tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57701782011-07-31T14:26:34.998+10:00The Julian CalendarKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comBlogger7401100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-68310149637458153852009-12-21T09:02:00.004+11:002009-12-21T09:23:49.835+11:00Copenhagen from a personal perspectiveSeveral years ago, I attended an international meeting in Aarhus, Denmark. Aarhus is the largest city on Jutland, the mainland part of Denmark. I liked the town and the people a lot, although it was what passes for summer in Denmark, and the whole town smelt a bit like off butter.This meeting was one in a series to develop the International Biosafety ProtocolKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-653756553027962352008-11-15T12:50:00.003+11:002008-11-15T13:19:15.474+11:00**The low cost of old religious booksI recently popped in briefly to Berkelouw books in Berrima, just off the Hume Highway, on a return trip from the Pauline Monastery nearby.I bought three books, one of which was a copy of "George Rundle Prynne: A Chapter in the Early History of the Catholic Revival". Prynne was an associate of Dr Pusey, a leader of the nineteenth century Anglo-Catholic revival Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-53479171883413491192008-11-13T20:20:00.005+11:002008-11-13T21:10:19.228+11:00**Stirrings of SpringI have decided to post again at this blog, occasionally. So it is coming out of hiatus.I have been reading and commenting at a number of Australian blogs which might be called socially conservative. There are collections of blogs on the Left and on the libertarian Right, but not so much on the social conservative side. So I have collected them at my blogroll.By doing this, I Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-16381251807004264062007-10-12T20:34:00.001+10:002007-10-13T12:19:52.640+10:00**Closing this blogI have decided to cease blogging here and blog only at my other blog, Biology Notes.This blog, The Julian Calendar, has been a modest success, but relatively speaking "Biology Notes" has been a lot more successful. It has worked because it has attracted visitors who have searched on certain specific topics that I happen to have covered at "Biology Notes". That is, it has not Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-9347697884017225362007-10-07T20:48:00.000+10:002007-10-07T20:50:21.194+10:00**Addition to blogrollHilary White's new blog, Orwell's Picnic.JulianKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-38348274435004577322007-08-14T19:47:00.000+10:002007-08-14T20:26:15.584+10:00**Why the Internet Autism Test is probably not reliableA test of one's Autism Quotient is readily available on the Internet. Its most famous appearance may be in an article in Wired magazine, which included a copy of the test. Many people have taken the test and seem to take a perverse pleasure in scoring high, thereby identifying themselves as somewhat autistic and therefore as true "geeks".Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-71878374504696612702007-08-10T23:19:00.000+10:002007-08-11T12:40:24.862+10:00**The New Inventors"The New Inventors" is a program on Australian television. I saw an episode tonight as part of an otherwise excellent line-up on the Discovery Science Channel. Something about "The New Inventors" has been increasingly bothering me, and this latest offering crystallised the problem.There were three inventions, one of which was a "cruise control" for a four-wheeled agricultural Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-23865419654988741172007-07-01T19:11:00.000+10:002007-08-14T19:47:35.218+10:00**Nietzsche and the TrinityIn mass today, I was thinking about the co-eternity of the Son according to orthodox Christian belief. That is, the Son is eternal like the Father and the Holy Spirit. The belief that the Son was created by the Father is the heresy of Arianism.The Son, of course, took flesh as man as well as God to redeem the Fall of Humanity. This raises an interesting question - to Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-52765321637599347992007-06-29T11:34:00.000+10:002007-06-29T12:56:33.793+10:00**The Latin Mass returns: what will it mean?There are now very strong rumours that the Latin Mass will be freed by the Pope. Apparently an announcement is imminent. But what will this mean, in real terms?Inevitably people will see this as something of an admission of failure, that the Church made a mistake in effectively suppressing the Latin Mass in the first place. And even the dumbest secular Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-72090770278336667092007-06-13T21:44:00.000+10:002007-06-13T21:49:17.535+10:00**The Latin Mass is the next big thing.Not only is there a brand new rumour that the Pope has actually signed the document releasing the Latin Mass, but all the cute girls are flocking to the Latin Mass movement:http://catholicrestorationists.wordpress.com/contributors/Where the cute girls go, political success follows, as enunciated in the:"Babe Theory of Political Movements".Yes indeed, the Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-33629860090054362007-05-30T20:02:00.000+10:002007-05-30T22:05:36.212+10:00**Music and GenesDusk in Autumn suggests here and here that human groups with high spatial intelligence will tend to produce music that is harmonic rather than melodic:" Last year I wrote up some suggestive evidence that in order for a group's musical style to emphasize harmony (or the "vertical" aspect of music), a necessary but not sufficient condition was a cognitive profile that either was Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-63058068621338386802007-05-30T14:22:00.000+10:002007-05-30T19:36:32.765+10:00**Why Traditional Catholicism? Ten good reasonsAcute observers will have noted that this blog is part of a blog ring for Traditional Catholics, although I post on lots of things and don't consider this to be a religion blog in any sense.However, just to prove my Traditionalist (Latin Mass) credentials, here are my Top Ten Reasons why it is better to be a Traditional Catholic and attend a Latin Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-52927613471115973532007-05-24T12:44:00.000+10:002007-05-24T12:47:27.630+10:00**Blog uproar in America over immigrationPat Buchanan's comment.A quote:" What is happening to us? An immigrant invasion of the United States from the Third World, as America's white majority is no longer even reproducing itself. Since Roe v. Wade, America has aborted 45 million of her children. And Asia, Africa and Latin America have sent 45 million of their children to inherit the estate the Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-6969321752548559442007-05-16T22:21:00.000+10:002007-05-17T09:53:21.320+10:00**Addition to blogrollI have added Vox's blog, Vox Popoli to my blogroll. I have heartily enjoyed reading most of what he has written. He writes a lot about marriage in a way which reminds me of the approach to understanding male and female attraction from the point of view of evolutionary psychology, although I gather he is not an evolutionist. Nevertheless, the discussion of, for example, Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-718744801688013722007-05-09T08:49:00.000+10:002007-05-09T09:19:28.493+10:00**The French ...... threaten to riot after Nicolas Teacosy defeats Segolene Royale-with-cheese.JulianKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-33167692121709168442007-05-05T09:58:00.000+10:002007-05-05T10:49:07.005+10:00**More on CS Lewis, Warnie Lewis, pretty girls and CatholicsI should correct the statement in my previous post that Warnie [Warren] Lewis, the brother of famous writer CS Lewis, himself gained a Double First at Oxford. I think that was CS Lewis only. Not to say that Warnie Lewis wasn't a clever man, but he basically trained to be a soldier, choosing the rather dull-sounding Royal Army Service Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-33502381951309788432007-05-03T22:40:00.000+10:002007-05-04T08:52:20.928+10:00**Brothers and FriendsDespite what Amazon Books seem to think, "Brothers and Friends" is not by the famous CS Lewis, but by his brother Warren. Still, Warren was a great fan of his brother and his work, and this diary has long been mined for information and insight into his more famous brother. I have wanted to get a copy of Warren Lewis's diary for years, and I only recently secured a Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-35477748724995867392007-04-12T20:27:00.000+10:002007-04-12T20:30:44.639+10:00**An Alpha Male (human)Just found this. A classic example of an "Alpha Male".Notice how he has marked his woman (e.g. wedding ring) and holds her in a proprietary way.Classic!JulianKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-89908025823786214232007-04-04T19:31:00.000+10:002007-04-04T19:50:02.662+10:00**Parents kill their disabled son and walk free"Cry for mercy over killing" by Lisa Davies"Should the court show mercy in this heart-wrenching case?""Parents who killed son walk free" by Kim ArlingtonWell, the court "showed mercy" today and the couple who killed their disabled son walked free. Most people seem to think this is just great. Well, I don't. I think they murdered their son. And it Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-46403003766712152252007-04-03T09:49:00.000+10:002007-04-03T19:35:51.084+10:00**"Record Store Books; Airport Novels; Hospital Novels; Airport Non-Fiction"Here is quite a nice article on something I noticed a few years ago: the weird collection of books that is typically available for sale in record shops.I don't spend a lot of time in "record shops" normally, but I once sallied into one in the centre of Canberra and was pleased to find a select offering of magazines and Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-76594255876349644612007-03-25T20:20:00.000+10:002007-04-03T20:06:53.602+10:00**American housewives are happier than feministsSays here.More from Oz Conservative on the same theme.As Freud famously asked, "What do women want?"JulianKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-9971068878723240612007-03-22T16:14:00.000+11:002007-03-22T19:14:51.641+11:00**Catholic countries: warm and lazyRecent comments on blogs about the economic weakness and general chaos in Catholic countries (and even "Catholic cities" like New Orleans) have made me think about that classic problem: why are Catholic nations often backward in these respects? Most people would be aware of the classic explanation from Max Weber, centreing on the idea that Calvinism and the Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-67971468439162849142007-03-17T00:11:00.000+11:002007-03-17T00:17:05.317+11:00Shrine of the Holy Whapping on Vatican IIHere is the post.While I certainly give Vatican II its due, and some things are better now than before, I was nonetheless moved to comment on the post as follows:" It is nice to see such intense creativity expended on explaining why the failure of the council was really a success. For example, we are asked to believe that the church was too arrogant and Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-14373263195190879462007-02-13T19:13:00.000+11:002007-02-13T19:09:08.731+11:00**Testing the new version of blogger.JulianKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1169011511670067232007-01-17T14:25:00.000+11:002007-01-17T17:15:10.266+11:00**Another informative issue of Calodema, the journal "devoted to promoting knowledge about the flora and fauna of Australia and the Pacific"The eighth issue of "Calodema" follows in the strong tradition now established for this journal. While the emphasis is as usual on Australian entomology, particularly the scientifically and culturally important jewel beetles (Buprestidae), there is plenty of Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1169004297015103282007-01-17T14:21:00.000+11:002007-01-17T14:24:57.033+11:00**"Get the wax out of your ears!"After going to the swimming pool a couple of days ago, I found myself rather deaf. Today I had my ears cleaned out by the doctor. Suddenly the world is full of the high-pitched noises I had not been hearing for a while: everything seems to be buzzing, clicking, whirring and hissing.JulianKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1168403323574917552007-01-10T15:21:00.000+11:002007-01-10T15:28:43.590+11:00**Orthodox Christmas"Most Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas according to the Julian calendar on January 7."Some good pictures here, including images from the Holy Land.I shall add the relevant blog (Unam Sanctam) to my blogroll.JulianKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1167285695644173682006-12-28T16:59:00.000+11:002006-12-28T17:01:35.666+11:00**More on the gnostic heresy that our bodies are not importantMean Mr Mustard writes:" I come at this at least partly from a religious perspective. God created us as beings with a physical nature, not as disembodied spirits. Soul and body are not opposed creations, or even separate; they're inextricably bound up in one another. Human romantic love, for instance, of course has an important Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1166952850529128992006-12-24T20:23:00.000+11:002006-12-24T20:34:10.930+11:00**Canadian Colby Cosh considers the curious career of CarlCarl Sagan, that is.What I find interesting is that Sagan did everything in a clever way, including marrying the right women. He married three women who added lustre to his own career:Lynn Margulis (arguably a better scientist)Linda Salzman Sagan (an artist and writer)Ann Druyan (writer and cutie)JulianKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1166952197371402802006-12-24T20:20:00.000+11:002006-12-24T20:23:17.436+11:00**RessentimentOz Conservative ponders the psychology of feminists.I suggest he examines the Nietzschean concept of Ressentiment.JulianKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1166791486671770422006-12-22T23:34:00.000+11:002006-12-22T23:44:46.806+11:00**Will increasing globalisation lead to increasing social conservatism in the West?The international Anglican communion is being dragged to the Right socially by conservative Africans, and a Norwegian female academic has stated - referring to Muslim men raping Norwegian women - that “Norwegian women must take their share of responsibility for these rapes” because Muslim men found their manner of Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1166789839702714452006-12-22T23:02:00.000+11:002006-12-22T23:17:20.790+11:00**Cute Science GirlsDusk in Autumn weighs in on the great Razib debate (here and here) about attractive women in the sciences.In my (Australian) experience, there are quite a lot of cute girls in science. Perhaps they are more attracted to biology and biochemistry, which were my subjects. In my time as an undergraduate, the "beautiful people" of science seemed to hang out in the biochemistry Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1166696638352542322006-12-21T21:19:00.000+11:002006-12-21T21:33:19.943+11:00**Another conservativeRazib of "Gene Expression" has been turned into a conservative by feminists, sort of.One of the hardest things about being a man of the Left must be having to listen to feminists.On the issue that bizarrely got Razib into trouble, I remember once at a party hearing a young woman lecture that a man should never look at a woman erotically, to which I - young and pompous, but IKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1166345049499821742006-12-17T19:34:00.000+11:002006-12-17T19:50:10.610+11:00**They are still doing this kind of anthropology!This kind.Which goes to show something I've often noticed. No idea ever truly dies, it just remains in the soil waiting for the right moment to reemerge, like anthrax. (A thought I find curiously comforting).JulianKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1166344438397965382006-12-17T19:17:00.000+11:002006-12-17T19:46:38.533+11:00**Interesting conservative Internet intellectualsFighting among themselves, unfortunately.I do know what Auster means. Evolutionary biologists love to bash Christians. I' ve had similar problems on evolutionary biology discussion lists.I am glad we don't live in the days of duels, or we would have no conservative Internet intellectuals left.My short list of the brightest lights on the Right:SteveKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1164359105415615792006-11-24T19:56:00.000+11:002006-12-10T19:18:44.886+11:00**"Calodema" Comes of AgeWell, "Lucky Seven" indeed. The seventh issue of "Calodema" - "devoted to promoting knowledge about the flora and fauna of Australia and the Pacific" - is the best yet.As usual, the cover is adorned with a fine photograph of Calodema regale, a stunning Australian jewel beetle (family Buprestidae). This issue also includes a paper by the Editor, Dr Trevor Hawkeswood (emailKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1163732101835134132006-11-17T13:44:00.000+11:002006-11-17T14:13:48.746+11:00**"Pardon my cynicism" department" '[Very socially liberal] Leader [Nancy] Pelosi looks forward to working with the Blue Dogs in the 110th Congress,' said Jennifer Crider, Pelosi's spokeswoman. 'They are important voices in our diverse caucus.' "From here.A sample Blue Dog. "Marshall is a social conservative. He opposes abortion, gay marriage and gun control, and supports a constitutional Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1163668659309238582006-11-16T20:04:00.000+11:002006-11-16T22:48:22.316+11:00**Mixed messagesSome interesting material over at Oz Conservative.There are indications that fathers are being valued again, and not just as second-rate mothers. Oz Conservative complains: " I remember a Nescafe ad which ran on Australian TV in 1999 which had the jingle: 'You can be mother when you are a man ... Open your mind you know that you can.' " I never saw that advertisement, but I Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1163585172453671382006-11-15T21:00:00.000+11:002006-11-15T21:09:14.510+11:00**Naughty ideas liable to escapeI like this, courtesy of Gene Expression:" Vast quantities of information about the human genome now pour into publicly available databases on a daily basis. These data are collected with the noblest of intentions (often medical) and are also made public for perfectly good reasons: citizens should have ready access to the fruits of publicly funded science. Indeed Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1163583137372238042006-11-15T20:14:00.000+11:002006-11-15T20:32:19.106+11:00**Frogs in CanberraInteresting paper on local frogs here in Canberra, Australia, specifically in the lower Sullivan's Creek area. Quite a detailed analysis, and an example of the tendency for people to value rather ordinary "nature" if it is in or near a town.JulianKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1163150817025685232006-11-10T20:23:00.000+11:002006-11-10T20:26:57.053+11:00**Biology NotesI have enabled comments at my "Biology Notes" blog. Given its specialised subject matter, it has been quite successful. Arguably more successful than this one.JulianKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1162809566923896822006-11-06T21:37:00.000+11:002006-11-06T21:39:26.940+11:00**Are cuteness and leadership compatible?Mr Auster considers the issue.JulianKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1162617624995993732006-11-04T16:06:00.000+11:002006-11-04T16:20:25.013+11:00**"Crash" as a satire on the contraceptive society?I have been thinking about Cronenberg's movie "Crash". One odd thing that struck me about it recently is that there are very few, if any, children in the film. There are some other odd things about it that make it possible to "read" "Crash" as a post-contraceptive film. By which, I mean a film about a world in which sex has been set free totallyKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1162347402844555552006-11-01T13:03:00.000+11:002006-11-15T19:12:08.006+11:00**Feminine characters in contemporary American popular cultureI can think of two:Dr Cameron from "House MD". (Very "girly" in her reactions.)Jane from Disney's Tarzan. (All other Disney cartoon heroines these days are "feisty".)I can't think of any others right now. Suggestions welcome.JulianPS I've found another one, Rachael from Blade Runner. Wikipedia doesn't seem to approve of her femininity:Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1161252008854963792006-10-19T19:55:00.000+10:002006-10-19T20:00:08.870+10:00**Rod Dreher goes Eastern OrthodoxHe seems to have been badly affected by the clergy sexual abuse scandal.This scandal could have been prevented if the Catholic Church in the West had listened to Pope John XXIII, who tried to ban homosexuals from the priesthood in 1961.The damage was completely self-inflicted and was pure folly.JulianKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1161223976906078902006-10-19T09:48:00.000+10:002006-10-19T20:14:21.180+10:00**"Anglican Difficulties" ...... was the title of a book by Cardinal Newman, the nineteenth century convert from Anglicanism to Catholicism. It is also the title of this post, because of the current "difficulties" being experienced in the worldwide Anglican communion, which is no mean thing, being something like 100 million souls I understand.The great unmentioned truth about missionary activity Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1160820624867420552006-10-14T19:49:00.000+10:002006-10-14T20:23:56.193+10:00**Non-Paternity ("cuckoldry")Rampant paternity fraud an 'urban myth'.I have been interested in the (over-)estimation of non-paternity in modern society for some time. See my post here.Figures of "10%" of children not being those of the nominal father of the family have been bandied about a lot in recent years. The figure seems prima facie too high. Also it seems inconsistent with the Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1160024084128564322006-10-05T14:47:00.000+10:002006-10-05T15:06:25.723+10:00**On not reading booksI see that someone at the Sarsaparilla blog is writing about the books he hasn't read - "What I'm Not Reading".Here is another article on the pleasure of not reading, with more of an emphasis on non-fiction - "Books I Did Not Read This Year".Here is another article on this important issue.JulianKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1160022957328308792006-10-05T14:27:00.000+10:002006-10-05T14:38:58.530+10:00**Another review of Ballard's new novel... at another Australian blog called Sarsaparilla.I've been watching Cronenberg's film of Ballard's "Crash" today and yesterday I read his 1962 short story "The Watch-Towers". Both are so much better than Ballard's latest novel, "Kingdom Come". But, in fairness, the man is nearly 76.JulianKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1159841443177420512006-10-03T12:05:00.000+10:002006-10-03T12:31:54.840+10:00**JG Ballard's new novel "Kingdom Come"I finished Kingdom Come. It's not good Ballard: but bad Ballard is still worthwhile. His capacity for the intellectual one-liner is still there, and most - though not all - of them hit home nicely. This, if nothing else, sustained me through to the end.The novel is another in the author's recent series of didactic crime stories. And it also seems to me that Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1158409179264942532006-09-16T22:04:00.000+10:002006-09-16T22:24:43.260+10:00**Death of Steve IrwinI want to say something (belatedly) about the death of Steve Irwin, naturalist and TV personality. I was very sorry when he died, much more affected than I expected. He always reminded me quite pleasantly of some of the outgoing young field zoologists I studied with at university. He was just a bit more extreme and dedicated, I suppose. I also liked his politics, which were Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1156593476943299072006-08-26T21:42:00.000+10:002006-08-26T23:30:55.826+10:00**Indonesian scientists and others claim the "Hobbit" was only an aberrant pygmyHere is the article from PNAS.Here is an interesting passage referring to the small size of the Hobbit (designated Homo floresiensis by some):" Reduction in size on Flores is unsurprising in an ecosystem characterized by a humid climate, hilly topography, and abundant undergrowth of vegetation. Maintenance of body Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1156588062060276112006-08-26T20:17:00.000+10:002006-08-26T20:50:51.743+10:00**The Tao of MathematicsTerence Tao, an Australian of Chinese origin, has won a Fields Medal, the premier mathematics prize in the world. He is a proud Australian.There have been claims that Professor Tao has an IQ of 221. This claim is found on the Polish version of Wikipedia, but not the English for some reason. An IQ of 221 would be at the extreme limit of recorded IQs.Asian kids are doing Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1155799944263006382006-08-17T17:22:00.000+10:002006-08-17T17:32:24.280+10:00**More on "walking trees", the science of miraclesFollowing on from my post below, I have found, via this blog, that yet another writer has made the same point about the miracle at Bethsaida. This time it is "D Keith Mano", who is apparently quite a well-known writer and associated with prominent conservative American magazine, National Review. Here is his article, entitled "The Bethsaida Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1154852540217405732006-08-06T18:12:00.000+10:002006-08-06T18:22:20.243+10:00**In vino veritasA brilliant post by Steve Sailer. But I have one quibble. I think it is arguable that Christianity has traditionally taught the equality of all humans at the level of the soul (although Aquinas, it is not widely remembered, seemed to believe that the souls of women were less exalted than those of men.) However, Christianity has always been a religion that accepted earthly Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1154565616015894862006-08-03T10:25:00.000+10:002006-08-08T09:10:11.340+10:00* * "Walking Trees": The science of the miracle at BethsaidaIn 1994, I wrote about the perceptual psychology of the New Testament accounts of the curing of blindness in St Mark's Review, an Anglican journal based here in Canberra. The article was entitled “Seeing is perceiving" and appeared in No. 159, pp. 30-31. I have a copy on the Internet on this page (scroll down). I mentioned the case of Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1153227951638815962006-07-18T23:03:00.000+10:002006-07-18T23:05:51.650+10:00**Itchy and ScratchyI have a new note on my biology blog on why people itch.JulianKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1152852649110862182006-07-14T14:44:00.000+10:002006-07-14T14:58:40.396+10:00**Article reaffirms truthsI think this article by Dr Peter Chojnowski is interesting and deserves a wide readership.Sample quote:" It will be my contention that women have their being as women actualized only through their relationship with men. Women need men in order to be truly women. Men, however, do not need women in order to be truly men. "I must say that I have noticed that women are Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1152846583919206062006-07-14T13:08:00.000+10:002006-07-14T13:09:43.920+10:00**Another addition to my blogrollOrbis Catholicus.JulianKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1152588148987192752006-07-11T12:46:00.000+10:002006-07-11T13:22:29.113+10:00**Catholics the New York Times actually likesSteve Sailer complains that the New York Times has rediscovered the Spanish Catholic history of North America, and is using it to promote a pro-immigration argument. Much as I admire Steve's mental abilities and agree with him about many things, I think he has a blind spot here. It pains me to say it, but I think the New York Times is more-or-less Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1152488481364214702006-07-10T09:33:00.000+10:002006-07-10T10:54:40.280+10:00**"Darwin Catholic"Darwin Catholic - "where religion, philosophy and demographics meet" - looks interesting. I found out about it at the Gene Expression blog."Mr and Mrs Darwin" seem to richly deserve blogrolling.The blog covers Catholicism and Darwinism, like mine.Lawrence Auster has some interesting material on Darwinism and Liberalism at his blog here. His post, at View From the Right, is Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1152269022645139412006-07-07T20:42:00.000+10:002006-07-07T20:43:42.656+10:00**New post on evolution of homosexuality in manAt my biology blog, Biology Notes.JulianKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1151405943103083422006-06-27T20:56:00.000+10:002006-06-27T20:59:03.116+10:00**St Cyril of AlexandriaApparently it is the feast day today (27 January) of St Cyril of Alexandria. I have this book on his involvement in the Christological controversy, a fascinating story. It is nice to read about old theological controversies, which are more-or-less safely decided.JulianKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1151404759038077992006-06-27T20:35:00.000+10:002006-06-27T20:39:19.050+10:00**Two new blogs for the blogrollAgainst All HeresiesDymphna's RoadGreat name, Dymphna. St Dymphna, patron saint of the mentally ill.JulianKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1150455226622345032006-06-16T20:52:00.000+10:002006-06-16T20:53:46.643+10:00**AphorismLife as a domestic cat is like life as a domestic servant. Everything depends on finding the right household.JulianKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1148900743787808372006-05-29T20:52:00.000+10:002006-05-29T21:16:29.440+10:00**Ancient marine reptilesFor a long time, I have wanted to obtain a really good book on ancient marine reptiles: ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs and so on. I was in an ordinary second hand bookshop on the weekend, for a few moments, idly looking at their small biology section, when I was delighted to find a copy of "Ancient Marine Reptiles" by Callaway and Nichols. It was a pristine copy for only 16 Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1147509429419270242006-05-13T17:55:00.000+10:002006-05-13T18:52:05.556+10:00**Scientists have emotions, just like real peopleOne of H G Wells' less well-known short stories is "The Moth", about the hatred that develops between two entomologists. The hatred in the story began when one scientist "extinguished a new species" created by the other. That is, he wrote a paper claiming that a supposedly new species was only something that had already been described.The latest Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1147346916868891052006-05-11T21:17:00.000+10:002006-05-11T22:04:55.383+10:00**More listening to air traffic controlI regularly listen to air traffic control at this site; cf. my last post.I find it very relaxing and satisfying. JFK Tower ("Kennedy Tower") in New York is on as I write - it seems busy at this time - and it is one of the best to listen to. I recently heard a pilot tell air traffic control that he had hit a bird, and just missed two others. Such a bird Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1146405851391351212006-04-30T23:56:00.000+10:002006-05-01T10:59:29.423+10:00**New York air traffic control: New York attitudeI was just listening to the John F Kennedy airport air traffic control live from New York, via this site.Two interesting things. One was hearing someone say "when that happens, it really sucks".The other, a bit later, was hearing an exchange between an air traffic controller and an airline pilot, which went something like this:Airline pilot: I justKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1146403813479024772006-04-30T23:19:00.000+10:002006-04-30T23:36:38.030+10:00**The Bulldogs continue to break their supporters' heartsI have been thrilled by the great start to the season by the Footscray ("Western") Bulldogs. But they have now lost their first game for the season; and it was a bad loss too, playing the Adelaide Crows.The excuse I have heard for decades now is that Footscray is a "young team". The same excuse was offered after this latest debacle: "a Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1146401986971385182006-04-30T22:46:00.000+10:002006-04-30T22:59:47.026+10:00**Underground car parks in the ArtsI have added a few more sites to my blogroll, including one featuring photographs of underground car parks by Branislav Kropilak. Perhaps not surprisingly, they resemble a painting by one of my favourite artists, the Australian Jeffrey Smart, namely his "The Underground Car Park" (1993). Unfortunately, I can't find an image of Smart's painting on the Internet.Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1144997006946201152006-04-14T16:19:00.000+10:002006-04-14T17:27:29.483+10:00**Good Friday diabetes scareMy five year old vomited a bit this morning, so we thought we'd take him to the doctor. There is a locum service that will see people out of normal hours here in Canberra. So I took him this afternoon. The woman doctor checked him out and thought it was probably nothing much - just keep him off dairy products because of the vomiting. And her advice was to give him Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1144405874280989922006-04-07T20:23:00.000+10:002006-04-07T20:32:54.503+10:00**Footscray starts the season wellA good win against Richmond. It is good to beat one of the "big teams" in the competition, especially Richmond, a team I hate almost as much as Carlton and Collingwood. And Essendon.I joined up as member of the Footscray ("Western") Bulldogs this year. An "Armchair Membership", since I don't live in Melbourne. I had a Junior Membership for my son last year, but Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1143281465852966792006-03-25T21:09:00.000+11:002006-03-25T21:11:05.866+11:00**Scientific addition to the blogrollI have added "Calodema" to my blogroll. This is the website of prolific Australian field biologist, Trevor Hawkeswood.JulianKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1142590433029128062006-03-17T21:02:00.000+11:002006-03-25T22:08:24.803+11:00**"The Episcopalian Church of the USA"I have long suspected that the above church did not really exist, but was merely a vehicle for satire. No group of human beings could possibly be so consistently absurd. Surely, I said to myself, there is no such church; this hybrid of English whimsy and American weirdness, with its plans for Lesbian bishops, is too hard to credit. It is all like something Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1142589284817779012006-03-17T20:52:00.000+11:002006-03-17T20:56:56.780+11:00**England becoming a police stateMore evidence.I pray the elderly couple win a big, fat apology from Blair's pipsqueak thought police.JulianKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1142499386196409362006-03-16T19:51:00.000+11:002006-03-16T19:56:26.210+11:00**Barefoot and PregnantOver at the blog, Barefoot and Pregnant, Valerie in Cincinnati, Ohio, has changed the look of her blog, which is now a fetching pink and includes a picture to illustrate the blog title.JulianKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1142458012634151402006-03-16T08:24:00.000+11:002006-03-16T08:26:52.653+11:00**Happy Birthday ...Susie.(a woman with very sound views)JulianKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1141981190650060982006-03-10T19:56:00.000+11:002006-03-10T19:59:51.096+11:00**Cranes at work in ChinaHere.I made a little money buying and selling shares in this company recently - Boom Logistics - an Australian crane company. I used to be able to look at a crane and feel a proprietary interest in it, or at least the crane industry.JulianKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1141977518541522682006-03-10T18:54:00.000+11:002006-03-10T18:58:38.553+11:00**Excellent JG Ballard siteHere is an excellent site on the novelist and short story writer, with lots of fascinating cover art.I have always thought that some of the paintings of Australian artist Jeffrey Smart would be perfect for covers of Ballard's books.JulianKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1141900367057747172006-03-09T21:26:00.000+11:002006-03-09T22:20:02.983+11:00**The only difficulty with...... this theory ...which I found while looking for the Caltech Cheer Squad ... is that colour vision in early man could hardly have been used to " discriminate slight changes in skin tone due to blushing and blanching " because early humans, being Africans, presumably had black skin.On the other hand, my theory that the pink lips of Africans are used to signal health Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1141899998869283662006-03-09T21:23:00.000+11:002006-03-09T21:26:38.880+11:00**And the Caltech Cheer Squad... is here.As with the MIT Cheer Squad, there are a lot of Asian girls. Brains and beauty.JulianKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1141898660208942242006-03-09T21:02:00.000+11:002006-03-09T21:13:10.590+11:00**The Nerdettes!The MIT Cheer Squad.Actually, I think they are very sweet.Another picture of them in action.JulianKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1141800527416423032006-03-08T17:46:00.000+11:002006-03-08T17:48:47.416+11:00**Also adding another Catholic blog to my blogrollNamely, Shrine of the Holy Whapping. Bad name, good blog.This post, on the iconography of a "mystical crucifixion", was particularly interesting.JulianKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1141799993910937162006-03-08T17:29:00.000+11:002006-03-10T19:32:22.980+11:00**Film with the same name as one of my favourite films wins OscarStory here.I hardly read fiction, except for JG Ballard. And Cronenberg is a director whose films I tend to like. So I was rather pleased with "Crash", based on a book written by the former, and directed by the latter. And rather peeved that a new film with the same name - on America's most boring obsession - race - won the Oscar Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1141032793804555622006-02-27T20:28:00.000+11:002006-02-28T08:14:05.156+11:00**Domestic bliss ...Last night my wife ironed my shirts in a dress and bare feet.And she looked cute.JulianKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1137836789209045112006-01-21T20:11:00.000+11:002006-01-22T21:02:37.966+11:00**Another fine issue of "Calodema"Trevor Hawkeswood keeps up a high standard with his latest issue of "Calodema", "An Australian biological journal devoted to promoting knowledge about the flora and fauna of Australia and the Pacific". Volume 4, with the now familiar cover illustration of the magnificent Australian jewel beetle, Calodema regale, includes some observations that will intrigue Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1137493568438155082006-01-17T21:21:00.000+11:002006-01-17T21:26:08.450+11:00**Telluric currents and the origin of lifeTelluric currents are electrical currents in the earth's crust. Here is an Australian reference to them - "Steve's Telluric Pages".My thinking about the role of such currents in a subterranean origin of life is here.JulianKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1136414829198032102006-01-05T09:44:00.000+11:002006-01-05T16:18:46.200+11:00**Why the Pope was right about Humanae Vitae?Mark Steyn on the West's demographic decline.An American complaining that he is losing the demographic battle.JulianKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1136381611866837382006-01-05T00:27:00.000+11:002006-01-05T00:35:23.856+11:00**Salted cashewsI have been eating a lot of ("Nobby's" brand) salted cashews lately. They are very tasty, though relatively expensive - for nuts. Today I went to a Coles supermarket, here in Canberra. A full range of Nobby's nuts is still available, except the cashews. Instead, Coles is now selling their own "Coles" brand of salted cashews, with words of approval from, and a picture of, "Duncan, Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1136357569727671662006-01-04T17:41:00.000+11:002006-01-04T20:51:36.940+11:00**American WomanSteve Sailer writes about the marked relative decline in the number of young men attending higher education in the United States compared with young women:" One of the oft-forgotten rules of history is that the fate of a society's males determines the fate of the society. In the big picture, women's lives vary much less than men's lives. A culture in which men achieve at less thanKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1135907912075101482005-12-30T12:36:00.000+11:002006-01-04T00:27:52.950+11:00**Evolution of SexI have been reading about this topic, including WD Hamilton's ideas about sex evolving to provide genetic recombination to make it more difficult for parasites to attack. I have also been reading about RL Trivers' ideas on conflict within the genome. Putting some of these thoughts together, I wonder if sex might have evolved to rid cells of worthless ("parasitic") genetic Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1135248468527727602005-12-22T21:42:00.000+11:002005-12-22T22:06:38.226+11:00**Some of the truth behind the Australian riots" Three lifesavers objected to Lebanese Muslims bullying a group of women because of their bathing costumes. These Muslim thugs attacked the greatly outnumbered lifesavers and badly beat them, rendering one of them unconscious. "Full article here.Another sample:" So how is Premier Morris Iemma dealing with the situation? He is telling law abiding Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1135128661358045302005-12-21T12:24:00.000+11:002005-12-21T12:31:01.370+11:00**Evolution and ReligionRichard Dawkins is an English evolutionary theorist, perhaps most famous for his anti-Christian rantings in the role of Global Village Atheist. It might therefore be salutary to recall that one of the best modern English students of early evolution, Simon Conway Morris, is a Christian, an Anglican to be precise.JulianKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1135125586652290142005-12-21T11:34:00.000+11:002005-12-21T11:40:49.953+11:00**Liberal politician taunts thought police" At the behest of Muslim bigots and multiculturalist fanatics the Bracks Government suspended free speech in Victoria by imposing a blasphemy law dressed up as an anti-vilification law. This has given Islamo-fascists a freehand to attack critics of Islam. "The writer, Gerard Jackson, dares the authorities to prosecute him under Victoria's "religious Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1134723922480330082005-12-16T19:45:00.000+11:002005-12-16T20:13:04.306+11:00**Ancient heroes and their Y chromosomesSteve Sailer writes about some Irish and Scots mediaeval patriarchs and the remarkable number of their descendants. (He also mentions the case of Genghis Khan, who apparently had a huge number of descendants sharing his Y chromosome.) The implication is that these mediaeval patriarchs, one of whom gave his name to the Irish O'Neill family, were Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1134209447024857902005-12-10T21:07:00.000+11:002005-12-10T21:43:38.673+11:00**What a jokeA marvellous quote:" "To call out a team of lawyers to insist that people say 'Merry Christmas' — what could be less in the Christmas spirit?" asked Jeremy Gunn, director of the American Civil Liberties Union's Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief. "Don't they have anything better to do?" he asked. "A man from the American Civil Liberties Union asks "Don't they have anything Karna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1134208593653474212005-12-10T20:55:00.000+11:002005-12-10T20:56:33.696+11:00**My message to the St George BankThis is the query I have just e-mailed to the St George Bank:" As a longtime St George customer, I would like to know why your ATM message greets me with "Happy Holidays", not "Happy Christmas". "JulianKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1134199157981007532005-12-10T18:15:00.000+11:002005-12-10T18:24:15.096+11:00**Today's newspapers: How "The Age" and "The Canberra Times" depict menThe (Melbourne) Age, true to type, had a feature article today with a headline gloating about the "extinction" of men. (The same male-bashing we've endured for decades.) Meanwhile, the front page of The Canberra Times was taken up with a story on Professor Chris Parish, a man, and his new cure for cancer.JulianKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5770178.post-1134198941072794132005-12-10T18:13:00.000+11:002005-12-10T18:15:41.086+11:00**Angela Shanahan on local disgrace, Jon StanhopeHere.In the words of Henry Higgins, "how delightful!".JulianKarna O'Deahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13664573386167940506noreply@blogger.com