Monthly Archives: November 2003

Macchu Piccu

Words can ´t really do the vision justice. As one walks into the main entrance the view of the site is amazing, mindblowing, I can ´t imagine what it must be like to see it through the Sun Gate at … Continue reading

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Hegemony isn’t a word I like

The leadership of the ALP is up for grabs, so why don’t I write about a complete irrelevancy? From the same Tim Blair column that Ken Parish links to below: Anyone who picks up Noam Chomsky’s latest book probably deserves … Continue reading

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When Wise Men Call With Tidings….

According to ABC News, Ray, Faulkner and McMullan – The Three Wise Men – have popped in today to see their parliamentary leader to impart the news that he no longer enjoys the majority support of the ALP caucus. Should … Continue reading

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Kundera on women

As a male who (by choice) spends the vast majority of his time surrounded by women, who uniformly share an unshakeable conviction that the world would be a much better place if run by their sex rather than blokes, I … Continue reading

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Showdown at the High Court Corral?

Despite still being swamped with exam marking and administrative tasks at CDU, it’s past time to inject a bit of legal content into Troppo Armadillo, which seems of late to be evolving de facto into an online literary magazine. Not … Continue reading

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Kurds Aweigh

Who’d a thunk it? The excision of all those islands could have just been about the comedic inability of a Mosman Kebab shop owner to organise his way out of a slightly greasy paper bag! The SMH reports that the … Continue reading

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Streets Ahead?

The votes are in the ABC’s search for Australia’s favourite book, and the winner according to the voting public is Tim Winton’s ‘Cloudstreet’. Now, these lists may only be useful for conjecture, and I think like most lists, this one … Continue reading

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