Sunday night randomness

‘Do we need God anymore?’ This is a question posed on the front page of The Inquirer in this weekend’s The Weekend Australian. My answer: ‘of course.’ Just think about it: if God were not there, when we are really thankful, who would we thank?

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Jeremy Fernandez reads the ABC weekend news on the telly. Judging from the fora on Aunty’s website, Mr Fernandez has set many hearts a-flutter with his good looks and “faultless delivery”. The latter comment, rather than reflecting reality, says more about the entrenched parochialism of Aunty watchers. For me, young Jezza is utterly unwatchable. He needs to remember that he reads the news with his mouth, not his facial expressions. While his tone is nice, he must stop trying to get his eyebrows to take off, mid-delivery.

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Back to the Weekend Aussie, and some likely recent appointee to the editorial staff has seen fit to put their stamp on things, and has buggerised around with the format of the magazine in said paper. Such a pity. Phillip Adams now has pride of place on page 1 - on the contents page.  At least when he was on the back page I new he was there and as such I simply never turned to that page. I guess now the only option for me is to begin reading the mag from the back. Also, the delightful Mystic Medusa has been moved from the magazine entirely, to a three-inch-wide strip at the bottom of page 8 and 9 of the Travel section. ‘Astral Travel’ perhaps?

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Finally, before I go and do something about my borborygmy, some Sunday night trivia for you.

Minrekyawswa, a fifteenth century Burmese King, was crushed to death by his own elephant.

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