My girlfriend left me, years ago, in the Holy Land. We were on a walking tour of Mt Sinai, there with other travellers, guides, and donkeys carrying food and water. It was a hard climb and my girlfriend complained about having sore feet, over and over again. She was still complaining when we reached the summit and looked around, had something to eat and drink. When looking at the descent in front of us, she started complaining again about her sore feet. All I said was "instead of complaining so much, why don't you go down on a donkey?"

The only problem I have with god relates to the existence of funnel web spiders. I grew up with them in Sydney. They are profoundly aggressive and vicious fucking spiders...and they can kill you...and want to, for no reason. they are just horrid creatures...sticky legs that cling to skin, and fucking sharp fangs and tons of venom.... Who would make that? So, I had to rationalise that God indeed, whether Jesus or Allah, isn't perfect. When I think about it, that makes sense. I could not love a perfect god...but a god who made...ooops...errors when trying to do the right thing, yes, I could love a god like that indeed. Just like my human family.

Mental Health Nursing:a good thing the other night working night shift at a famous mental health clinic, me, as Agency nurse, being in charge of a ward, as happens quite a bit these days as the privateer owners and middle management dudes and dudettes, try to screw their staff to death for a buck in bonuses....me with my brown scapular around my neck, consulting with the girl who was in charge of the next ward, also Agency, in her hijab. No problems. A quiet night was had by all. We are the night, and the night is calm...spiritual... and incredibly good looking.

Local Melbourne wage for untrained staff in shops, expensive restaurants, and manufacturing industries...with all our amazing First World Advanced Democracy Status: $8AU per hour, no superannuation, no holidays, no sick leave, no entitlements...and sack you on the spot. This is Australia, 2017. For Fuck's sake. After all those years fighting by us baby Boomers. we are tired now. Where the fuck are the Millenials? What the fuck are they doing? Deconstructing coffee?

METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS CONTINUE: As Mr Dylan noted decades ago..."you don't need a Weatherman to know which way the wind blows". For now, the sun, climbing out of winter, late afternoon, tippling splayed gold over the tiled roof of the neighbour's tall house. The chirp of birds, resonating on old red brick through misted trees, much like bright leaks of troponin ...The sky, a late 1970s metal blue, with some parts of the clouds lit up to be white.

Probably after 39 days the cravings are more likely to just be existential angst, and we all have that a lot of the tme. Not drinking makes you healthier, gives you a clearer mind, and stops the see saw of emotional lability , anxiety and depression, even light drinkers have.

Australia's National Broadband Network: I think this is a big issue for the technology companies. they design and implement something that doesn't actually work well or often, and they know that, and charge a premium price anyway, and then it is up to the complainants to tell them what isnt working. They save millions in research and development this way. Millions handed out in quick pays to their CEOS. thats what they do. The NBN internet thing inAustralia is a glorious indicator...it often doesn't work but rather than spend the money or making it work, the national company gets everyone to join up and then tell them... what doesn't work...and they will, sometimes, eventually, get around to sending out a human being who they hate to employ because of the cost to their profits. So, we haven't joined up to the NBN as yet. The recent NBN ads say that the other methods for internet and phone are going to be turned off soon, so you better fucking join up. Miserable cunts who wont invest in their own technology because they know it is faulty and try to persuade people that we have no choice. Now, that is a Corporate Morality/ Ideology. very 21st Century Corporate Community ethics.