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#PrintChat ... That incredible weekly event that I am thoroughly addicted For a brief overview - here's my 40 second snap of what it is ... I've listed Print Chat times for the AU and NZ cities below the video , hope to see you there !

Caster Semenya is in the news again.  Again.  And not because she is a blistering athlete, who runs world record times. Not because she is a champion competing in the Olympics.  Nope. That ugly part of humanity has reared up again as she whooshes past the spectators on the running track.  That part of humanity , the one thinks it's OK to dehumanise and humiliate a young women in public by discussing her gentialia and body parts .  Funny how all the armchair experts are more annoyed by this young lady than they are by actual drug cheats.  Funny that.  There is something more important that taking a side in the Caster Semenya debate, and that is choosing not to participate in the debate at all. Especially if you have daughters.  Because what you say about Caster Semenya, will do more damage to your daughter and her self image than anything any other person or the media can throw at you.  Caster Semenya was subjected to humiliating reports on he...

Yeah That ugly 'something has happened back home' experience has reared up again this week.  My mom had a fall, and has broken her wrist . It's a clean break, but a bad one, and she may need surgery.  *speechless*  So it's on the mend , and the doctors are trying something to help it heal without surgery first , she will go back in a week for more X-rays to see if it's working, and if not, then into theatre she will go.  The most frustrating part of all of this - is that there is absolutely nothing I can do . Nothing.  Helplessness is not a feeling that sits well in my Type A , fixer, doer , go-getter mentality.  Sigh.  I can let go of many things ...my family, my friends and those I love being in pain isn't usually one of them.  Human emotions are such raw things, and it constantly amazes me how they smack us down so completely whenever we feel like we have a handle on this thing called Life.