Personally, I do believe in the eternal existence of Jesus Christ on a metaphysical and deeply personal level, I do, but I don't count myself as a Christian. I live by a few Christian values, but certainly not all of them, because a lot of them are pure rubbish. I don't think God is a Christian, or a Buddha, or an Allah, or a Yahweh. I think that by choosing to believe in some deity we do, in some way, approach a greater reality. I do believe in a greater reality, one that is far too magnificent and complex for me to ever understand at all or in any way...but I do approach it all with an open mind and some good qualities, from the stars above, to the taps we make with our shoes dancing homewards on the crooked concrete of the town.

It seems it is ok for large Australian companies not to pay tax. It seems it is ok for Casino owners such as James Packer to give large gifts (with benefits) to the Prime Minister of Israel without it affecting their status as a good enough character to hold a casino licence in Australia. Interesting set of lofty Australian Values we wish to instil in and demand from new citizens.

You can't expect to be in an Israeli fighter jet, flying over Syria, which isn't your own country, and just somehow expect that no one is going to shoot you down. That's just silly. National Borders of Sovereign States are, in fact, Real Borders...and they Mean Something...and for Good Reason. That is not your piece of sky, dickhead. We are not talking the Big Picture here, Buy yourself a fucking atlas.

KOREA KOREA THERE IS ONLY ONE KOREA. It is excellent to see the beginnings of a kind of friendship between the brothers and sisters of North Korea Province and South Korea Province. There is only one Korea. Only Koreans will resolve this issue between kinfolk and they will only resolve it by talking with each other and occasionally scrapping with each other, as is the traditional method of dispute resolution in Korea from time immemorial...and without any interference at all from the usual knuckle-dragging mega-death fuckwits of the USA, or little, very scared, quasimodo-like, Japan. There was only one Korea, there is only one Korea. This is the job of all Koreans. I wish them well. Greater problems on earth have been solved, with a bit of argy-bargy, and they are an industrious and bright bunch of people, and, importantly, kinfolk. Neither are Americans, neither are Chinese or Russians. They are Koreans. There is one Korea. Korea will work this out. Eventually America will go home and do what it does best, in America, their own country. Americans have problems also, and only they can work them out.

Israeli F-16 fighter jet shot down by Syrian anti-aircraft fire/Well Done! Should be more of it!

FISH OIL AND KRILL CAPSULES One of the great things about the plethora of ridiculous and pointless useless and unproven health food supplements is that some can actually serve a real purpose. If one is going fishing, take some Krill /Fish Oil capsules with you. When baiting the line, insert the hook through the Fish Oil/Krill capsule carefully. Then apply the usual bait, a bit of prawn or squid... whatever. Then cast the line. The thing is that the Krill/Fish oil slowly leaks into the surrounding water, and if you initially hook it carefully, it Very Slowly leaks...thus providing a damn good local attractant for the fishes near by. They will come for the smell, then see the bait...and they feel hungry. It works. One capsule will provide enough fish smell for about 15 minutes. It also improves the fishes' cardiovascular systems (in healthy fish with normal blood pressure only... and may assist support and enhance, with general cardiovascular health and wellbeing, both the fish and, indeed, the fisherman... when they pan fry the fish with fresh butter and chives).

Bicycle Chain Maintenance for those who enjoy a mild Obsessive Compulsive Syndrome on a Sunny Afternoon, the syndrome being caused by some fuckwit not smoking for 3 months. Yeah, that's that was great fucking advice. 1: Two days before, wash down the bicycles with water from a hose. 2: Leave the bicycles in the afternoon sunshine. 3. One day before, spray WD40 onto the chains and sprockets. (WD40 has limited application but what it does do well is replace the grime for a day or two) 4: On the day, Wash the bicycles down again. 5: Draw up 3 mls of fresh engine oil in a good 5 ml syringe with a 19 gauge drawing up needle. (You need 3mls for each bike chain) 6: Take off the drawing up needle. 7: Apply the engine oil to the chains, drop by drop. You don't need to worry about the sprockets because the oil will find them. 8: Leave bikes in the sun for a few hours. You should not get 1 drop of oil dropping from the chains this way, so it is very economical and environmentally sound and you don't have to spend $30 buying aerosol hydrocarbon chain lubricant from an Enthusiast's bike shop...which only lasts til the next rainfall anyway, or for as long as it takes some bastard wearing lycra to shave their legs in front of a mirror. If you don't have any spare fresh engine oil around the place then 9mls of injectable clonazepam, or clozapine, will do as they have an oily base. Be sure to return the drawing up needle and syringe to your local hospital for immediate re-use.