Australian politics still resembles a playground - perhaps even a school yard. Not willing to lose the still-obvious drawing power of K Rudd, some Labor folk have asked him to help with campaigning in other parts of Queensland. He has said he will need to think about it - and has been doing so for some little while now. Chances are that he won't be pondering it in hospital this weekend, where he is after severe abdominal pains yesterday led to a diagnosis of "gallbladder attack" today. Now, what would Louise Hay make of that? (Hope he has a working phone nearby if he is the one who had been leaking Cabinet Room secrets.)
"The Girl Who Played With Fire" continues to intrigue, bewilder, confuse and captivate. To my own amazement I cannot reconcile the author's introduction of the "twins" (thanks Yuan) at the start of the book. They seem to serve no real purpose, and, if they do turn out to play a sizeable part in character development or, please no, plot development, I may never read the next, third and final book (thankfully all the same in this instance) in the series.
What is that big yellow thing in the sky? It's not one of the balloons that often floats over in its small pack of 2 to 4; no, this one is very warm (oops better turn off the demister, or at least turn it to cool rather than hot) ... and I can feel it doing me good already ... it's the sun deciding to come back in time for the weekend. The moon was pretty spectacular last night as well, but maybe our fascination was because we haven't seen it for a while. It really has been quite wet here ... and you know what that means for the local waste water situation. (Decision still a month away apparently.)
Skype is a wonderful thing isn't it? Following our conversation (it was great to catch up!!), S was stoked - so much so that I have finally followed through and set her up with her own account. Just have to find the headset for her iPod Touch which will allow her to make and receive calls on that unit. I have already sent a contact request to her most important folk to let them know she will soon be on-line.
"Where's your new iPhone?" they asked at the office today. I was not even tempted to think about getting one. Well, obviously that's a lie but now that I don't have S to take over that decision for me, as she did so nicely with the iPad ... I just love Padtheway ... I have to be strong and remember all the reasons I don't want one - until at least one other person I know has it ... no point having a face-to-face video-call capacity if you've got no-one to chat with! Oh early adopters, where art thou?
And where are all the people who say they are going to vote Labor. Polls are now showing that Tony Abbott would be preferred leader if the election was held now. Is it time to think about this strategically and start encouraging everyone we speak to vote Green and put the balance of power in their hands in the Senate? T and T are looking to have a Greens billboard in their front yard (not their first time).
This is definitely something to Sing about. The Gold Coast Eisteddfod starts next week. (OMG, and it's J's birthday too - how did that come around so quickly?) It sounds great but I'm going to have to wait until I'm on a "real" computer to access the site. Drat! That means I won't know about the 60,000 contestants, the Paul Sharratt award (now, there's a name I haven't heard in a while), the Gold Coast Arts Centre venue or ticketing details.
How many people have a travel Go-Card in their wallet? There's some concern that police are using them (or details from them) in investigations which civil libertarians are seeing as an invasion of privacy. A review is underway.
But the really big news is that plans are afoot to add another "world" to the Coast's theme park corridor. Jurassic World would contain life-sized replicas of 17 different species of dinosaur and could be a reality within 12 months if the entrepreneur who's been nurturing this dream for a decade can get financial and council support. The dinosaurs are engineered to move, roar and blink their eyes designed to give visitors the ultimate dinosaur experience - although, and I know that this was historically impossible, running for their lives and not getting eaten could provide a more extreme experience. Hmmm, wonder if someone should write and suggest that. Safety protocols would definitely be needed.
And just who are Scott, Anna, Andrew, Ken and Jeremy? And can you tell which one is more Wright than the other. Yes, the local candidates have been announced. No doubt we'll start hearing from them all soon.
Maybe tomorrow?
