The Year that Was Orble: 2006
December 31st 2006 01:03
The Year that Was Orble: 2006
There were some surprises for me this year in both a personal and professional sense. Yet it is Orble that has given me a strange sense of satisfaction and achievement (deserving or not) over why I came here. I started with the Blog ‘For the Sake of Argument’ which latter morphed into ‘My Apologetics’ when Orble made my URL available. Stats started arriving in the mail and I continued to write about anything and everything that took my fancy. Most often I was just exorcising demons but other times I was just having a little fun but mostly I was practicing writing in the same way that people practice the art of conversation. The more you practice the better you get.
There have been a few surprises in the reaction I got to some posts that show the depth and diversity of opinions. As I have said previously I am not opposed to people disagreeing with me and I respect a well constructed rebuff. What I found surprising is when a post touches a nerve it has sparked debates between people. The question gets a good thrashing as two people put forward their case and supporting evidence. If there is such a thing as intellectual testosterone, it here at Orble.
This has been a turbulent year where we have seen major conflicts in Africa and the Middle East. The Lebanon conflict drew a great deal of attention possible due to the availability of film crews and it spectacular level of destruction. The Iraq conflict has continued to descend into civil war where we have become spectators to what many warned would happen. The AWB wheat scandal that paid $300 million in bribes to Saddam still hangs over the Howard government despite claiming ignorance about the twenty warning they received. The new Australian Industrial Relations laws continue to be a hot topic as it will affect every working person. George Bush appears to have had his own problems as approval rating slumps, unwelcome news come from Iraq and Rummy falls on his own sword. Steve Irwin took the international spotlight when he was suddenly killed by a stingray. The local spotlight was taken by two miners trapped under tones of hard stone. I can feel a mini series waiting to be made here. Yet the story that gave me the greatest reason to laugh was the cannibals, Wa wa and Niomi’s attempt to appear like a serious reporter. It unfolded like a soap opera of the television tabloid news industry cannibalize each other to get the scoop. I wonder what ever happened to Wa wa.
The pleasure I have from reading other people posts on Orble cannot be expressed in words, so I will not make a fool of myself by trying, needless to say that there have been many classic posts and some prime comments to boot.
Have a good New Year everyone.
There were some surprises for me this year in both a personal and professional sense. Yet it is Orble that has given me a strange sense of satisfaction and achievement (deserving or not) over why I came here. I started with the Blog ‘For the Sake of Argument’ which latter morphed into ‘My Apologetics’ when Orble made my URL available. Stats started arriving in the mail and I continued to write about anything and everything that took my fancy. Most often I was just exorcising demons but other times I was just having a little fun but mostly I was practicing writing in the same way that people practice the art of conversation. The more you practice the better you get.
There have been a few surprises in the reaction I got to some posts that show the depth and diversity of opinions. As I have said previously I am not opposed to people disagreeing with me and I respect a well constructed rebuff. What I found surprising is when a post touches a nerve it has sparked debates between people. The question gets a good thrashing as two people put forward their case and supporting evidence. If there is such a thing as intellectual testosterone, it here at Orble.
This has been a turbulent year where we have seen major conflicts in Africa and the Middle East. The Lebanon conflict drew a great deal of attention possible due to the availability of film crews and it spectacular level of destruction. The Iraq conflict has continued to descend into civil war where we have become spectators to what many warned would happen. The AWB wheat scandal that paid $300 million in bribes to Saddam still hangs over the Howard government despite claiming ignorance about the twenty warning they received. The new Australian Industrial Relations laws continue to be a hot topic as it will affect every working person. George Bush appears to have had his own problems as approval rating slumps, unwelcome news come from Iraq and Rummy falls on his own sword. Steve Irwin took the international spotlight when he was suddenly killed by a stingray. The local spotlight was taken by two miners trapped under tones of hard stone. I can feel a mini series waiting to be made here. Yet the story that gave me the greatest reason to laugh was the cannibals, Wa wa and Niomi’s attempt to appear like a serious reporter. It unfolded like a soap opera of the television tabloid news industry cannibalize each other to get the scoop. I wonder what ever happened to Wa wa.
The pleasure I have from reading other people posts on Orble cannot be expressed in words, so I will not make a fool of myself by trying, needless to say that there have been many classic posts and some prime comments to boot.
Have a good New Year everyone.
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