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Tomorrow is the meeting of international expert for Dr. Virginia Tilley on whether the legal definition of apartheid applies to the occupied territories. Made a submission to the government's Expert Panel on Asylum Seekers, which emphasises preventative measures. Labor-Green Alliance (FB) continues to power along with good numbers and interest. Next month the Fabian Society will be holding a meeting at the Melbourne Convention Centre on the subject.
Last Sunday attended an excellent service at the Unitarians with Nigel Sinnott quoting from
Julian Huxley's "The Humanist Frame" (1961) on a new religion of knowledge founded on evolutionary principles (see page 26). It dovetailed quite nicely with David Miller, from the Atheist Society, discussing "Atheist Religion", argued that religion (following Feurbach, and more recently, the Macquarie Dictionary) should be understood as the dedication to higher spiritual values, to which David included notions such as "truth", pointing out that we can revere, die, and even kill for such values.
Only one review on RPG.net this week, Other Worlds, a fairly good indie story-game. Currently finishing off a review of Space Opera, and starting a review of Space 1889, a game which our alternate Thursday group has given up on using the rules, on the grounds they're just unplayable. We'll be playing GURPS Space 1889 from now on. Also just putting the final touches on RPG Review #16, which will be ready within the next few days.
Received results for my GradCert in Project Management this week, Distinction and Credit for Project Management and Advanced Project Management, completing all requirements. I must have bombed the exam to only receive a Credit overall, but after three PM exams in three weeks I think I'd had enough. For the first trimester in quite a few years now, I don't actually have anything on - which means I should catch up on writing articles instead. Also on-topic, Steven Covey has died, a person who took a principled stance in a fairly grubby world of the "self-help" industry for managers.
Last Sunday attended an excellent service at the Unitarians with Nigel Sinnott quoting from
Julian Huxley's "The Humanist Frame" (1961) on a new religion of knowledge founded on evolutionary principles (see page 26). It dovetailed quite nicely with David Miller, from the Atheist Society, discussing "Atheist Religion", argued that religion (following Feurbach, and more recently, the Macquarie Dictionary) should be understood as the dedication to higher spiritual values, to which David included notions such as "truth", pointing out that we can revere, die, and even kill for such values.
Only one review on RPG.net this week, Other Worlds, a fairly good indie story-game. Currently finishing off a review of Space Opera, and starting a review of Space 1889, a game which our alternate Thursday group has given up on using the rules, on the grounds they're just unplayable. We'll be playing GURPS Space 1889 from now on. Also just putting the final touches on RPG Review #16, which will be ready within the next few days.
Received results for my GradCert in Project Management this week, Distinction and Credit for Project Management and Advanced Project Management, completing all requirements. I must have bombed the exam to only receive a Credit overall, but after three PM exams in three weeks I think I'd had enough. For the first trimester in quite a few years now, I don't actually have anything on - which means I should catch up on writing articles instead. Also on-topic, Steven Covey has died, a person who took a principled stance in a fairly grubby world of the "self-help" industry for managers.