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Layla and Majnun at school together
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| Mike's
Pith & Wind -
Smoke and mirrors
My van, the ubiquitous white Mitsubishi
Express that’s employed to ferry us
and our equipment all over this big, brown
land, is not used to being sparkling clean,
but at some point remedial cleaning has
to be undertaken, even if it’s confined
to just the cabin windows and mirrors. Yesterday
was such a day, and I was driving down Stephensons
Rd on my daily visit to Camberwell when
I glanced in my side mirror and saw another
van looming. ‘Good picture’
I thought – and then realised the
terminology I’d employed. As I’ve
mentioned on the website, things of a technical
nature have been happening lately in the
studio – and the lounge room for that
matter – and they’ve clearly
been preoccupying my mind. For instance,
I’m now the proud owner of a run-out
model Sony Bravia 40” TV in the lounge,
which is about thirty years ahead of what
it replaces. It was a two-man operation
to dismount the old TV from its pedestal
and put it onto a trolley and coax it into
the back of the van – and if there
hadn’t been a couple of helpful blokes
at the recycling bay at the Camberwell tip
I might yet be trying to wrestle its mortal
remains into the dead TV corral.
By contrast, the new one practically floated
to its spot on the altar and had to be tethered
down to stop it floating away again. But
it’s certainly got a ‘good picture’
– if slightly garish for my taste.
But, back to mirrors. There maybe a case
for suggesting that the invention of some
means of reflecting one’s image to
one’s self, i.e. a mirror,
has been.. read
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Dick's
Toolbox - Why nations fail
You might, in a philosophical
mood, look at the nations of the world and
thank either an accident of birth or random
decision that sees you resident in Australia
sometime in the second millennium, because
an even casual inspection of most countries
now or in the past would indicate that they
were, in popular parlance, total crap to
live in for the vast majority of people.
We all have serious reservations about the
state of Australia and the state of Australian
States, but it is unlikely that ragtag army
of AK-47 and machete toting bandits will
walk over the hill with murder, rape, pillage
on their minds; nor is the government likely
to give your money and land to a member
of their extended family with the explanation
that they need it more; nor is it likely
- the egregious ASIO Amendment (Terrorism)
Act accepted - that you will find yourself
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