Confessions
Mary Poppins. Hide your children
I’ve never seen Mary Poppins in its entirety. Parts of it have always given me the creeps. Perhaps it’s is because of the not so subtle (down right scary) imagery hidden throughout the movie. Don’t be deceived by it’s cute Disney musical facade with the ever so innocent Mary (fresh from singing in the Swiss [...]
Crochet rocks! (Thanks to Woo)
Yes, you did read the post title correctly. I, Burton… former mocker of crocheters worldwide have changed my ways. I have seen the light, and I owe it all to Woo! This guy has actually succeeded in turning me from one who was embarrassed to be in the same car with my wife while she [...]
I’m okay with crochet
For those of you that follow the world’s most amazing wife’s blog, you will know that her new found love is (ahem) crochet. At first I thought that my wife was having a crises of sorts. I mean crocheting? That’s what old-fashioned ladies carry in their 2-wheeled-shopping bags. Even the word ‘crochet’, if pronounced the [...]
The Sound Of Music rocks!
I have a confession to make… I, Burton, think The Sound Of Music rocks! …And that would make me cool (because we all know that anyone into retro stuff is rather hip). Another, even more shocking confession… We even own two copies of the DVD ( original and special anniversary edition). I do believe a [...]
I stole my own daughter
A funny thing happend to me while I was in the Spotlight store the other day. Spotlight (for you lucky people who have never been to one) is a huge craft and fabric shop that I’m certain was designed to teach husbands how to love their wives like Christ loved the Church. I was enduring [...]
I watched a chick flick
Firstly, to reassure some readers that I am not watching anything dodgy, let me define what a chick flick is. Trusty Wikipedia says: ‘Chick flick’ is slang for a film designed to appeal to a female target audience. The term was first used in the 1980s, a decade during which such chick flicks as Beaches [...]
I gave a girl head injuries
Now that I have your attention with the dramatic post title… Wesley Intermediate School, 1985, Form 2. There was a girl my my class called Sarah. One day after lunch (I remember it as though it were yesterday), she was about to sit down at her desk. I saw my window of opportunity and didn’t [...]
I was hit by a grey van
It was a sunny Saturday morning in 1990. I was riding my bike home from the video shop when a little boy ran in front of my bike. I swerved and luckily only clipped him with my leg, unluckily though, I was on the footpath at the time. I stopped to check if the boy [...]
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