This nationally syndicated column is being presented this week via Zoom. We are just waiting for Ken in Toowoomba who reads it in the Brisbane Sunday Mail to join us. Hi Ken, good to see you. Sunday Tasmanian readers Sally and Jack should be on the line in Hobart. Do we have Sally and Jack?Continue reading “Setting Up a Zoom Conference in Australia”
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Bank Holiday UK
We’ve got this old virus thing sortedIt’s holiday (Bank) in UKLet’s go to the beach and toe-dabbleAnd throw social distance away Don MatthewsJune 2021
Plunder Plunder Plunder
Plunder plunder plunderEarth for all your worthLeaving future generationsAn earth of little worth Don MatthewsMay 2021
You Dropped Your Guard
You thought you had me underControl, then dropped you guardI am not dumb, I do mutateAnd will, simple, not hard A race is on with you and meWith me, I just mutateBut should you wish to win the raceIt’s simple, vaccinate Don MatthewsMay 2021
Hairdressing Salon Owner Refuses Vaccinated Customers
There are some who shop for their factsin the bargain bins of human knowledge A Queensland hairdresser refuses to let vaccinated customers into her salon to protect the staff She admitted she acquired her views on the vaccine based on information on “the rabbit warren of the internet” https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/health-wellbeing/gold-coast-hair-salon-refuses-service-to-customers-who-have-covid-19-vaccine-c-2878833
Jesus Takes the Wheel
You are my rock, my keeperYou help me stay aliveI’m taking hands off steering wheelSo you can have a drive In 1994 a 51-yr-old Italian motorist told a court in Germanythat his car had crashed after he let go of the steering wheeland asked God to drive Don MatthewsMay 2021
FCS Daily Music Video – ‘Venus’ Shocking Blue (1970)
Shocking Blue were founded in 1967 by guitarist Robbie van Leeuwen. In 1968 van Leeuwen was introduced to Mariska Veres, singing at that time with a club band. He persuaded her to take over the vocals, and the group recorded a worldwide hit with the song “Venus” . The band sold 13.5 million records by 1973 but disbanded in 1974.Continue reading “FCS Daily Music Video – ‘Venus’ Shocking Blue (1970)”
Phantom
Prompt from a novel I’m reading Lost my apparatusAccident, all goneGet these phantom hard-onsWhat is going on? Don MatthewsMay 2021
Stromboli
Been thinking ’bout a trip toStromboli Island (might)They say to take a flashlightWhy? Cos no streetlights Don MatthewsMay 2021
The Errant Olive
You ask me how I got hereI’ll tell you in a wordA swallow did an olive swallowDropped it in a turd Swallows don’t eat olives…. Parrot?…. Don MatthewsMay 2021
Flippant, Comic, and Serious 