Plugging the Black Hole

Very quiet on the Roff Report. Perhaps portalled to another dimension?
A couple of items that may fill the gap.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktiZo1ZwA3Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PS02hI7NEvM
The last video I posted I recall was judged as close to a waste of time and space. This may fall into the same category so WARNING: only for those with time to spare and waste.
Brendan

Bond, James Bond

New Pad

Monica and I have moved to a leafy new pad in Bronte. We have lorikeets tapping on the window to wake us up in the morning instead of Irish back packers. And we can still walk to the beach! Yay!

We welcome guests and have a spare bed if you are passing through town. We are at 5/19A Brown Street, Bronte, NSW, 2024. If you are in the hood, drop past.

BIRTHDAY GIRL

Happy Birthday SUE! 1950 must have been a great year. Let's hope Glenn looks after you and spoils you today!

Ukeladies dates

AUGIE MARCH WATCH ME DISAPPEAR AUSTRALIAN TOUR

With special guests Dan Kelly with The Ukeladies
Tix on Sale September 11th

Thursday 30th October - Metro Theatre Sydney NSW
624 George Street, SYDNEY
Tickets $33 +bf pre-sales / $38 door
from Metro Theatre on (02) 9550 3666 www.metrotheatre.com.au &
Ticketek on 132849 www.ticketek.com.au Doors open 8pm

Monday 3rd November - Regal Theatre Perth WA
www.regaltheatre.com.au
474 Hay Street, SUBIACO
Tickets $45 +bf pre-sales / $50 door from Ticketek on 132 849
www.ticketek.com.au & all Ticketek agencies Doors open 8pm

Saturday 8th November - The Uni Bar Hobart TAS
Churchill Avenue, SANDY BAY
Tickets $33 +bf pre-sales / $38 door from www.oztix.com.au
augiemarch.oztix.com.au & these outlets:
Ruffcut Records: 33A Elizabeth St Mall, Hobart (03) 6234 8600
Mojo Music: 81 Brisbane Street, Launceston (03) 6334 5677
& thru the venue at University of Tasmania Union (03) 6226 2495
Doors open 8pm

Thursday 13th November - Governor Hindmarsh Adelaide SA
www.thegov.com.au
59 Port Road, HINDMARSH
Tickets $33 +bf pre-sales / $38 door from www.venuetix.com.au,
www.moshtix.com.au & at the venue (08) 8340 0744
Doors open 8pm

Saturday 15th November - Ormond Hall Melbourne VIC
www.ormondhall.com.au 557 St Kilda Road, MELBOURNE
Tickets $33 +bf pre-sales / $38 door from the venue on (03) 9529 3111,
www.oztix.com.au augiemarch.oztix.com.au & these outlets:
Polyester Records, City: 288 Flinders Lane, Melbourne (03) 9663 8696
Polyester Records, Fitzroy: 387 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy (03) 9419 5137
Missing Link: 405 Bourke Street, Melbourne (03) 9670 8208
Greville Records: 152 Greville Street, Prahran (03) 9510 3012
Doors open 8pm

Friday 28th November - The Tivoli Brisbane QLD
www.thetivoli.net.au
52 Costin Street, FORTITUDE VALLEY
Tickets $33 +bf pre-sales / $40 door from Ticketek on 132 849
www.ticketek.com.au
Doors open 7.30pm

Holidays

I have decided to go to Lightning Ridge in the holidays. I have tried to have a picture with my blogs just like Andrew. I hope it works.

Breaking news

Amanda's band, the Ukeladies, will be touring nationally before Christmas as part of the support act for Augie March (pictured below). The tour is covering all the capital cities so start saving for your tickets. The support is actually Dan Kelly but Amanda and May are singing in his band and will no doubt get to do some of their own stuff as well as backing Dan. Dan's actually playing guitar in the Augie March band. Got it? I'll post the tour dates when they're firmed up.

I'm not one to gossip, but...

Marriage break-ups are always disturbing (except for Tom and Niclole, Pamela and Tommy Lee, Stuart and Marianne and a few others) but does anyone know the identity of the "prominent rugby player" involved in the Brett Lee case? I have a theory (and it may explain the lingering groin injury) but any further information would be interesting...

So you think you can dance?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DANIEL

Royal visit

Julia's mum, Norma, visited today. She now lives in a residential care unit in the Melbourne suburb of Ferntree Gully but is regularly visited and gets out occasionally with her kids, Robert, Adrian, Julia and Venita. Here she is with Annika and Dom just after lunch.

In other family news, Dom has a cold which has prevented him from going to school for one day this week but, curiously, hasn't prevented him from going to the Dogs v Essendon game last night or planning to go to the new Ben Stiller movie tonight. Second last soccer game is tomorrow and there's still a chance to pick up the premiership but with the usual permutations of team A having to lose to team B and team C having to beat team D by X goals. Annika's new glasses are working well and she's making enough to get by on by babysitting. Ask her at Christmas about the "baby whisperers" - a technique of child rearing which has clearly escaped the Roff radar.

Anyone can comment

We have taken off the password for comments so now anyone can make a comment. Go for it! Just remember to let us know who you are.

Also, don't forget you can post by email by sending your message to

roff_report.auto@blogger.com

Now there is no excuse for not getting involved in the blog!

Adam - what am I doing with the Roff Report exactly, its looks great so I'm not sure what I am meant to be editing (apart from some lame jokes in there).
Also is there any chance we can show some of the comments? They're some of the best parts...
feel free to email me detailed instructions at chateroff@hotmail.com

Cheers!
Kate

ABC News Video

Click HERE to see some video. I think it might get ugly with the Queensland Government tomorrow.

Big Brother

I've been working with Prof. Richard Kingsford on using satellite imagery to detect illegal dams in the Murray Darling Basin and we broke a big story today. Look out for it on ABC News on TV tonight.

The Queensland Government said we got it wrong.

Premier Rann from S.A. said illegal dams are an act of terror!

Prime Minister Rudd said "I'll look forward to a factual report on this. I haven't received one yet, and once we've received that report, we'll take the necessary action."

It's pretty scarey to see it go down in public like this. The QLD Premier said we made an honest mistake. It's going to end up in a cage match with State leaders at this rate. I'm a bit worried the report will get picked to pieces in Canberra and I will end up looking like a Nuff Nuff.

Uke's nuke Manchester Lane

The Uleladies shone in last night's show at the prestegious Manchester Lane bar. They opened for one of their friends, Lillith Lane, whose band includes two members of Paul Kelly's standing band. The Ukes than added backing vocals for Lillith during her show and finished the evening with a knockout rendition of "Perhaps".

Among the celebrity guests at the gig were Annika and her mate, Meg. Annika is showing off her new glasses. She underwent an eye test a few weeks ago and the optometrist couldn't believe she got her driver's licence. Annika can't believe the improvement, either. She used to go to sleep while she was reading which, she thought, happened because reading is relaxing. Turns out she was going to sleep because reading was such an effort. Movies make a lot more sense now as well. The previous reading difficulty may also account for her poor academic results. We're expecting better now...
In other news, I had a week in bed recently with food poisoning. I had to go to a gastroenterologist and he's booked me in for the autopsy or whatever it's called for bowel cancer. I know the Forrest side of the family hasn't fared too well, but is there actually any evidence of it in the Roff side? We're enjoying the olympics - particularly the women's 200m relay win. How come Tom isn't representing us in judo? He was leading the Australian rankings in his weight last time I checked. Dom has two games left in the soccor season and it's still technically possible for his team to snare the premiership. It's a tough competition, though. Nick might make it into his rugby finals as well, which might prompt a lighting raid on Newcastle on frequent-flyer points.

Groff Community College

I was watching a show called "American Dad!" last night and noticed that the school attended by one of the characters is called Groff Community College. No doubt a fine institution.

Yeah, but can the Chinese gymnasts do this?

We have started Maisie young. The Chinese girls look like they may be pre-pubescent. We've decided to start training in the pre-toddler stage. It's looking good for London 2012!

It seems as though Amanda is getting alot of thanks in the Roff Report these days, but to add to that... Thanks Amanda for the tickets to 'Splendour In The Grass'. I took Uncle Mick (Sue's sister Helen's muso (well... drummer) husband, and although it was the end of the weekend and there was some sloppy behaviour being exhibited from the "two days of partying" crowd, we saw some good shows and are very appreciative of your thoughtfulness.

Otherwise, we are riding out the bugs that Lachie keeps bringing home from child care, and I am eagerly awaiting (as is the whole student and staff body of Woodlawn) the slide show of Glenns' holy land visit which he is showing at the next school assembly.

WHAT ACCIDENT?

Come clean, Damio!!!!! What has happened to the Falcon? Was anyone hurt? Was the CIA involved?

THE AUGUST PARTY

Happy birthday on the 9th, John, "the Rock": it's time for the August Party once again!

Thanks Amanda

Amanda gave me a cookbook in 1995 for Christmas; What's for Dinner Dad? by Damian Lovelock.
Tonight I cooked North Carolina BBQ chicken and it was unreal. Everyone liked it. As a cookbook I am rating it just below the Womens Weekly recipe book. I just wanted this chance to thank Amanda for that great present in 95.