Grey matter
My world is full of black and white birds today. Magpies and Butcher Birds and Pee Wits and Willy Wagtails and Currawongs. Odd then that I usually think in shades of grey.
science
That’s why the World’s a mess
The “Peter Principle” says that in any organisation, people get promoted up to one level beyond their level of competence, which explains why the organisations eventually become dysfunctional. Seems to me the human race has been promoted beyond its level of competence.
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Drought
“Scattered showers” says the forecast, but as an old man, in a dry year, waiting for rain, I have little confidence they will scatter over me. When you begin life your forecast is for scattered patches of good fortune. But you can no more control their arrival and departure than you can control Autumn rain
Disadvantage of hindsight
Searching for your own name on the internet, with the help of Mr Google, is said to be the result of vanity, but more often, I find, it stems from masochism.
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All in the timing
I think it odd that in 2019 it seems to never be the right time to discuss gun violence or climate change, but never the wrong time to discuss tax cuts for the very rich.
Gravity will guide the planets
When the Moon is in the Seventh House, and Jupiter aligns with Mars, it’s just another day in a crowded Solar System.
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Or all the above
Never met a farmer whose answer to a problem didn’t involve shooting it, poisoning it, cutting it down, or pumping something dry.
Lucky, lucky, lucky
To succeed in academic life you need three things – genius, hard work and luck. By far the most important of these is luck.
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