Skip to main content

Diplomats were invented simply to waste time.


Here is the stark reality of alienation as seen from the eastern side of the wall.

Brother set against brother is unfortunately as old as time itself...
Labels:

Comments

Roddy said…
These two could almost be in detention on Christmas Island. Are you sure that they weren't trying to invade Australia?
Not many sleeps now and the big boy will be three. I at least am looking forward to that.
Take care of your family. I trust all is well in your world.
28 September 2009 at 20:25
KL said…
You will be caught for child-labor abuse since it seems like you have employed Henry to fix the fence, and Ezra as a guard looking over Henry :-D :-P.
28 September 2009 at 21:26
Priyanka Khot said…
I loved the quote.

I agree brother against brother is as long as time itself... but i hope Henry and Ez usher in a new era!
29 September 2009 at 01:24
Kris McCracken said…
Roddy, they have their papers.
29 September 2009 at 08:33
Kris McCracken said…
KL, it's hard work getting them to pull their weight.
29 September 2009 at 08:33
Kris McCracken said…
Priyanka, you're not a diplomat, I hope...
29 September 2009 at 08:33
yamini said…
True Kris, specially when we look at all the G8, G20, Camp David, SAARC summits that take place year in and out.

But I agree with Priyanka that Henry and Ezra are bound to bring in some refreshing change on that front too.
29 September 2009 at 15:17
Priyanka Khot said…
Thankfully I am not. Diplomacy is not a virtue I possess.
29 September 2009 at 15:21
Roddy said…
Kris the Mercury, Advocate nor the Financial Times will get you into Australia.
2 October 2009 at 19:25
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Mad as hell

So there I was, arm hooked up to the machine, watching my plasma swirl away into a bag while the morning news dribbled across the screen like a bad fever dream. And what were they showing? A "riot" in Melbourne, allegedly. The sort of riot where the real thugs wear body armour, carry pepper spray and look like they just walked off the set of RoboCop. The people they were beating? A ragtag crew of teenagers and old hippies—probably fresh out of a drum circle, still smelling of patchouli. But sure, let's call it a riot. Now, here's where it really gets good. I mentioned this spectacle to a few people later, thinking maybe they'd share my outrage or, at the very least, give a damn. But no. What did I get instead? A smirk, a chuckle, and—oh, the pièce de résistance—"You should really just let it go." Let it go? Yeah, let me uncork a nice, overpriced cup of coffee, sit back with my legs crossed, and soak in the latest reality TV trash. Why bother caring when ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Hold me now, oh hold me now, until this hour has gone around. And I'm gone on the rising tide, to face Van Dieman's Land

Theme Thursday again, and this one is rather easy. I am Tasmanian, you see, and aside from being all around general geniuses - as I have amply described previously - we are also very familiar with the concept of WATER. Tasmania is the ONLY island state of an ISLAND continent. That means, we're surrounded by WATER. That should help explain why I take so many photographs of water . Tasmania was for a long time the place where the British (an island race terrified of water) sent their poor people most vile and horrid criminals. The sort of folk who would face the stark choice of a death sentence , or transportation to the other end of the world. Their catalogue of crimes is horrifying : stealing bread assault stealing gentlemen's handkerchiefs drunken assault being poor affray ladies being overly friendly with gentlemen for money hitting people having a drink and a laugh public drunkenness being Irish Fenian terrorist activities being Catholic religious subversion. ...
62 comments
Read more

Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.

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...
50 comments
Read more