Wednesday, April 27, 2005the right to sing in dark and seedy placesIt’s just past 8 am on Thursday morning and the office is already filled with a somewhat whining and vitriolic quality to which my only response is an increasing degree of rabid indifference. Nevertheless I have managed one rather entertaining conspiracy theory related conversation with a colleague... Sign in to see full entry.Monday, April 25, 2005a strangely moving weekend oz styleThis past long weekend included a few significant events. Now I have to confess that when I was a kid I had philatelic inclinations and I hope that doesn’t mean you will think the worst of me. So on the Sunday (having recovered from the ravages of birthday present shopping and a mysterious journey... Sign in to see full entry.Friday, April 22, 2005the meaning of life and shopping mallsIt's saturday morning and I've been shopping for my girl's birthday present. Is it just because I'm male that I find my very life force gradually ebbing out of my body the longer I spend in a shopping centre. Don't get me wrong - there are some very appealing areas like the mega-electronics shops... Sign in to see full entry.Wednesday, April 20, 2005disillusionment and growthI know I’m not alone in being disappointed in institutions. In some ways it’s hard to imagine that there was once a time when institutions contributed significantly to people’s sense of identity, purpose and significance. People’s sense of who they are was built on the institutions they belonged to... Sign in to see full entry.Tuesday, April 19, 2005habemus papam: sliding back to the 1950sWell today certainly hasn’t brought any surprises has it, at least not when it comes to the events in Rome? Who needs visionary leadership, an outreaching choice that might connect with the disenfranchised, the abused and alienated when you can further retreat into a grinding conservatism that... Sign in to see full entry.Monday, April 18, 2005channel the flowAs I sit here with the usual array of mundane hogwash waiting to be dealt, the following thought came to mind: energy always has to go somewhere. If it’s blocked in one direction it may rebound and head off in the opposite direction, it may flow through cracks or surge with tsunami force but it... Sign in to see full entry.Sunday, April 17, 2005obsessionHere’s my philosophical question for the week: do we need obsessions in our life? I don’t mean the quirky little preoccupations that occasionally assail us and that we have a charming little chuckle about. I’m not talking about women and shoe shops or men and weekend sport. I mean real meaty... Sign in to see full entry.Friday, April 15, 2005come fly with meHere I am back in the internet cafe and there's funky music happening so my legs and fingers are throbbing with adrenaline as I type. It's another beautiful day in sydney though, given ca88andra's comment about melbourne yesterday, I wouldn't have mind being there today and wandering through... Sign in to see full entry.Thursday, April 14, 2005warning: do not sniff dark underbelliesGood morning readers. I'm heartened to see that at least one person in this global community has daringly taken up the linguistic challenge and has set forth to wigwam for a goose's bridle and, as for the rest of you, I will refrain from commentary other than to say that I still love you anyway and... Sign in to see full entry.Wednesday, April 13, 2005wigwam for a goose's bridle: i challenge youWigwam for a goose’s bridle Is this an expression restricted to certain generations of Australians or is it also used in small linguistically exotic pockets of humanity throughout the known universe? Here’s the challenge for today, no matter where in the world you may be, I want you to use this... Sign in to see full entry. |
