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tcpip"Crappy new year", as they say. Yesterday caseopaya had a small accident on our newish car. Near a fairly busy intersection the passenger's tyre blew and she lost control, clipping the back corner of a delivery truck parked in a 'no standing zone', and then into a second car. Fortunately, nobody was hurt, but the car looks like it's a write-off. The various insurance agencies will engage in what they do, and hopefully we won't be off the road for too long; indeed, we have our eyes set on the same model vehicle, except what Nissan has called "Prague Nightshade". They mean "dark purple" of course, so we'll end up with a Goth Nissan. Possibly not in the best taste, but I do keep thinking of The Normal's Warm Leatherette in reference to all these events, which was clearly on the mind of some drivers on New Year's Eve, even if they are too young and stupid to know the song itself.
In other events the year has alread taken up its own course. I've booked tickets to see Sir Tim Berners-Lee, I'm organising the Linux Users of Victoria Annual Penguin Picnic, which will be followed later in the day by the Annual General Meeting of the Victorian Secular Lobby. Tonight played through another epic session of Horror on the Orient Express which including fighting Vampires and people drowning in their own facial skin; have also completed chapter three of the write-up for said tale. Also, I've made a real start on the Mimesis roleplaying system. The Isocracy Network now also has a printable leaflet, along with a new enthusiastic organiser in Italy.
caseopaya had a small accident on our newish car. Near a fairly busy intersection the passenger's tyre blew and she lost control, clipping the back corner of a delivery truck parked in a 'no standing zone', and then into a second car. Fortunately, nobody was hurt, but the car looks like it's a write-off. The various insurance agencies will engage in what they do, and hopefully we won't be off the road for too long; indeed, we have our eyes set on the same model vehicle, except what Nissan has called "Prague Nightshade". They mean "dark purple" of course, so we'll end up with a Goth Nissan. Possibly not in the best taste, but I do keep thinking of The Normal's Warm Leatherette in reference to all these events, which was clearly on the mind of some drivers on New Year's Eve, even if they are too young and stupid to know the song itself.In other events the year has alread taken up its own course. I've booked tickets to see Sir Tim Berners-Lee, I'm organising the Linux Users of Victoria Annual Penguin Picnic, which will be followed later in the day by the Annual General Meeting of the Victorian Secular Lobby. Tonight played through another epic session of Horror on the Orient Express which including fighting Vampires and people drowning in their own facial skin; have also completed chapter three of the write-up for said tale. Also, I've made a real start on the Mimesis roleplaying system. The Isocracy Network now also has a printable leaflet, along with a new enthusiastic organiser in Italy.
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Date: 2013-01-03 02:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-01-03 03:23 pm (UTC)http://equitist.org/Equitist/Equitist-entry.htm
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Date: 2013-01-03 10:47 pm (UTC)a) democraticisation of the economy
b) social welfare through public industry
c) global perspective
Obviously, I don't disagree with any of these. But the author is a little heavy on the adjectives and light on the verbs.
The constitutional framing is, of course, the sort of the thing that idealists can spend a lot of time and energy on, when perhaps they could look at some of the "great constitutions" in history for comparison first. Also, I do worry a little about the mind that becomes obsessive on affixes in words to the point that they must be highlighted and italicised.
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Date: 2013-01-03 10:32 pm (UTC)Still