tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post3206316755077222398..comments2023-12-15T02:38:55.020+10:30Comments on Still Life With Cat: Some randomKerryn Goldsworthyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-3728471860346030182009-10-09T22:28:26.450+10:302009-10-09T22:28:26.450+10:30BTW: I hope that pat made your back feel better.BTW: I hope that pat made your back feel better.Ampersand Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12245377686193859488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-64678851483872585682009-10-09T22:27:09.074+10:302009-10-09T22:27:09.074+10:30My closest connection to the Anthology whinged tha...My closest connection to the Anthology whinged that it was too heavy. I presume they were talking about the size of the tome. I came very close to repeating my favorite saying of the moment (harden the f*ck up) but restrained myself, since it is a slightly impolite response.<br />Personally I think it is marvellous and bestow upon you a ginormous Pat on the Back.Ampersand Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12245377686193859488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-43354545090168976792009-10-05T09:06:15.786+10:302009-10-05T09:06:15.786+10:30The first time I have ever made a comment on any b...The first time I have ever made a comment on any blog. Here it is: Bravo PC (re Vivian)!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-43122774841259466962009-10-04T22:28:03.225+10:302009-10-04T22:28:03.225+10:30Vivian, what a little charmer you are to be sure. ...Vivian, what a little charmer you are to be sure. Thank you, yes, I am familiar with the 'Nothing important ever happens further away than a donkey ride' school of thought. I did not say that people should not care about their loved ones and neighbours; I said that mindless flag-waving jingoism in reportage was a pain in the arse.<br /><br />You have, if you will forgive me, one seriously weird criterion there; you appear to think that the definition of the best way to do something is the way that makes the most money. How very simple your life must be.Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-87071330401645375012009-10-04T21:45:29.502+10:302009-10-04T21:45:29.502+10:30Perhaps 'sneak peak' is an unusually hones...Perhaps 'sneak peak' is an unusually honest assessment of the journalistic heights the peeked-at piece is aspiring to, i.e. a molehill of reportage.Bernicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-84661761640607654092009-10-04T21:41:51.865+10:302009-10-04T21:41:51.865+10:30"One about natural disasters and the reportin..."One about natural disasters and the reporting of natural disasters, with specific reference to headlines like '2 Australians Missing After Volcano Eruption' when in fact 5,000 Sicilians have also been engulfed by molten lava, a fact that appears somewhere in the fourth paragraph if you're lucky."<br /><br />Oh get off your high horse. Most people are more likely to feel affinity with those they deem most like themselves- starting with partner and immediate family then moving out to broader affinity groups, like neighbors etc.<br /><br />Newspapers are in the business of selling newspapers and thus highlight the requisite affinity group connections. When I lived in Tasmania, for example, most mainland stories were presented via some Tasmanian connection, no matter how spurious. This was done to sell papers and countless studies demonstrate that it works.<br /><br />If you seriously think newspapers (and media courses like the one I teach) have got it wrong, then you are perfectly entitled to test the market with your own publication. <br /><br />Should you be successful you will have identified a massive flaw in media theory and I'll grovel before your genius. You will also be fabulously rich.Viviannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-90350222360214843362009-10-04T21:16:46.767+10:302009-10-04T21:16:46.767+10:30Those absent from the PEN anthology are ego-centri...Those absent from the PEN anthology are ego-centric. Those reporting the Sicilian volanco are ethno-centric. It's all about moi, sod the rest of the world kind of thinking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-87670574126747617282009-10-04T20:06:03.708+10:302009-10-04T20:06:03.708+10:30You stole my idea for a blog post about natural di...You stole my idea for a blog post about natural disaster reporting! I'm personally insulted!<br /><br />'cept that I obvs agree with you ... ROTFL at 'sneak pique', very good work. As is the anthology!<br /><br />My random whine ... ABC seems to be uninterested in maintaining regular digital telly in my area, meaning I had to watch Yellowstone on *gasp* analogue ... and I am full from eating too many blinis with smoked salmon and too much lemon and sour creamcake!naomihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03714706512920191044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-84630698842142545042009-10-04T09:45:43.300+10:302009-10-04T09:45:43.300+10:30Zarquon! Took the words right out of my mouth. Sni...Zarquon! Took the words right out of my mouth. Sniquey!TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-27430589523566050882009-10-04T09:45:06.521+10:302009-10-04T09:45:06.521+10:30Wasn't it decided before that a sneak peak was...Wasn't it decided before that a sneak peak was a climax had with a partner on the sly?TimThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333303180015967125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-25628369591761978292009-10-04T00:16:18.116+09:302009-10-04T00:16:18.116+09:30My grandma just informed me that she's posted ...My grandma just informed me that she's posted a copy of the anthology to Norway in a package covered with stamps with whales on them. I can't wait!melihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10026675747253438229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-68037702539296780872009-10-03T22:09:24.478+09:302009-10-03T22:09:24.478+09:30Thank you, anon ed. We like it too.
Re natural di...Thank you, anon ed. We like it too.<br /><br />Re natural disasters, I do get why they specify Australians, as there are inevitably people who will be listening to the Australian news who will have friends and relatives in the disaster zone and be anxious for news. I just wish they wouldn't foreground the Australian numbers as though those were the only important ones.<br /><br />Zarquon -- heh. By the logic of 'sneak peak', that would make it a snique pique.<br /><br />Librarygirl, the guacamole recipe has avocado, minced onion, minced garlic, chopped fresh coriander, sea salt, lime juice, cumin and a teeny pinch of cayenne. It is quite bossy.Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-71947293533529724762009-10-03T21:51:02.278+09:302009-10-03T21:51:02.278+09:30Re natural disasters: Yes, not good at all.
Re th...Re natural disasters: Yes, not good at all.<br /><br />Re the new Anthology: I think it's great. It's impossible to please everyone. <br /><br />anon edAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-4470005202288705352009-10-03T20:47:34.060+09:302009-10-03T20:47:34.060+09:30So was this a sneak pique?So was this a sneak pique?Zarquonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04549353321138561998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-15887012040864947032009-10-03T20:09:09.999+09:302009-10-03T20:09:09.999+09:30Re the natural disasters: yes, I very sharply corr...Re the natural disasters: yes, I very sharply corrected one of my children yesterday highlighting the number of SAMOANS who had perished,distinct from the Australians. <br />I hate that sort of reporting.<br /><br /><br />I don't like prawns at all but the guacamole sounds delicious.librarygirlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-3595557284391064162009-10-03T19:43:10.597+09:302009-10-03T19:43:10.597+09:30Oh well, I love prawns, and I love the prawn and a...Oh well, I love prawns, and I love the prawn and avocado combination, and when I say 'left over' I mean 'from last night'. And it was a particularly good bitey guacamole full of lime juice that has kept well.Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459693255389523642.post-27679897825687418742009-10-03T19:28:35.020+09:302009-10-03T19:28:35.020+09:30"Prawns dipped in leftover guacamole" I&..."Prawns dipped in leftover guacamole" I'd demote to random whining. But that's just me.Anthonynoreply@blogger.com