Monthly Archives: August 2014

The first time somebody posed this question was in my undergraduate household in St Leonards, when I was completing my literature degree at Macquarie Uni in 1975. The argument ran that by exaggerating someone’s ethnicity I was denying their humanity … Continue reading →

When a computer receives two almost exactly similar pieces of information at almost exactly the same time, it fibrillated, that is, it becomes unable to make up its mind. Conversely, perversely, when a human system fibrillates, atrially, does that mean … Continue reading →

Am listening to the above; a deja vu from when it was originally released & I played it incessantly. How shocking tho, that he abandoned his son who also became a muso & also died an early death. Is the … Continue reading →

Yesterday’s Compass on the ABC was about online gaming going theological. When we have Australia’s highest cleric making the most inept comparison between pedo priests & trucking companies we need a good escapist game to get away from it all. … Continue reading →

I watched last night’s new Dr Who, with Capaldi in the driving seat. Ok, he’s half Italian. I’m a quarter Italian. I had a community nurse visit me at home recently, who was Italian. The stereotype is Italians are conversationally … Continue reading →

In today’s SMH Northern Territory indigenous leader Noel Pearson was roundly criticised for his temper, his intemperate language. This from the mouth of a right wing commentator; although, even he has lately been sounding disillusioned by our current crop of … Continue reading →

On ABC TV Foreign Correspondent this week, was a story about child sexual abuse in a Melbourne Orthodox Jewish college; the patron of their sect was the Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson. I was asked to depict him in woven tapestry, … Continue reading →