At the age of about 13 or 14 I started doing volunteer work. I volunteered regularly until about 18 years ago when my volunteering kicked into overdrive. Those last 18 years have seen me holding executive positions (often multiple at one time) and committing as many hours to volunteering as I was working (I sacrificed…
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Soil Your Undies
It’s not often you’ll hear excitement about the most disgusting y-fronts, but a group of Aussie scientists have been very excited about the dirty, rotten y-fronts they’ve been sent in recent times. The “Soil Your Undies” research project is designed to assess the soil health around Australia. Apparently cotton y-fronts are the perfect medium to…
Cutting back
I’ve decided to cut back my posts to my original three times a week. Life is busy and it’s been a bit tricky getting time to do everything, so I need to find a few minutes extra time (actually, I’d love an extra day a week!). That’s not to say I won’t ramp it back…
Not my jam
Last week I talked about the Eurovision costumes and staging. This time I want to talk about the music. Eurovision is known for its quirkiness and this year disappointed. Maybe it’s a reflection of the covid year we’ve had, but I didn’t find the acts to be anything special – from staging to the music…
Eurovision sparkles
The Eurovision final was on the weekend. I’ll talk about the songs and results in another post. This one is all about the sparkles. There are definite trends in the costuming and staging for Eurovision performers. One year it seemed everyone had flowing white dresses. Another year everyone used wind machines. This year it was…