25 Dec 2010 at 22:20
A Free Man
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Hope all your Christmases were as merry as ours.
(21st Century Xmas by Skype)
(Santa knows what boys want.)
(Christmas rasslin’)
(Redux.)
Happy Holidays from A Free Family.
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Thanks to Seattle Dad for the tip on Reverend Horton Heat’s Christmas album “We Three Kings”, which is available from .
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Reverend Horton Heat "Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy" [2:16m]:
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18 Dec 2010 at 22:08
A Free Man
Uncategorized
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Exhausted.
We spent all day yesterday packing and all day today moving into our new house. Our new house that we own*. The first house we’ve ever owned. And if all goes well, the last we ever own.
It’s a big old rambling 1940s home on a good sized block in the hills about 10 km from [...]

The White Stripes [1:59m]:
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13 Dec 2010 at 22:31
A Free Man
Australia, Britain
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The Aussies were seriously lacking in skullduggery at the Adelaide Test last weekend. But that didn’t stop us from having a good time at the Adelaide Oval. Even if it did seem to involve a full day of watching England’s mercenary South African batsman Kevin Pietersen spend the whole day smacking Australian bowlers around the [...]

The Duckworth Lewis Method "Jiggery Pokery" [3:24m]:
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04 Dec 2010 at 22:11
A Free Man
Australia
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This will be our third summertime Christmas and I must say that I’m warming to it. I don’t know if it is having young kids to enjoy it with or whether the seasonal reversal removes the S.A.D. component of my typical holiday dread, but I find myself looking forward to Christmas this year. If you’ve [...]
01 Dec 2010 at 22:08
A Free Man
Boy Z, Not Max, parenting, writing
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I’ve just sent the invoice for three chapters that I wrote for inclusion in a biochemistry textbook. It isn’t a heap of money, but it is the most I’ve ever been paid for writing. It always feels good making money for doing something that I love. Not that it is that common, mind, but nonetheless. [...]

Indigo Girls "Something Real":
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If there’s anything on god’s green earth better than a fresh Queensland mango, I’d love to know about it. Firm, silky, the taste of a golden spring afternoon. Absolute perfection.
They think so too…
What hasn’t even approached perfection this year is the performance of my beloved Georgia Bulldogs. I haven’t been writing about them, and clearly [...]
25 Nov 2010 at 21:55
A Free Man
Australia, politics
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Forget all your politics for a while.
Let the color schemes arrive.
I knew it would happen eventually. The American Left and the American Right have moved so far apart that they’ve backed into one another. I heard both MSNBC ranter Keith Olbermann and talk radio screecher Mark Levin shouting about new safety regulations at American airports. [...]

Mates of State "Get Better" [3:28m]:
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11 Nov 2010 at 21:29
A Free Man
Adelaide, Hip-Hop, work
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Well, it has been a little while, hasn’t it? I sort of had a spell of blog fatigue there coupled with a spurt of seasonal affective social networking withdrawal, but really I’ve just been too busy. Yeah, yeah, everyone’s busy but for those few loyal readers/family members here’s a litany of excuses:
I have a new [...]

DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air" [2:57m]:
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04 Oct 2010 at 11:27
A Free Man
Family, Photos
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From your Australian cousins…
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