Music Appreciation

We were doing a road trip and in conversation with the six-year-olds it somehow came up that the voice of Bluey's dad was once the lead singer in a popular band, and that Dad really, really liked this band.

This was all A Long Time Ago.

A Long Time Ago in our house is defined by circumstances such as:

• only having five TV channels, and not being able to pause any of them;
• telephones being attached to your house by a cord, except for the ones in a box on the street that need coins to work; and 
• watching movies on something called a VCR, or even a DVD.

The six-year-olds ask to hear Bluey's dad. I was happy to oblige.

NRL Grub Rankings - Official 2019 Update

NRL GRUB RANKINGS - OFFICIAL 2019 UPDATE

In 2015, I undertook months of painstaking research to produce easily the most comprehensive list of NRL grubs ever assembled.

The original countdown is here, here, and here (three parts).

'Grub' is, of course, the preferred insult to throw at an NRL player you don't like for a myriad of reasons, from legitimate grub behaviour like dirty play, to just being from the wrong state or playing for the wrong club.

(Note that in AFL, the word 'flog' is used similarly to 'grub', although flog is problematic due to its association with people who wanted to code their racism about Adam Goodes because they were horrible people AND also too cowardly to be openly racist.)

If you disagree that someone is a grub, or has committed a grub act, the strongest possible defense is to exclaim "it's not his go!". This leads to a stalemate, with no clear determination of the players grubbiness.

Which is why I developed the grub rankings, for footy related grub acts only.

But moving forward to 2019, about half of the original 43 grubs have retired - this includes some first ballot hall-of-fame caliber grubs like Greg Bird, Mick Ennis, Nate Myles and Justin Hodges. Which means it's time for an update to the Official NRL Grub Rankings...

The Art Gallery IV (Under The Sea)

I've shared my kids drawings a few times before.

I recently enjoyed this one by J, which he explained was "different sea creatures":

Let's examine it a bit closer, starting at the top left and going clockwise...