Listened to that 'One World' CD last couple of evenings ... I tell you what, the vocal gymnastics of many of the groups is memorable ... but especially Ladysmith Black Mambazo ... so if you're in the market 4 a new CD, you could do a whole lot worse ...

Also on yesterday's 'Global Village' - a story about crocs in the Northern Territory of Oz and they had some brief excerpts with didj & chanting ... didn't make it into the credits ... where was that didj site ... click here?

The town of Ceduna is due for a brief, suden influx of people today ... click :)

I remember that last one we had in 1976, here in Melbourne. All the birds thought it was sunset and it had a spooky eerie feel to it. I can undersytand why people travel the world to experience them. Nice work if you can get it. :)

A spot of browsing this morning - scott mutter surrational - george santayana -

Quote of the day: "Have you come here to play Jesus with the lepers in your head ..."

This one aint bad either ... "There are only two types of people in this world - those who see normality as utterly absurd & those who don't."

Then there's this one ... "Most people conform to the prevailing majority opinion becuse it would be too uncomfortable not to conform. So their opinions don't really count for all that much, do they."

<There's some more hidden text here ... :)>

Here's some of Scott's work ...

Looks like one of today's quotes tosses up some humorous mis-heard song lyrics ... click :)

Weeeeird ... remember that link I metioned a couple of daze ago ... well, now it's fine ... and I haven't uploaded a fresh copy ... hmmm ... maybe the type of ad they embed into the text varies from day 2 day ... click {then again, if you read this journal on some day other than today - which is highly unlikely as I usually upload the journal a day or two after typing it out at home - where was I ... oh yes, if you click on the link some other time it may be that my content is once again obliterated by adverts ... hmmm ...}

www.mambazo.com

Almost forgot, saw snippets of a story about a cult based on the ideas in 'The Matrix' ...

Decided I may as welll open another free site ... click :)

Boy ... the topsy-turvy weather continues ... I was just about to give the lawn a much needed mow and down it comes ... we've gone from chilly to hot and back to chilly & wet ALL within the span of five days ... :)

Just heard - it was 11 degrees mid-afternoon!

Hadn't looked at some of my older stories & poems in quite awhile ... {some of which are as if they were written by 'someone else'}

More on that eclipse ... click

here's that Mike Oldfield search ...

[  December 5, 2002   '




Today's mantra: "Humans. Humans. Humans."

Some shots of yesterday's event - click

Some jokes - I was looking for the one listed last on this page ... :)

Sent a few more toons off into cyberland ... click

Hmmm ... cobbling together a 'new' site ... read over some more of my 'old' stuff ... hmmm ... e.g. click here ... much of it I barely recall scribbling down ...

Some interesting links in that piece as well ... e.g.

[  December 6, 2002   '




Today's mantra: "Jeepers creepers, what ARE you people doing ..."

Also from yesterday ... I'd forgtten abt this particular cartoon {asssuming I upload it to the new joint ...}

Speaking of cartoons ... click :)

More emails ... including this quote: "You seek now, within the action of this shift, a new consciousness; to widen your awareness and to hold an objective understanding of HOW you create your reality. You DO create your reality, but much of that doing is veiled from you. You do not allow yourselves, within your singularity of attention, the viewing of how you are creating your reality within the creation of your line of probabilities in every action that you choose. This is the action of this shift, to be objectively aware of your creation of your reality, and therefore allowing you a fuller expression of your creativity and more of free movement through consciousness."
- Click here for more {or click on 'Gems' for another random one}

Plus this book :)

... like et3.jpg on this page ... {I still aint got round to labelling them any better ...}

et22.jpg aint bad either ... :)

Had a read over some of the printouts of this book for the first time in ages ... it was almost the first book 'review' I stuck in cyberspace ... esp 'Stop trying to be so clever' ... :)

Huge contrast in weather conditions just 5 or 600 miles north of me ... click ... and here we are in Melbourne shivering in wintry temps ...

[  December 7 to 9, 2002   '




Today's mantra: "One day a man suddently decided he wanted to grulk a morning."

Not much online over the weekend, what with one thing or another ...

Wakakirri

Cat poems :)

Charles Kaufman

More art sites

Cute e-card :)

Looks even better full-size ... click

Just heard a fun song on the radio ... tubular cow bells ?? :)

Couldn't find much abt it?? ... click {a group called magnificent seven?}

Quote of the day (from 'Parenthood' with Steve Martin): "I'm the happiest, most competent, well-adjusted person in this world." ... you probly need 2c the movie to fully appreciate the context ... :)

Fixed up the images etc on one of my poem pages ... click

Now, that's an interesting acronym ... Children Hostages In Lifes Derangement ...

Seasonal sentiment :)

[  December 10 & 11, 2002   '




Today's mantra: "I wanted to speak like a tadpole in the early morning of the world."

Again not a lot online ...

Interesting piece of history ...

Plus a great little cartoon :)

{Scoll back to Dec 11th}

Quote of the day: "It's like that old saying - Give a man a fish and he eats for a day; teach a man to fish and you've walked a mile in his shoes."

Ezekiel 36:24

[  December 12, 2002   '




Today's mantra: "This is my new way of thinking. It slows down my brain cells and reminds me of drinking."

A few jokes

www.amf.org.au

Visited this old favourite as well ...

Thought for the day: "There's nothing to be gained from comparing one human being with another but for some strange reason most of us do it all-the-time ..."

Sent a couple of e=cards ... esp the Ken Duncan site ... his snactuary is well worth a visit ... {provided you have Flash installed on your PC}

Speaking of sanctuaries

Brahma Kumaris - could add australia to the search terms ...

Citalopram :)

[  December 13, 2002   '




Today's mantra: "I wanted to blimp my own world of the blimpless or worlds."

Another excellent Leunig this morning ... just click on that link from a day or 2 ago and scroll back to Ded 13 ... or dec 12 aint bad either ...

Here's a search for that Ezekiel passage ...

Visited this list for the first time in a while

One of which brings us today's quote ... "Once a man loves a woman or a woman loves a man, demands immediately enter. The woman starts demanding that the man should be perfect, just because he loves her. As if he has committed a sin! Now he has to be perfect, now he has to drop all his limitations suddenly - just because of this woman. Now he cannot be human. Either he has to become superhuman or he has to become pseudo, false, a cheat. Naturally, to become superhuman is very difficult, so people become cheats. They start pretending and acting and playing games. In the name of love people are just playing games." - click {assuming that angelfire site stays intact}

The text can also be viewed here

This one aint bad either ... the puppet analogy is one I've used myself at times ... :)

[  December 14 & 15, 2002   '




Today's mantra: "I'm not mad and I'm not even crazy ... I'm the man who can walk right into the navy."

Again verrry little online time ...

Read a bit more of these book excerpts ... esp the tips towards the bottom of the page ...

... plus the links ...

A few tips you can't live without :)

Latest newsletter from those Gyuto lads arrives ...

The jigsaw of a mandala sounds a creative endeavour ... and potentially a great test of patience :)

Speaking of which ... saw some Blopens while shopping today ...

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