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One's German companion begins to assimilate. He is working his way through a jar of Vegemite, observing that it contains the exact same colouring as Coca-Cola: 150c. "The trouble with Vegemite," he says, scraping the ...read more
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Does god want us to live in a cage? Doesn't god want us to be good because we're free? A very respected and dear friend of mine just got asked to pull down a photograph ...read more
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I think this cat's favourite person is the sun. She believes everything he tells her and is willing to let him whisper into her belly and long ears for hours. I don't think she realises ...read more
Today was a torrent of windiness scouring Brisbane, everybody turning inside out like umbrella-bats. Wind Creates Friction, my hippie ex-boyfriend always used to advise: today is not the day to try transacting any very delicate ...read more
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I just feel so ruddy fortunate to have a decent academic education. It obliges me to be of service in the world, even as I benefit from the knowledge of people whose education differs from ...read more
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Brisbane. Took me ten years to settle here, having uprooted from sultry Jakarta and a school which had barely two students of each nation in one class. This was the first time we'd lived in ...read more
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Sometimes a song I've been listening to intently for ages suddenly rolls past in a different setting, the studio rather than the live performance, or another performance of it at some other gig somewhere in ...read more
I think maybe my superpower is interfering in other people's lives. I pick up their rubbish. I make faces to cheer up their miserable kids. Not only do I do it but I feel like ...read more
Last night I saw an amazing film. It uses South Australia as a post-Collapse landscape, compellingly. The Rover. Apart from the number of actors being shot dead at point-blank range with no warning, I found ...read more