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  • YOU’RE ALL ONE OF US NOW…SORT OF: Rise of the Tycoons #14

    I wonder if there was ever an empire that grew out of popularity rather than conquest. Imagine a ruler who was so awesome and a society so envied that people were just compelled to join; they flocked to the place, and tales of this alluring kingdom spread far and wide. It expanded to an empire…

  • The Towering Inferno (1974): CORPORATE CONFUSION MEETS MOVIE MUSINGS

    One of the great big budget disaster films; the plot is not too important. Or I should say, it doesn’t need to be too convoluted. The crucial factor for this genre is getting the audience to care for, at least some, of the main characters. Keep the suspension of disbelief going strong and get us…

  • WE NEED TO DIG A LITTLE BIT DEEPER: What do You Reckon?

    We’re all basically the same, right? I mean, deep down we’re all good people, right? Define good. What does ‘being good’ or ‘doing good’ mean to you? Heavy shit! Sort of, but I won’t drag you along the philosophical obstacle course too much. I just wanted to point out how so often a ‘simple statement’…

  • MUSINGS ON THE JOB ABOUT THE JOB: The Tosser & A Bloke Called Reg

    Two things stick in my mind about that meeting. The self-applause and the story about old Reg. Ordinary day at work and we are all asked to scale the lofty heights and attend a farewell meeting in the first-floor offices for our boss. It was a long time ago, so most of this is pretty…

  • POTENTIAL DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY: True Stories #16

    It was one of Wayne’s shitbox cars again. We were both drunk after a session with the boys at The Vic on the Park hotel. Driving home Wayne decided he wanted to have a little fun in the rain around Mackey Park. I still have no idea what exactly he was trying to do. He…

  • IT’S A TEAM EFFORT: Rise of the Tycoons #13

    You’ve connived your way to the head of the table in the village. You’ve annexed a bunch of smaller villages and tribes. Maybe even seized some big ones. You are now ruling an empire! Congratulations. You’re on easy street now… I’m afraid I’ve got bad news sir. Ever notice how throughout history occasionally, some kid…

  • CORPORATE CONFUSION: The New Economy

    Let us assume that neither utopia nor dystopia are on the cards for us working slobs. We are not going to work 1 or 2 hours a week and live lives of convenience and leisure. We hopefully are not going to live in a future with unprecedented poverty and unemployment; where there are only three…

  • WAS DANIEL LARUSSO SUFFERING FROM PTSD IN THE KARATE KID 3? Movie Musings #9

    The Karate Kid 2 was a great sequel, especially with the deleted ending of the original making such an awesome opening. Daniel travels to Okinawa with Mr Miyagi and continues his training in Magic Karate (don’t laugh, a lot of us thought it was possible at the time). The paternalistic relationship between the two grows…

  • WE NEED TO DIG A LITTLE BIT DEEPER: The ‘Strong’ Leader

    “I was born condemned to be one of those who has to see all sides of a question. When you’re damned like that, the questions multiply for you until in the end it’s all question and no answer. As history proves, to be a worldly success at anything, especially revolution, you have to wear blinders…

  • MUSINGS ON THE JOB ABOUT THE JOB: Workplace Safety? I Admire the Concept

    Yes, this is the same place where two thirds of the place got wasted every other lunch break. But wait, there’s more!!! We have come a long way regarding workplace health and safety in the 25 years since I left this place – thank God! Believe it or not I left after 2 years without…