When I was a child, I used to play this record incessantly. Today, as a 45 year old man, it still brings a tear to my eye! It remains the most beautiful and heart-wrenching fable I have ever had the…
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The Happy Prince – Oscar Wilde (adapted and directed by Orson Welles)
Tagged with: bing crosby, Citizen kane, orson welles, oscar wilde, the happy prince
Posted in Movies and TV, Reading, Reflections
Posted in Movies and TV, Reading, Reflections
11.00 am ANZAC day 2003
My brother Jonny and I sat on two wooden chairs opposite the bed hunched over our knees. Numb. The chairs had never got so much use as they did that morning nor would they get any kind of practical use…
The Puss’ Bus is for Us
Some Navy members referred to their vocation as the ‘Puss’. Personally, I found it an ill-bred term because I was a stuck-up son a of a bitch. But I cackled when a drillie berated our whinging group, “Build a bridge…
Posted in Reflections
‘Watching (yourself) like you are a snake’
‘Watching (yourself), like you are a Snake’
Murky Waters
Deeper thoughts lay within A cove of great despair It’s sad and it’s of murky waters Once shone a lustrous blue Touching remains sunk deep within Oh, time heals everything, but Your stirring love, scarring detail Treasure chest full, rusted…
The Tattoo
When I was in my late teens I wanted a tattoo. The Navy seemed like the right place to make this happen. Tattooing, I learnt had been linked with the seafaring life of the Navy for centuries. I remember one…
My Family Cartoon
I remember my school-friend Larry spending countless school hours drawing cartoons of his school friends’ families. He had a peculiar flair for exploiting their features, and did it in such a way that you had to admire his artistry and…
Chomsky on Žižek and Peterson’s ‘Logos’ and ‘I act as if God exists’.
You can read the full Reddit response to my post below here. Edited (13/01/2019): Jordan Peterson on his Q&A for January has just stated that he and Žižek have a debate tentatively lined up for April in Toronto and he…
Tagged with: Bristish GQ, Carl Jung, Jordan Peterson, Noam Chomsky, religion, Slavov Zizek, The Logos
Posted in politics, Reflections
Posted in politics, Reflections
The Political Compass Test. Where do you sit on the Political Spectrum?
Hitler, on an economic scale, was not an extreme right-winger. His economic policies were broadly Keynesian, and to the left of some of today’s Labour parties. If you could get Hitler and Stalin to sit down together and avoid economics,…
Tagged with: economy, educaction, government, health, hitler, political compass, political spectrum, politics, stalin
Posted in politics, Reflections
Posted in politics, Reflections
Roma – A Latino Cinematic Masterpiece (2018)
I watched Roma two days ago and I felt that as an ‘art-house’ feature it was a masterpiece. I think unless you have lived in Latin America for an extended period it may be difficult to become emotionally attached to…
Posted in Movies and TV, Reflections
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