. I've been a bit crook and had a few other things going on lately so I'm just putting it down to having my at... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://daddyfu.vox.com/library/post/afl---the-rest-of-round-14.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521c981549d00fae8c8c0aa000b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> footy afl tipping