Ukraine and Human Reason

Remember Human Reason?
I think the best response to Russia invading Ukraine would have been not to supply Ukraine with weapons but to suggest to the Ukraine that they pay their gas bill to Russia. 20 years of extremely cheap, by any standards, OIL and GAS is a hell of a lot NOT to pay for.
Would have saved a lot of misery for everyone.
Just being reasonable.

Melbourne Botanical Gardens

The Melbourne Botanical Gardens are astoundingly beautiful.

They were designed by some German Count quite awhile ago, & yes, that's 'Count'...(Thank you).

And he did a damn good job with the layout and the pathways and all the remarkable plants. It's huge. It's a paradise. It's like God like.

I used to think that the world's great jungles should be organised like very good golf courses, with beautiful access and easy walking, and maybe a club and a ball, and along the perimeters would be wonderland nature. But I think I'd prefer Wild Nature to be more like a well organised German Botanical Garden.

I wished to take some cutting shears and a Coles bag with me, but respect and personal integrity got in the way and stymied my predatory carnal-like plant acquisition ambitions.

We walked around for a few hours and had something to eat. Then sat in the traffic for a couple of hours on the way home, talking about how well the Chinese MG (Morris Garages) car brand has done here in recent years.

MG, & 'Haval' (Great Wall Motors: 'Havana') have actually done well and are now selling like KIAs and Hyundais used to. Good quality. Not expensive. They found their shining path. they found the right... recipe.

After a bright coolish Summertime day afoot in Melbourne, it was obviously cold and bleak and raining when we got home, and I rushed out to compare the Melbourne Botanical Gardens with our backyard.

True, the Botanical Gardens are still somewhat bigger...and involve no bright red concrete, but I think the Botanical Gardens could still learn a bit from our succinct Zen-Roman Wang-Fitzpatrick Design paradigms and synchronous yet non-repeating rhythmicities... or, um ...what do you call those things? Mum used to call them 'recipes'...Facebook and Amazon and GPS and Robodebt etc are totally dependent on them...ah, I forgot what they're called. Very important things, anyway.

Ah! That's it! Algorithm! Mum's algorithm for Baked Lamb with roast potatoes, peas, even beans sometimes...or a sponge cake...etc. A recipe! Well done, ageing brain, and Well Done, Mum!!

Anyway, back to work for the next 3 days so a bit of a flirtation with reality ahead, I guess... or just a different recipe for the days.