Cameron Reilly’s done a podcast followup to his Age article encouraging people to “get off the bench”.
Listening to it reminded me of something I once wrote:
“Every person has the potential to create a great work of art; to work for the benefit of humanity; to become a spokesman or a great leader; to do good. Your role as a member of the human race is to reach your potential, and to help others to reach theirs.”
— Me, obviously feeling philosophical, January 1996
PS. Call me an imbecilic philistine, but I didn’t know Moleskine is pronounced “molly skeena”. But apparently they’re Italian, so fair enough.
PPS. Cam’s helping to run the MODM (Melbourne’s Online Digital Media) gatherings to talk about various aspects of this new digital thingamebob age we’re living in. I’d hoped to go to the meeting next Thursday night, but alas something else has clashed with it. Maybe next time, it sounds kinda interesting.
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Imbecilic Philistine! What’s a Moleskine?
Moleskine is a kind of boutique notebook. http://www.moleskine.com.
In my ignorance I assumed it was pronounced “mole skin”.
Gosh, when I read your blog this morning, I thought you were referring to the RM Williams trousers (true!)
But I enjoyed reading your 1996 stuff (bring back Federal Labor, I say!)
Daniel & Roger – That’s where the Aussie slang version comes from, they have a water repellent surface, just like moleskin pants, the original version was made with oil cloth.
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