en-US Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:15:36 -0800 60 144 41 http://www.goodreads.com/images/layout/gr_logo_144.jpg /author/show/1112005.Anthony_Eaton/blog/235280-one-year-down Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:15:36 -0800 /author/show/1112005.Anthony_Eaton/blog/235280-one-year-down In a few hours, Toby's first birthday party starts. It won't be a huge affair - just family and a few friends around for a BBQ and a couple of beers. Actually, the party's as much for us as it is for him - celebrating the fact that we've survived our first 12 months of parenthood. 
During the last year, the mantle of parenthood has settled on us like a heavy cloak; sweeping, swamping, and covering every moment of our lives. Every waking moment, every thing we do or think about, Toby is there i...

posted by Anthony Eaton on November, 27 ]]> /author/show/1112005.Anthony_Eaton/blog/227875-update-schmupdate Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:06:17 -0800 /author/show/1112005.Anthony_Eaton/blog/227875-update-schmupdate
If you want to catch up, then you'll want to go to Musings at Blogspot for a read.

Cheers
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posted by Anthony Eaton on November, 27 ]]> /author/show/1112005.Anthony_Eaton/blog/228960-a-future-caffeine-addict Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:36:53 -0800 /author/show/1112005.Anthony_Eaton/blog/228960-a-future-caffeine-addict This morning, I made him his first babycino - (Pure milk foam, for the uninitiated)
It went well...
 

posted by Anthony Eaton on November, 24 ]]> /author/show/1112005.Anthony_Eaton/blog/228961-half-a-tree Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:37:21 -0800 /author/show/1112005.Anthony_Eaton/blog/228961-half-a-tree ... is a really odd looking thing. Imagine how strange I'll look with half a moustache.

Then donate to my Movember campaign, here.

Remember: $1000 by the end of November is what it'll take to make me look like a total goose for 24 hours. Current total: $300, which is a good start, but not enough to purchase my dignity.

posted by Anthony Eaton on November, 24 ]]> /author/show/1112005.Anthony_Eaton/blog/228962-black-mountain-peninsula-9-23am-thursday Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:40:00 -0800 /author/show/1112005.Anthony_Eaton/blog/228962-black-mountain-peninsula-9-23am-thursday Photograph taken on Sony Ericsson Videophone, using panorama mode

Today it will be 37 degrees. Already Canberra is tinderbox-dry; the rich greens of spring have given way to unrelenting yellows and browns. The grasses wilt and wither, the clay is baked hard beneath your feet. On mornings like this, there is restlessness in the air. The lake, mirror calm, reflects a hazy sky; On Black Mountain, the tower gestures towards the sun and on Parliament house the flag hangs limp and listless.

On mornin...

posted by Anthony Eaton on November, 24 ]]> /author/show/1112005.Anthony_Eaton/blog/228963-ever-wanted-to-humiliate-a-writer-for-a-good-cause Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:34:22 -0800 /author/show/1112005.Anthony_Eaton/blog/228963-ever-wanted-to-humiliate-a-writer-for-a-good-cause
Here's the thing. I'm doing (as most of you already know) Movember. For anyone not in the loop, this is a facial hair festival which raises funds to support prostate cancer and men's health research. At the moment, I'm going on three weeks in, and have (if I do say so myself) a very respectable little Mo going on.

And I've got a few donations, which is great. Just passed the $150.00 mark today, which is fantastic. Even if one of the donors is my wife (How's that for supportive?...

posted by Anthony Eaton on November, 24 ]]> /author/show/1112005.Anthony_Eaton/blog/228964-helping-dad-at-work Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:06:18 -0800 /author/show/1112005.Anthony_Eaton/blog/228964-helping-dad-at-work

So far he's re catalogued my lowest bookshelf (it used to be alphabetical, now it appears to be arranged in order from most to least chewed), emptied the contents of the bin onto the floor, pulled a pair of scissors out of a drawer (Until 5 minutes ago, I didn't even know I owned scissors,) and almost managed to unplug my computer.

Aaahhhh... parenthood....

posted by Anthony Eaton on November, 27 ]]> /author/show/1112005.Anthony_Eaton/blog/225740-movember-week-3 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 18:38:39 -0800 /author/show/1112005.Anthony_Eaton/blog/225740-movember-week-3
Taken with a silly hat, on the crappy little webcam in my office. But at least you can see it, now. And as of this morning, it's long enough to be trimmed with scissors!

You can donate to my campaign here... And if not, then I'll thank you not to mock my Mo.

posted by Anthony Eaton on November, 27 ]]> /author/show/1112005.Anthony_Eaton/blog/222525-romcom-review-julia-and-julia Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:58:51 -0800 /author/show/1112005.Anthony_Eaton/blog/222525-romcom-review-julia-and-julia
Julie and Julia: Is it technically a romcom? Well, it's directed by , whose pedigree includes our benchmark best-romcom-of-all-time When Harry Met Sally, (mind you, she's also responsible for the execrable Sleepless in Seattle* - which, despite the title, ended up on top of the Empire State Building in NYC, go figure) and a number of other Romcom crimes, so you can make your own mind up on that one. (*you're probably wondering why that link? Anything, and I mean anything is better ...

posted by Anthony Eaton on November, 26 ]]> /author/show/1112005.Anthony_Eaton/blog/219505-today-is-the-day Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:58:16 -0800 /author/show/1112005.Anthony_Eaton/blog/219505-today-is-the-day
Of course, if all doesn't go well, then I'll probably just have to re-post this tomorrow...

posted by Anthony Eaton on November, 26 ]]>