Last year was the first time I’d overnighted there. My previous visits were long ago and blurred by their brevity. I recalled the body builders, the colorful murals, the hippie grunge and the biggest of the sidewalk cafés.
This time was different. Traveling with a grown up son, rather than […] Continue Reading…
January 14, 2005 | Ronda Jambe
Impressions of Venice Beach
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January 12, 2005 | Graham
Tsunami relief – tiptoeing across the waters
Abu Bakar Bashir, spiritual head of Jemaah Islamiyah is being more honest, and more strategic, than Jamie Isbister, project manager with Catholic welfare agency Caritas, or Father Chris Riley, head of Youth off the Streets.
Bashir says that “he is losing the battle for the hearts and minds of Aceh’s […] Continue Reading…
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January 06, 2005 | Graham
Sharks in the Tsunami
I’ve avoided writing about the Indian Ocean Tsunami so far. Mostly out of respect. Respect for those who died. Respect for their relatives who grieve. Respect for the existential pitilessness of nature. Time for analysis and comment comes, but not immediately.
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December 24, 2004 | Graham
If they do not condemn you, neither do I
The Courier Mail has yet to get the Christmas spirit. Yesterday it announced that Robert Keith Boughen had retired after 40 years as organist at St John’s Anglican Cathedral Brisbane (no link available). But instead of celebrating his considerable achievements it buried the announcement on an inside page […] Continue Reading…
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December 23, 2004 | Ronda Jambe
Christmas Doggerel
My doggie died at Christmas
Someone kicked him in the head
I thought it was concussion
Turns out he was dead.
A nasty neighbor did it
While walking down the street
Our doggie was out wandering
And knocked her off her feet.
He didn’t mean to hurt her
Just frighten her a bit
But she went barking mad
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December 22, 2004 | Graham
Ron Walker’s wrong, but so is Xstrata
Former Liberal Party bagman Ron Walker wants the Federal Government to buy WMC’s Olympic Dam “in the national interest”. WMC is under a takeover offer from Swiss company Xstrata. This is the same company that recently took over MIM, and more pertinently also bought a vanadium […] Continue Reading…
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December 21, 2004 | Graham
Howard’s parachute for Springborg
Still waiting to see whether Lawrence Springborg is prepared to discuss alternative futures to marrying his estranged Liberal Party “sweetheart”, but in the meantime her oldest living relic – John Howard – has bought into the fray again.
In an article by Dennis Atkins in yesterday’s Courier Mail Howard both […] Continue Reading…
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December 19, 2004 | Ronda Jambe
Blog Virgin’s Christmas Offering
Hallelejah! This year my gift to myself is blissful – a nearly complete shunning of the holiday spirit and practice. A few calls interstate and overseas to distant friends, one card to my mum, and plans for a quiet day at the coast with my offspring. In the […] Continue Reading…
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December 17, 2004 | Graham
Bradfield source with your pork sir?
According to The Courier Mail two days ago, the Queensland National Party is compiling a wish list of infrastructure projects on which to spend the $30 billion predicted from the sale of Telstra.
From the news item it looks like they intend to spend the whole of the sale proceeds […] Continue Reading…
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December 15, 2004 | Graham
Los trios amigos
While I’m waiting for Lawrence Springborg to post a reply I thought I might run some Queensland gossip. Latest and hottest rumour in the Queensland Liberal Party is that Senator Santo Santoro and Councillors Caltabiano and Nicholls are heading to state parliament. The three are factional allies and […] Continue Reading…
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