Lest we forget

by | Apr 25, 2008 | Uncategorized

War is hor­rible. It is not glor­i­ous and dying for your coun­try is not brave. Stand­ing up and refus­ing to fight is brave [*]. Con­demning viol­ence is brave​.Today is ANZAC day. For those who don’t know what that means, or who want to be reminded, please play...

Calling fellow oldies

by | Apr 23, 2008 | Uncategorized

I just got e‑mail that the Black Eyed Susans[1] are play­ing the Corner Hotel on May 4th for a mere $15! Omigod. Who’s in???[1] I’m going to head any young folk off at the pass: I am *not* talk­ing about the Black Eyed Peas from Amer­ica. I am talk­ing...

Drumroll please

by | Apr 23, 2008 | Uncategorized

I proudly present:My first pub­lished paper in a peer-reviewed journal. (Down­load the 450Kb PDF). Mine’s the second paper​.It took a while, but this is my Mas­ters thesis, sum­mar­ised at break­neck speed in a back­yard in Cuper­tino. I must admit...
No group of people can be this happy.

No group of people can be this happy.

by | Apr 22, 2008 | Uncategorized

From the most awe­some tyggerjai:“We all take speed and we’re all going to die, but we have a few more years and we will be happy. We don’t want to live more than a few more years, and while we live it will live it as we are: stupid, blind, loving, talk­ing,...