Recently, a friend of mine told me I should update my voicemail message, which is, currently; “Hi, you’ve reached Inga. Please leave you name and number and I’ll get back to as quick as I can. Have an excellent day! Bye, bye.”
He’s right, I should change it. It’s false. As he suggested it should perhaps [...]
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Word Usage and Voicemail Messages.
Posted in Odds & Ends, Politics, Religion, Social Comment, tagged Alcoholism, Binge Drinking, Christianity, cigarettes, Common Nouns, Commonweath Government Stimulus Pakage, Cunt, Dad, Devil's handmaiden, Fatherhood, Marijuana, Motherhood, Pot, Sisterhood, Smoking, Sydney, Tax, The Biggest Loser, Unemployed, Voicemail, Vulgarity, Winfield Blue on 16 February, 2009 | 22 Comments »
Pagan, Polytheist, Hedonist
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Science & Nature, Social Comment, tagged Christianity, Hedonism, Monotheism, Paganism, Polytheism, Robin Artisson, Stoicism, Theon Philoi on 21 October, 2008 | 6 Comments »
It’s pretty common knowledge amongst my nearest and dearest that I am no friend of the following: Christianity, Monotheism, and (surprisingly), Stoicism. Generally though, it is not my want to stand too far from any given fence when sharing with a more general readership. I’ve no wish to offend anyone, and all too aware that on the [...]
And Again…
Posted in Odds & Ends, Politics, Social Comment, tagged Liverpool, Sydney on 23 September, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I am hazardous to say that I have been lack luster in regards to the Fine Art of Blogging, since I have been attending to a most important web-log for many months now quite regularly. To the detriment of my own perhaps, but to the aid of a far worthier cause than my misguided musings. [...]
Fascinating Indeed!
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Social Comment, tagged Aristotle, Philosophy, Plato, Politics, Raphael, study, The School of Athens on 4 March, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Yeah for me I am a student again! God Bless the internet is all I can say. The thought of walking into a university campus makes the blood run cold. It is so much easier to yawn through the boring comments online, than having to fain interest in person. ‘Whatever do you mean?’ you ask. [...]
Petition for Revolution
Posted in Art and About, Politics, Social Comment, tagged 1984, dystopia, Film, George Orwell, Guy Fawkes, Gymnastics, Hugo Weaving, London, Movies, Natalie Portman, Revolution, Stephen Rea, Stick It, V for Vendetta on 18 February, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Remember, remember the 5th of November!
Last night I enjoyed the pleasure of some of my favourite company, home-made pizzas (with extra olives of course) and three DVDs.
The first, viewed more or less only so I could finally answer yes to the standard ‘have you seen The Da Vinci Code’ question that invariably follows any discussion [...]
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Baz Luhrmann’s Australia – A Shared Experience
Posted in Art and About, Politics, Social Comment, tagged 1939, Aboriginal, Australia, Australia - Film, Baz Lurhmann, Brendan Walters, David Gulpilil, Germaine Greer, Gone with the Wind, Hugh Jackman, Indigenous Australians, Moulin Rouge, mythology, Nicole Kidman, Outback Australia, Romeo+Juliet, Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Stolen Generation, The Wizard of Oz, White Australia on 25 March, 2009 | 10 Comments »
I recently had the misfortune of viewing Baz Luhrmann’s Australia. I say, misfortune for two reasons; the first, like every one else apparently, I felt the film was probably Luhrmann’s worst yet, and possibly one of the greatest epic film failures of all time. The second reason is far more concerning; in amongst Nicole Kidman’s [...]
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