Monthly Archives: June 2011

Favourite Things III

Posted on June 30, 2011 by rustichello

“The very development from class society to the spectacular organization of non-life leads the revolutionary project to become visibly what it already was essentially.”

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adding value

Posted on June 23, 2011 by rustichello

It is possible to more with less. It is possible to do so for a long time, cutting and tightening for years and years. Families, individuals, institutions, organizations, and whole communities can all make do (as the Wombles of Wimbledon … Continue reading →

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wasted thoughts, happy thoughts

Posted on June 22, 2011 by rustichello

Maybe ten years ago I was on my way somewhere with my lovely friend Jen, who has both feet on the ground but yet maintains the ability to dance, and I was waxing lyrical about something or other, a small … Continue reading →

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ain’t gonna study war no more

Posted on June 21, 2011 by rustichello

For a long time the whole ‘music is the soundtrack to our lives’ schtick has bugged me. For me that makes music far too passive a thing, just an accessory, like a handbag or a jacket. That doesn’t work for … Continue reading →

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faded nostalgia for socialist wishful thinking

Posted on June 15, 2011 by rustichello

It used to be that sometimes politicians and cops and doctors and teachers were trying to achieve something like love on a social scale. There was an understanding that we could take care of individuals by taking care of the … Continue reading →

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we are all losers now

Posted on June 8, 2011 by rustichello

I have become deeply enamoured of Titus Andronicus and their two albums The Airing of Grievances and The Monitor. These are savage, punky, Springsteen-esque and very funny. Musically they are located firmly in the low-fi/alt/indie shelves with huge drums and … Continue reading →

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29.55

Posted on June 6, 2011 by rustichello

This morning I did it. I ran five kilometres in twenty nine minutes and fifty five seconds. For the most part I was moving within my limits but there was some unseemly acceleration in the final four hundred metres to … Continue reading →

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when you close your eyes at night

Posted on June 3, 2011 by rustichello

You know that moment, when you close your eyes at night and the job comes flooding in? When all you can think about is where you’re at and where the company is going and what so and so said to … Continue reading →

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way to go me

Posted on June 3, 2011 by rustichello

I’m still hitting the gym most mornings, though my weight doesn’t move too much anymore. But this morning I did manage 31.35m for my five k run and that is as close to my goal (30min/5k) as close as I’ve … Continue reading →

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the best coffee in the Illawarra….

Posted on June 2, 2011 by rustichello

…comes from Cucinas in Thirroul, on Lawrence Hargrave Drive next to the video shop. By my estimate there are roughly one and three-quarter million shops named Cucinas in the world and most of them are pretty much the same: pasta, coffee, … Continue reading →

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