Into the UN known?

Even Oligarchies suffer dog days when nothing seems to work...

Fertiliser?

About a decade ago I was driving to an Apple computer users* weekend meeting on the other side of Melbourne when I was delayed in Mt.Alexander Road by a huge green truck backing out of the Essendon plant farm after making a delivery. It was emblazoned with a well known fertiliser Company's name (not Mutual) supported by a slogan which had both pedestrian and motorist spectators in stitches.

When I got to the meeting, even the most straight-laced elderly members couldn't hide their amusement when I related the en-route experience.

* AUSOM... Apple-users Society of Melbourne.

Manus mess

Well... here's something you don't see very often (in recent times anyway).

That's it!.. a cartoon and blog post originally drawn/composed by yours truly AND posted to various social media outlets within 24 hrs!

Will wonders ever cease?

Oh... the subject there-of? The 'brass-alloy' response of our Prime Minister to news media questions about what the government is doing in the aftermath of shooting violence at the Manus Island 'detention' centre' was to gesticulate with his hands whilst blurting out 'that's PNG's problem!'

What???!

Traffic jams

The things that destroy any latent joy which may have attached itself to motoring in the past.

Speaking of the past, this cartoon originally accompanied a blog during the second half of 2012, almost certainly after some massive motor-way screw-up affecting commuters in the Melbourne area. These occurrences are by no means unusual, but the sign tells me that either Roads or Government 'authorities' must have reacted to the grid-lock in a cavalier fashion which did nothing to assuage the anger of motorists caught up in the mess(?)

Shock Jocks...

... you've gotta love 'em or despise 'em.

Back in September 2012, I fell squarely in the latter group where I remain firmly entrenched today. Mr. Jones' trumpeting must've especially stirred my bile at the time for me to conjure up this depiction of him. It accompanied an entry in an old blog of mine but the text element of that post is temporarily out of reach on a HD trapped inside an old computer which ceased operating only a few weeks ago.

Yes, I know...BACK UP, BACK UP!!

Labour Day?

I'm currently in a bit of a miasma over the medical tests aftermath of a fall from an exercise machine in our local municipal park last Monday morning. The momentary brain fade was identical to a series of the same 'VASA VAGAL' fainting incidents I had become familiar with during a long surgical battle with twisted bowel syndrome from 2005 to 2008. As often happens in these circumstances, the accident itself did little physical damage beyond the odd bruise and minor soreness, but an X-ray has thrown up a couple of ancillary mysteries which require more elaborate scans from next Monday. IMO, the medical tests treadmill is always far more stressful than actual treatment for disorders.

It also hogs your mind to the detriment of creative thoughts like lampooning the news or social behaviour in cartoon form. Hence, I am left to post re-runs of older work for a while until the medical test tunnel is fully negotiated. Today's slightly re-worked post is from my blog for Labour day in March 2012.

April fool?

Feeling quite wan in recent days. This is just a bit of fluff illustrating a random comment from a conversation with my son a couple of days ago.