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Sarah Palin’s Dark Universe

at Vanity Fair

just what is it

…that makes today’s religion so different, so appealing? (seen in Narrandera, 20.8.10) (With apologies to Richard Hamilton) (it’s that curvy eyebrow that makes you wonder…)

how are the mighty fallen

…and the weapons of war perished. (King James 1611 1.27) N.B. The first Blue Streak rocket was supposed to land in the Indian Ocean! And this first one went so far off the radar that it took 16 years to find it.

post-Photoshop photography

Straight photography is over. But who is writing about it? For what it’s worth here’s a start. And see this classic phibbing-with-photography cover shot analysis our friend Max Allen has discovered at Jezebel.

sacred boot tree

…seen on the road between Waikerie and Burra…

excess on wheels: yet somehow appropriate?

Let your eyes wander over the curvaceous 1949 Delahaye 175 S Roadster designed by the Russian/French Iakov (Jacques) Saoutchik, and you’ll understand why it was formerly owned by the British actress Diana Dors… read the story at ArtDaily. And, btw, what was that colour called? P.S. Yours for $3.3m.

does your eight-pack give you a headache?

…in your dreams! See this and other imaginaries by Fritz Kahn at accidental mysteries.

gender and forgetfulness

(do not read on if you’re not in the mood for distraction) Fact: within the past 24 hours two teenage boys have either lost at school, or forgotten to take to school: a bag containing a pair of shorts, socks, shin guards, soccer boots, a camera, a phone, an iPod, a timetable, and wallet and that all it contains. If anyone has a solution, please advise…

Australia in Afghanistan: four suggestions

ANU’s Amin Saikal puts forward four suggestions with regards to Australia’s “mission” in Afghanistan. With a ten-year timeframe.

a jar of whose hair?

Trust me… go to anonymous works – one of my favourite sites