OK, OK, I’ve been busy again and haven’t had much of that “reflective time” I need to write something interesting. So here’s a pointer to a great little article on How To Be Creative. The first piece of advice? “Ignore everybody.”
Blog maintenance wiggles
I’ve just upgraded the WordPress software that runs this blog and I’m about to fiddle with the layout, so expect a few glitches for the next couple of days.
Then again, maybe it IS chicken-counting time for Rudd
A week ago I suggested it was premature to predict a landslide victory for the ALP’s Kevin Rudd in the forthcoming federal election. But this graph from The OzPolitics Blog today is certainly suggesting otherwise.
Does anyone have a parachute?
The Three Ages of Slavery
Thanks, as always, to Gaping Void for the insight.
From the mouths of children
Yesterday, while walking the Sydney Harbour Bridge and afterwards (photos to come), we heard a couple of magnificent comments from children.
From a girl about 10 years old, objecting to being told what to do by her father: “If you love me, you’ll stop being arrogant.” (I’m impressed that she knew “arrogant” at her age!)
And two girls, also about 10yo, chanting together:
We don’t do the dishes
Because we’re so delicious!
That’s a damn fine excuse for not doing the housework if ever I heard one. And they were as cute as buttons. I’d even have taken a quick photo except that in the 21st Century any attention given to someone else’s children brands you a paedophile. Bloody paranoia.
Dawn Chorus, 18 March 2007
Here’s what dawn sounded like this morning (1.3MB MP3), or at least a minute and a half of it. There’s quite a few different kinds of birds. Unfortunately there’s a slight whine in the right channel — a bad microphone cable, that’ll have to be replaced! And the thumping sounds toward the end are one of the cats walking across the wooden deck, too close to the mic stands. But it’s a suitable test of my recording set-up, which hasn’t been used in ages.