Donald-Kruger
A Dunning- Kruger American President? Shit just got serious.
History
Glass half empty
An autobiography listing all the things you haven’t done in your life might be just as revealing as one about the things you have done.
Treading lightly
Summer is here, in the middle of Spring, with the first warning of bushfires, and the first moment of almost treading on a snake (a cute baby Black, but hey a snake’s a snake). In winter I stride across the land (though always avoiding ants, and beetles, and spiders). I walk differently in Summer. Slower,
The boys in the backroom
Whenever war is declared, whichever countries are involved, you will find, making the announcement, a clown, backed by his followers – all hard-faced men who intend to do well out of it.
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Time, lord
If an imaginary being was going to step in and save the world before we wreck it he’s left it rather too late
He said, she said
Pentecostals speak in tongues – unique and pretty weird, right? Well, weird, yes, unique no. All religions speak nonsense.
Paper trail
The act of reading books – of feeling weight, texture; of hearing a turning page; the smell of paper and ink; the sight of black type on creamy white paper. Eyes, and hands, and knees, and brain, working together, to recreate the physical process of writing the book. Thoughts turned to words on page turned
Murder of the Nile
Denial was a river in Egypt that dried up as a result of climate change
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Slow learner
I had a golden rule which was “Don’t apply for another job unless you are invited to”. But I seem to always break golden rules – “Don’t read the comments, unless they are your own”, “Don’t contact old friends unless they contact you first”. You’d think I would learn.
Last word
After you die your first job should be to get your obituary written before someone else beats you to it