Posts made in January, 2009
Hi, Are You My Best Friend?
Everyone has Facebook “friends”. Last night I dreamt I had a small party for all of my virtual friends. Most people were from Perth, but I met, played and conversed with them on Facebook. For some reason, quite a few were from Upper Swan. At the party I played generative music (which I was investigating all last night on Ableton Live). As people arrived, I couldn’t recognise a...
Read MoreA Surgeon’s Life
It used to be tthe case that Doctors and Surgeons (or “Misters” in the hospital system) were once considered to be doing the work of God. But the more you look into it, the more it becomes clear that the job, by its very tools, can cause misery. Much like the job of a Lawyer. How can one person cut another person open after having just one person die as a result? Not all operations...
Read MoreThe Earth Has Cancer
Maybe I can go organic with this. I saw an 80s movie in which a down and out wanderer (played by wrestling legend, Mr. Rowdy Roddy Piper) finds a pair of sunglasses which allows him to see things as they are. I’ve posted the clip right. “They Live” wasn’t John Carpenter’s greatest film of all time, but when I saw this scene, I thought, “That’s it! This...
Read MoreCanned Fish, Beans & Salt
A sardine sandwich - high in omega 3, may also contain heaps of hypertension-inducing salt. Did you know that, while we’re all being healthy, buying two tins of canned fish each week (for Omega 3), making healthy pizzas at home (to avoid fat) and consuming more legumes, fruits and veggies, we’re also consuming an awful lot of salt. The Australian government recommended nutrient...
Read MoreHome Alone (sans TV)
Hmm. I thought so. You're experiencing ennui. Going in early tomorrow for a yearly blood test and then a mole check with my new Doctor. The last mole check I had was about 2 months ago, but the Doc seemed dodgy. Too keen to take my $50 and get me out the door. So I’m doing it again – this time on good old Medicare (Australia’s National Health System). I won’t have to pay a...
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