Eyes wide closed
Having an online map of bushfires in this state, constantly updated, is good because it keeps you informed about what is burning. It is bad because it keeps you informed about what is burning.
science
Believe it or not
Convince someone to believe in an imaginary creature who lives in the sky and takes an interest in the outcome of football games and the purchase of lottery tickets and the number of survivors in airplane crashes, and you can get them to believe in anything.
My way or the highway
All of us, really, have one track minds. Some of us, though, are happy to explore side tracks, exit signs, underpasses, overpasses, lay-bys, and alternate scenic routes. And some of us aren’t.
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Blind leading the blind
When did blind faith in imaginary beings become a virtue, and seeing the truth of science a failing?
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Also climate change
Cancer and bushfires have this in common – the earlier you can catch them the better the chance of a cure.
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Why did the dinosaur cross the road?
Sixty million years ago, the dinosaurs had a saying – “as rare as a toothless hen.”
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Practice makes perfect
Being forgotten, while you are still in land of the living, prepares you for being forgotten, after you are long gone.
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Drip, drip, drip
As we grow older small invisible pores form in our skulls and from them (like holes in water tanks) drip thoughts and ideas, and memories of recent times (being closer to surface of the mind), and wit and concentration, and names of people once known like brothers and sisters, and new appointments, and old research
Gauntlet
I challenged received wisdom, but those who had received that wisdom did not accept my challenge, said that the wisdom was unchallengeable, and therefore the challenge was wrong. Never mind, soon I will be gone, and then you can say “what challenge?”