Michael Gorey

Sue: Absolutely stunning color on that lake! And you did a fine job capturing it for all of us!!! Sidenote: I just...
Jason: Nice photo
Dina: I strongly admire you for supporting the victim and getting rid of the bully. If someone is bullied and they...
Barry Hayes: This is only the tip of the iceberg! My own experience – 30 years – of the manner in which...
Michael: I always take the local. The tooth was top, back left, so the numbness didn’t affect my lip. I had a...

Blue Lake on a calm day

The Blue Lake was looking particularly beautiful today. Conditions were perfectly still, which magnified the reflection, and there wasn’t a cloud in the sky.

Workplace bullying

Workplace bullying can have fatal consequences, as this report from The Age, reveals.

A 19-year-old girl took her own life after months of degrading treatment at the hands of work colleagues.

As a manager I have only once encountered a complaint of workplace bullying.

I took it very seriously because I immediately believed the person making the complaint.

She was a vulnerable type, fairly quiet, but always sincere. The person she complained about was the opposite and I had her under observation for a range of reasons to do with productivity, ethics and performance. More »

South Australian internet censorship

Big Brother South Australia

South Australians will face online commenting restrictions when writs are issued for the March 20 State Election.

The Advertiser revealed today that a new law came into force on January 6, requiring internet bloggers, and anyone making a comment on next month’s state election, to publish their real name and postcode when commenting on the poll.

No such rules apply to commenting on federal elections.

The Right to Know Coalition, made up of major media outlets, has described the new laws as “draconian”. More »

National anthem of Scotland

The Scottish Parliament has apparently been unable to decide on a national anthem for the country.

Scottish athletes took matters into their own hands and voted to use Flower of Scotland as their anthem at the Commonwealth Games this year in New Delhi.

The traditional rugby song will replace Scotland the Brave, which has been used previously at Commonwealth Games.

I have Scottish blood — my grandmother was a Sutherland and her grandmother was a Ferguson from Bute — so I feel entitled to enter this discussion.

Here are the two songs: More »

Google movies

Google movie search

I hope to see the Clint Eastwood-directed Invictus this weekend.

It’s a movie about Nelson Mandela’s support for the Springboks in the 1995 rugby World Cup. Sport was divisive in post-apartheid South Africa until Mandela defied his own supporters to back the Springbok name, jersey and team in the cause of reconciliation and national unity.

I searched Google for “Oatmill Cinema, Mount Gambier” and magically was given session times (pictured above). Amazing.

The same search for “Oatmill Cinema” only gave me a link to the website.

Free association procedure

Thanks to Capricorn Cringe, I discovered Unconscious Mutterings and its free association example.

Here are my responses to this week’s words:

Food :: Steak
Death :: Dad
Cafeteria :: Coffee
Need :: Petrol
Born :: Warragul
Stitch :: Naked
Badly :: Needed
Blocks :: Toys
Chuck :: Vomit
Spiral :: Rings

If you do the procedure, post your results here:

Kim Larsen - Papirsklip (Paper Cut)

I don’t post YouTube videos for the sake of it, but this one I found strangely addictive after several viewings.

It’s in Danish, from the 1984 movie Midt Om Natten. You must read the subtitles and watch the video to appreciate it:

According to Wikipedia, Kim Larsen has had a number of successful album releases throughout the 80s, 90s and 00s and is possibly the most successful artist in Danish popular music history. More »

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