Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Prayer By William S. Burroughs

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Am off to see the new Bob Dylan bio, I'm Not There

Humpback Whales

This is so depressing

Aussie Politics

Today I went to The Australian Consul General here in New York and voted in the Australian federal election. Am enrolled in the electorate of Wentworth. Unlike the last federal election, this time, it was an easy choice. Here's hoping I backed a winner.

Photo from Melbourne Today, a daily photo blog

Glasgow

The Scottish city of Glasgow has been awarded the rights to host the 2014 Commonwealth Games .

The bid logo somewhat resembles Glasgow's Clyde Auditorium

The font is inspired by one used by Charles Rennie Macintosh, a Glasgow architect/designer of the Art Nouveau movement.

The city is situated on the River Clyde

I was born there in 1967, the youngest of 3.

Here I am with my sister, born 1962 and brother, born 1964.

My birth certificate reads that my father is a metallurgist. His work was related to Glasgow's then ship building industries.

Here are my mother's parents. My grandfather read Burns poetry on Scottish radio. My father's family owned a hotel in Maryhill and a travel agent in the city centre.

Here's where I went to school, in the suburb of Bearsden, before my family immigrated to Australia under the Australian government's Assisted Migration Scheme.

Here are some choice Glasgow accents.




Jimmy Somerville with Smalltown Boy



Some movies set in Glasgow , Red Road and two by Ken Loach, My Name is Joe and Sweet Sixteen.


Daily photo blog here


Upon winning the bid,
Queen Elizabeth II sent her congrat- ulations

Aussie Weather

Here are the pictures from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology's 2008 Calendar. You can order you copy here














Clouds tend to feature a lot, I guess it's the business they're in

5TH Avenue on a Sunday

NYC marathon on Central Park South

Window dressing at Bergdorf Goodman

People queuing to enter the Abercrombie and Fitch store

Some Pedestrian Stuff

I've just cut my hair. Was going to do a before and after, but forgot to do the before, anyway, here is the after.
Was cold today, like in the 50s or around 12 in the celcius scale, the winter hibernation has finally begun.
Made it over to MoMA, there has been a great series of Spanish movies on, all made during Franco's rule . I saw Mi Querida Señorita (My Dearest Señorita)

Five stars from me., it was exellent. Series end on Monday and hope to see tomorrow
El Crímen de Cuenca (The Cuenca Crime) and Furtivos (Poachers)






update, they were both grreat

Sculpture by the Sea

Sculpture by the Sea on the Bondi to Tamarama coastal walk is back for another year, some pics on a flickr account here. It's all looking as lovely as ever. For things artistic and aquatic I'm afraid I can't just get dowm to Tama but hope to get to the Met on the weekend to checkout Damien Hirst's controversial shark





Pictures from smh.com