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Watching Olympic Women’s Weightlifting with a 10th Grader

PE — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 16:23:29 +0000

“These women look worse than the Australian basketball team,” the boy says.

“Some of them would be cute,” I say, “if they lost about 150 pounds.”

An eHarmony commercial comes on . . .

We prescreen candidates for compatibility . . .

“Good,” the boy says, “because I don’t want to date any women weightlifters.”

Watching Olympic Women’s Basketball with a 10th Grader

PE — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:16:44 +0000

The Australian team has some rather unfortunate-looking women on the roster . . .

“Crikey!” the boy says. “Wot an oy-sore!”

Christmas in Australia

PE — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 05:49:45 +0000

A christmas card from my brother-in-law, who lives with my wife’s sister and their two daughters outside Sydney:

The sun is shining. The days are long and hot. We are in the first weeks of summer and the bush fires have just started. It must mean Christmas is just around the corner.