Shameful, Pathetic & Sad
I’m staring up incredulously at an earnest young man telling me and the scattered “crowd” that the young people of Australia are uniting behind Assange and that revolution of the working class is all but assurred. He means it. I don’t know what he’s been taking, but I want some, …
Things I never said or did
It’s been almost thirty five years to the day since you left us. Eighteen or so months more since a civil word passed between you and I and the time has come at last for me to embrace and own my grief. I can almost hear you laughing at that …
When you come at the King
You’d best not miss. It’s a classic line that I’d attributed to Shakespeare but actually comes from the classic TV series The Wire. The line has been running through my head for the past couple of days as the dust settles from the failed attempt to remove Donald Trump from …
How to solve a problem like Tulsi Gabbard
Tulsi Gabbard was back in the news today for having sufficient guts to take on the Clinton machine. She is suing Hilary Clinton for $50 million for smearing Tulsi and stating that she was a Russian agent. For some time, Gabbard has asserted herself as perhaps the only democratic party …
Three Daughters
The celebrated social commentator, Clive James, once said something to the effect that gazing upon the face of an intelligent beautiful woman was to gaze upon the face of God. It’s a good line but is ultimately a shallow one. It resonates with me nevertheless because, I think he’s at …
Just For the Fun of it
Around the time of the second Iraq War, I started jamming on a Sunday afternoon with a local Ararat musician, Darren Sherwell. It started out as a bit of fun. He was an accomplished player and excellent singer. My fingers were full of rust – but somehow,in those first fumbling …
The prevailing view of reality & the big picture
What am I supposed to do with this information? somebody asked after reading Remote Viewing A Rabbit Hole On Mars. It’s a good question for several reasons. Most people simply won’t accept any of the possibilities that the article suggests. The prevailing view of reality simply doesn’t allow the ordinary …
Have You Come to Love Big Brother?
One of the most terrifying scenes in 1984, one of the most terrifying books ever written is the scene where Winston breaks down and weeps as he realises that he has learned to love Big Brother. The psychological abuse that led to Winston succumbing was intense, constant and horrific. Orwell …
Moved to tears by my first Floorgasm
From a very early age I have been in love with music. That love grew and materialized in an ongoing affair for the past 40 years. In that time I have listened to and appreciated many different forms of music from the historical bombastic excess of Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow to …
Ararat Eagles are Heroes
It’s no news to those of us who live in the area that the Ararat Eagles Football Club is struggling. The writing was on the wall at the start of the year when the club put out a desperate call for players. I nearly wrote about their plight then. I …