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"Pop" on May 16th, 2009

Long time sponsors Erina Fair save the Dads In Education Fathers Day breakfast for 2009.

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"Pop" on May 13th, 2009

Got the following from Smart Company today. Social networking site Facebook has now begun to censor private messages sent between users. If a user posts a link to a website in a private message that is deemed unacceptable by the site’s administrators, a message appears that reads “this message contains blocked content. Some content in [...]

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"Pop" on May 4th, 2009

I just received word that the Dads in Education Fathers Day Breakfast will not go ahead this year. Organiser Ceri Aubrey said the not for profit organisation was unable to secure a lead sponsor for the event. For more information see their website at www.dads.org.au

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"Pop" on April 17th, 2009

The Schools have broken up again and I’ve had the boys at home for the last week. This is of course a time for them to relax and recharge from the grind of study. Unfortunately they both spend a great deal of the time in their rooms on the Internet – specifically YouTube!

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"Pop" on March 5th, 2009

I got word today that the Fathers Day Breakfast run by Dads in Education will be back again this year. This will be the 4th year this event has been run and it gets bigger each year. From its first year localised to the NSW Central Coast region this year it will encompass the whole [...]

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"Pop" on March 4th, 2009

I found my dog trying to escape through the window today. A couple of the neighbourhood kids were taking their dog for a walk and they came to the front door to see if my son wanted to join them. He was too buy watching his TV shows after a hard day at school but [...]

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"Pop" on October 13th, 2008

I got a real shock a couple of days ago when I walked into the local supermarket and saw Santa, enthroned and resplendent in his seasonal finery, seated amidst assorted confectionery and twinkling decorations. But it’s October! Early October! Surely he has better things to do than lounge around public areas taunting us with his [...]

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"Pop" on August 27th, 2008

Yep, after 10 years of hearty opposition to the idea I agreed the other day to buy a pet dog. I don’t know how it happened really.

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