Rat Recycling, 40 Times Two, Leadership
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tcpipSadly Trouble rat died on Wednesday, at the ripe old age of 2 years, 7 months and 2 weeks. His decline was quite rapid, and he seemed very aware of what was happening. A gregarious and portly boy, he was the last of the three brothers that we've had in our house in recent years. Not wanting young Rascal to be alone on Sunday we acquired two new boys, Riff-Raff and Nomand aged 10 weeks and 6 weeks.
Went to Richard O'B's fortieth birthday on Saturday afternoon; a pleasant gathering and a good opportunity to discuss politics (his family were deeply involved in the NSW Left). Naturally enough we had a few things to say about the debacle that was the NSW election. That evening it was![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
caseopaya's 40th birthday (Richie and caseopaya were born less than two hours apart in the same suburb!). We went to Bistro D'Orsay, which was crowded, but due to the beautiful high ceilings, not noisy. The service and the house wine was very good, but I recommend giving the over-cooked gnocchi (it was like gnocchi soup) a very wide berth. Post-dinner drinks was at Lustre, a very pleasant late-drinking establishment.
On Sunday gave a presentation at The Philosophy Forum on The Philosophy of Leadership, which took great pains to emphasise the social dialectics between leaders and followers (which is very much like the master-slave dialectic in Hegel), as well as engaging in Weber's sociology of power (traditional, bureaucratic, charismatic) and contemporary management theory in concepts and behaviour. I am very impressed with the continued high attendence at the Forum and the quality of the participants.
Went to Richard O'B's fortieth birthday on Saturday afternoon; a pleasant gathering and a good opportunity to discuss politics (his family were deeply involved in the NSW Left). Naturally enough we had a few things to say about the debacle that was the NSW election. That evening it was
caseopaya's 40th birthday (Richie and caseopaya were born less than two hours apart in the same suburb!). We went to Bistro D'Orsay, which was crowded, but due to the beautiful high ceilings, not noisy. The service and the house wine was very good, but I recommend giving the over-cooked gnocchi (it was like gnocchi soup) a very wide berth. Post-dinner drinks was at Lustre, a very pleasant late-drinking establishment.On Sunday gave a presentation at The Philosophy Forum on The Philosophy of Leadership, which took great pains to emphasise the social dialectics between leaders and followers (which is very much like the master-slave dialectic in Hegel), as well as engaging in Weber's sociology of power (traditional, bureaucratic, charismatic) and contemporary management theory in concepts and behaviour. I am very impressed with the continued high attendence at the Forum and the quality of the participants.
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Date: 2011-04-04 01:36 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2011-04-04 03:32 am (UTC)Well, with environment and heritage the opportunity to "do good" is very high. Although I am amazed by the scope of political affiliations in your family... Democrat Senators, Liberal Ministers, and of course, ALP members... And yet, the politics seem to have a high degree of similarity as well...
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Date: 2011-04-04 03:40 am (UTC)She's been in the NSW upper house since 2003 though, as you say, for Libs. You probably know the other Lib in the family, Albert Jacob.
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Date: 2011-04-04 04:28 am (UTC)An understandable mistake given that she was the shadow minister for climate change. One would have had expectations.
I think I'd forgotten about Albert Jacob, although kudos for being the youngest Lib elected to parliament in over fifty years. Although, I have to say, I think that Lincoln quote in his first speech is an unsourced attribution and seems unlikely. Lincoln was always going on about policy.
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Date: 2011-04-05 06:36 am (UTC)The new fellas are so tiny compared to Rascal. They're all getting along fine, but the little ones are a bit scared of the size difference.... It'll sort itself out tho'...
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Date: 2011-04-05 09:17 pm (UTC)I hope the new boys are settling in well.
(Though I have to say your post title gave me a worrying Soylent Green-esque moment!)
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Date: 2011-04-05 11:29 pm (UTC)Trouble is in the garden contributing to the production of parsley, so in a sense it does have a Soylent Green aspect.
"Rats! It's made from rats! Soylent green is rats!"
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Date: 2011-04-07 07:43 pm (UTC)As for the parsley production, I consider that entirely fitting, myself. It was just the somewhat more... direct connotation that was cause for pause. *smile*