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I've added a new entry to my "Writing Blog Number 2"  : "20250730 Writing Scandals 3: Helen Demidenko/Darville" Back to Schnujo is failing 2 classes's scandals! |
| I just accepted an invitation to participate in my first debate in (mumble, mumble) years. Why me? Because I am apparently a sort of local celebrity... Weird. Have a few books published and suddenly people think you know stuff... I'm either going to be opening or second speaker (the person who organised our "team" is third, he told us). It is semi-serious, with light-hearted banter but the arguments have to all be factual. September 5th, so I have 5, 6 weeks to prepare. We have out first team meeting this weekend. We are the negative side of the proposal: "That religious belief is vital to the human condition." The wording was chosen deliberately, I was told. So, it is a fund-raiser for a local group who helps people with disabilities and their carers. I offered to be the MC instead, but they already have a local media identity ear-marked for that role, so a debater I is! Anyway, just thought I'd share. And it almost makes up for the 2 rejections I got yesterday... |
| You are far brave than I am...or perhaps that's not the right word... |
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| A mass debate? |
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Also a radio personality, right. Atleast its not a controversial subject. You will do fine, God willing.  |
Reply| R.A.T.! Random Aussie Tune! This is part of my ongoing attempt to make Australia seem like a country not just populated by wildlife out to kill you (even though it is) and always on fire or under water (only half the time, to be honest) by posting songs I like by Aussie (not Kiwi) artists. So, I have been asked why I have not featured this band yet. Simple: because everyone expects it. But I listened to the band's first album the other day for the first time in years, and so decided, yes, it is time. We have Men At Work! And not 'Down under'! That song is overplayed to the point of tedium here. And it's not even in their top 5 songs, in my opinion. I have included my favourite track of theirs instead. 'Down Under' eventually saw the band sued. Thirty years after its release in a TV music quiz show, it was asked which song the flute solo was based on. The answer was 'Kookaburra Sits In The Old Gum Tree'. It made people sit up and take notice... including that song's copyright holders. Lots of crap ensued, and it is ongoing to this day. Seen live? Yes. Overseas success? Yes. 'Be Good Johnny' by Men At Work (1981) |
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| Today is International Tiger Day (well, tomorrow WdC time... why are behind the rest of the world again?). Tigers are an endangered species, so it is very important that you go out and make sure a tiger is looked after. After all, it is estimated there are only 6000 tigers left in the wild (and around another 4000 in zoos, private and public, and circuses). Compare that to 8 billion humans. So, how can we look after tigers? Well, the best way is to ensure they are adequately fed. How? 10,000 tigers... 8,000,000,000 people. We could afford to lose a few people to keep these magnificent animals alive... right? So, think of three people the world won't miss, trap them, ship them off to Asia, and feed the tigers! It's the only right thing to do. Hang on. Stop, stop, stop. No. That would be wrong! Do NOT do that! And if anyone asks why they haven't seen Justin Bieber, Logan Paul or Meghan Markle recently... I have not seen them. I certainly did not stalk them. And I definitely did not tranquilise them, package them and have them sent in large wooden crates to the Tiger Preservation Region in India. No, no, no... That would be WRONG! |
| Here kitty kitty... would you like a fresh penguin flown in from Adelaide? Don't mind the notebook in his hand... just extra roughage. |
| Humanity needs to consider nature, respect it, and nurture it because when we work with nature instead of against it, nature will reward us. Growing food is easy when we do it the way nature intended. Many indigenous peoples work with nature and are thriving. |
So... a pleasant surprise for an unpleasant work...
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| I've added a new entry to my "Writing Blog Number 2" : "20250728 Novel #16" The journey continues! |
| My latest Weekend Notes column: Remembering Tom Lehrer. My last 3 columns have been memorial columns, plus 2 earlier this year. This year is proving as deadly to stars I like as 2016. |
| Another weird word for something common! OBSCURE WORD OF THE DAY! Today's word is mesonoxian. While it looks like the name of a rejected Transformer, it is an adjective which means, "pertaining to midnight". Think the mesonoxian howl of the lone werewolf echoes across the dark vale. Your challenge today is to use mesonoxian in a story or poem. |
| It's 24 minutes 'fore the wee-bitching hour. This creature of the half-light begs for the mesonoxian quiet of the night. I can hear myself think, almost see my ghastly reflection in the mirror. In 21 minutes I'll transform... and I'll never remember this life. |
| O Dark Hundred Mesonxin Nightmares O Dark Hundred Mesonxin Nightmares at 0 dark hundred approaches us mesonoxian nightmares are unleashed as the wild things come out to play haunting one’s nightmares until the dawning sun blasts them back to the hellhole they crawled out Another weird word for something common! OBSCURE WORD OF THE DAY! Today's word is mesonoxian. While it looks like the name of a rejected Transformer, it is an adjective which means, "pertaining to midnight". Think the mesonoxian howl of the lone werewolf echoes across the dark vale. Your challenge today is to use mesonoxian in a story or poem o dark hundred is military jargon for the time two hours before dawn, when special forces operatives get up to get ready for dawn opperations. Depending upon location and time of year, it is usually about 2 a,m to 5 a.m. For me, I often get nightmares at 0 dark hundred |
| R.A.T.! Random Aussie Tune! This is part of my ongoing attempt to make Australia seem like a country not just populated by wildlife out to kill you (even though it is) and always on fire or under water (only half the time, to be honest) by posting songs I like by Aussie (not Kiwi) artists. First band I saw live without being taken by my father (which was how I saw Roy Orbison and Woody Hermann) or aunt (Master Apprentices) was Kids In The Kitchen. They had a couple of high-charting singles and a great album, and so at an all-ages show in 1986 (I had just turned 15), I got to see them, and my love affair with live music began. This band kick-started my 1980s-1990s life of going to pubs to see musical performances, kicking off in 1986 (never got asked for ID), and the constant trips even to this day to see music. This band was the beginning. Blame them. Seen live? Yes. Overseas success? No. 'Current Stand' by Kids In The Kitchen (1985) |
| R.A.T.! Random Aussie Tune! This is part of my ongoing attempt to make Australia seem like a country not just populated by wildlife out to kill you (even though it is) and always on fire or under water (only half the time, to be honest) by posting songs I like by Aussie (not Kiwi) artists. Here's an artist most do not realise is Australian! I was not that into her music until I got married; my ex-wife liked her stuff, and so I heard it. To me, 'I Am Woman' is just not good, but this song I really liked, and a few of her other singles are also good. She was the first Australian female artist to make it overseas, and she walked so Olivia Newton-John could run (Liv started as a country singer, like Helen). Seen live? No. Overseas success? Yes. 'Delta Dawn' by Helen Reddy (1973) |
If I have to hear that song one more time, I'm going to throw myself in front of a wheat thresher! One can say neither "delta" nor "dawn" in my family without at least one verse of the song being sung. I swear, I could say "delta," and my brother in law would know it by osmosis or something and call me from an hour away and just to sing a verse!  |
| I remember that song! Now I'm going to have it in my head the rest of the day, lol. |
| I just realised... Sorry. Forgot the link! D'oh. (Yes, I is a idjit...) Remembering Hulk Hogan! |
| From Suburban Commando -- "Must be a K-7 force field. I'll break ya outta there!" Then he punches the mime. Hilarious! I once saw Hulk Hogan get "injured" and be taken away in an ambulance and have always wondered if that was for show. Were things like that real or is there really no telling? How can wrestlers tell if the other one was actually injured? I know it's rehearsed and, in theory, if they're going off-script, that's probably an indication. But also, I've taken acting classes and and done scenes with people and know it can also mean they just don't know their part well enough or are having an off day. What about the video you posted where even afterwards, he and The Rock were walking away and he was still holding his side after the match. Real because the match was over? Not real because the cameras were on? No telling? |
Schnujo is failing 2 classes  - I tell you now, it hurts. A lot. And Hulk was limping after the match with the Rock because he bruised his already damaged hip bone (it was later replaced). Difference between a worked injury (where the wrestler is acting or exaggerating) and a shoot injury (legitimate) is a fine line. Some that look like shoots and are treated like shoots end up being works, and some that seem so blatantly fake as to be obviously works end up being shoots. Look at the way the referees respond. I won't let out all the secrets, but... In one match, my knee-0cap (patella) was dislocated. I rolled out of the ring and had to bang it back into place, while my opponent made sure the ref was kept occupied so I wasn't counted out. Came back in and we rushed through, but did the finish as planned. That was a shoot, but the audience (hopefully) didn't know. How did my opponent know? I told him, he looked and saw it, and so dropped me with a punch so I could get out of there. It happens to us all. |
| POLITICAL RANT INCOMING! As some may be aware, yesterday I published an article at Weekend Notes about the life of Hulk Hogan (Remembering Hulk Hogan ). As usual, WN posted a link to the article on their socials. Within two hours, they had to shut comments down. Now, my politics skew left; I make no secret of that. But the comments that the article should have been celebrating his death and not his life, that people were happy he died, and that he was the worst thing to happen to entertainment proliferated. Anti-MAGA comments, anti-tRump comments, anti-Hogan comments were everywhere. Now, I do rag on the right for some of what they do and believe in, but when the left does this before the body is even cold, it is no wonder many people do not take them seriously. For what it's worth, one of the best comments said it was a fair, even-handed discussion (they also said it was well-written  ), even though they guessed I was not a fan of the man. I'll take that. Not the fact I should have hammered him more. Oh, there were comments from the right, mostly about why bring up the controversies and why bring up tRump, but they were far out-numbered by the others. Left and Right - this partisan politics is getting tiresome. A man died. He left two kids. To say that's a good thing because he said words is insane. All politics, both sides of the divide, suck. |
| I find that all politics and politicians would not know the truth if it hit them in the face. That's my stand on politics. Lately all people can do is be negative about everything and everyone. I hold with..be nice it dosen't hurt! |
| I read it on the link, nicely done. A tribute from an honest point of view. I agree with your post, the loud voices of extreme on all sides of the political spectrum are symptomatic of intolerance. |
| Well, my own editor at Weekend Notes stepped in, and the essay on Hulk Hogan that I published here is now up online with videos and a picture. As such, I have removed it from WdC. Sorry, but money is money... |
| Latest post from Writer Beware! This involves some of the most iconic genre magazines out there, and the news is not good... https://writerbeware.blog/2025/07/25/contract-controversy-and-change-at-must-rea... |
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