Scribbles away in a garret overlooking the Illawarra Railway. Edits ESIA reports. Spends much time on trains. Lives in interesting* times. Pines for the Round Pond. Looks on in horror as the world turns to custard. Listens to much #BBCRadio3. Walk with me.
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Why would I go back if I need to bring my own spoon? npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost And the #AudleyWeir is flooded. #SydneyWeather npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost Gentlemen, those distressed jeans you’re wearing with the dark blue crotch aren’t hip, cool, or groovy, but reminiscent of an unfortunate toileting mishap. npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost Earlier, a screening of a restored Fritz Lang’s #Metropolis, complete with a fantastic re-recorded score by Gottfried Huppertz, in the art deco splendour of the Hayden Orpheum. npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost Unpopular opinion: Tom Ford’s Vanilla Sex recalls the heady aroma of Perkins Paste. #Perfume npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost Having landed at Circular Quay among the #Vivid throngs, I saw Hare Krishnas clapping and dancing and thought I’d stepped back into 1985. npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost It must be a Sydney winter’s morning when it’s 10°C outside, and you spot, in the wild, a gentleman of indeterminate middle age sporting Blundstones, Stubbies brand (& length) shorts, a sloppy joe, purple legs, munching on a Maccas soft serve ice-cream with a spare for after. npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost A teenage girl buys a single railway ticket, cash, from a minor station. Attending her is an over-solicitous 30-something bloke, keen to make sure no one sees him, or the girl. They get off the train, she’s happy, unconcerned. He looks nervous. Should I be worried? npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost Home. Uggs. Blankie. Tea. Russian Caravan. Hot. npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost Did Basel get a bulk discount on strobe-light effects? It’s like those film competition entries where they all have to include a pink rubber glove, or somesuch, but they all need to include a whole minute of strobing. npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost When you’re slightly lost, driving through Rookwood and find a herd of goats, on agistment, cleaning up weeds amongst the old stone monuments. npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost This evening, in life can truly suck, the traffic hold-up on Forest road was due to a kid having been hit by a car, ambos now on site. And a glorious, newly risen full moon. npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost *stares wistfully into the distance* npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost The Pavilion. Late afternoon. npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost I may be some time. npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost Précis of the ABC’s breathless, excited coverage: But we saw him out and about all day yesterday! Waddaya mean he’s popped his clogs? npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost I other news, the power fuse in my kitchen’s busted and I’m waiting for the sparky to clean me out because I don’t have the tools and knowledge to do it myself. 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Hold on! npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost Can we please take a moment to observe that despite his questionable approach to archaeological excavations, Indiana Jones had the right approach to Nazis. npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost OH (with visible eye roll 🙄)from npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost Out and about. With my cardigan. IN JANUARY! npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost Who’s got the time or attention span to spend 30-40 minutes on a market research call at dinner time/putting-the-small-kids-to-bed-time, or at any time, #RoyMorganResearch? npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost Unpopular (?) opinion: that R&B/Soul-lite/soft soft rock/disc version of the Girl From Ipanema has none of the charm, wonder, desire, and longing of the original. npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost When you want to settle in with a coffee, a cake, and a magazine (dead-tree version), but the magazine’s illegible between the cafe lighting and the glossy paper. #sigh npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost #Conclave. Fine (pun intended) performances all ‘round. Sumptuous. A snippet from Allegri’s “Miserere” timed just so to make you burst into tears, and an ending twist to make certain folks choke on their popcorn and choc tops. npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost Same procedure as every year, James. Here’s to a happy, healthy, and prosperous 2025! npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost A NSW police officer complains about being sacked; says he’s “not suited to investigating DV cases,” ignoring a small thing called “operating procedures” which if he’d followed, regardless of his personal opinion of complaining women, he’d still have a job. npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost thank you so much Kate … hope you and Boyd are having a lovely day … x npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost Update: Found ‘em npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost That very frustrating thing, where you can’t find for love, nor money, the shiny pair of new paper cutting scissors you bought last week. npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost That thing, where you walk into #BigW on the last day of school and see, with horror, that most of the Christmas things are gone and have been replaced with back-to-school things. npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost Can you eat too many cherries? 🍒 npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost It’s going to get so much worse before it gets better. #sigh npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost I just love* how a hot day dries out the gully trap in the laundry and sends the drain stench wafting through the air. 🤢 npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost When did the @npub1u6s…5xfp start misspelling gaol? npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost Easier (and safer) with a “guilty” conviction. npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost #Twisties Fortune? Sweet and sour flavour. Testing. For Science. npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost When some creepy bloke on the bus looks at you while you’re wincing and stretching out your sore neck and tells you “it costs nothing to smile” is the correct response to: npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost It’s the one where Barnaby accidentally locks Jones in a rather spectacular and sharp looking iron maiden. #MidsomerMurders npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost Good grief! Today’s polemic against #NetZero by the Australian. npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost Baroness von Schraeder regrets. npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost Daily Telegraph reporting people abandoning Hillsong Church in droves, some “even becoming Lutherans,” in their report on Hillsong’s post Brian Houston collapse. npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost OUCH. Hassle the surgeon’s office at least a couple of times a week. Exaggerate your pain/discomfort if necessary. Slots open up, people cancel, etc. Hope it gets sorted soon. x npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost In other news, I’m starting to think that the result of the 2000 US Election, which delivered George W into that shack on Pennsylvania Ave and onto the world stage, has also delivered a quarter of a century of truthiness, growing contempt for the civic structures that govern us, and a worrying lurch towards an authoritarian polity. Mission accomplished? npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost I have been compelled to replace my impossible-to-find veggie peeler, which will now, most probably reappear tomorrow morning, to persuade me that I’m going nuts. #GhostMinutiae npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost Yes! npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost In other news, boxed, new season Australian cherries spotted in the greengrocer today, at the outrageous new season price. #SummerIsComing npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost Out and about to find a thermometer, some paracetamol, and cough syrup. #GhostOnTour #SickGhost npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost TUPPERWARE IS FILING FOR BANKRUPTCY? #endtimes npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost OH Kensington Gardens. Mr 7: Mummy, why doesn’t that squirrel have a fluffy tail? npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost This was the bloke that spent 50-odd years teaching every kid in my local district (including this Ghost) how to swim. #Strewth npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost Thank you. There was also steel cutlery in cattle class! npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost OMG HOT TOWELS! npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost Gate Lounge. #AchievementUnlocked npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost I might throw something at the TV if I keep,watching #4Corners. Regarding irrigation and cotton, remember the fate of the rivers and aquifers that fed the Aral Sea. #WaterRights #Water npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost I think I’ve managed to convince the kids moving in down the hallway that shopping trolleys belong at the supermarket, so people can do their shopping, not out and about helping them move house. I’ve just spotted them wheeling them back. #cantankerousghost npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost Details in today's SMH about a farewell to @npub1tmr…ue9e on Thursday. #RememberingGeordie npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost Free of Mr Squeezy, with the bruise to prove it. #ow npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost Thanks. I feel like Mr Squeezy’s going to leave be with a very bruised upper arm. #ow npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost Seventy-eight more data point to collect at ten-minute intervals before 11:30 hrs tomorrow. There will be no good sleep. npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost Today, if he were still with us, PapaGhost would be turning 90. npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost lovely … I’m just bawling my eyes out … x npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost Geordie? #devastated npub1w20pe46yq7v37ucmtwjphxghcgzed3ph76y0djcghvmhpmydl98s97885m oberonsghost Sitrep: The outdoor cafe at the Souk has reopened. There’s nothing on the blackboard, and a display case full of cakes and no menu.
