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holiday noun 1. (often plural) a period in which a break is taken from work or studies for rest, travel or recreation.
“See,” I said to my daughter, stabbing a finger at the dictionary, as we sat in our rented beach house after she’d woken me at 5.47am with “an itchy bite”. (Thanks, whoever left the yellowing Pocket Oxford next to the Scrabble.) “Darling, a holiday is a rest and that means not waking so early.”
Ten years I’ve been doing this ‘holiday with kids’ schtick, which isn’t actually a holiday but simply a relocation of our domestic chaos. Minus entertainment (Wii, Foxtel, Textas) and essentials (highchair, the forgotten teddy).
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Are you a morning person or an evening person? Plenty has been written about the pros and cons of different circadian rhythms, and the latest research has found you are actually at your most creative when you’re at your groggiest - it’s to do with being a bit unfocused and meandering towards a realisation.
So this Puncher is peaking between about 6am and 6pm. Excellent.
How about you? Up at sparrowfart, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed? I’m guessing the first commenter will be a morning person… and what else is on your mind, Punchers?
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Terry says:
A couple of questions the media should but probably wont ask Tont Abbott about his tow back the boats affirmation: 1) when the navy tow the boat back to our maritime boarder with Indonesia what the; do you expect the Indonesian navy to escort them back to port of embarkation… Read more »
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holden says:
I’d get out of that boarding house pretty damn quick, if I were you Stephen. And also resign from the Liberal Party. It’s doing you no good at all. Read more »
AS Kevin Rudd ploughs through the media analysis of his political woes and weighs the counsel of advisers and the trends identified by pollsters, the man known as Kevin 24/7 may be in need of some more homespun and maternal advice.
Kevin, it’s past your bedtime. Get some sleep.
The fatigue factor has been largely unexplored in the context of the Prime Minister’s poll slump and the corresponding surge by Opposition Leader Tony Abbott. There has been a longstanding and well-documented view within Labor circles that Rudd’s workload and sleeping habits are so punishing as to be unsustainable.
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Milagros says:
Hello there, Happy April Fool’s Day!! Three guys were fishing in a lake one day, when an angel appeared in the boat. When the three astonished men had settled down enough to speak, the first guy asked the angel humbly, “I’ve suffered from back pain ever since I took shrapnel… Read more »
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Bluey says:
Jeeze! What’s that? Huh? “I did not rip a billion dollars out of health” “the forward estimates were reduced by one billion dollars” ” the rate of growth of funding was decreased “ Huh? Ya call that straight talk, you Libs, do ya! Jeeze! Ya wouldn’t know the truth if… Read more »
I’ve long suspected what the secret to happiness is, and now I’ve got proof. It comes courtesy of the Nerve Gut Research Laboratory at the University of Adelaide.
It’s not love or money or success.
It’s definitely not in a self-help book.
It’s a good sleep and a good poo. It’s that easy.
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les says:
why does it take a degree to figure out the obvious, a good bonk , a good sleep, followed by a good defecating ecstasy experience ah life is good! and simple too. but why it has taken so long to get medical endorsement of these simple things in life? maybe… Read more »
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ol' larry says:
Sadly I’m missing the peaceful slumber part. It’s a long time since I woke up and thought “oooooooh yeah, that was a good one”. Thankfully, I get to say it about 30 minutes later, straight after breakfast. Read more »
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