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The Ringer

The latest Farrelly Brothers comedy movie, The Ringer, opened here in Australia last night.

The basic plot outline is that the main character’s only option to erase a really bad debt is to rig the Special Olympics by posing as a contestant. Straight away you can imagine all the major movie-makers running away from that script!

We won’t be able to get out to see the movie for a while yet, but as soon as our babysitters are back from their holiday we definitely will!

Some links:

• The Ringer official home page
• The Ringer on IMDB
• View the trailer
• Special Olympics page about The Ringer
• Special Olympics statement about The Ringer
• Behind the scenes video (Low, Medium, High bandwidth)
• Article about the making of The Ringer
• The American National Down Syndrome Society has expressed their support for The Ringer
• Down Syndrome NSW also heartily supports The Ringer

Add comment April 28th, 2006

Garth Brooks - Standing Outside The Fire

Check out this great video clip, telling a vignette about a young man with Down syndrome just trying to fit in: Garth Brooks - Standing Outside The Fire.

OK, it’s not a new video, but I hadn’t seen it before and it’s kinda cool.

4 comments April 27th, 2006

Sarah’s Tea Party Video

A while ago, I video taped Sarah hosting a tea party for Grace and several of her dolls and teddy bears. Later, while browsing through some old audio files, I found the perfect backing track by the Animaniacs. Enjoy!

Sarah’s Tea Party (4.6 MB). You may need to download the free Quicktime 7 player to watch it.

1 comment January 7th, 2006

Grace Makes The News

Late last year we all went to see Hi 5 in concert at the Wollongong Entertainment Centre. Grace absolutely loved it, and danced down in the mosh pit for most of the concert. Sarah was a bit overwhelmed by the whole thing, and spent most of the concert asleep with her head in Megan’s lap!

Grace’s enthusiastic dancing even won her a place on WIN TV News that night - watch the video (3.6 MB). Watch for Grace’s dance moves after Charli talks. You may need to download Quicktime 7 (it’s free) to watch the video.

Add comment January 5th, 2006