December 2010
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The Great Twitterbate, Part 2
This is the second epic day of the debate between Jeremy Sear and myself on the topic of proportional representation. If you missed the first part, its here.
We are debating the idea of proportional representation for Australia’s Parliament. If you don’t know what that means, this is all going to be rather lost on you, but you can find a good description on Wikipedia.
Remember. I am...
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The Great Twitterbate, Part One
This is a (very long) transcript of a debate between myself and Jeremy Sear, a young Twitteratus from Victoria, on the topic of proportional electoral systems. I’ve talked about this before, so apologies for repetition, but I thought my Twitter followers might like the complete version. The conversation/debate below is just the first part, which happened on Day One (Tuesday). I’ll add...
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Cheesy Fashions
Well, the Twitter poll has spoken. Not as many voters this time, but the result is clear. Fashion. And cheese.
I know very little about fashion. Frankly, it’s not something I think much about. And it shows. My fashion sense is divided into two categories; every article of clothing I wear fits into one of them.
a) What I can afford b) What doesn’t make me look like a total douche.
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Of Sex and Libraries
I am unfortunate in that I am a librarian, and male. Female librarians, they’re the subjects of sexual fantasies and fetishes. I’ve never been sure why, but the stereotype of the ‘sexy librarian’ in stockings and glasses remains a fairly common one. You can get costumes. There are websites devoted to it. At least, I assume there are. I wear glasses (when reading or at a computer, anyway) but I...
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How to run for Parliament - a guide in words
Yesterday I showed examples of photographs from the most cliched political pamphlet I have ever seen. You may remember them. If you didn’t, here they all are.
One thing I didn’t mention was the text of the pamphlet. Just like the photographs, it uses every single cliche known to man. If you follow this stuff, you will know that, like the images, using one or two of them is common,...
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How to run for parliament - a visual guide
A work colleague of mine, knowing I collect this stuff, offered me this today.
I think it’s incredible. It shows every single cliche it is possible to show in a political pamphlet. Most political material uses two or three of these, but the good folks at the NSW Nationals have gone all-out to win the seat of Monaro, which Labor holds by a quite high margin, but within the swing so...