Monthly Archives: November 2009

>A Serious Man

Posted on November 30, 2009 by Victor

> The Coen Brothers often provide an apparently unrelated short film as a lead in to their main feature, a signature element that they repeat in A Serious Man. In this case the short starter, a sort of Jewish fable, is entirely … Continue reading →

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>Fairy tales do come true…it can happen to you…

Posted on November 28, 2009 by Victor

>One of the advantages of my mother’s dementia is that she is long passed wondering why her son (and only child) hasn’t married and provided her with longed for grandchildren. When she remembers who I am, as she did when I … Continue reading →

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>Disorder…and dishonour…in the house.

Posted on November 27, 2009 by Victor

> (Italian Parliament) With Australian politics undergoing historic fracturing I thought I would tune into this afternoon’s broadcast of Senate debate on climate change legislation. I sort of hoped, but in truth didn’t really expect, to hear rational and reasoned … Continue reading →

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>White Ribbon Day

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Victor

> Today is White Ribbon Day, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women.

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>I’ve been hit.

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Victor

> Sometime on Tuesday night, Sydney time, someone made the 100,000th hit on my blog. I never imagined something like that would happen when I tentatively started this blog just under two years ago. Of course many of those hits … Continue reading →

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>He’s a tool

Posted on November 23, 2009 by Victor

> Thomas Jane The SMH’s television guide this week previews the television series Hung which premieres in Australia this week and informs us that it ‘is not just about a guy with a big penis who decides to become a gigolo’. … Continue reading →

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>It’s too darn hot

Posted on November 22, 2009 by Victor

> ‘It’s too darn hot’ from Cole Porter’s Kiss Me Kate. It is 40.4c (104.7f) in Sydney.

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>2012

Posted on November 21, 2009 by Victor

> I love disaster movies. I get a kick out of seeing images of world famous landmarks crumbling, collapsing, being swamped or whatever by the ‘disaster de jour’. No doubt psychiatrists have a syndrome for this character trait of mine. … Continue reading →

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>Fresh air needed

Posted on November 20, 2009 by Victor

> I have a wide tolerance for what I find attractive in a man but Robert Pattinson who attracts a lot of media attention for his appearances in a certain vampire series of movies has never done it for me. … Continue reading →

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>A Room with a View

Posted on November 19, 2009 by Victor

>http://www.youtube.com/get_player ‘Water views’ is the mantra for desirable living in property obsessed Sydney and my friend Me’s home meets that criterion in Sydney’s ocean side suburb of Manly; or more precisely North Steyne. I had lunch at her home today … Continue reading →

Posted in dining, friendship, leisure, lifestyle, sydney, weather | 2 Comments