Jo-Anne is well known to all as a long-time COCA member and member of the Executive. She worked in private practice in Brisbane for over 20 years and dabbled in further education as the mood struck, completing a Masters by research in neurochemistry and a Masters in education along the way. She has recently taken the plunge into academia and now holds a senior lecturer position on the other side of the country, at the School of Chiropractic at Murdoch University. She is married to Dr Keith Simpson, who has taken up a position as a Clinic Director at Murdoch.
| COCA ... |
Jo-Anne ... |
| Where do you take new visitors? ... |
I usually let them show me around because I tend to get lost easily. |
| What’s on my bedside table? ... |
The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric and Discredited Diseases (seriously), and Dawkins’ latest book The Ancestor’s Tale. |
| At school I ... |
should have paid more attention in geography class (maybe then I wouldn’t get lost all the time). |
| I don’t like talking about ... |
the war. |
| My drink of choice is ... |
a smooth Highland single malt – neat. |
| My mother always told me ... |
don’t talk about the war. |
| I wish I had ... |
the ability to do more than just three things at once. |
| My most humiliating moment ... |
No way! |
| My happiest moment ... |
is waking up in the morning to see a brand new foal in the paddock. |
| At home I cook ... |
anything that didn’t have a mother or a face (it’s a vegetarian thing). |
| My favourite gadget is ... |
my newest one – a GMC circular saw (with laser guide – really cool). |
| The book that changed my life is ... |
the instruction manual to my first chemistry set. |
| I am always being asked ... |
Have you got a minute? |
| My favourite game is ... |
Ice hockey (Canadian, you know) |
| If I were a car I would be ... |
over my warranty. |
| If only I could ... |
understand (REALLY understand) Superstring theory. |
| I often wonder ... |
That’s very true. |
