mike carey

Maybe the 40 thieves got him? Oh, wait, he's Ali Gator.

Not the obituary I wanted to read today. Requiescat in pace.
nytimes.com
WWW.NYTIMES.COM Robert Redford, Screen Idol Turned Director and Activist, Dies at 89
He made serious topics like grief and political corruption resonate with the masses, in no small part because of his own star power.

Maybe the 40 thieves got him? Oh, wait, he's Ali Gator.

Maybe the 40 thieves got him? Oh, wait, he's Ali Gator.

Australia doesn't have the sort of constitutional issues that Canada has in Québec, but it does have a similar degree of difficulty in changing its constitution, as demonstrated in our 1999 referendum on becoming a republic. Constitutional change can only be achieved by referendum, and the record of success since federation is dismal. We need a majority vote across the country, and a majority in a majority of states (ie at leas four of the six). The future of our monarchy is secure, I believe, whoever is on the throne.

Her late Majesty had the benefit of a childhood that Charles, William and George could never have. Not the seclusion and privilege that wealth afforded, they all share that, or shared, even though the weight of that privilege has lifted somewhat. Until she was 10 years old, her future was that of a minor princess with a life that promised comfort and the freedom to do much as she wished. At 10 her life suddenly changed to presage the one she became destined to live, she became the heir apparent and had to prepare for a different life to the one she may have thought awaited her. Her heirs were destined to the future they now have from the moment they were born.
For many years, Charles knew, or at least hoped, that his reign was in the distant future so was able to combine his preparation for it with the freedom to develop his own ideas and values. As his time approached he adjusted to the strictures that would then face, one which he now seems to have grown into and carried out with a sense of duty.
Willaim and Harry grew up with different futures, roles that came to be confirmed when William and Catherine had children, William the duty that he would assume, tempered by the years he has and would have before that time came, and Harry with the relative freedom that Elizabeth had in her early years. That has shaped the men that they today are. If the unthinkable happened and he were to ascend to the throne, from a distance I can see a man who would understand the new weight of his position and be able to meet its demands.

Not the obituary I wanted to read today. Requiescat in pace.
nytimes.com
WWW.NYTIMES.COM Robert Redford, Screen Idol Turned Director and Activist, Dies at 89
He made serious topics like grief and political corruption resonate with the masses, in no small part because of his own star power.

Maybe the 40 thieves got him? Oh, wait, he's Ali Gator.

My dear Oliver, I'm so happy to see you here, still hale and hearty, have the happiest birthday, you deserve the joy from your family and friends.
It's an honour to serve as your representative in my unusual way.

Not the obituary I wanted to read today. Requiescat in pace.
nytimes.com
WWW.NYTIMES.COM Robert Redford, Screen Idol Turned Director and Activist, Dies at 89
He made serious topics like grief and political corruption resonate with the masses, in no small part because of his own star power.

Not the obituary I wanted to read today. Requiescat in pace.
nytimes.com
WWW.NYTIMES.COM Robert Redford, Screen Idol Turned Director and Activist, Dies at 89
He made serious topics like grief and political corruption resonate with the masses, in no small part because of his own star power.

Maybe the 40 thieves got him? Oh, wait, he's Ali Gator.

… who decided to not enter the den in spite of “open sesame” magically working. 

Maybe the 40 thieves got him? Oh, wait, he's Ali Gator.

Maybe the 40 thieves got him? Oh, wait, he's Ali Gator.

Not the obituary I wanted to read today. Requiescat in pace.
nytimes.com
WWW.NYTIMES.COM Robert Redford, Screen Idol Turned Director and Activist, Dies at 89
He made serious topics like grief and political corruption resonate with the masses, in no small part because of his own star power.

Maybe the 40 thieves got him? Oh, wait, he's Ali Gator.

If only it were limited to healthcare….

I would take it as a compliment...would only get pissed off if he persisted after I told him "no"

I should have said “Hey, that’s the VIP section and you’re not on the guest list”

It’s important to understand that Roma (gypsy) is different from Romanian. Yes, Romania has the largest percentage of Roma in Europe by they are still very much the minority 3% of the population (with the highest unofficial estimates of around 10% of the population). The Roma/Romani descend from Northern Indian nomadic group that migrated to Europe in the 7th century CE. 

Not roll-on-the-floor-laughing funny but still a bit, and talk of clock watching is apposite on this site. A Brit journalist I first became aware of as a sweary commenter in a politics podcast posted this lament about the way summer was fading:
Here, winter isn't fading as fast as that, but fading it is.

Not roll-on-the-floor-laughing funny but still a bit, and talk of clock watching is apposite on this site. A Brit journalist I first became aware of as a sweary commenter in a politics podcast posted this lament about the way summer was fading:
Here, winter isn't fading as fast as that, but fading it is.

Happy birthday Oliver! Can’t wait to see you next year in Palm Springs!

My dear Oliver, I'm so happy to see you here, still hale and hearty, have the happiest birthday, you deserve the joy from your family and friends.
It's an honour to serve as your representative in my unusual way.