Cory MacRae

Got to admit, could get used to this. A rather huge internal debate is going on within me, namely why didn't I move back here a couple of decades ago? The wife would have come then too, just was too busy defining myself in a certain way to see the opportunity at hand.

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Very sad news today to hear that Val Kilmer has passed away. I always gravitated towards his films, Top Secret, Heat and Tombstone being among the greats. The smaller and unsung Spartan is always worth looking out for, a tense thriller with some brutal scenes.

The strength of a relationship with China is that they are purely transactional. The weakness is human rights. How far you compromise in one to get the other is open. They are bizarrely more easy to read right now, if it works for them they stick with it. The States are not a reliable partner now.

I miss this wee guy!

We watched #SupermanII Donner cut last night and I have to say I think it isn't good. Sometimes a thing you loved should remain in the memory. Reeve is amazing of course, but the script is shoddy, it was clearly made on a budget even for those times and it just is a bit silly. Hurts me to say it!

Salmond planned Independence town - Alba Party candidate Chris McEleny said he and Alex Salmond planned a new Scottish town called Independence.

Just told my wife about this, and her response is suitably Scottish, "What a pair o' fannies!"

I would tend to agree, though throw in egotistical as well.

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Everyone has an off day here and there, nothing to worry about, just take from it what you can and remember to do the opposite the next time!

More of them should have voted, but I agree.

I often think of something Prince said, that he never listened to the work of others so he would never be influenced. I thought how sad that was, to hear his riff on other's work would have been spectacular. I could never stop looking at the art and listening to others, what point is there to that?

Archive of newspaper artist Malky McCormick saved Newspaper cartoonist Malky McCormick's archive is being made public six years after his death.

It is terrific his work is getting some wider recognition, this is by far some of his best. I met him a couple of times back in the 90's and he was a really nice guy. I am amused to see a name that was synonymous with his work not mentioned in this article though.

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Not so new but Otto makes me smile!

Just came across this astonishingly badly written review of Innuendo, the last #Queen album completed before Freddie died. While it is slightly sneery and snobbish there are a couple of lines in there that hit a little harder with the knowledge of what was to come shortly after the album's release.

I have a horrible feeling that they are in some large state of denial, that they don't understand this is happening and don't know what to do about it. The loss of the election has shattered them and they are not ready to stand against the removal of democracy and accountability.

I've been a manager at various levels for over 20 years and am not a parent. Sometimes I wish I learned a level of patience that parents exhibit though, but I am not sure I would go with "extremely" on this, more like "challenging"!

I may have just ordered this rather spiffing looking #Queen album, not entirely sure it is a properly licensed one but you know, looks a bit of alright really!

Yeah they will, they are reprehensible so will take weapons gladly.

Having moved back to Australia in 2022 I can honestly say I can't think of a bigger no brainer than actually giving indigenous people a guaranteed voice to parliament both at state and federal level. It risks nothing, it acknowledges the past and embraces a better future.

If you want to get into the works of Gaiman with a view of condemning him for something other than the appalling behaviour he has shown towards women then you are missing the point. We don't need to do that, his behaviour is ample.

This "idea theft" thing is people looking for reasons to condemn him rather than dealing with the issue at hand. We don't need to go through his work and find creative slights or whatever, we need to condemn his behaviour towards women. Not hard.

I don't understand the lack of comprehension behind saying that you find what the Israeli government is doing to be abhorrent and a crime against humanity without understanding that religion plays absolutely no part in making that statement. The same can be said for the terror attacks of Hamas.

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Just had the response from a job I went for. Well, guess there is a next time.

So annoying when you get encouraged to go for a job, people talk to you about what you will do in the job and how good you would be at it and then you don't even get an interview. Oh well, on to the next one I guess.

I see we have moved to the "Hot woman with no posts and a dubious profile picture has followed you" stage of Bluesky. *sigh*

Very sad to hear the news today of the loss of Tony Slattery, a genuinely funny man who lit up screens whenever he appeared. Clearly blighted by mental health issues for years, before emerging from them in recent times only to be taken at the young age of 65. He was a singular talent.

I can't begin to say how utterly appalled and angry I am about the revelations regarding Neil Gaiman. Here was a man I admired, whose work I enjoyed immensely. To find he is an abusive arsehole of the worst kind is a betrayal of every fan he had. My heart goes out to the women he abused.

Got this in the mail today, good times!

As a kid in the country, I used to strap mine to my waist and get on my bike and ride for miles after school, listening to the songs I recorded off the radio and imagining performing them. Would get back later to my parents, who weirdly didn't mind me doing it. The Walkman was central to this.

We need to vote and vote in large numbers to stop it happening. This is playbook right wing, tell a country it is anxious, tell a country it is divided, eventually people start believing it and they come to power under the promise of fixing something that wasn't broken in the first place.

Went to breakfast today and the place upset my middle class sensibilities. Eggs Benedict does not come with spinach, and you do not charge extra for bacon or smoked salmon. What you have there is Eggs Florentine, Eggs Royale and Eggs Benedict. Three different dishes. This was my Ted Talk!

We travelled by rail in Italy close to 20 years ago and our jaws hit the floor at how cheap it was.