tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471506383761942241Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:23:35 +0000Paul McDermottbruce springsteenMelbourneHugh JackmanCarpe DiemcomedyHopeRPGTom SelleckStimulus PackageLawrence LeungReviewUS ElectionClimate ChangeThird wave feminismHarry PotterGeneration YabortionGigsDoug Anthony All StarsEnvironmentalismAmericaSista GerlPunchdrunk LoveSarah BlaskoBella UnionGeorge BushPhillip Seymour HoffmanLove My WayRefugeesThe 7pm projectThursday Top FiveEagles of Death MetalJesse HughesHamletKevin RuddObamaWritingEdward ScissorhandsBarry OttoArts Degree WankeryAnarchist Guild Social CommitteeBrendan CowellPaul KeatingGary OldmanBell ShakespearePants loveFM RadioAustralian CinemaMandatory DetentionAugie MarchThe Daily ShowlegalisationMustachesMusicAnthony HayesAsk The Knowing BookPlugsSilent Tristero's EmpireOptimismevil cuntsVictoriaTen EmptyLittle FishMovie ReviewBeijing OlympicsTaxFederal GovernmentEconomylaw reformIce CreamJohn McCainLoveAustralian tvNicole KidmanFuryBaz LuhrmanDating AdviceDanceThe Dark KnightSarah PalinMediaSilent Tristero's Empirehttp://silenttristerosempire.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Courteney)Blogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471506383761942241.post-7779469350594011031Mon, 02 May 2011 14:12:00 +00002011-05-02T15:00:35.945-07:00Women of Letters, 1st May, 2011On Sunday afternoon I was honoured to be a guest of the splendid Sunday afternoon soiree, Women of Letters (curated by Michaela McGuire & Marieke Hardy) which celebrates the lost art of letter writing with a show each month based around a theme. You can read more about the show on their website or also via the facebook.  Sunday's show featured Helen Razer, Christa Hughes, Jess McGuire, Pip http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~3/atBdMZ2QZg4/women-of-letters-1st-may-2011.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Courteney)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~4/atBdMZ2QZg4" height="1" width="1"/>http://silenttristerosempire.blogspot.com/2011/05/women-of-letters-1st-may-2011.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471506383761942241.post-7010915959476261021Thu, 03 Jun 2010 08:27:00 +00002010-06-03T01:27:21.580-07:00A Basic Guide to Australian Politics 2010, for Barack. Dear Barack,  We're so glad that you're finally on your way. No, of course we don't mind about the delay. We did have to cancel the BBQ we'd arranged, but we've got some other things happening instead. Jessica Watson is back. She recently didn't break the record for being the youngest person ever to sail solo around the world. Isn't that remarkable? And the footy's on. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~3/Izd8TH0SLh4/basic-guide-to-australian-politics-2010.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Courteney)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~4/Izd8TH0SLh4" height="1" width="1"/>http://silenttristerosempire.blogspot.com/2010/06/basic-guide-to-australian-politics-2010.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471506383761942241.post-3587388792777078619Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:00:00 +00002010-02-13T03:56:56.066-08:00The precious gift of your vote (& more) My friend Cara & I have taken time out from our hectic ironing schedule to tell Tony Abbott what we think of his efforts to take women back into the 1950's with some neat-o badges & stickers. You can find out more here: http://ifuckandivote.blogspot.com You can also get your monthly fix of hot topical & political comedy (if you're in Melbourne, though we'll be touring later in 2010http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~3/Eg-pEnGirh8/precious-gift-of-your-vote-more.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Courteney)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~4/Eg-pEnGirh8" height="1" width="1"/>http://silenttristerosempire.blogspot.com/2010/02/precious-gift-of-your-vote-more.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471506383761942241.post-7127516267385428232Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:14:00 +00002009-07-27T21:07:58.791-07:00Why the GFC is my fault (by Courteney Hocking, age 27)I want to apologise. I know it’s not like a member of Generation Y not to be boorish, shallow and selfish but it’s time to stand up and take responsibility for what I’ve done. For wreaking economic disaster on people the world over.The Global Financial Crisis is my fault. It started small, like all human-created disasters, I suppose. I set up a system where the world became dependent on credit byhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~3/eXbMm-cYlQI/why-gfc-is-my-fault-by-courteney.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Courteney)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~4/eXbMm-cYlQI" height="1" width="1"/>http://silenttristerosempire.blogspot.com/2009/07/why-gfc-is-my-fault-by-courteney.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471506383761942241.post-7312049384504718070Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:31:00 +00002009-07-21T05:12:21.846-07:00The Daily ShowThe 7pm projectcomedyAustralian tvAustralian news comedy - what's going on there? <!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~3/J7c3705Xb3E/australian-news-comedy-whats-going-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Courteney)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~4/J7c3705Xb3E" height="1" width="1"/>http://silenttristerosempire.blogspot.com/2009/07/australian-news-comedy-whats-going-on.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471506383761942241.post-5733038796183190769Sat, 18 Apr 2009 02:19:00 +00002009-04-17T20:06:00.499-07:00Final Week of Comedy FestivalHello my dear neglected blog folk.I apologise for my extended absence but I really have spent the past two months stressing about, then writing & then performing my Melbourne International Comedy Festival Show, 'Miss Right'. (I've also been reading 'Against The Day' by Thomas Pynchon but a girl also needs her personal time).To be quite honest, I'm really proud of 'Miss Right' - it's the best showhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~3/Xs7HQypYyMM/final-week-of-comedy-festival.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Courteney)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~4/Xs7HQypYyMM" height="1" width="1"/>http://silenttristerosempire.blogspot.com/2009/04/final-week-of-comedy-festival.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471506383761942241.post-4111009026672185579Tue, 24 Feb 2009 03:25:00 +00002009-02-23T19:52:45.697-08:00The Rudd Government's Ten Point Policy Plan for Indigenous Australians1. Ignore them.2. Repeat step one.3. Repeat step two.4. Repeat step three.5. Say sorry.6 - 10. Repeat steps 1 to 4.Maybe if they get some ribbons made, hired Hamish & Andy to be in some ads or showed us how koalas die younger, poorer & in more violent conditions, we might be able to give a shit. Oh, it burns. But it obviously doesn't burn enough.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~3/yAMG9pTsr10/rudd-governments-ten-point-policy-plan.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Courteney)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~4/yAMG9pTsr10" height="1" width="1"/>http://silenttristerosempire.blogspot.com/2009/02/rudd-governments-ten-point-policy-plan.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471506383761942241.post-5705927719572663981Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:44:00 +00002009-02-17T18:12:23.457-08:00Please Explain? <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~3/0Ou-KID4Bc8/please-explain.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Courteney)7<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~4/0Ou-KID4Bc8" height="1" width="1"/>http://silenttristerosempire.blogspot.com/2009/02/please-explain.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471506383761942241.post-3409592422052171136Mon, 16 Feb 2009 00:57:00 +00002009-02-15T23:00:09.218-08:00Adelaide Fringe & Melbourne International Comedy FestivalThe Australian Festival season is almost upon us & I thought I would take this opportunity to let you know about the shows I am currently working on.Courteney Hocking is Miss RightNow thoroughly sick of wasting my energies on the ungrateful Lefty causes (& the energy is limited when the only food they provide is tofu-bullshit), I'm switching teams to the side of the Right. Living in the Age of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~3/x5Wixe85tWc/adelaide-fringe-melbourne-international.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Courteney)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~4/x5Wixe85tWc" height="1" width="1"/>http://silenttristerosempire.blogspot.com/2009/02/adelaide-fringe-melbourne-international.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471506383761942241.post-4844831834175003079Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:13:00 +00002009-02-11T17:28:31.452-08:00Musicbruce springsteenPants loveLoveHow I Learned To Love The Boss"Things been a little tight, but I know they're gonna turn my way" - Girls In Their Summer Clothes.I love Bruce Springsteen. I remember shaving my legs for the very first time when I was thirteen and hearing “I’m On Fire” on the radio. Freudian field day aside, it made explicit the desire I’d been silently nursing for some time – a fantasy of being taken away by someone who saw my aching and knewhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~3/m6n3fNEE6jQ/how-i-learnt-to-love-boss.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Courteney)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~4/m6n3fNEE6jQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://silenttristerosempire.blogspot.com/2009/02/how-i-learnt-to-love-boss.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471506383761942241.post-3348032932074816763Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:27:00 +00002009-02-10T18:58:01.493-08:00Something You Should See #2U2_Springsteen - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking ForUploaded by GMRedskinsU2 & The Boss (briefly formed as some kind of the Catholic Rock Legends league) do a full-body-covered-in-goosebumps rendition of "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For".http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~3/AAhh1u6kdoM/something-you-should-see-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Courteney)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~4/AAhh1u6kdoM" height="1" width="1"/>http://silenttristerosempire.blogspot.com/2009/02/something-you-should-see-2.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471506383761942241.post-372741316843295417Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:45:00 +00002009-02-10T18:10:16.583-08:00Victorian Bushfires<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~3/kWZY_d1LtcQ/victorian-bushfires.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Courteney)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~4/kWZY_d1LtcQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://silenttristerosempire.blogspot.com/2009/02/victorian-bushfires.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471506383761942241.post-296044658651723586Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:37:00 +00002009-02-04T18:34:35.269-08:00WritingEconomyStimulus PackageKevin RuddDear Mr. Rudd Dear Mr. Rudd, Thankyou for the less-than-stimulating stimulus package of last night. I was about to watch Neighbours when you appeared to tell me your news. The papers this morning are touting you as a Whitlamite in a Neo-Cons clothes, which, aside from the Neo-Cons clothes bit, only serves to make me like you more. And we needed that, didn’t we? Because since the apology (what was it, a year http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~3/nS4pV8lfI3A/dear-mr-rudd.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Courteney)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~4/nS4pV8lfI3A" height="1" width="1"/>http://silenttristerosempire.blogspot.com/2009/02/dear-mr-rudd.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471506383761942241.post-3318119240690216644Fri, 30 Jan 2009 06:01:00 +00002009-02-04T18:35:47.776-08:00MustachesHarry PotterTaxAsk The Knowing BookRPGAsk The Knowing Book #4In the midst of our dress rehearsal for the zombie apocalypse (people with dead eyes in the streets, families refusing to leave their homes for fear of death, waiting until nightfall to make a run for food and supplies), I am in hiding at my parents homestead where my mum has taken to watching more Judge Judy than anyone should and the air conditioning is sweet. I hope you're not melting like a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~3/y-oQW2tQwz8/ask-knowing-book-4_29.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Courteney)5<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~4/y-oQW2tQwz8" height="1" width="1"/>http://silenttristerosempire.blogspot.com/2009/01/ask-knowing-book-4_29.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471506383761942241.post-7187632631208448900Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:11:00 +00002009-02-04T18:37:12.500-08:00Phillip Seymour HoffmanPunchdrunk LoveLoveDating AdviceAsk The Knowing BookAsk The Knowing Book #3Desperate said...Knowing book, will I ever meet the girl of my dreams?-------Dear Desperate,Thankyou for writing. The Knowing Book apologises for the delay in response, there really is no excuse for such tardiness. But your question has been on TKB’s mind all week & she wanted to give it adequate thought before replying.Finding the girl of your dreams is a hard task. Ewan McGregor says love is a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~3/OA5cDT7hg_k/ask-knowing-book-3.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Courteney)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~4/OA5cDT7hg_k" height="1" width="1"/>http://silenttristerosempire.blogspot.com/2009/01/ask-knowing-book-3.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471506383761942241.post-7644474663383593568Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:52:00 +00002009-02-04T18:43:29.880-08:00MustachesSista GerlSilent Tristero's EmpireDating AdviceGet Your Motor Running(comic from xkcd.com)Out wandering the streets of the inner north on this fine summer evening, Sista-Gerl & I chanced upon a group of hot young colts wandering past us on Smith Street. We did but see them passing by, but once they had, Sista-Gerl and I immediately shared quite the clash of reactions. Having spied one rather sexy seventies 'stache (& you know how I feel about those), my 'http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~3/0u9_4UQI5Hc/get-your-motor-running.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Courteney)9<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~4/0u9_4UQI5Hc" height="1" width="1"/>http://silenttristerosempire.blogspot.com/2009/01/get-your-motor-running.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471506383761942241.post-9134718871690799833Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:48:00 +00002009-02-04T18:38:57.111-08:00Ask The Knowing BookCarpe DiemAsk The Knowing Book #2<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:Arial; mso-fareast-font-family:"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~3/iofUvwz7rCA/ask-knowing-book-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Courteney)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~4/iofUvwz7rCA" height="1" width="1"/>http://silenttristerosempire.blogspot.com/2009/01/ask-knowing-book-2.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471506383761942241.post-7736395103135802553Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:39:00 +00002009-02-04T18:41:53.953-08:00ObamaKevin RuddAsk The Knowing BookAsk The Knowing Book #1Gentle readers, you have stepped up to the plate admirably with your questions and conundrums for The Knowing Book. As such, on this oddly cool Melbourne afternoon, I'm delighted to welcome you to the very first edition of... (trumpets & drum rolls followed by cymbals HERE), 'Ask The Knowing Book'. ------- <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false falsehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~3/HAJ32fnTcz4/ask-knowing-book-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Courteney)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~4/HAJ32fnTcz4" height="1" width="1"/>http://silenttristerosempire.blogspot.com/2009/01/ask-knowing-book-1.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471506383761942241.post-5259735113615351012Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:38:00 +00002009-02-04T18:41:39.562-08:00Ask The Knowing BookAsk The Knowing Book...I have had many nicknames in my lifetime. Courts, The Courters, Little Kev, Keavy, The Furious Five (actually that’s just my lady parts so maybe that doesn’t count). I remember at the age of eight asking my brother if he would call me ‘Chestnut’ because I had brown hair, but he said no. Fair enough.The best of these nicknames, however, is ‘The Knowing Book’. It was coined by my brother & his http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~3/D6CFxcS1KOk/ask-knowing-book.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Courteney)10<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~4/D6CFxcS1KOk" height="1" width="1"/>http://silenttristerosempire.blogspot.com/2009/01/ask-knowing-book.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471506383761942241.post-8214349404282741668Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:25:00 +00002009-02-04T18:43:08.855-08:00Hugh JackmanAustralian CinemaBaz LuhrmanSista GerlNicole KidmanMovie ReviewA review of the first hour of Baz Luhrmann's "Australia" <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]--> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Wingdings; panose-1:5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-charset:2; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~3/3_v06hB4V3w/review-of-first-hour-of-baz-luhrmanns.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Courteney)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~4/3_v06hB4V3w" height="1" width="1"/>http://silenttristerosempire.blogspot.com/2008/12/review-of-first-hour-of-baz-luhrmanns.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471506383761942241.post-8663892310578242765Tue, 09 Dec 2008 08:52:00 +00002008-12-09T03:02:56.476-08:00Bedford FallsMy favourite part about Christmas is coming home late from the traditional pre-Christmas BBQ and switching on the tele to find “It’s a Wonderful Life”. It’s always the middle of the night and I’m always alone and I always cry my eyes out. For anyone who hasn’t had the pleasure, it’s a black and white Frank Capra classic featuring Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey, a family man with a heart of gold http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~3/kmiW_A0ps6Q/bedford-falls.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Courteney)6<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~4/kmiW_A0ps6Q" height="1" width="1"/>http://silenttristerosempire.blogspot.com/2008/12/bedford-falls.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471506383761942241.post-7321654159936327404Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:13:00 +00002008-12-04T21:18:44.864-08:00Show Some Respect <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~3/hC8f8E9rWuU/show-some-respect.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Courteney)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~4/hC8f8E9rWuU" height="1" width="1"/>http://silenttristerosempire.blogspot.com/2008/12/show-some-respect.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471506383761942241.post-486044333019677932Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:02:00 +00002008-12-04T04:06:37.397-08:00I'd appreciate input. <!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~3/z8C08a4Wq8U/id-appreciate-input.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Courteney)17<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~4/z8C08a4Wq8U" height="1" width="1"/>http://silenttristerosempire.blogspot.com/2008/12/id-appreciate-input.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471506383761942241.post-3680846348374406010Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:06:00 +00002008-12-03T18:17:29.365-08:00Something You Should See #1Arthur Boyd's The Mining Town (Casting the money lenders from the temple), care of the National Gallery of Australia.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~3/SzdX_3pVnM0/something-you-should-see-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Courteney)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~4/SzdX_3pVnM0" height="1" width="1"/>http://silenttristerosempire.blogspot.com/2008/12/something-you-should-see-1.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8471506383761942241.post-2394314675465057707Wed, 26 Nov 2008 03:36:00 +00002008-11-26T06:30:26.386-08:00Pains, Trains & AutomobilesWhen I lived in the leafy, tedious eastern suburbs of Melbourne, some hoodlums set my car on fire in the middle of the night. I can only assume hedge burning was merely an ‘entry level’ arson and green Barinas had become the hard stuff. Unfortunately Buffy, my car, had already been brought back from the dead once before (after the sort of accident that would happen if a driver was texting at the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~3/yRQCoGzkcAo/trains-pains-automobiles.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Courteney)6<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SilentTristerosEmpire/~4/yRQCoGzkcAo" height="1" width="1"/>http://silenttristerosempire.blogspot.com/2008/11/trains-pains-automobiles.html