Random thoughts and observations
Newspapers should have done better than the Adelaide Advertiser’s “Animal rescue” headline when reporting Adelaide Zoo’s $24 million debt. The Australian was closer to the mark with “Adelaide Zoo finds pandas hard to bear”. The best effort was from Advertiser cartoonist Jos Valdman, who showed red-colored pandas, with a caption: “I know we’re in the [...]
One of my Facebook friends posted this comment: “Change your Facebook profile picture to a cartoon from your childhood and invite your friends to do the same. Until Monday, there should be no human faces on facebook, but a stash of memories. This is for eliminating violence against children. Support the walk against child abuse.” A worthy cause and it was interesting to reflect on childhood cartoons. I used to watch the Roadrunner, of course, Daffy Duck, Tom and Jerry, etc. However, my favorites at different times were probably Gigantor, Kimba and Wacky Races.
I really enjoy the Insanity Streak cartoons by Tony Lopes. Every day he cracks me up with some cutting description of everyday life or a fictional world. The characters change every day, but often feature animals or cave dwellers. Today he portrayed two birds in the “Old Pigeons Home” reminiscing about how things were better [...]
The cartoon by Peter Broelman in today’s Border Watch says it all: Peter Costello lacked the balls to challenge for the leadership.
