Socket to me

 

PHONies

One of the weirdest things is how many commentators make the observation that Pauline is Australia's version of Donald, yet fall into the same dismissive position when criticising her 

It's like they somehow expect an increasingly illiterate group of people to read their thoughts in media that most of the population have abandoned. 

(Yes, it's kinda ironic that I'm writing this thought here.) 

I'm beginning to think the only people who consume the Fourth Estate are working in the major political parties, because I doubt there is a readership outside of those vested interests that cares. 

 

Fairy guitar

We had fairy wrens in our garden earlier this year while the zucchini plants were growing

So, of course, I decided to record the scene on a guitar. 

Keep calm and carry on driving

Over decades I've seen my partner go from giving a finger, to keeping it under the dash, to now arriving at the boss move of dishing out a thumbs up

Raising an opposable digit is satisfying for the ambiguity.

It looks like "yeah" but actually would sound like a sarcastic note that ends in "good one, Richard Cranium."

It's also an excellent way to stay calm in the face of Ranger danger.

 

Pickled cabbage

No need to fight -- they're both good

I love my kimchi and have developed a deep respect for sauerkraut, which ought to have a standing in Australian culture like that shown by Koreans for their "pickle" (but that might be a subject for another post).

One of the things that surprised me about Sandor Katz's book The Art of Fermentation is how he listed kimchi in the sauerkraut section.

Of course, it makes sense after he linked the process of cultivation of lactobacillus.

It also has me pondering what other cultural traditions might be brought into flavouring brassicas. 

Faraway faraday cage

Does this involve electrocuting a colleague?

Maybe engaging in some archaic hazing practice?

You might be entitled to compensation, but all I can offer is compassion.

Bogong guitar

Started another guitar

My partner says I should paint a ciggie hanging from its mouth and call it a bogan bogong!

Ode to Troy

Thinking of Nolan's Odyssey, I thought this meme was funny

Crow guitar

Started painting a new guitar

There's a young crow that visits my yard, who likes to talk with their reflection.

So of course it gave me an idea for a new design.