realmarkoneil: 2008

Monday 11 August 2008

Wednesday 11 June 2008

New approach to PR!

In this age of spin, blame and denial, how refreshing to read of Anthony Khalil's honesty. Mr Khalil is the owner of the child-care centre where a child was left behind at closing time. "I make no excuses for what happened. We know we were wrong. It's just lucky that the baby is ok." (smh.com) He then explalined substantial measures to ensure no repetition. Who'd have thought it? Decency and acceptance of responsibility as effective crisis management tools.

Tuesday 13 May 2008

Happy birthday Cindy from all the boys at the agency.

And congrats on your semi-century, your commitment to camaraderie, your capacity for comedy, your courage, clarity & cool conviction. Here's to many more years of all things crisp & compelling.

Sunday 27 January 2008

Friday 25 January 2008

Monday 21 January 2008

Titan: star of Strezelecki lookout

Dicko

Living next door 2 malice..

Well, across from the cops (which T9 [predictive texting on my mob. as i send this stuff to the host computer] interprets as boss corp & amps! And if you start 2 write henry it suggests george. etc.) But enough gay banter. N'cle police, like cops in NSW generally did have a v bad rep not so long ago. N'cle got some of the more recalcitrant convicts & like port arthur & grafton, has had a history of brutal & arbitrary lax, er, law enforcement, a tradition maintained by roaming bands of young men & occasionally, their female accomplices, many of them, i daresay, the descendants of said convicts & jailers. A sensitive friend who was less than comfortable here in Newie, called it ' The land of the twisted eyebrow'. Not really fair, but God you can have a bad run at times! [Similar experiences at railway square in 'Sinny' were, ironically, major influences in my coming here! ] You get those hot spots. It's not really 2 do with social class either. 1 of the scariest places in sydney is the north shore platform at wynyard station. (A caution 2 those who claim australia is classless: the other side of that platform serves the western suburbs. Stark contrast.)

From dickson park looking south to Merewether & glenrock

I know many of these pics are of less than henri cartier bresson standard, but i'm mainly trying 2 get some quick impressions of Newie down with minimal fuss & bother. As the ant said to the elephant - 'it's alright 4 you - but i've been sick!' and i'm still learning how this (phone) camera works; some shots are taken from a moving car; or furtively/discreetly:) Thanx 4 the feedback, all 3 of you are greatly appreciated!