“Medication”
Medication for us all, it is a new way
& we’re gonna take it cause we love it
Don’t you know?
Is this the dose you’ve been dreamin’ of?
A revelation from a gun
Doesn’t matter
Overtaken, mine was yours, now overthrown
Just copulation in a song
I’m so contagious, can i cum?
In the new way
All of us cast asides became what has become
Medication for us all
You think you know me, well you’re wrong
Doesn’t matter
All of us cast aside became what has become.
QOTSA
Billy Bragg – NPWA, 2003.
I grew up in a company town
And I worked real hard ‘’til that company closed down
They gave my job to another man
On half my wages in some foreign land
And when I asked how could this be
Any good for our economy?
I was told nobody cares
So long as they make money when they sell their shares
Can you hear us? Are you listening?
No power without accountability!
I lost my job, my car and my house
When ten thousand miles away some guy clicked on a mouse
He didn’t know me, we never spoke,
He didn’t ask my opinion or canvass for my vote
I guess its true, nobody cares
‘Til those petrol bombs come spinning through the air
Gotta find a way to hold them to account
Before they find a away to snuff our voices out
Can you hear us? Are you listening?
No power without accountability!
The ballot box is no guarantee that we achieve democracy
Our leaders claim their victory when only half the people have spoken
We have no job security in this global economy,
Our borders closed to refugees but our markets forced open
The World Bank says to Mexico,
We’ll cut you off if you don’t keep your taxes low
But they have no right to wield that sword
‘Cos they take their orders from the chairman of the board
IMF, WTO,
I hear these words just every place I go
Who are these people? Who elected them?
And how do I replace them with some of my friends?
Can you hear us? Are you listening?
No power without accountability!
But this man can. Unadulterated evil. Responsible for millions of deaths. Without conscience.
Especially the hook-up with GPS devices, knowing my propensity to get lost even with clearly marked road signs. LOL, did I say “clearly marked road signs?” In Kuala Lumpur? I think I need my morning coffee fix….
Honestly, you’d think they had discovered the cure for cancer or something. These people need help. 
Nothing bad to say about Quantas, but jeez, could they cram any more seats into these Airbuses? ;( Fortunately, on this return flight, the seat next to me was vacant. Luxury! 
Get stuck next to a fatty (er, like me ) and it makes for an uncomfortable flight. I still prefer Boeings of any description!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day.
Now will you please stop opening fake-ass “Irish pubs” all over the world, and….
Inhale resolve, Exhale ambition
Inhale all I need, Exhale all I want
Inhale love of life, Exhale fear of death
Inhale power, Exhale force
I have all I need
I can live without
I have what I need
I can live without
Inhale tolerance, Exhale judgement
Inhale what I am, Exhale what I think I am
I have all I need
I can live without
I have all I need
I can live without
Don’t hold me down
Inhale fact, Exhale assumption
Inhale what I want to be, Exhale how I want to be seen.
Henry Rollins.
When I was a teenager, I had my first SLR camera – a Russian Zenit-E 1980 Moscow Olympics special, which still lurks in a case covered in dust in my parent’s home, sadly neglected after the shutter broke – and was heavily into photography at school. We had access to a darkroom, and even had models come for shoots which tended to put teenage proto-camera-geeks into a froth which didn’t improve our shooting skills. Learned to develop though, and did a lot of B/W stuff because it was so much cheaper. Very few remnants from those years remain, except for one picture which I am not allowed to post, as it shows my future wife, and also an ex-girlfriend in the same picture in hockey gear at age 17
Years pass…..I lose interest in photography as a hobby. Other things take over, LOL!
Then, not long after getting married in 1989, I decide to get up to date and buy a compact zoom camera to simplify just taking “snaps” on holidays, and family occasions.
And here it is – the technical information follows for anyone who can be bothered – but this was the state of the art compact camera in 1989, and it is roughly the same size as my current Olympus DSLR! Compact is definitely relative.
The Tech Details: 1989 Nikon TW Zoom
Nikon was relatively late in introducing compact cameras. Its first compact camera was introduced in March 1983. Recently (2003) Nikon stopped producing compact film cameras. Close to one hundred different models & versions were produced in 20 years
Nikon TW Zoom
1988! The first Nikon compact camera with a zoom lens – see its name. The 7.8/35-80mm. focuses down to 71 cm. at all focal lengths. It is packed with various exposure-, flash- and focus programs;This popular Nikon TW-series was upgraded in 1988. The lens supplied was now a Nikon 35~80mm f/3.5~f/7.8 lens with Macro capability (previous TW models has 35-70mm lens).
