And on the downside…

Mean­while, Hamas has won the Palestinian Author­ity Elec­tion and this means dinner con­ver­sa­tion with my par­ents just got waaaay more com­plic­ated again. Actu­ally, dinner con­ver­sa­tion in my own head just got more com­plic­ated. I am NOT pro-terror....

Breathing space!

Right then… house to self… check. Func­tion­ing ana­lyt­ical brain… check. So how come no analysis? I have not yet man­aged to kick the sense I’m on hol­i­day, although today’s phone calls to all and sundry sort­ing out insur­ance for the new bike, trans­fer of rego...

Individuals vs collectives

The gov­ern­ment’s ongo­ing attempts to sab­ot­age indus­trial rela­tions in this coun­try are making me very, very angry. I was at a meet­ing today where the Uni­ver­sity of Mel­bourne explained why they are offer­ing Aus­tralian Work­place Agree­ments to...

Belief

Good things today: 1. Aus­tralia grants asylum to Chinese defector, dip­lo­mat Chen Yonglin 2. G8 for­give debt, make token noises about cli­mate change and AIDS I spend a fair bit of time com­plain­ing and cri­tiquing and ana­lys­ing. I don’t often...