You’d be forgiven for thinking the Lord Mayor acted like a bully last year when he made his scary phone call to an ALP councillor.
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Safe haven. Or Postcards from the edge. 19.5.2013
May 19, 2013What’s good?
The weather, thanks to global warming, presumably.
It’s the weekend. Can never argue with that, even when you love your job.
Barack Obama tweeted about an Australian scientist’s paper on scientists’ agreement about climate change (more…)
A motto for Tim Owen
May 8, 2013A gazillion years ago when the WA Inc inquiry was going on, a journalist suggested a Latin motto for many of the witnesses: non me ricordare or I don’t recall.
Soldiering On 7.5.2013
May 8, 2013ABC radio today featured Newcastle City Councillor Allan Robinson’s legal representative, Chris Murphy, explaining how the retired jockey is too unwell to appear before the inquiry into whether Gai Waterhouse has a big mouth told her son that a poor bloody racehorse had an injury blah blah blah. (more…)
Let’s stifle dissent. Not.
May 5, 2013No tree tools here
May 2, 2013
A million people blog and post and tweet about trees and a lot of what’s written is lovely. One of the more obscure posts I’ve read this week explained ‘tree tools‘.
The writer meant things made of metal and wood that you use to care for trees.
I thought she meant municipal arborists. (more…)
The View From Here
April 26, 2013
Still waiting
April 14, 2013This is a block in New Lambton where Council enabled the loss of an 80 year old lilly pilly to make work easier for the builders.
Wrecking Balls 9.4.2013
April 10, 2013
This is the Children’s Pavillion that used to stand behind the Newcastle Regional Gallery.
It was demolished for various reasons, one of which was that it was in the way of the new addition and that work had to begin by a certain date otherwise funding would fall through. (more…)
Had to share this: How to delete yourself from the internet – video
April 7, 2013I love the fact that there’s a website called Reputation.com.
There should also be one called It’s too late for me but save yourself.com
