Stuff from 22 July 2009 Myspace

Current mood:annoyed

Not happy Jan. I just lost my first blog by accidentally moving off this page without saving. How about an auto save feature myspace?

So I'll do it all again.

The redoubtable Mr Stephen Fry has orated the Spectator Lecture, Royal Geographical Society, presented in London 30th April 2009 on America's Place In The World. The polymath Mr Fry is the Oscar Wilde of my generation, which is probably why he made the film Wilde - to embarrass people in case of his prosecution.




 Enough pleasantries. The US Police in Massachusetts have made a small mistake: Police arrest prominent black history scholar for breaking into own home. "Chief? There's a mister Obama on the phone who wants to talk to you ...".

Any media students out there might give the Guardian a look, since it's that rarest of beasts, an independent newspaper with a history of quality journalism.

Then there is climate change. For an excellent comment on Why do so many not accept climate change data? by David Mayne Reid who is a professor of biology at the university of Calgary (in Canada).

Finally for today, more kids in Geelong have suicided as a result of cyber bullying: Grieving mother issues warning to parents. Sadly, being mean is not a crime (actually it's probably just as well - the jails would be full). But cyber bullying is bullying on steroids 24/7. So turn off the phone/computer at night, install filtering software, tell someone, and tell the bullies they are pathetic scum sucking foreskin infections unworthy to inhale the steam from your excrement. And then move on whistling Jerusalem.

Thus endeth the missive.
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