This will hurt me...

The walls have ears eyes. Warwick Street, North Hobart. July 2013. As you know, the Internet is a wonderful place filled with the rich and varied treasures of the world holds (and RSS feeds.) The following are some things that I've had a look at in the last week. I call this: a Compendium of Click-throughs for Monday Morning... What happens when melting snow on the Mutnovsky volcano in Kamchatka, Russia, meets lava? Big bang theory: how did dinosaurs have sex? How to give money away... In praise of cynicism. Why is Australia the happiest place on Earth? Bright Nights, Big Problems: Why we should turn off the lights and appreciate the dark . The Frankfurt School at War: The Marxists Who Explained the Nazis to Washington. A Malcolm Turnbull comeback would not be good news for the left. Competition, “autonomy” and schools. Australians seem to be getting dumber – but does it matter?

The back of Magnet Court. Sandy Bay, August 2011. This looks less like the back of a shopping complex and more like that prison that used to be seen next to the Antigua Recreation Ground in St. Johns (which for mine always seemed to be the most joyous test cricket venue in the world). Indeed, I can imagine a be-frocked Gravy toking on a joint as long as your arm and grinding out to some steeldrum.... However, we are not in Antigua, we are in Sandy Bay. The best that you might hope for is a sad young trendy in eyeliner humming to Coldplay.