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terryfrost at 05:01pm on 24/06/2007
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Looks like I'm on the ebb tide of this cold that's been hanging around for five days. Sore throat and sore sinuses aren't sore any more but I do seem to be a major producer of mucus right now. I still have some insomnia which I've used to watch this series of Japanese jidaigeki movies. Very weird and silly but great politically and sexually incorrect fun. I must remember to lend them to Jamie WNLJ...
So at this stage we're driving up to the ACT on Thursday for the funeral at Friday noon. I hope my brother doesn't ask me to speak. Nothing I would say would offer anyone any comfort, so I'll decline. This makes me the oldest living male member of my direct family - the clan patriarch. And don't think that that thought doesn't freak me out a little. What a shame that a rambling family estate doesn't come with the deal. I could hunt grouse, chase chambermaids and pontificate in front of a large open fireplace rather than a small laptop.
So at this stage we're driving up to the ACT on Thursday for the funeral at Friday noon. I hope my brother doesn't ask me to speak. Nothing I would say would offer anyone any comfort, so I'll decline. This makes me the oldest living male member of my direct family - the clan patriarch. And don't think that that thought doesn't freak me out a little. What a shame that a rambling family estate doesn't come with the deal. I could hunt grouse, chase chambermaids and pontificate in front of a large open fireplace rather than a small laptop.
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