Word-whore. I write 'em. I talk 'em. Information, politics, media, and the cybers. I drink. I use bad words. All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris! Vive les poissons rouges sauvages!
![A bright sunny day on Sydney Harbour, and we’re maybe 1,000 feet in the air. We’re looking down on a warship, which we’re seeing from slightly behind its port beam. It’s a modern landing [ship] helicopter dock (LHD), HMAS Adelaide, with its flight deck laid out before us. Beyond it is a wharf, another dock, and to the right of that a dry dock containing a smaller ship. In the background, the various building of Fleet Base East. On the far upper left is the Hobart-class air warfare destroyer HMAS Brisbane (DDG 41).](https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/DSC00054.jpeg)
At the start of my week of Monday 5 to Sunday 11 May 2025 I decided that it would be relatively relaxed given that my birthday was in there somewhere, including a generously-gifted helicopter flight on Wednesday and a delightful lunch with friends on Saturday.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 780: Big ship again, for my birthday and such”![A grey and drizzly day on Sydney Harbour. On the left is a warship, which we’re seeing from slightly off its starboard bow. It’s a modern landing [ship] helicopter dock (LHD), and the ski ramp on its bow looms over us. To its left towers a crane. On the right, however, we can see the Sydney CBD in the background, its skyscrapers and the distinctive Sydney Tower blurred out in the mists.](https://stilgherrian.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_9308_1800.jpeg)
My week of Monday 28 April to Sunday 4 May 2025 was remarkably productive, with one podcast produced and a second recorded, and even some billable hours for clients. So I’m having to illustrate this post wth a photo from last week’s ferry trip to Manly.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 779: What a great big ship (and podcasts)!”
My week of Monday 18 to Sunday 24 November 2024 began with a burst of productivity, including a bunch of podcast work, but the weekend brought fatigue. It also brought some random reflection on the bushfires of five years ago. Time no longer has any meaning.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 756: Productivity with memories of bushfires”
The Great Sog of La Niña continued through the week of Monday 29 November to Sunday 5 December 2021. This was a huge contrast with exactly two years ago, when Sydney was shrouded in bushfire smoke.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 601: A soggy start to official summer, with links to bushfires and Parliament”
My week of Monday 10 to Sunday 16 August 2020 was less productive than the previous, but as you know there seems to be a regular tide in such matters. But my health is good, and that’s what counts these days. Oh, and it’s not a shag.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 533: A shag in the sunshine to end the week”
Ten weeks of COVID-19 lockdown. In the week of Monday 25 to Sunday 31 May 2020 we heard that some restrictions will be lifted in NSW, and the United States descended into chaos. This photo of Sydney Harbour Bridge is an attempt to cheer me up. It has failed.
Continue reading “Weekly Wrap 522: And now America burns…”