http://tradpad.blogsome.com Tradpad is about lifestyle and living. The criteria are beauty, comfort, function, and simplicity. Fri, 13 Jan 2006 03:51:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Trad Pad has moved to a new site. You can find it here. Technorati Profile http://tradpad.blogsome.com/2005/11/21/the-trad-pad-continues/ A great modern writer is dead. John Fowles has died. The writer of The French Lieutenant’s Woman and The Magus is one of twentieth century’s greats. Time magazine chose TFLW among the 100 best novels from 1923 to the present. We loved it when ... http://tradpad.blogsome.com/2005/11/07/the-french-lieutenants-man/ There is a phrase about to get wider currency. It is “cultural exception”. What is cultural exception? Free trade agreements are in increasing use. Australia, in the last year or two, has negotiated a free trade agreement with the USA and is involved in trying to establish one with ... http://tradpad.blogsome.com/2005/10/25/33/ John Schumann is back. He of Redgum and I Was Only 19. He is back and he has brought Henry Lawson with him on his latest album Lawson. He has so many of our best loved musos with him - The Pigram Brothers, Russell Morris, Shane Howard, and Marcia Howard ... http://tradpad.blogsome.com/2005/10/25/32/ This has come to me from jonny baker’s blog who got it from howies. I think it is beautiful, thoughtful and challenging.. You know that dream you carry around with you each day? It’s kinda important. Wasn’t it what you were put on planet earth to do? They say everyone has a calling, ... http://tradpad.blogsome.com/2005/10/12/31/ The Endeavour Journal - picture from the National Library of Australia The National Library of Australia is sending national treasures from Australia’s Great Libraries on walkabout from 3 December 2005 . The exhibition celebrates our history, our nation, our libraries and our treasures. It offers a unique opportunity to view, in ... http://tradpad.blogsome.com/2005/10/11/30/ http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an23646705-v I have just listened to a delightful interview with Chester Porter QC on Radio National’s program, Life Matters. It was about his book, The Gentle Art of Persuasion. He pointed out that defeating someone in argument - no matter how brilliant or flashy - was not the same ... http://tradpad.blogsome.com/2005/10/11/29/ Many words - Many pictures about the human carnage in Bali. You will find none here except an expression of my love and sympathy. My words are insufficient for my emotion. http://tradpad.blogsome.com/2005/10/04/bali/ A lucky few are getting their names into books by some very famous and best selling authors. See the details here. Funds raised in the auction for named places in the books go to the First Amendment Project, a nonprofit organization devoted to protecting freedom ... http://tradpad.blogsome.com/2005/10/02/how-to-get-your-name-in-print/ Luxury can now be defined by black toilet paper. Buy some here. This info came via Cory Doctorow of Boing Boing who adds the qualifier that in the UK luxury means cheap and nasty. http://tradpad.blogsome.com/2005/10/01/black-is-beautiful-and-stylish/