Must see for kids ...

My girls have just finished watching "They Call Me Trinity". They both enjoyed it and laughed a lot.

I got them this movie as I decided to broaden their movie watching horizons from the animated movies which seem to make up the majority of films these days.

A couple of days ago they watched "Short Circuit" which they also enjoyed.

So, what are your recommendations for other "classic" movies I should let them see?

(Avoid explicit sex please).

Google Image Search

I LIKE.

Often I am hunting through my blog to find a specific picture, which, of course, I can't remember when I posted it or what section I put it in.

However, I have just learnt that you can use Google Image search to return all pictures on a site:

1. http://www.google.com/imghp (or just go to the normal google search page and choose Images)

2. type in site:andwebaddress e.g.




3. Press enter and there you are:



(h/t to tjic)

Breakfast

As I had the day off work today, the girls and I decided to take hubby out for breakfast. One of our favourite places, that we don't get to that often unfortunately is the Rose Heritage Cafe.

I forgot to take a camera along, so I apologise in advance for the shocking quality of these which were taken on my phone:

Breakfast - Hubby's



Mine



Miss 9's



Miss 7's



After breakfast, we went for a walk in the garden:











Where the girls fed the fish:





Yes, the FISH:

Woo hoo - RAIN

Yes, I know it's the middle of summer, and yes, I know I was complaining about the heat the other day ... but I'm not complaining now (well, except for the humidity). IT'S RAINING !!!!!! WOO HOO.



Hoping we get some decent falls from this front. (Not as much as Queensland though, please).

Weapons aren't the problem

Just having a look at causes of death and crime rates in Australia. The latest figures I can find are from 2009.

Here are the ones for weapon use.

Apparently:

In 2009, a weapon was used in 77% of attempted murders, 66% of murders and 43% of robberies (Table 2.6).

A knife was the most common type of weapon used in committing these offences: 37% of attempted murder victims; 36% of murder victims; and 19% of robbery victims were subjected to an offence involving a knife.

A firearm was involved in 18% of attempted murders, 12% of murders and 7% of robbery offences.

A high proportion of sexual assault offences (98%), kidnapping/abduction offences (83%) and over half of robbery offences (57%) committed did not involve the use of a weapon.

(Emphasis mine)

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So even if we did get rid of all weapons - including knives and guns - crime rates won't change much.

So if it's not the weapon, it's ???

The Hurt Locker

Just finished watching this on DVD.

All I can say is "Thank you" to those that have and do serve in the armed forces.

One review of it, that I read afterwards, asked the question "What is the point of the film?". For me, the film really reminded me that there are REAL people serving - with families, lives and feelings. The guys out there aren't robots - war affects the people who fight in it.

TTKS - EO Edition

Miss 7 is sitting in the lounge watching the television, an ad for a knife shop comes on:

Ad: "The [redacted] knife store - toys for boys!"

Miss 7: "Hey, that's not good. They said knives are toys for boys - what about girls?"