I caught a line from CSI: New York as I was waiting for my noodles to absorb their water (free fork! sweet!) and it got me thinking about minor uses of language. The line: “If I find out you did this thing… I’ll send you away for the rest of your life.” What I like […]
Monthly Archives: April 2005
you be illin’?
Yeah, well, I know what Run DMC were talking about now… I have karaoked this track. It was awesome (I think? haha! Sandy was there?), cause I know all the words. A mate and I used to crank it on the way to the pool hall. There is some mad scratching, plus it has a […]
On Politics
Maybe the time has come to work towards the prevention of disorder and catastrophe, and not merely towards their control. Today, there are plans for all kinds of emergencies (ecological, medical, military), but there is no politics to prevent them. On the contrary, we can say that politics secretly works towards the production of emergencies. […]
From Dissertation to Book
Brett sent this around to all the CCR postgrads. It is on the differences between writing a dissertation and turning a dissertation into a book. I found it interesting, because I think I am writing my thesis wrong. Hmmm… Choose a topic, preferably one sufficiently narrow that no one else has elected precisely the same […]
Sydney Shootings – got fieldwork?
I don’t think I want to do anymore fieldwork. There were shootings at The Rocks and Stanmore Macca’s (which is actually just up the road from where I live) the other night. I have spent time doing fieldwork in both sites. They are trying figure out if the shootings are related. How random… I know […]