The Mighty Trembesi Tree

Trembesi tree and climate change

Jakarta Post

The Trembesi tree, a native Latin American plant, will help Indonesia cope with climate change as it can absorb 28 tons of greenhouse gas emissions a year, a minister says. "In the next five years, trembesi trees will absorb huge emissions in Indonesia to tackle the climate change,"

You may ask: "What, pray, is a Trembesi tree and why is it so special?". I may answer: "I have no idea but I'm going to find out". So here goes.
Nope. Nothing much that's not in Indonesian. I wonder if someone should mention how much luck Australia has had with introducing foreign plants and animals. Serrated tussock anyone?
 OK. This is serrated tussock Nassella trichotoma. If you are a grazier in Oz you really don't want it.

Deaf, blind but not dumb

This is a test link to an article from Melbourne's Herald-Sun news fictorial. Not a particularly quality rag but worth a try.

Blind deaf grandma jailed for benefit fraud

I was hoping I'd see more than just the link. I particularly like the photo:

Not that I condone anyone rorting anyone's welfare system, there is something special about grannys,  even evil grannys, that makes this a heart springs story.

By the way, for non Australians (that is, nearly everyone), 'rorting' means 'ripping off'. In Australia rorting has been a way of life for many people for many, many years. This may have started with  our transported, criminalised (usually Irish or lower class English) fore-bares being landed in a not particularly lucky country dominated by a landed gentry hell bent on being bigger bastards than anyone else. Waves of immigration since the Second World War have added variations on a theme from a wide variety of countries.

But this is really about cutting and pasting. So I tried using SnagIt

Clearly she's had a tough time and the judge is being lenient by providing secure public housing. I am a bit curious how our welfare pit bulls managed to miss this for 19 years though.

Thus Spake Rzzrthustra

The occasional and mostly random thoughts of Rzzr will now appear here, mainly because other platforms I've tried do not suit blogging - you know who they are - youface, mytube and the like - they just don't have the appropriate literary tools. So here it begins.

Actually I wouldn't be all that surprised if mytube exists in the xxxosphere somewhere and if it doesn't, it probably should, if only because I proposed it and its vaguely amusing and lets face it: we all need a damn good laugh.

I had this idea that I would share my pick of Google News items and original (if not particularly well informed) commentary with the internet cognoscenti or whoever bothers to look at Rzzr Time for whatever reason, impulse or typing mistake.

A while ago I realised that I am uniquely suited to blogging because my attention span is so short (and always has been) that I can barely retain an idea for an hour let alone long enough to write anything substantial, hence the proposed ragbag of more bad jokes, trivia, esoterica and the odd serious comment. But first I might experiment with Blogger a bit to get used to it and set a few things up.