I am all for encouraging people's hobbies, but there clearly cannot be a better example of a slow news day than this here from the ABC here in Australia!
This is the moon. Have I mentioned how much I adore the zoom on my camera? It's Theme Thursday you see, and after last week's limp effort, I have been thinking about how I might redeem myself. Then I clicked on the topic and discover that it was BUTTON. We've been hearing a lot about the moon in the past couple of weeks. Apparently some fellas went up there and played golf and what-not forty-odd years ago. The desire to get to the moon, however, was not simply about enhancing opportunities for Meg and Mog titles and skirting local planning by-laws in the construction of new and innovative golf courses. No, all of your Sputniks , "One small steps" and freeze dried ice cream was about one thing , and one thing only : MAD Now, I don't mean mad in terms of "bloke breaks record for number of scorpions he can get up his bum", no I mean MAD as in Mutual assured destruction . When I was a young man you see, there was a lot of talk about the type of m...
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My favourite collection was the human teeth collection made into sculptures.
What I want to know is why this was published in a newspaper on the opposite side of the globe but never made it to the local press here?
Collecting ephemera is a legitimate means of preserving the first aspect of an era to be forgotten: common culture. It's often a more accurate reflection of life as lived by real people than the high art of the same period.
Take another look. There's some cool stuff you may never have noticed before. I bet your photographer's eye will be surprised.
The D in D & T, an award? Very nice. I will have to blog on that SOON!
Gerard, I saw that story and reckon that those girls deserve a medal and front page for their actions. It is disappointing to hear that it was not reported in the place that it happened. But that's the press I guess, why report a positive story when you could complain and emphasise the negatives?
FF, I will be honest and say that I avoid The Collectors because I have had dealings with an 'expert' (HA!) on the show in the past (I had an office right next door to him), and I cannot stand the arrogant, smug pratt. In his defence (!?!), he is FAR worse in person than on TV. Can you guess who?
Grocer, strewth indeed.