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  • POTENTIAL DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY: True Stories #14

    Walking, or should I say staggering drunkenly, along the main street of Kings Cross after a big night on the piss, I was stopped by a guy who I mistakenly took for a bouncer. Greg and Joe were further ahead of us heading for the station, as it was the end of festivities for us…

  • WHO’S THE BOSS? Rise of the Tycoons #11

    A tribal settlement might grow to become a village and would probably have someone like a chief. If this village continues to expand and either merges or takes over surrounding settlements and villages it could well earn itself the title of kingdom! The chief who manages to convince the population that they are the rightful…

  • Another ‘Happy Ending’ That Broke My Heart: CORPORATE CONFUSION MEETS MOVIE MUSINGS

    Avatar (2009) ***spoiler alert*** (plus a massive bummer alert) This wasn’t James Cameron’s first foray into corporate greed, and I will definitely be covering Aliens in a future post. Sci-fi is such a brilliant way to critique the human condition when it is done well, using fantasy to tell the truth. This one is about…

  • WE NEED TO DIG A LITTLE BIT DEEPER

    “Dearly belovedWe are gathered here today to get through this thing called life” Prince “Let’s Go Crazy” I promised I wouldn’t be venturing into philosophy and mysticism, and I still don’t intend to (for now). However, it is crucial to look at the almost countless worldviews of all these humans on this big ball. The…

  • POTENTIAL DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY: True Stories #13

    On our way home from Cronulla beach we ended up in the outside lane at a set of lights. Cars were parked in front of us just across the intersection. Wayne was driving one of his shitbox cars he picked up for a couple of hundred dollars. For the story let’s say it was a…

  • THAT SCENE IN ALIEN (1979): Movie Musings #7

    ***Spoiler Alert*** (Especially if that title means nothing to you) When we picked it up from the video store it was “that movie where the monster busts out of the man’s chest”. There was a strange kind of grapevine for movie recommendations back then. Beside the movies you already knew about and the ones you…

  • I’LL SKIP THE CURRENCY CREATION CONUNDRUM FOR NOW & GET STRAIGHT TO ITS’ EXCHANGE AND ACCUMULATION: Rise of the Tycoons #10

    The world I have envisaged at this point remains tribal and by extension familial. Besides inter-tribal marriage and mob mergers, by force or mutual agreement, even the largest villages had a generational lineage. After enough time these tribes would have something resembling a royal family. You know, the descendants of successful scoundrels. Okay, there probably…

  • MUSINGS ON THE JOB ABOUT THE JOB: This Place is Different

    In the late 1990s I worked for a magazine distribution company that will remain nameless. I was in my mid 20s and a weekend binge drinker like all my mates. I often credit this job for tipping me over the alcoholic edge. I’ll leave that downward spiral for another day. At this point it was…

  • CORPORATE CONFUSION: The Future Outlook Under the Titans

    ***Massive Cynicism Alert*** Things are looking pretty grim for anyone not willing or able to keep up with the accelerating changes, or for those that invest their precious time and energy on the wrong potential source of income. The profit hungry behemoths do not possess sympathy for those that do not generate wealth. Notice how…

  • POTENTIAL DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY: True Stories #12

    I don’t know where the car came from, but it was copping a hammering in the park. My mates were taking turns thrashing it around the large reserve. I ended up in the passenger seat while Rob was taking his turn. He was spinning it so hard that grass was coming in through my window…