Category Archives: Politics Shmolitics

Do not attempt to adjust your computer monitors

Posted on September 24, 2009 by margie

The top image is what the view from our livingroom window would look like on an average sunny Sydney day.  The bottom image, is the view we woke up to on Wednesday September 23rd, 2009, the day an epic dust … Continue reading →

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Foreigners and Placeism

Posted on July 28, 2009 by margie

It didn’t take very long, and probably mostly because of my extraordinary ability to absorb media, to adjust to the Australian accent.  On a day to day basis, I can have several conversations, watch countless awfully produced televisions ads and … Continue reading →

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Progressive? Or just for laughs?

Posted on June 13, 2009 by margie

I was told, and knew to expect before I came to Oz, that it was a very progressive country.  This means “liberal” in the American sense, although “liberal” means the opposite here when it comes to politics, so let’s just … Continue reading →

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