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Ground control to Major Tom. Hobart Port Tower, Macquarie Point, Hobart. June 2012. As you know, the Internet is a wonderful place filled with the rich and varied treasures of the world holds (and Henry.) 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... Aurochs! What's behind the Rorschach inkblot test? I usually associate them with sex . David Hicks. Disgrace. Nicely said. Global economic crisis? What would Keynes do? Hating Ms. Maisy: The Joy, Sorrow and Neurotic Rage of Reading to Your Children. The 12 Most Unique Playgrounds in the World

Tasteful? Hunter Street, Hobart. June 2012. This one was spotted right out the front of Hobart's Art School. Seriously, it was. Tenebrae , Paul Celan We are near, Lord, near and at hand. Handled already, Lord, clawed and clawing as though the body of each of us were your body, Lord. Pray, Lord, pray to us, we are near. Wind-awry we went there, went there to bend over hollow and ditch. To be watered we went there, Lord. It was blood, it was what you shed, Lord. It gleamed. It cast your image into our eyes, Lord. Our eyes and our mouths are open and empty, Lord. We have drunk, Lord. The blood and the image that was in the blood, Lord. Pray, Lord. We are near.

Dead industry? Evans Street (at the back of Hunter Street). June 2012. Another day another Q and A, stolen again from Sunday Stealing. Yes, it is The Imaginary Meme, Part Two 21. Have you felt that life is like being on a roller coaster? My life would be a pretty boring rollercoaster if it were! If I had to compare it to something, it’d be more akin to the task of Sisyphus . 22. Favourite year so far? One of 2001, 2002 or 2003. They were extraordinarily easy years, in retrospect. One will never see their kind again, I fear... 23. Do you consider yourself religious? Not in the slightest. 24. How do you dress to impress? I might consent to having my shirt ironed. 25. Have you ever been to Connecticut? Alas, I have not. 26. Do you eat sushi? Yes I do. I like it very much, especially dipped in wasabi. 27. Would you smoke pot providing there was no risk or driving involved? I have no moral or ethical opposition to cannabis. 28. What do you think of Idol Winner Phi...

Somewhere out there, just past South Arm and Bruny Islands, lies the Southern Ocean. Franklin Wharf, Hobart. April 2012. Wordless Wednesday.