Archive for July, 2007

Arresting Developments

Wednesday, July 25th, 2007

Bullet point seems the way to go when introducing a police story:
+ Since 2003, after writing my true-crime book – One Down One Missing – I’ve been missing from the police beat.
+ That changed last month when Sunday Life magazine threw me into the scrimmage of the Domestic Violence Unit in western Sydney – and [...]

Temperature Shock

Thursday, July 19th, 2007

Can someone tell me what the sun looks like? Since coming home to Melbourne from a north Queensland holiday that bright yellow thing has vanished along with the 30+ lotion.
Two weeks of quality lolling – you can’t trump it. Under sequential blue heavens I devoured a swag of books – filling up the word tanks [...]

Sly Twine 6

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

And the titles are….
RAJ – Romeo And Juliet
LIB – Life Is Beautiful
TAUT – The Air Up There
TAG – The Ancestor Game
HAD – Heat And Dust
LOP – Life Of Pi
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BEG – Brown Eyed Girl
BIP – Brass In Pocket
BOB – Beast Of Burden
HOG – Heart Of Gold
JAG – Just A Girl
LILO – Love Is Like Oxygen
LOTE – [...]

Sly Twine 5

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007

If TOE stands for Terms Of Endearment, can you kick over these other accidental acrostics. This time round I’m providing you with the relevant artist to up your chances.)
RAJ (William Shakespeare)
LIB (Roberto Benigni)
TAUT (Kevin Bacon)
TAG (by Alex Miller)
HAD (by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala)
LOP (by Yann Martel)
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BEG (van Morrison)
BIP (Pretenders)
BOB (Rolling Stones)
HOG (Neil Young)
JAG (No Doubt)
LILO (The [...]