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Friday Five Time
1. Do you think the media have created a negative effect on self image?
Simply... Yes. The use of models with 'perfect' bodies is bad enough, but to then digitally alter the images further & create a body that is physically unattainable is surely enough grounds for a class action against false advertising
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You Get The Representative You Deserve...
Federally-speaking, the seat I live in has been a blue-ribbon Liberal stronghold for generations. Anyone who voted Labor, Greens, Australian Democrats (R.I.P.), or independent was pretty much throwing their vote away ( Read more... ) -
Media Bias?
Rupert Murdoch is at it again... using his extensive media to influence an election - this time the Federal Election in Australia ( Read more... ) -
Show, No Tell
Nothing to say, really... I don't think I'll post any more about the recent road trip - it doesn't seem to have struck a chord with anyone & I don't really feel the need to write about it for my own posterior ( Read more... ) -
'Fans'...
Not that it's of any personal interest to me, but I was intrigued by this headline on a not-really-news story...
Surprise Holly Valance sighting shocks fansInteresting that the 'news' site should refer to, or indeed imply, that Holly Valance has any 'fans'... She was, at a generous best, a 2-hit pop music wonder back in the 00s, after completely ( Read more... ) -
Saturday Morning's Friday Five Time
These questions were written by whatistoday.
1. Do you like children?Children are fine. I have zero-to-low expectations of them up to the 'tween' age years, so while young kids having tantrums is one of the most annoying sounds in the world, I mostly blame the parents for allowing things to get to the point where the kid goes into meltdown. This ( Read more... ) -
Sealake, Victoria
Late on day 2, we arrived in Sealake - a town we only knew existed from our Art Trail map because it has a silo in it ( Read more... ) -
Oh - And...
... Could we all stop giving any kind of, or size of, shit about the whole Will Smith/Chris Rock thing???
It's received more attention in the various media than the executions of Kyiv citizens by Russian troops during the attempted invasion & inevitable retreat... War crimes - but hey look everybody... a rich guy just slapped another rich guy on -
Silos, Beer & Water
Day 2 of the Silo Art Road Trip & into Victoria... first stop was the little town of Patchewollock, where there were only a handful of buildings, the 2 most notable being the silo - seen here from above
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