I just read again Barthes writing on waiting for the loved one and enjoyed it so much that I’ve copied it below in ‘more’. For Barthes, waiting is that “tumult of anxiety provoked by waiting for the loved being”. Although Barthes never wrote a single major piece, what he did write had a profound influence […]
After some sql query problems and a couple of tragic coding changes (my fault) I decided that a re-install of pMachine was in order. Consequently, royby.com seems to be up and running again. Fingers crossed.
I had not heard of Joshua Bell until today. I know what a Strad is, but admit that I wouldn’t recognise one purely by its sound. So I guess I would do no better than the one thousand and something people at a New York rail station. Now if it had of been say Mick […]
This article really appeals to something deep within me. I have to admit that the vision I get when I read it is extremely Monty Pythonish. It also appeals to my innate sense of moral right & justice - of course. The article appeared in the Borneo Bulletin on Friday November 10th under World News. […]
Being the proud new grandfather that I am you should know to expect a bit of this on the old royby.com from now on, so here are some first images of Japheth Ian compliments of Brendan. I’m not sure but I think that this is the first time I have shown a nude image on […]
hmm… yes, just what IS art anyway?? I remember several years ago going to an exhibition of modern art in the Brisbane Gallery and looking at pieces of aluminum tinsel squashed into balls and thrown into a box alongside a number of metal paper clips scattered onto a piece of cardboard and wondering that very […]
Wow, if there was any doubt about where the contemporary art market is going, they were dispelled this morning at Christie’s Baghdad, where the US Government paid a record-setting $286 billion—plus $240 for framing—for this portrait of the dead Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. [Note: Sale price also does not include KBR’s premium of 17.5% […]
Getting back to a place with a large library meant that I could get my hands on some favourite books that I hadn?t been able to access for a long time. One of the first books that I borrowed until my own books are unpacked from storage is a slim volume by Sarte sometimes entitled […]
This gobbledygook generator is great. I’m sure I could include plenty of these phrases in future reports!! Do you still find yourself lost for meaningless, empty phrases that make you look ‘in the know’? “Evidence-based assessments suggest that effective Government interventions include gender-balanced non-donor-driven socio-economic policy advocacy activities.” or “At the national level, exploratory research […]
I just got off the phone from talking with Dutchie. For the whole time that we have been away up north I have had no word about his condition and I really didn’t know what to expect, so to be able to talk with him was an unexpected bonus. He is weak and has lost […]
I’ve been waiting for some time for confirmation that Queensland University will offer me a scholarship to undertake my research higher degree and I received that confirmation today. Happy happy me! But wait, should I delete the images of myself below? I mean honestly who would pay good money to the man depicted hereunder to […]
I’ve been sitting on this bit of news for a few weeks now, but I just read an e-mail from Amber who tells me that I can announce freely that we (Lisa and I) are due to become grandparents around 25-28 June next year!! Yee hah, now I won’t need to simulate with other people’s […]
Still blogging from the hairdressers and the news that I received from Belinda and Danny this morning on Dutchie’s progress was very encouraging. His operation to stem the bleeding from the brain was a success and although he still needs to be on oxygen to help his breathing his other life systems are functioning without […]
We have just spent three days in Cambodia with Bianca and Emma wandering through the temples of the ancient kingdom of Angkor. I have many things that I want to write about tourism, hospitality, people, sights, grievances, all the normal stuff that comes from traveling, but we had not been home for more than thirty […]
