Well, Melbourne sure has been sweltering this past week. New Year's Eve struck 41 - and was still over 34 at midnight! - followed by 40 on New Year's Day, almost 36 yesterday, and today crept just past the 37 mark. Apparently it's going to be 24 tomorrow though, so make sense of that. For those of you still living in the Dark Ages in the US, 37 ( Read more... )

Proof Melbourne is a far more sensible place to live than Brisbane ( Read more... )

Today's Politics of Development tutorial was quite interesting, and not just because of the possibly-not-a fire drill (the announcement over the PA was so hopelessly garbled that I'm unsure if the word preceding 'a drill' was 'not'). I was just reflecting on one of the matters that came up in our discussion; it is an issue that I have been tossing ( Read more... )

Tyndale executive: "Oh great dollar sign, may I always be gaining pieces of paper with you on them. May you always be near to me, always accumulating, never decreasing. May I be with you forever, may I crush all in my way to get another single cent, may I place you above all else. You are my god and my leader, and may I never cease to serve you ( Read more... )