
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.
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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 » 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 »
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. Thanks to Capricorn Cringe, I discovered Unconscious Mutterings and its free association example. Here are my responses to this week’s words:
If you do the procedure, post your results here: 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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