tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-184806862024-03-23T11:03:28.145-07:00mummifiedmaking sense of the chaosMummifiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09761224286337657403noreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18480686.post-9334169268134652552017-12-01T15:42:00.004-08:002017-12-01T15:42:52.831-08:00So Don Burke has Aspergers...For the sake of argument, lets assume that Don Burke is telling the truth.
I don't believe it, but lets give it a go.
He has Aspergers.
The thing is, with Aspergers, sometimes your "thinking it but mustn't say it aloud" filters don't work, ever.
Hence you find yourself telling the unvarnished truth.
Before that, you have had to have had the thoughts that you express.
The nature of the allegations of sexual harassment etc against the Don indicate that he had a very mucky mind. Truly disgusting.
Outbursts or broadcasting from those who have Aspergers get their source material from the source.
Draw their water from the well, as it were.
Based on what we have heard to date, that is some revolting, poisonous water he is working with.
Just sayin'Mummifiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09761224286337657403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18480686.post-88091685438908516462017-11-16T22:06:00.002-08:002017-11-17T16:09:09.576-08:00Oh Tay Tay...seriously ?One of my pieces of dirty laundry is that I love Taylor Swift. Yep, that is right,love her.
The songs make me sing along, she is an extraordinary business woman, she's only 27 and she rocks.
Until now.
I am devastated to learn about her new online portal which offers fans the chance to move up the queue to try to get (no guarantees) tickets to see her.
She has used a classic gaming model (yes I do mean video game but also in the economics modelling sense). As fans buy merch, they move up the queue, getting closer to tickets.
Not with a defined goal like, pay X and you get Y. No, pay X and you might get a shot at Y. Seriously Taylor ? You really need to push your young, impressionable fans harder to make more cash ? Sorry Tay Tay but this decision is where you and ethics get a divorce... a really nasty one.
Mummifiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09761224286337657403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18480686.post-78328704533125799742017-11-16T21:30:00.000-08:002017-11-16T21:48:47.209-08:00Crayons anyone ?SO...
North Korea’s Official Media agency has said that Donald Trump is “ A coward who deserves to die”. Before that, the Donald (in a backhanded way) said Kim Jong-Un was “short and fat”. And before that, Kim Jong-Un said Trump was “old” and "a lunatic". And this is just the kindergarten name-calling stage. God help us all if either of them get hold of a box of crayons...😕Mummifiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09761224286337657403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18480686.post-1269580340045289992017-11-16T21:00:00.002-08:002017-11-16T21:00:33.736-08:00Somewhere, over the 🌈The plebiscite is over.
YES !
Finally, something Australia has done that I don’t have to be ashamed about.
Maybe now I won’t have to wear a disguise whenever I travel abroad.
And yes, I know we still have a long way to go...Mummifiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09761224286337657403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18480686.post-82995356793233481452011-01-25T16:14:00.000-08:002011-01-25T16:14:18.818-08:00You can't handle the truthiness...<a href="http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/conservapedia-a-beacon-of-truthiness-in-dark-times/">The truth, the whole truth and anything but the truth...</a>Mummifiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09761224286337657403noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18480686.post-81284287439552746272011-01-24T21:06:00.000-08:002011-01-24T21:06:31.864-08:00Natalie, Natalie, Natalie - bad grrrl<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpMPFGBtE7Q">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpMPFGBtE7Q</a>Mummifiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09761224286337657403noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18480686.post-61695154642648360932011-01-24T15:20:00.000-08:002011-01-24T15:20:15.044-08:00Golden Globes 2011 - Ricky Gervais Opening Monologue<iframe width="480" height="295" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/BvHXzP2SpLA?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>Mummifiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09761224286337657403noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18480686.post-60204270753744696162011-01-24T14:56:00.000-08:002011-01-25T16:37:31.998-08:00Alive and kickingNew Year, New Life.<br />
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I recommend to you: <a href="http://aliveandwell.co">www.aliveandwell.co</a> for a thoughtful approach to wellness.<br />
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I've applied a lot of the general principles to assist with my own well-being and found them very helpful.Mummifiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09761224286337657403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18480686.post-27292433992554158792010-04-11T00:52:00.000-07:002010-04-11T01:10:47.626-07:00Lisbeth is coming to get you....So finally got "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" out here in the cinemas.<div>Goodness knows how long we'll have to wait for films 2 and 3 of the Steig Larsson trilogy.</div><div>So do the normal nerd thing and visit the website.</div><div>Site is basic text and pictures only.</div><div><br /></div><div>Pathetic.</div><div><br /></div><div>If Lisbeth were real, she would have caused it to implode in a fiery binary blizzard.</div><div><br /></div><div>When will we get the other two films, when ????</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Mummifiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09761224286337657403noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18480686.post-21294257923904580292008-01-21T22:07:00.000-08:002008-01-21T22:25:06.895-08:00New year, old townBoy, they say a change is as good as a holiday but they are talking total crap.<br />A holiday is as good as it gets. <br /><br />After feeling like an utter drudge - flattened, bruised and exhausted at the end of 2007 - I have just spent the last 3 weeks on a road trip avec famille - slept, slept, slept, slept, played, played, played, played, ate, ate, ate - well, you get the picture.<br /><br />Went back to a tiny coastal town in NSW that I had fond memories of as a teenager.<br /><br />Rounded the final curve in the road before coming into town and got ready to flinch..<br /><br />'Cos, lets face it, almost any bit of coastal land on the Eastern seaboard of Australia between Sydney and Melbourne has been developed to the max, had its teeth whitened, and is wearing the property equivalent of a shiny silver g-string. <br /><br />So my eyes are scrunched shut and the stress in my shoulders in killing me and we go around the bend and .... it was almost the same as 25 years ago. Humble, simple, fibro shacks, basic shops and fabulous beaches. I could have cried with joy.<br /><br />And we had a lovely, simple, humble holiday. Beach, sand castles, reading, eating, talking - oh the utter joy.<br /><br />Welcome to 2008 - the year of authenticityMummifiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09761224286337657403noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18480686.post-22695631802415650102007-11-14T21:41:00.000-08:002007-11-14T21:46:52.117-08:00It's a woman's perogative...to change her mind<br /><br />I'm back and will write more soon.<br />Had a PAID public reading of my poetry on Tuesday.<br /><br />Still on a word-induced happiness high. <br />The massive rose and red wine consumption this week has probably helped....<br /><br />And the sky is blue and the sun is shining and we need more rain to break the drought. <br /><br />Putting in a dripper system at the moment so that the garden doesn't cark it (translation - die inelegantly) over summer.<br /><br />AdiosMummifiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09761224286337657403noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18480686.post-83198755961550466272007-11-07T20:23:00.000-08:002007-11-07T20:25:05.654-08:00bubble headHave left blogspot for a new friend.<br />You can find me on www.redbubble.com<br />Still mummified - but a lot more creative these daysMummifiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09761224286337657403noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18480686.post-29953537402953225682007-09-29T15:18:00.000-07:002007-09-29T15:22:14.486-07:00Righto then, lets get a move on....Aloha,<br /><br />Back from the dead (or should that be the flu then a stomach bug ? My, my these creches give your young child so much more than a good education). Spring is sprung so the garden is gorgeous. Can hear a small fella stirring so will sign off and hope to write again soon.<br /><br />:-)Mummifiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09761224286337657403noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18480686.post-40144290093637282462007-09-02T23:56:00.000-07:002007-09-02T23:57:53.632-07:00BookwormAt school I was bookish,<br />To book - a bookworm. <br />What would that be in Latin ?<br />Bookum, Booket, Booker<br />The Booker – yeah baby !<br /><br />Others had their marathons, I had the MS Readathon.<br />They had cramps, I had a comfy chair.<br /><br />Why is it bookworm anyway ?<br />Small, peevish, short sighted…slightly slimy<br />Alright – environmentally sound – but dull nevertheless.<br /><br />It seems so passive – bookworm<br />Why not book Gazelle ? Book Cheetah ? Book Swan ?<br />‘Cos I’m a lover and a fighter.<br /><br />I’ll see your James Hird, your Buckley and Sheeds<br />With my Lindqvist, Eggers and Clarke.<br /><br />And I’ll raise you a Kaz Cooke ‘cos nothing beats that.Mummifiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09761224286337657403noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18480686.post-84667328018946854762007-09-01T14:36:00.001-07:002007-09-02T23:53:24.568-07:00Well it won't be this one...Mummified has spent the week scratching her head, trying to come up with a new poem.<br /><br />The following is what I started with. Yes, yes, yes, I know - it is a piece of doggerel but it made me laugh.<br /><br />It is NOT what I shall use tonight. I will publish that next week sometime but I reckon a few mums will identify with the content of this.<br /><br /><br />And I love you<br />But I hate, this thing that I've become.<br />My mind can't find the words and my life is set on "stunned".<br /><br />I lose the house keys daily,<br />I scrabble on the floor,<br />Even when I find them,<br />I can't get them in the door.<br /><br />And I love you<br />But I hate, this thing that I've become.<br />My mind can't find the words and my life is set on "stunned".<br /><br />If I dress myself at all,<br />it's backwards, inside out,<br />I've vomit on my shoulder,<br />and my back has given out.<br /><br />And I love you<br />But I hate, this thing that I've become.<br />My mind can't find the words and my life is set on "stunned".<br /><br />Sleep is but a distant dream,<br />I'm chasing to the shore.<br />I only get a little bit,<br />Oh God, I'd love some more.<br /><br />And I love you<br />But I hate, this thing that I've become.<br />My mind is set on "shutdown" and my life is set on "stunned".Mummifiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09761224286337657403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18480686.post-50698433046423759282007-08-27T01:55:00.000-07:002007-08-27T02:13:21.956-07:00Utterly, utterly hilariousMummified has been selected as a finalist in Poetry Idol.<br /><br />Fortunately, Simon Cowan - the scary bloke from American Idol - will not be judging.<br /><br />The event is part of the Melbourne Writer's Festival and Mummified will be performing in front of a large number of people in a big theatre.<br /><br />GULP !<br /><br />It can't be that hard. If you've been through childbirth, nothing else is scary.<br /><br />All I have to do this week is write the most amazing poem possible, learn it by heart and find a way to perform it without sending the audience to sleep. <br /><br />CRIPES !<br /><br />Wish me luck and I promise, I will start writing mummified more regularly when September is over.<br /><br />MummifiedMummifiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09761224286337657403noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18480686.post-8767756074553554102007-07-27T03:13:00.000-07:002007-07-27T03:26:37.076-07:00About f***ing time - Haneef has been releasedDr Haneef has now been released from detention after being held since the 2nd July on providing "reckless" support to terrorists. Problem was - it wasn't his SIM card in the burning jeep in the UK - like the authorities claimed when they first held him without charge him then stuck him into jail. <br /><br />He is now back in his unit on the Gold Coast. Poor bloke probably won't even want to stay in Australia after this - even if he does get his visa back. When did I move from Australia - the land of tolerance and "a fair go for all" to this Kafka-esque wasteland ?<br /><br />I apologise to any Muslim readers of this blog. Australia can and should do better. I am ashamed that we have become such an intolerant police state. Don't get me wrong. Those who have committed terrorist acts should be caught and imprisoned but we have to do better than hold and question people for nearly a month for no good reason. <br /><br />Mummified is not impressed.Mummifiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09761224286337657403noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18480686.post-61682383885015501482007-07-26T21:30:00.000-07:002007-07-26T21:35:26.192-07:00Yippee yi ay....Righto, well am off to volunteer for the Melbourne Writer's Festival which happens at the end of August/early September here. Am also off to see Dave Eggers speak -hoorah - Mr McSweeney himself plus a cast of other notables...<br /><br />Yippee yi ay....<br /><br />Life is good right now and we actually had two mild days with real (not tinned) sunshine this week. What a difference a bit of blue sky and sun makes.<br /><br />Little fella is well. I have had a full night's sleep for nearly a week. If things get any better they will have to sedate me to avoid a mass breakout of jealousy from my friends.<br /><br />Toodles<br /><br />Mummified is happifiedMummifiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09761224286337657403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18480686.post-25777741414595012272007-07-02T22:12:00.000-07:002007-07-02T22:17:09.322-07:00Hipocritical oathWell, it works like this. There is the Hippocratic oath, taken by most Doctors and the hypocritical oath - taken by the Glasgow and London bombers. ie, yes I'm a doctor but I don't have a problem with killing as many people as possible in spectacularly inept car bomb attacks on the people of the UK.<br /><br />HIPOCRITESMummifiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09761224286337657403noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18480686.post-4604431648111041362007-06-29T15:48:00.000-07:002007-06-29T15:49:05.491-07:00Love her workhttp://reasonsyouwillhateme.blogspot.com/?source=cmailerMummifiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09761224286337657403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18480686.post-41409976749499015872007-06-29T15:44:00.000-07:002007-06-29T15:45:29.602-07:00Hack, Hack, cough, coughIt must be winter. <br />Little fella and I are coughing like pensioners.<br />And I haven't had a decent night's sleep for 7 days.<br /><br />Grrrrrrr.<br /><br />Be afraid, be very afraid...Mummifiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09761224286337657403noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18480686.post-45940730401566369022007-06-29T15:42:00.002-07:002007-06-29T15:44:11.430-07:00Thor - God of Thunder and home repairsWandering past an old Victorian house being renovated. <br />Saw a shingle out for "Thor's Home Repairs". What happened ?<br />Didn't being the Norse God of Thunder work out ?Mummifiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09761224286337657403noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18480686.post-15696122999246057552007-06-09T16:00:00.000-07:002007-06-09T16:04:45.114-07:00Lack of inspirationHaven't been around for a while<br /> <br />Lack of inspiration will do that to you<br /><br />The muse has flown and I think she nicked the cornflakes...<br /><br />Dammit<br /><br />I'll have to have toast instead - how dullMummifiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09761224286337657403noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18480686.post-59241694098539033992007-05-10T22:00:00.000-07:002007-05-10T22:09:17.820-07:00Holiday...do do do...do do doo....celebrate....Yes well I'm not going to apologise for that tragic version of Madonna's breakthrough hit song back in the 80's. Yes, it was slightly out of tune and breathy but that just makes it more authentic and like the way Madonna sang it before the studio engineer glossed it up on the sound deck.<br /><br />Umm, where was I ? Oh yes, holidays.<br /><br />Lonely Planet is a well known series of travel guides that sell around the world. They take the "off the beaten track", I'm a real "traveller" not a "tourist" approach.<br /><br />Actually they are pretty good.<br /><br />However, apparently they have been drenched in a wave of self righteous effluent recently according to my friend tango girl with the common phrases section attempting to translate the following: " Do you have fair trade coffee ?" " Are those energy efficient light bulbs ?" and the like.<br /><br />A couple of pointers people. In a poor country - question 1 sounds pretty patronising and you should take whatever they have. Question 2 assumes electricity.<br /><br />Just a thoughtMummifiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09761224286337657403noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18480686.post-19191360948215880772007-04-29T20:52:00.000-07:002007-04-29T21:06:15.917-07:00RIP - I think notThis is for Louise, my creative writing teacher who died of cancer last week.<br /><br />I do not wish for her to rest in peace. She would be singularly unimpressed by peace and la la angels. <br /><br />I wish for her to be in the great wine bar in the sky, drinking caberent sauvignon, scoffing brie and biscuits and carrying on, at length, with relevant quotations, as to why Cormac McCarthy was the greatest writer alive. <br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cormac_McCarthy<br /><br />This is for her emotional generosity and the encouragement that helped me keep writing through a dark time.<br /><br />This is for her irreverant sense of humour that not everyone understood (I often had to stifle my sniggering behind my hand at a particularly witty bon mot while others looked bemused).<br /><br />I don't pity her death. She would hate that and give me the verbal equivalent of a clip around the ear. I (with many, many others) am grateful for her life.<br /><br />All we have are our relationships and memories. All else turns to dust.Mummifiedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09761224286337657403noreply@blogger.com3