Work, Play, Art, Politics, the Environment. Typical.

Installation issues have cut short my work at Datalink. Basically, too many sites required extensive customisation. A quirky way to celebrate System Administrator Appreciation Day. Please, don't do this. I'm taking the opportunity to not take up any additional work for two months. I have just enough work to see me through this period and I have more than enough other things to keep me busy for this period; especially a number of projects that have been sitting on the back burner for far too long.

I've noticed something on my comments on the RuneQuest IV playtest (which is currently at 150 messages per day) list; a certain old-timer, Steve Perrin, keeps on supporting my suggestions. Even when it means admitting that some of his old design ideas were wrong. I've also taken the opportunity to do some major design changes to my home-brew Mimesis RPG (including halving the number of die rolls for skill resolution).

Wrote another two gallery proposals for severina_242 in the past couple of weeks. I enjoy these are her art is great; the overall theme of using physical aesthetic norms (clothing, buildings etc) with honest psycho-social disturbances quite a refreshing change from mainstream sociology claiming that normal life equates blandness whilst corporate marketeers present it as bliss and happiness. severina_242 presents normal life as frightening, lonely, and dangerous. Think Snowtown as an archetypal normal place and you have the inspiration for severina_242's art.

What happens when an incompetent abuser of human rights meets a competent one; Mugabe sells bankrupt Zimbabwe's assets to China". Bob Carr quits as Premier. I'll miss him in politics. Tough and bookish, a rare combination, especially in Australia. Meanwhile, New Zealand is having an election and Labor has scored an sudden poll reversal.

Australia and the United States have been working in secret on a plan to bypass the the Kyoto Protocol. Who calls the policy decisions in Australia on environmental issues? How big energy won the climate battle. Apropos, Environmental disaster stares Spain in the face

Off to the Now We The People conference in an hour. A decent collection of speakers from the Australian left and with a concise draft conference declaration. Should be an interesting weeked.

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Oops, ivansun? I apologise, I accidently deleted your post when trying to unscreen it. :/

It was: I think it's great that you help out other artists with gallery proposals... it takes special writing talents for that...

Thanks. I appreciate the kind words.