Monday, October 11, 2004miserable addictionsOne of the interesting dimensions of human psychology is our propensity to cling to the very situations that we complain about. I know I do it and I often find myself surrounded by others who do the same. If a person’s challenged about why they remain in the problematic or antagonist situation they... Sign in to see full entry.Sunday, October 10, 2004hot enough to jump over sprinklersSomeone just wandered through the office gloating about the election result and, though I'm tempted to vent my spleen concerning supposedly intelligent people blinding swallowing and regurgitating propaganda, I am not going to go there today. No I am not noble readers. Ca88andra has advised me to... Sign in to see full entry.Saturday, October 9, 2004o democracy democracyThis morning I could be enormously disgruntled about the end result of a tired election campaign in Australia. A government whose electoral strategy has systematically been about appealing to the lowest instincts in the population has been re-elected. The disillusioning thing is that their strategy... Sign in to see full entry.Friday, October 8, 2004the spin doctor I once knewIt's a sunny and bright election day but, if the polling's any indication, it's somewhat grey in terms of getting some change happening in this country. I have to admit I have become emotionally engaged in this election. I really wanted there to be a change of government. Of course the polls aren't... Sign in to see full entry.Wednesday, October 6, 2004Do you have music playing in your head right now ?Looks like it's a two post day in the little world of hospital administration. So here, very briefly, are the songs that have gone through my head this morning: 1. The Beachboy's "God Only Knows" 2. The Church "Under the Milky Way" 3. The Beatles "Blackbird." There was also a brief moment when The... Sign in to see full entry.are you a monologue or conversational blogger ?As I read blogs I can see two basic categories: monologue bloggers or conversationalist bloggers. Monologue bloggers are fundamentally concerned with expressing their concerns, experiences and juggling ideas. A hard core member of this category will rarely make any reference to readers at all (in... Sign in to see full entry.Tuesday, October 5, 2004violent pedagogyMy little buddhas beneath my computer are being profoundly silent yet again. Next door to my office a lecture room full of neurologists are talking medicine and I’m drinking coffee, eating a muffin and writing this post. The neurologists seem to laugh a lot, apparently the brain is a tremendously... Sign in to see full entry.Monday, October 4, 2004strangling the stupidIt's been a frustrating morning here at the office. It's not as though anything specific has happened. Maybe that's the point. I'm sitting here putting together yet another stupid data base for yet another stupid report and ARRRRR! I know this post isn't exactly up there at my literary best but it... Sign in to see full entry.Sunday, October 3, 2004aussie: a rare endangered speciesI love long weekends. There is something sublime about laying in bed on a Monday morning with the sure and certain knowledge that you don't have to drag yourself out of bed and plod off to work. The day is made even more delightful by the fact that it's sunny, summer is approaching and the beaches... Sign in to see full entry.Saturday, October 2, 2004sporadic glory and rocks turned into wedding cakesIt's midday sunday and I've just been for a run along the coast. Just off my beach is Wedding Cake Island. Now the geological reality seems pretty much the antithesis of a wedding cake. It's a flat and fairly unremarkable rock. I've lived here for over five years and often puzzled over the name.... Sign in to see full entry. |
