tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21153442026-06-09T05:25:19.436+09:30The lifestyle blog of South Australian Artist, Writer, Video Producer and Animator, David Arandle working under the pseudonym 'The Extraordinary Tourist' or 'TET' for short. Writings about Art, Life, Social Issues, humor, Internet/Technology, Movies, Entertainment, World Issues, Business, People/Places and more.TET (David Arandle)http://www.blogger.com/profile/10017963548130964043noreply@blogger.comBlogger1006125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2115344.post-23650153466699306542026-06-02T10:30:00.000+09:302026-06-02T10:30:00.180+09:30

Federal Liberal Party Leader, Angus Taylor, andDeputy Leader, Jane Hume.Image: Gemini and TET.Generally I try to keep one eye on Australian politics, mainly at the Federal level because that affects the whole country. State based politics really only become interesting at state election time, as they're something of an indicator of how the various parties might fare in a Federal election.As

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This is another movie that I've finally got around to seeing. Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2025) caught my attention because Sam Rockwell is in it, and it is a time travel movie.Despite not being particularly successful upon release, it's not a bad movie by any means. It can be somewhat confusing and a little disjointed with it's frequent flashbacks, but there are definitely some

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Top: MQ-9 Reaper UAVPhoto (Public Domain) by Lt. Col. Leslie PrattBottom: Sypaq Corvo Cardboard DroneWhat do you think of when you hear the term 'drone warfare'? Chances are those Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) used by the United States Military come to mind because, of course, right? Drone warfare is high tech, it's the future.I'm probably one of the last people to know but Australian

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Dave Filoni continues to mine his one idea for Star Wars animation with his latest ten part series, Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord. Not that I have a big problem with that. At this point I'm hooked on all his Star Wars animated shows, but I do wish he would try something different with the basic story structure every now and then.However, young, inexperienced apprentice, either already teamed

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Original Artwork: Mocha and Mascarpone. Work in progress.There are now two ways you can purchase prints of my Art Cats, one which includes the option to buy the original artwork if it is still available, and you can even commission a custom Art Cat painting.Why would you want one of my whimsical cat paintings? Well, if you want to bring the same sense of crazy fun into your home as perfectly

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You wouldn't know it from this blog, where I reference it a handful of posts, but I am a big fan of the rebooted 2003 Battlestar Galactica Series. Which is how I come to be Facebook following the series most recognised Cylon, Six - well the actress who plays six anyway, Tricia Helfer.One thing you'll learn pretty quickly about Tricia is that she owns a lot of rescue cats - and that she's

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The Glenelg Giant Wheel.The Glenelg foreshore and Cafe/Shopping strip (Jetty Road) at the end of the tramline from Adelaide, South Australia is arguably one of the must visit tourist regions of the city. It particularly has a lot to offer families with, not just the beach, but quite a number of playgrounds and grassed reserves as well.My partner booked us a post weekend, two night (Sunday and

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Mocha and Mascarpone by TET 2026Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas (40 x 50cm).Buy My Original Artwork or High Quality Prints (ArtPal Store)Prints Available here. (RedBubble Store)Mocha and Mascarpone are so named because naming them 'Coffee and Cream' seemed a little on the nose, no matter how nice that sounds. The theme is friendship between two, somewhat exotic cats, Mocha, clearly Siamese,

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Books Available from Lulu (Recommended) or Amazon, Stickers, Coasters, Mugs Visit the Resident Dragon Art Time Store.Evicted from his cave, so the city can build a new freeway, aspiring actor and fire dragon, Red, temporarily moves into the suburban home of his friend, and former short film director, TET, and his two pets, Cool Froyd the Cat and Grrr Dog.Resident Dragon Book 1A Dragon's Gotta

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ArtHelper prides itself on being all 'human-made' art.The idea of an AI, trained specifically on art business marketing, that can not only offer advice on marketing your work, but also assist with creating all the content too, is certainly appealing. Especially to those of us who would rather spend more time creating our art than trying to sell it.ArtHelper does just that whilst attempting to be

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Over the weekend my state, South Australia, went to the polls to elect our government for the next four years. Going in it was considered a pretty safe bet the current Labor government, with Peter Malinauskas as Premier, would be returned. The real drama would be how the numbers looked for every other 'headline party' (those the mainstream media actually report upon) in the mix.The election

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When I first saw the trailer to Caught Stealing I was immediately interested in seeing the film.It looked like it was going to be something of dark, edgy, gangster, comedy film, with twists and turns, very much in the vein of Guy Richie's Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) movie, which I really enjoyed.Obviously, I didn't see this in theatres, and am reviewing it now because

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Moya - Life like Humanoid Robot by Droid Up.Today's post title is a paraphrase from the reboot series of Battlestar Galactica, "The Cylons look like us now." and, while it's not actually true that todays robots look like us, we're getting awfully close with a new Chinese robot named Moya by tech company Droid Up.The video below by YouTube channel Pro Robots tells you everything you need to know

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Modern Australia is not a country that starts wars. We're more than ready to help finish a war but we don't start them. We should not allow ourselves to become involved in unnecessary wars, such as the one Israel, with the assistance of the USA, just started with Iran.Ideally, all wars are unnecessary, but in reality sometimes countries do need to defend themselves from unnecessary attacks born

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Cat Amongst the Pigeons by TET 2026-02-22 Original Acrylic Painting on Canvas (15.5" x 12").Buy My Original Artwork or High Quality Prints (ArtPal Store). Alternatively, buy prints of the artwork through RedBubble. In my previous post, Painting Whimsical Cats (and probably other stuff) Again After Almost a Decade Away From Traditional Art, I, obviously, mentioned I'm painting cats

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For those of you that aren't adverse to your superhero content being a little more character driven and a lot less big action set pieces then Marvel's TV series, under the 'Marvel Spotlight' banner, Wonder Man, is a real underrated gem.Wanna-be actor, Simon Williams (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) is a suspected superhero in hiding who believes, he was born to play the title role in a new superhero movie

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This kind of ad may speak to One Nation'sexisting supporters but it does nothing to convince me that their policies hold up.Image: One Nation Website.The proposed new hate speech laws in Australia have been very divisive. They may have passed by now but regardless, that's not the focus of this post. The laws were so divisive they caused the Liberal/National party coalition to split (again),

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Despite being in the middle of Summer, and experiencing some record temperatures across the state, we got a perfect day for the South Aussie leg of Jimmy Barnes' Working Class Man 40th Aniversay Tour. Lightly overcast. Almost no chance of rain. The cloud cover taking all the edge out of the sun, which was still quite fierce during the brief moments when it did break through the clouds for a

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Blue Sky, Butterfly, and JAC by TET. Acrylic on Canvas.Buy My Original Artwork or High Quality Prints (ArtPal Store). Alternatively, buy prints of the artwork through RedBubble. WIP of a New Whimsical Cat Painting by TET. Over the Christmas and New Year holidays I spent a lot of my time reflecting on where I'm at as an artist and content creator, torn between the need to at least make

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The relatively new relationship term 'dry begging' is one I came across recently in a random article, What is 'dry begging'? Potentially Problematic Relationship Term Explained, served up to me in Microsoft Bing's mobile app. Gaining in popularity on TikTok and YouTube where the term has been analyzed to death by content psychologists because... Of course it has. It's content.Dry begging is a

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James Cameron's Avatar movies are one of the few I'll pay to watch in a cinema without knowing anything about the story. Largely because I know they'll at least be visually interesting and worthy of seeing on a big screen. That was the case for the third installment, Avatar: Fire and Ash. I may have seen a trailer at some point in the lead up to its release but I'm not sure? All I

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President Maduro in US Custody. On the same day the US Administration decided to kidnap Venezuela's President and his wife, I happened to catch a 20 minute video overview on the history of Venezuela from about the time President Maduro came into power to days before his 'capture'.The 20 minute video by Australian ABC News called, What's Going on in Venezuela?, may sway your thought process on

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The Bruce Railway Station. Now a private residence. Visiting the almost forgotten town of Bruce reminds me of visiting Silverton back in 2007, except Silverton has been revived into a kind of arts town with a very famous pub.Bruce, on the other hand seems a little too spread out, and a bit too out of the way to make a similar 'arts' kind of revival.Bruce's Pub appears to be an art studio with

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While this is an AI image of me, I can assure you I writeall of this blog myself with no help from AI at all.I'm afraid this may be an uninteresting article, three days before Christmas, for the sole purpose of not missing my weekly post to this blog. I'm drawing a blank on what to write about so... I settled on doing a review of posts for the year. Read on at your own discretion.Starting 2025 I

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The footbridge from which the gunmen primarily conducted their attack (pictured in 2019)By Philip Mallis from Melbourne - Pedestrian bridge across carpark, Bondi, CC BY-SA 2.0, LinkAs I write this, it is the day after the 2025 Bondi Beach Shooting. Sixteen people were killed, including one of the two gunmen, and 42 others injured. I feel for anyone who had to live through this, and

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