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The totally convinced and the totally stupid have too much in common for the resemblance to be accidental.

Lineup. East Derwent Highway, the Lindisfarne/Geilston Bay border. September 2013. Theme Thursday ? FASCINATION? Words. Birds. Long dead musicians. Colours. Directions. Computer games. Memories memories memories memories memories memories. Noise. Silence. Space. Space. Space. Peace and aggression.

In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.

All of us. The living room, Geilston Bay. 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... Re-examining ‘the Elephant Man’ : Nadja Durbach questions the extent to which Joseph Merrick, known as the Elephant Man, was exploited during his time in a Victorian ‘freakshow’, and asks if it wasn’t perhaps the medical establishment, often seen as his saviour, who really took advantage of Merrick and his condition. The industrial age is over, so why are we still punching in? Rethinking Work . Drowning mercy: why we fear the boats. Soviet-era erotic alphabet book from 1931. 5 Things Men Will Never Understand About Consoling a Woman . While the natural sciences have evolved – new fields, discoveries, methods – the social sciences have stagnated, answe...

The great act of faith is when a man decides he is not God.

Too hot for standing in the sun. GrandvEwe Cheese, Birches Bay. January 2013. Sunday Stealing: The (20) First (Questions) Meme First Job: Being born is always a challenging task. First Real Job: I consider the paper rounds that I slogged through the long hot Tasmanian summers to very much be a 'real job'. First Volunteer Job: Can you count that time I was a Primary School House Leader? I did give up a lot of recesses... First Car: I still haven't got one! First Record: The first that I'm told that I insisted upon getting was Bright Eyes by Art Garfunkel. First Sport Played: If you discount running about more generally or splashing in the water, it was most likely aussie rules football. First Concert: I am told that I attended a John Mayall concert as a little 'un. First Country Visited: Besides Australia? Thailand (for about 90 minutes). Beyond that, the UK. First Kiss: The little girl across the road. First Speech: I've never...

In music, one must think with the heart and feel with the brain.

Beach babies. Coningham Beach, Coningham. February 2013. Wordless Wednesday.

I don't have anything to say in any picture. My only interest in photography is to see what something looks like as a photograph. I have no preconceptions.

He doesn't even show caution on the downhill curves!

There is no such thing in anyone's life as an unimportant day.

I've seen the light. My bedroom, Geilston Bay. December 2012. Not Me - A German Childhood by Joachim Fest. Evocative family history that spans the rise an fall of the Nazis. It explores how one family remained intent on preserving life from the moral cancer of Nazism. B- . The Thin Man , Dashiell Hammett. A hard-boiled whodunnit featurinf a rough'n'tough detective, wealthy socialites, hard dinking coppers 'n crims, dodgy lawyers, lippy dames and greasy stoolies. Tremendous! B+ .

I like maxims that don't encourage behaviour modification.

Ezra relaxes in our homemade bomb shelter. You never know when the Soviets might attack!