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. Brett,, here is an animation I did today. It doesn't have sound yet though.Sound is coming soon however. We have the softwear on our old steam powered laptop.

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Brett>> Forbidden Lies is a movie by Anna Broinowski about Norma Khouri, and the two women are the commanding presences in it. Norma Khouri was revealed as a faker in 2004 for the writing of her book Forbidden Love (The book is no longer in print, pulled by the publishers when she was uncovered, but it is still possible to get it second hand, see link below).The book put the issue of honour

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Brett>> I really loved SMART PEOPLE. It was a smart movie and I laughed my ass off at the same time. The family in the movie were a disfunctional bunch, sent off the rails by the death of the mother, and we join them in this movie just as they begin to get their act together after what is hinted at as a very long time.Babsi>> It was very good, the casting was fantastic and very clever. The

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We are sitting in a hotel room in Sydney and it's really raining outside. Usually we have a great view of the Sydney Tower but it's impossible to see today through the rain clouds. Last night as we were up till all hours we watched spirited away on Australian TV (unfortunately the dubbed rather than the subtitled version). This is an animated movie from Japan about the adventures of a young girl

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The Spiralcat Top 10 BooksBrett: How about I chose five and you chose five?Babsi: Yeah we can do that.Brett: OK, what's your favourite book ever, ever?Babsi: And that would go in 1 wouldn't it?Brett: Yeah, I'll put yours 1 – 5 and mine 6 – 10.Babsi: I've got a few. A Hero's Walk is one of them. And Maurice is another one.- Much discussion later the list is formed -Brett: So our first choice is

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Brett: Yeah, I liked this episode. I liked it very much, but it was still a little dissatisfying.Babsi: Well what kind of answer do you expect. What do you expect to actually happen. You never get any answers anyway, I mean you know that don't you.Brett: I suppose so. I suppose he's come as near as he's ever going to, to saying it's some kind of time difference between the island and the outside

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Brett: Right now, we're both reading State of the Union by Douglas Kennedy.Babsi: Yep. But we haven't finished it yet.Brett: We haven't finished yet.Babsi: I'm about half way.Brett: I'm on page 32.Babsi: Why did you start reading it?Brett: Because we decided to read the same book, so we could talk about it on the blog.Babsi: So what's your impression so far?Brett: I like it. So far it's just been

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Brett: So we've just been to the 30th anniversary of Sydney Mardi Gras.Babsi: Wahoo. It was really, really good. Awesome, I'm still in party mood. It was great, beautiful. I really enjoyed it.Brett: Yeah, we hopped on the bus from Bondi at what time?Babsi: Ah, five. Something like five.Brett: And we crawled home at?Babsi: Five (Laughs). Crazy really but awesome. It was so much fun because the

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We watched the latest episode of Lost as we usually do. And as usual it left is with a lot of questions. Here are some...Brett: OK we're Lost again.Babsi: Yeah, what did you think?Brett: I enjoyed the episode hugely, as usual. I really really enjoyed it.Babsi: But more than the last one right?Brett: Yeah, probably more than the last one. Although with the last one they did fire some rocket, to

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Babsi: Why do we always watch the Oscars? It's a rather seedy annoying event actually, although it depends on the presenter. I was surprised to see John Stewart presenting it for a second time. He was just as rubbish as last time really, although he seems to be a friendly soul.Brett: What makes you say he was a kind friendly soul?Babsi: Well he was really sweet, for example when he made sure that

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Babsi: We saw Definitely, Maybe yesterday. I think it was interesting. Shall we review it? What did you think of it?Brett: I really enjoyed it, I thought it was great.Babsi: Why?Brett: Well it was really well written, funny all the usual stuff. It was like When Harry Met Sally funny.Babsi: It's not as good as When Harry Met Sally because, it was good, but the acting wasn't all that great. The

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Babsi: We should talk about Sydney because that's where we are right now. And that's where we plan to be for quite a while, because it's awesome. This place rocks, rocks in capitals, it's so awesome.Brett: So you're having a good time?Babsi: This is the worlds best place. It's so versatile, and so interesting and it has lots of different suburbs which are also interesting. The suburbs of Sydney

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Brett: Now what did we think of that? (Episode 3 of series 4 of Lost “The Economist”, which we just watched on channel 7 in Sydney)Babsi: I don't know. It's always soo difficult with Lost. It's always so annoying, because just when you can't be bothered, because it's too unbearably annoying there is always something that catches your eye, or there is a little interesting bit at the end, or

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Babsi: Lets discuss “I Am Legend”. We watched it in Nelson two weeks ago now and I sort of expected the typical creepy zombie movie with freaks around and that sort of stuff. Which it kind of was in the end as well. I thought Will Smith’s performance was excellent. It was really good the way he talked to the dog at the start and then when the dog is dead he is alone, that was excellent. The flash

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We went to see a great play yesterday, by the Bell Shakespeare Company at the Sydney Operahouse Studio.Brett: What should be in the illustration for As You Like It by the Bell Shakespeare Company at the Sydney Opera House in the Studio? My God, that’s a great thing for the first review.Babsi: It is, it’s cool, it’s very cool. It’s very classy. Brett: I’ll do the shape of the Sydney Opera House in

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