General Interest
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HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser, Oct. 2, 2013
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Barking Mad The real story behind the precipitate action by Bali’s authorities to close down BAWA – the Bali Animal Welfare Association – will probably never be known. It cannot have been licensing irregularities alone, surely? The only people who get pinged over licence issues… Continue reading
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Mary Lou and My Catharsis
I saw your lips I heard your voice Believe me I just had no choice Wild horses couldn’t make me stay away I thought about a moonlit night Arms around you good and tight That’s all I had to see for me to say Hey hey Hello Mary Lou, goodbye heart Sweet Mary Lou I’m… Continue reading
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HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser September 18, 2013
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Golly! It’s Scribbler Time Again Coming up soon are several jamborees – including Miss World, see below – that are set to put Bali (however briefly) in the world spotlight. The primary one is the APEC summit, of which we have written before. But… Continue reading
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AUSTRALIA’S ELECTION: Why I’ll be voting Liberal on Saturday (and no, it’s not because I usually do)
It’s fair to say that neither of the major parties – Labor and the Coalition (taken collectively this is sometimes a fractious prospect as we have seen demonstrated in recent days) – totally inspire confidence. But that’s democracy. You get a choice, but it is never a clear one between inexhaustible excellence on one hand… Continue reading
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HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser Sept. 4, 2013
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Ugly and Over It Australian tourists get a bad rap in Bali. In some ways that’s understandable. The appalling behaviour of some of them in the more licentious parts of the tourist strip and (to be brutally honest) the astonishingly gauche naivety of a… Continue reading
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HECTOR’S DIARY Bali Advertiser Aug. 21, 2013
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Dancing on an Ethereal Stage It is always tragic when someone young and full of life is taken from us by that inevitable final caller, death. It is doubly so when the person concerned has been among the brightest talents around. So it is with… Continue reading
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Aussie State Ethics Chair Embroiled in Sex Scandal
He’s doing TIME already 🙂 Continue reading
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HECTOR’S DIARY (in the Bali Advertiser, Aug. 7, 2013)
His fortnightly diet of worms and other non-religious experiences Jam Session The Ubud Jazz Festival (Friday and Saturday, Aug. 9-10 at ARMA) is one among many annual events that crowd the calendar there. And since jazz is among the more useful creations of human ingenuity, it’s well worth the trouble. Jazz is a fundamentally anarchic… Continue reading
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Japan Marks 68th Anniversary of Hiroshima Bombing
A date that should forever be remembered. Continue reading
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Part 1 – Australian Federal Politics 101: How the bloody hell did we get here?
Originally posted on kernpuff: Well the Federal Election of 2013 hasn’t even been called yet and I am already over the angst that it is causing. Let’s face it, federal politics is a deadest snoozefest of late. Yeah there is a lot of talk and it’s tough to keep up with who is who (thanks… Continue reading
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