one fellow's political coverage, music ramblings and general hijinks across decades under a range of guises at several locations often in a state of awe.
MELBOURNE–Very close to the big day… and I don’t mean taking the new sections of this site out of beta as Mr Adam is getting married on Friday April 18, 2008, in a wee park in Williamstown, Melbourne. Very good friends from Tokyo to Perth, Hong Kong to Kangaroo Island, Brisbane to Waroona, and Sydney … Continue reading “Mental Notes: April 2008”
Indonesia is currently experiencing a movie phenomenon not seen since the theatre-filled days of Titanic. That film sold more than three million tickets in Indonesia during its three-month run in 1997. But the locally-written and produced Ayat-Ayat Cinta is set to eclipse the box office any day now – and in under a month. The … Continue reading “Indonesia blockbuster sinks Titanic”
From WorldWide Religious News.
MELBOURNE–You thought your job was sh*t… A spate of suicides has prompted India to increase perks for soldiers deployed to a glacier in disputed Kashmir. About 120 soldiers killed themselves last year, most of them posted to the 6,300-metre high Siachen glacier. Government officials say allowances will be increased by 80 per cent in a … Continue reading “Mental Notes: August 2007”
There is more than a little bitterness being expressed by world leaders in the United Nations General Assembly this week. As our Washington correspondent Mike Kellerman reports, speaking with Adam Connors, the UN podium is being used more frequently as a forum for sniping, while some of the real issues are being neglected.
Next to Indonesia where in May this year, a drilling accident in the south of the island of Surabaya caused a massive rupture in the earth, unleashing a still-uncontained flow of hot, toxic mud.
As India mourns the deaths of the more than 200 people killed in July’s train bombings in Mumbai, South Asia again faces the possibility that simmering religious tensions may be to blame.
Just 15 years after gaining its independence from the former Soviet Union, the central European country of Belarus is increasingly adopting many old habits of the Soviets.
It was 20 years ago today… that Maradona taught England how to play.
Riding the coat tails of the biggest sporting event in the world, comes a huge industry in merchandise and collectibles. For instance, in the UK alone the Centre for Economics and Business Research has estimated shoppers will spend up to $3-billion Australian dollars just on clothing goods, during the World Cup frenzy.
