http://fatherqzac.freeblogit.com Ravings of a nearly forty year old father and husband Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:43:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was told recently about a woman who went into a public toilet with three footballers, to give them oral sex.  The story teller was very quick to label the woman a slut.  It's immoral she said.   I don't know if it is immoral.  It's not something I would like ... http://fatherqzac.freeblogit.com/2008/10/09/the-nature-of-morality/ I recently attended my first parent teacher interview.  In three years of school I've never seen the need.  We have a bright and happy boy who has always and continues to do well at school.  My wife was tied up at work and couldn't be there, so I found myself ... http://fatherqzac.freeblogit.com/2008/09/18/parent-teacher-boy/ I love the old codgers who phone talk back radio.  This morning there was a guy who thought that way to solve the health issues in Australia was to get rid of all the beaurocrats and replace them with health workers like doctors and nurses.   These thoughts are so shallow they ... http://fatherqzac.freeblogit.com/2008/08/20/public-service-bashing/ My employer and my union are currently negotiating a new enterprise bargaining agreement.  There is, as always, a lot of B.S.  coming from both sides.  It particuarly annoys me when the union says inflammatory and insulting things about my employer.  They don't seem to understand that having been with my ... http://fatherqzac.freeblogit.com/2008/08/18/why-i-am-union-member/ A friend of mine is a "stay at home dad".  His wife is a solicitor and they made the choice that as she would be earning more money he would give up his very highly paid career for a few years to look after the kids.  It seems to have ... http://fatherqzac.freeblogit.com/2008/08/16/fao-sexist/ Each year for the past few years a group of us have gone to the Bunya Mountains for a short break.  There were four families this year.  All around the same age and most of the kids at similar ages too.  These were the same people I used to go away ... http://fatherqzac.freeblogit.com/2008/08/16/bunya-mountains/   My two little boys are into building shops at the moment.  They get some chairs and form them into shelves and then have elaborate construction games where all sorts of rules are set up about what can be bought or not bought etc.  The Sith Lord decided to give his brother a bit ... http://fatherqzac.freeblogit.com/2008/08/02/grate-shop/ Former Howard Government Minister for Immigration, Phillip Ruddock has stated that it is only due to the Howard Government's tough policies on immigration that the current government can afford to take a more lenient stand on illegal immigrants. Listening to him I was reminded of the Doctor who says to the ... http://fatherqzac.freeblogit.com/2008/08/02/immigration/ I'm not looking forward to the next few weeks when our TV screens will be filled with the Olympic Games.  I'm not a sports fan.  I was never good at sport and I have very little interest in most sport.  Many of my fellow Australian males think this makes me ... http://fatherqzac.freeblogit.com/2008/07/24/the-olympics/   My birthday present some time back was a ticket to go to Prince Caspian - Narnia II.  Went along today the last day of my little holiday.  It was great.  I really enjoyed it, but... First I have to confess to being a big fan of the book (and all the ... http://fatherqzac.freeblogit.com/2008/07/18/prince-caspian/