I’m ready for a new theme… I’m sick of this orange.

Any objections? This could get bumpy…

Not impressed…

Can anyone explain why my blog of Evie has turned up on an Australian political blog site?

I found it by googling Evie’s name… very odd. i didn’t know that Evie had such an influence on Australia’s politics…

Link here: http://theaustralianindex.com/politics/?s=search&categoryID=7&searchterms=%22evie%22

Just scroll down the page.

And… And… look at this:http://www.blogcatalog.com/blogs/the-chronicles-of/posts/tag/dicker/

Here’s some more Evie for all you web-baby-stalkers out there (Jo)… :)

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It happened! We have a baby girl! Little Evie Grace Dicker was born at 11:26pm, Saturday September 6th 2008, weighing in at 3.95kg and 52cm long.

Fi did a completely awesome job in labour. Fi will be the first to admit that she doesn’t have many stories of physical perseverance, and she doesn’t really have a high pain threshold but she handled it like a true champion! And… wait for it… no drugs! A lot of hot water and a little bit of gas, but no drugs! Fi now has the biggest story of perseverance and pain tolerance that a person can achieve.

It was all very exhausting, and we’re only now starting to catch up on some sleep. She’s feeding and settling quite well at present, we hope it lasts!

There are plenty of stories to tell, and maybe I’ll chronicle some, or you can ask me and I’ll bore you to death with them… but for now here’s a couple of photos to wet your appetite.

Um, hello? Has anyone spotted a problem with the rationale in taking down the “want longer lasting sex?” billboards? [The SMH article is here if you want more background]

The argument is that these billboards - which are text only - might be over-sexualizing our children. Now it might be the case (if they can read) that they’ll want to ask their parents what that sign is all about, but hey, kids start asking “where did I come from?” long before they learn to read…

But really, we haven’t hit the real heart of the flawed logic behind the removal of these signs yet.. Here’s the big problem with the rationale: everyday I go past bus shelters, shop windows, news stands, and billboards that have all sorts of erotic images on them - half naked women in underwear, swimwear, lingerie or whatever… Men and women in seductive sexualized poses, (and who knows what they’re advertising!) and yet there is no complaint.

What’s worse? A billboard that says “sex” or a billboard that shows sex? I’ve got no problem with the text. In fact these billboards are at least giving a voice to men who have real sexual issues and need help…

I think once again we’ve missed the real issue here… Print the word “sex” and we go ballistic… Try to sell me some shoes by putting a sexy brunette in underwear with big cleavage… hey, no problem…

Personally I find the image more distracting than the word.

This recipe for apple pie takes skill and discipline, but the result is awesome!

You will need:

• 1 tin of sliced baking apple (I prefer Ardmona)
• 3 slices of puff pastry
• a pie dish

This is kinda optional but the first step is to put one hand in your pocket and leave it there.

Now… with one arm:

• Grease the pie dish with butter.
• Place one sheet of puff pastry on the base of the pie dish and press the pastry up the sides (leave the corners hanging over the edge. You will need to cut of some pastry from the 3rd sheet to fill in the gaps that the square puff pastry has left behind.
• Open the can of baking apple.
• Pour the apple from the tin into the pie dish and spread out evenly with a fork.
• Cover the apple with the second sheet of pastry. Take the base pastry that’s hanging over the side of the dish and fold it on to the top pastry. Cut off any other overhanging pastry and use it to fill in any gaps in the top pastry.
• Use the leftover third sheet of pastry to decorate.
• Bake in the oven at 180 C for about 30 minutes or until golden brown.

There you have it, one arm apple pie.

I saw Tropic Thunder the other night and damn it was funny!

the premise for the movie is fantastic, basically it’s the making of the making of a film. It really takes a good dig at Hollywood. Robert Downey Jr’s character is a bit of a take off of Russell Crow (his character is a white Australian actor with a bit of a temper and a strong emphasis on method acting…) essentially he plays a white man playing a black guy throughout the movie and it’s a crack up!

An extra brilliant feature of this film is that it starts without you really knowing it’s started… the movie begins with a (fictional) candy bar ad and some movie previews which again are a wonderful satire of the real things. When the fake previews started everyone in the cinema was like “what the hell is going on?” are they really selling that product/making that move?” and then you get the joke. Brilliant.

This movie is worth your money at the cinema. I was even still laughing on way home when I thought about some of the lines.

P.S. beware some naughty language. Although I should mention here that the movie is not a gross humour style movie… some stupidity yes, but not like the really puerile humour you get with some of the other movies of recent times - you know the ones…

In the last week 2 of our friends and 2 of our relatives have given birth to a total of 4 boys - Ben, Duncan, Rhys, and Hamish…

We’ve still got a couple of weeks (in theory), so place your bets!

• A fifth baby boy?

Or

• A baby girl?

(Arnott’s choc montes are the standard currency)

This is one for all the sprinkler fitters out there.

The action is really at the end when the dude who breaks it tries to fix it.

 
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