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Vale, Dr. Cairns Part II
The Dr. Jim Cairns memorial function has cranked up a notch. The Party has decided to delay the function until early December so that they can squeeze in another few hundred people (which was my initial recommendation) and have Simon Crean and Kate Lundy in attendance. It also gives me an opportunity to finish my book on his philosophy and politics (it's only a short book, about twenty thousand words).
And here's a photo of the late Dr. Cairns which I find thoroughly charming...
cairns-14feb03_peacerally_photo_by_peter_davis.jpg, image/jpeg, 500x769
And here's a photo of the late Dr. Cairns which I find thoroughly charming...
cairns-14feb03_peacerally_photo_by_peter_davis.jpg, image/jpeg, 500x769
Photo: Jim Cairns at peace rally, Valentine’s Day – Melbourne 2003 © Peter Davis
On other matters, the Brunswick Library and AVI mucked up the dates for my presentation on East Timor so that's been delayed until early next year. VCAT suggested that I take civil action against my former estate agent (they really can't annul their previous ruling because the money has been paid out). Finally, I'll have the Cliff Morris English-Tetun dictionary online by tomorrow - just a little bit of xhtml code to finish.
Last Saturday I went to Oktoberfest at the Melbourne showgrounds. The company (a bunch of geeks from 2600.au) were quite fun, but the beer was fairly uninteresting. German food is pretty scary as well, but I already knew that. Oh, and there were some Nazi skinheads (one with a "Death's Head" t-shirt, another with a Afrikaaner Resitance Movement tshirt) who decided to pick fights within 30 minutes of arriving. One was over two younger kids who were wearing flags appropriate to the national rugby team which they took offense to, i.e., Italy and Yugoslavia. Full credit to the little Slav kid, who was a good several inches shorter than the Nazis and who really threw the gauntlet down and reminded them of how 19 Nazi divisions lost against Tito.
The other was an attempt to steal some chaps hat which he'd picked up at the Munich Okberfest the year before. Evidently these louts intended to get drunk, start a fight, and get thrown out. We didn't bother staying to witness such idiocy.
On other matters, the Brunswick Library and AVI mucked up the dates for my presentation on East Timor so that's been delayed until early next year. VCAT suggested that I take civil action against my former estate agent (they really can't annul their previous ruling because the money has been paid out). Finally, I'll have the Cliff Morris English-Tetun dictionary online by tomorrow - just a little bit of xhtml code to finish.
Last Saturday I went to Oktoberfest at the Melbourne showgrounds. The company (a bunch of geeks from 2600.au) were quite fun, but the beer was fairly uninteresting. German food is pretty scary as well, but I already knew that. Oh, and there were some Nazi skinheads (one with a "Death's Head" t-shirt, another with a Afrikaaner Resitance Movement tshirt) who decided to pick fights within 30 minutes of arriving. One was over two younger kids who were wearing flags appropriate to the national rugby team which they took offense to, i.e., Italy and Yugoslavia. Full credit to the little Slav kid, who was a good several inches shorter than the Nazis and who really threw the gauntlet down and reminded them of how 19 Nazi divisions lost against Tito.
The other was an attempt to steal some chaps hat which he'd picked up at the Munich Okberfest the year before. Evidently these louts intended to get drunk, start a fight, and get thrown out. We didn't bother staying to witness such idiocy.