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This Week Has Seven Days
Feb. 7th, 2018 05:04 pmI've entitled this post after a current affairs show that seemed to be aimed at smart kids in the seventies, and just so incidentially because it has been seven days since my last update, and because I've been listening to a certain Comsat Angels album. Actually the latter is terribly inappropriate for me; a seven day weekend? By morning of day one I'd be going stir crazy. If there's no peace for the wicked, I must be one of the most wicked people on earth (silence from the peanut gallery, if you please!). Still, I have had the good fortune, as it were, to work from home today as I was required to chaperone Rick B., to the skin cancer surgeon for the removal of a facial lesion. A fascinating procedure to witness and remarkably quick; all done in twenty minutes - the journey from the aged care centre and return took as long, and the wait for taxis was utterly abominable. Outside of this time I've taken the opportunity to write up my KPAs for work this year as well as establish what is effectively a project management database of staff and tasks.
Yesterday I gave a brief presentation on Spartan's training program at an ANDS workshop at Monash University. There was a couple of good presentations on adult education which led me to scribble a few notes, but I was slightly horrified at the discussion on university websites where the key speaker was making what I consider to be some basic mistakes (as beautifully elaborated by a certain XKCD comic). It seemed to be an well-meaning error, but it was another example of an endemic style-over-substance unfortunately common in many university marketing approaches. Far less acceptable is the brand policy of the the University of Melbourne. I feel slightly sickened and angry just reading this sort of bullshit.
More happily, I have had some pleasant social occasions over the past few days. On Monday we went to see Silent Running at The Astor, which is a terribly flawed yet also glorious film. If I were, in any sense, involved in the film industry I'd be pitching for a remake. Maybe I should just write it myself? On related matters, I made an eleventh-hour submission for the Eclipse Phase Whispering Muse submissions, interviewed Terry K Amthor for RPG Review, played two sessions of Eclipse Phase, and one of Megatraveller. Finally, in Rocknerd news, published my review of The Chameleons, which proves I'm a tragic fanboy. My review of Mark's autobiography is still being worked on.
Yesterday I gave a brief presentation on Spartan's training program at an ANDS workshop at Monash University. There was a couple of good presentations on adult education which led me to scribble a few notes, but I was slightly horrified at the discussion on university websites where the key speaker was making what I consider to be some basic mistakes (as beautifully elaborated by a certain XKCD comic). It seemed to be an well-meaning error, but it was another example of an endemic style-over-substance unfortunately common in many university marketing approaches. Far less acceptable is the brand policy of the the University of Melbourne. I feel slightly sickened and angry just reading this sort of bullshit.
More happily, I have had some pleasant social occasions over the past few days. On Monday we went to see Silent Running at The Astor, which is a terribly flawed yet also glorious film. If I were, in any sense, involved in the film industry I'd be pitching for a remake. Maybe I should just write it myself? On related matters, I made an eleventh-hour submission for the Eclipse Phase Whispering Muse submissions, interviewed Terry K Amthor for RPG Review, played two sessions of Eclipse Phase, and one of Megatraveller. Finally, in Rocknerd news, published my review of The Chameleons, which proves I'm a tragic fanboy. My review of Mark's autobiography is still being worked on.