Mar 31, 2013
Malay wedding in Singapore
Every time I play these clips the music simply entrances me. The repetitive percussion and the rise and fall of the rhythm and the crescendos that writhe around you are just mesmerising.
Life
Mar 30, 2013
The Rolling Plum
Do you remember “Open Road” and the story of the Rolling Plum? Did you attend primary school in NSW during the 1960s? What are you memories of primary school?
Jan 25, 2013
The Australian Flag
Flag waving arseholes in Australia shit me. Racist mindless bogans. Incapable of reaching beyond the English language. If only they could all be quietly taken out of the gene pool.
Jan 14, 2013
Sootie speaks his mind
I shared a photograph of my cat Sootie reclining alongside me on the sofa today and Colin Gallagher tweeted that he looked like quite a character. Well, here he is.
Jan 3, 2013
Australia is racist
Australia is a racist country. Some Australians are racist. Not many but enough to make life regularly unpleasant for people, for example, from Asia.
Oct 25, 2012
Teach past, teach future
We need a new subject. It’s focus should be on the future. Not sure what to name the subject. But we need it. Maths, English, Music, History, Art, Science, Geography, and… Life.
Oct 20, 2012
Tossing out the past
Tossing out the past so it is not a burden in the future. Over the years I have gradually been giving away old stuff and dumping other crap so there is no shit to worry about when I die.
Oct 20, 2012
Tweets 1958AD and 2058AD
As I was researching Tommy Tomorrow I discovered this seemingly prophetic opening page even though the officer is only using a whistle. “Tweet! Tweet!” Enjoy.
Oct 20, 2012
Larkin in space
I was once unwittingly part of an optimistic vision of the future where space exploration was quite matter of fact and exploring the planets was no more difficult than going for a bush walk today.
Aug 26, 2012
Neil Armstrong 1930-2012
As you know Neil Armstrong has passed away. The Apollo 11 lunar landing in July 1969 was a defining moment in my life. I built models of the Saturn space rocket and the Lunar Model. I collected newspaper clippings and made scrapbooks.
Aug 19, 2012
Work, life and death
After all, when you are on your deathbed, reminiscing about your life, do you really think you will be caring about all the boxes that you ticked, the promotions your received and the nice shiny offices that had your name on the door?
Jul 6, 2012
Notes from Taiwan
7-11 stores in Taiwan, and Japan for that matter, are an adventure in themselves. You can purchase just about anything. Anything. They also provide courier services. Food, drink, beer, snacks, nik-naks, and so on. One can spend ages in a Japanese 7-11 captivated and intrigued by what is on the shelves.
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