once upon a time ..

ROME: was the Greatest Empire within written history. (well, apart from Egypt - but that Empire sort of lost the plot a bit, because it could not write words in Latin; mainly because they had 3 or four thousand years of history before Rome was even a glimmer in Romulus or Remuses eye. ).

 Babylon ... nah , an Empire long before Saul of Tarsus had his 'falling off the donkey' moment - and decided that alliance with the Roman Imperial Army might be better option than becoming nailed to a tree.

 Mohmmet ... mmm,,. have no real notion from where He 'derived His ideas'; but will continue to remind readers the "written Word" of Mahomet (Yhw rest his soul) came 600 years after the notion of "Yeshua ben Yoseph).


(yep, this is a sort of jest, but based on written and scientific archeological History).


Might actually continue this post ... later ... since it was actually prompted by my memories of actual work experience with Griffin Press, South Australia. A Book printing factory some time back in the 1970's ?

Worked on the 'bookbinding' machines; paperback and 'hardback" for three or four years . Also had the opportunity to wander among all the other complex machinery and disciplines of "printing" a "book".

And yes, way back then, disquiet and wonder - how could it be possible to "Print", Bookbind, AND TRANSPORT a book back to Australia cheaper than WE could produce?

Which brings me, now, to what sort of Australia the young people will 'believe in'.
Every "movie' and Television station broadcast is from America - do we really need a society that 'smashes' every motor vehicle and building in it's way?

Do WE really need to teach our children that it's OK to play "computer games" where it's possible  to "get shot" several times, become dead , then click "reset; start again"???

Seriously where are the 'computer games' where if you "crash a car" you are damaged and a whole heap of 'support services" turn up

.... and you "lose" points as long as you "really" stay in any 'publicly funded hospital'.


Do they REALLY understand this REAL concept?

Which sort of reminds about  the Drumf version of this planet .
There is no help out there. Ya wanna climb Mountains - go fer it but do not blame me if ya fall off. DO NOT expect rescue. There IS no community support if you are not in the Donald Drumpf House of tinsel and gold plate.

Fascinating. However i still have faith that this planet, and the peoples on it have more native intelligence, and more resilience than anyone in the smallish patch of ground between Canada and Mexico ...meh

imagery ..

Oops

At this point have no real idea what it actually means.

Once upon a time was an actor on stage. Real people, standing on a real stage in full view of a real audience.

...... oh, memories ... perhaps, one day will find a companion who will listen ....
memories of a horse .. named 'Mister'  .. but self always thought of him as "Mistre' .. a gelding - neither male nor female.

At this point am wondering why the "American" film industry think it important to destroy ever more motor vehicles, and ever more buildings in evermore (unreal CGI) ... "spectaculars".

 Wars are ugly, real people become dead, defaced, debilitated.

Wow, that was quick

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-14/new-pope-announced/4569070

Well, they had to. The only remaining "growth" areas for the Roman church were Africa and Latin america.

Seems a logical 'political' choice. ... heh.

Can you imagine the "jokes" about 'white' smoke announcing a 'black' pope ..whooo hoo.

Ogd moves in mysterious ways

um, i don't generally comment on "news headlines" these days .. but "Ratzinger resigns" sort of tickled my funnybone.

Dunno about you lot - but self was sort of under the impression that the Supreme Papa (aka Joseph Alois Ratzinger) was 'appointed' by Ogd -  fer life!   Oy, it's not a "job", laddie; ya can't just get voted in 'find yerself there' by the Grace of Ogd, get a bit weary .. then piss orf into a secure and very comfortable retirement.

Think of the millions of subscribers believers.  Are you telling them that Ogd can do that? Get a bit "tired", collect subscribers funds;  then vanish into some "otherworld"?

Bah, humbug.

boy's club

Is it?

Why is there no female gender input into this blog.

Have my own theories as to why ... probably because i tell them what i think - not what they want to hear.
Interesting concept.

equality

(as distinct from e-quality, separate notion - but also brings to mind a book by the bloke who wrote "Zen, and the art of motorcycle maintenance" - Leila - where he explores the idea, the notion behind the word, "quality").

Has always fascinated me that females call, sometimes demand, 'equality' with males.

Sorry to disappoint but, unless there is some sort of futuristic genetic quirk - where all mammals (yes, am deliberately excluding a vast area of life-forms) - become "hermaphodite" .. where males acquire wombs and vaginas, and females acquire testicles and penises as well as whatever they happen to be born with ----  it will not happen.