The 2:30 pm"The Man in Black"show yesterday at Jupiter's Casino
I saw this paper headline from the daily Telegraph in the Jupiter's newsagentcy - "63 Not Out" about the score Phil Hughes was on when he was bowled the ball that would end his life. I thought about my blogging buddy in the UK who writes a blog titled 67 Not Out
Mike's blog is usually full of stories of inspirational "coincidences" from relatives who feel that they have been sent a message of comfort (usually in the form of a white feather) from someone close who has passed on. I couldn't help but think how eerie Mike's blog title would have been if Hughesy had of hit one more 4 before that tragic ball was bowled. But there are always plenty of "what ifs" to ponder when something like this happens. And nothing can ease the pain of a young man like Phil passing away like that.
Another sobering thought is today would have been Phil's 26th birthday.
I raise a glass to you and your test career Phil on this melancholy day and think of all of those "what ifs" that could have been. I expect there would be a few white feathers floating around the SCG and other places today, as well.
I get to work the next day and am
given a box of chocolates for Christmas from a company whose vitamin
products we distribute (all of my workmates got a box) from a lady I
don't really know named Tina (which is my wife's name ... and she wouldn't
give me the time of day, never mind a box of chocolates. My wife that is
)
Thanks?T.Hanks? Tom Hanks?
and so at the moment I'm writing a post about the movie and the chocolates and ...
last
night while I am trying to get my thoughts together about the "Forrest
Gump" post, I hear a scratching sound in the roof above me and the next
thing I see and hear is a Christmas beetleforcing its way through the
vent holes in my roof (which is a feat in itself) and then it starts
flying all around my computer room until I lost sight of it and couldn't
find it.
This
morning I found it buried in a pile of papers on my floor which are all
related to posts I want to write and things I want to do, or see.
Big Island of Hawaii.
People in the small town lying in its path say the lava will reshape the
community yard by yard as it slides toward the ocean."
But the daughter of the family's home that was destroyed was remarkably sanguine about losing the family home: If you're going to live on a volcano, it's about her (the Hawaiian
Goddess Pele), not us … if she wants her land back, then get out of the
way. I like to call it 'paradise tax'.
But the daughter of the family's home that was destroyed was remarkably sanguine about losing the family home: If you're going to live on a volcano, it's about her (the Hawaiian
Goddess Pele), not us … if she wants her land back, then get out of the
way. I like to call it 'paradise tax'.
But the daughter of the family's home that was destroyed was remarkably sanguine about losing the family home: If you're going to live on a volcano, it's about her (the Hawaiian
Goddess Pele), not us … if she wants her land back, then get out of the
way. I like to call it 'paradise tax'.
But the daughter of the family's home that was destroyed was remarkably sanguine about losing the family home: If you're going to live on a volcano, it's about her (the Hawaiian
Goddess Pele), not us … if she wants her land back, then get out of the
way. I like to call it 'paradise tax'.
I saw Tori Amosplay live in Brisbane Friday night (I'm a fan of her music), which was the last show of her Oz tour. I mentioned that I was going to see her in this post of mine - To Begin to Know ...
Some of my Tori AmosCDs on my bookshelf
The funny thing though was Tori started her tour of Oz on the
11th
November, the day after the first house in Hawaii was claimed byPele the volcano goddess. I presume Tori flew across the Pacific Ocean(past Hawaii) to get to Australia.
I saw Tori play the same venue about three years ago and that time I took my wife along, but all my wife did was get bored and kept asking me when is the concert going to finish. So going by myself this time round was like getting half price tickets, which meant I could afford one of my favourite beers again from this venue;-)
I bought my ticket for right at the back of the concert hall, because unlike all her adoring fans in the front row, I think Tori is an artist who paints the hall with light and sound and her work is best appreciated from afar.
Tori's concerts are a bit like synchronicity, you have to distance yourself a little so you get to see the bigger picture at work. If you are too close, you don't see the overall effect of the performance, you just see what is right in front of you with a lot of the show literally going over your head.
Great show from the piano goddess herself, who also happens to be hot stuff playing in the flow;-)
The synchy thing is when I was about sixteen I wanted a star tattooed on my hand, not for any other reason than to have a star there to remind me to shoot for the stars. I was going to have a five-pointed star, but I couldn't draw one properly, so I drew a six-pointed star and liked it and had a tattooist go over it. I later went back and got it coloured in orange.
My old star tattoo
The trouble was that everyone saw it as a "Star of David" and not just a star, and kept asking me if I was Jewish all the time. And while I didn't get into any real trouble (apart from a butcher who always had a Jewish joke ready for me to hear) when I had it on my hand, I did see the potential trouble it might get me into in the future, so at around about twenty years old I had it removed surgically and still carry the scar today.
"Synchromysticism: The art of realizing meaningful coincidence in the seemingly mundane with mystical or esoteric significance." - Jake Kotze
"Fire has destroyed the historic Royal Hotel Roma in south-west Queensland.The blaze broke out just before 6:00pm(AEST) on Saturday. The cause is not yet known but early reports suggest it may have started in the kitchen." Roma's historic Royal Hotel destroyed by fire
The Flag-bearers of the Global corporations?
The Dark Knights of the Round Table?
This hotel fire happened in the same state of Queensland that the
G-20 was taking place in on the same Saturday of the G-20, as well.
I'll bet the optometrist had the best view in Roma;-)
Johannesburg: A summit of Nobel peace laureates
scheduled to be held in Cape Town has been moved to Rome after the South
African government failed to issue a visa to the Dalai Lama, organisers
said on Sunday. The gathering will now take place in the Italian city from 12-14 December, the summit's secretariat said in a statement. Nobel summit of peace laureates moved to Rome after Dalai Lama visa row
""Red warning lights" are once again flashing over the state of the global economy, the prime minister has said. Speaking after the G20 meeting of world leaders, David Cameron said a "dangerous backdrop of instability" threatened Britain's recovery, and "we should stick to our long-term plan". In a Guardian article, he warned of the impact from conflicts, low growth and a eurozone "on the brink" of recession."
" Mr WAYNEGoss,who was the former premier of Queensland passed away on November
10th this year just before the weekend of the G-20 starting in Brisbane. "The
family of the late former Queensland premier Wayne Goss has announced a
public memorial will be held at Brisbane's Gallery of Modern Art. His widow, Roisin Goss, and children Ryan and Caitlin, will host the memorial on Friday.Friends,
colleagues and members of the public are invited to attend."" Wayne Goss: Memorial for former Queensland premier to be held on Friday
"A severe storm caused chaos in Brisbane on Wednesday evening, with flash flooding in the city centre trapping commuters and submerging cars, and widespread power outages reported. Major train stations in Brisbane's inner city were closed, forcing delays across the rail network as far as the Gold Coast."
