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Cocktail party on Friday night was a smashing success. Special kudos to [livejournal.com profile] casca_2u whom I met in RL for the first time, Sydney-visitor [livejournal.com profile] v3nu5 and, of course, [livejournal.com profile] imajica_lj for provision of music. Many, many martinis were drunk, "the breakfast of champions". First toast of the evening was valedictions to the very recently deceased Kurt Vonnegut Jnr. My personal favourite of his books is Mother Night; his 2004 essay "Cold Turkey" pretty much explains his left-humanist point-of-view.

East Timor has had a Presidential election. Based on the first round results, it is indeed difficult to determine who will win the overall majority, although Ramos-Horta must be the favourite. The three front runners (Francisco "Lu-Olo" Guterres, Jose Ramos Horta, Fernando "Lasama" de Araujo) are all good candidates; especially compared to the calibre we seem to have in Australia (Alan Jones wins support of Rudd and Howard).

Religious fundamentalists, once again, are breaking my brain. Apart from the musueum in Kentucky, where "Tyrannosaurus rex was a strict vegetarian, and lived with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden". [livejournal.com profile] usekh reports that Jerry Falwell claims that global warming is a lie spread by Satan!. With more Fawell goodness watch Bill Nye engage in a bit of education on the origin of species. Turkey's secular state is being challenged by a leading presidential candidate; socialists led the nation's largest protests in history.

Date: 2007-04-16 06:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] imajica-lj.livejournal.com
Dear Mr Lev and Ms Erica.
My remaining brain cells thank you for the wonderful party.
Are you guys doing anything Tuesday night?

Date: 2007-04-16 08:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tcpip.livejournal.com

Don't have any plans afiak. What are you suggesting?

Date: 2007-04-16 08:52 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tcpip.livejournal.com

Mmmm.. The prince of Denmark, eh? Let's see what the boss says..

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