Oh my, I’ve fallen into my old ways… writing about what I’ve read.
Still, this is a very interesting article. I think it makes a lot of good points, in so much as it does break down the mystery of death for the viewer (in this instance, Craig Ewert’s death). Still though, this would make death no less confronting for those who fear it, as it shows only the physical process, not the after affect. I think that is important, but still it breaks down some of the physical mystery. Well worth a read though.
The other interesting article was this one from the Australian, on the most influential and interesting Australians in 2008. Robbie Deans is an interesting inclusion, given that he is not an Australian but instead a Kiwi coaching the national rugby side. I was going to go off on some tangent ramble about the Australian’s focus on people like Jennifer Hawkins, but when you look how long the list is (193,378 people), I think that every man and his dog must be in there. I might look for the 2008 Rhodes Scholarship winners and the like, they’re probably in there. I hope that Casey Stoner & Mark Webber are in there!
Finally, I like the stereogum and so it was with interest that I looked over their top 50 albums of 08. I’m not too familiar with about 19 of them, & I’ve only got a couple of them, still it’s an interesting break down of the year. It’s interesting to compare the stereogum list to that of the Rolling Stone magazine. Bit of overlap, but not 1000% correlation.
LISTS! Lists are the key! Ranking, order, I love it!
Still, this is a very interesting article. I think it makes a lot of good points, in so much as it does break down the mystery of death for the viewer (in this instance, Craig Ewert’s death). Still though, this would make death no less confronting for those who fear it, as it shows only the physical process, not the after affect. I think that is important, but still it breaks down some of the physical mystery. Well worth a read though.
The other interesting article was this one from the Australian, on the most influential and interesting Australians in 2008. Robbie Deans is an interesting inclusion, given that he is not an Australian but instead a Kiwi coaching the national rugby side. I was going to go off on some tangent ramble about the Australian’s focus on people like Jennifer Hawkins, but when you look how long the list is (193,378 people), I think that every man and his dog must be in there. I might look for the 2008 Rhodes Scholarship winners and the like, they’re probably in there. I hope that Casey Stoner & Mark Webber are in there!
Finally, I like the stereogum and so it was with interest that I looked over their top 50 albums of 08. I’m not too familiar with about 19 of them, & I’ve only got a couple of them, still it’s an interesting break down of the year. It’s interesting to compare the stereogum list to that of the Rolling Stone magazine. Bit of overlap, but not 1000% correlation.
LISTS! Lists are the key! Ranking, order, I love it!
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