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If a tree falls in the woods and nobody is there to hear it did it really make a sound? If i post a blog and nobody reads it was there really any point? You have entered the random thinking space of Morgan Bell . . . These are my musings . . . things about my life written off the top of my head . . . written in an informal disjointed style almost completely devoid of punctuation, this is where i flesh out writing ideas, discuss my life, and generally be self indulgent . . . it is also the bargain bin for articles which do not fit in with the film or arts themes of my other blogs . . . so have a wander around my mind, have a laugh, have a think, be nice, and humour me!

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Top 20 films of 2012

March 7th 2013 03:42
This is Movie Train's Top 20 films of 2012.

I am really late posting this. I was waiting to get a response from admin about getting my old movie blog back, but I don't think I can wait any longer. As usual these may be films that were officially released in 2012, but also may be films that I personally first saw in 2012 (there is often a massive lag between a USA cinema release and an Australian DVD release) and were officially released earlier.

As a general comment this is the year of brooding tough guys, mental illness, and screwball comedies.

Enjoy!


1. The Dark Knight Rises




2. Lawless




3. In Time




4. Take Shelter




5. Our Idiot Brother








6. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel




7. The Beaver




8. Never Let Me Go




9. Melancholia




10. Shame




11. Martha Marcy May Marlene




12. Young Adult




13. Seven Psychopaths




14. The Bourne Legacy




15. Headhunters








16. Exam




17. This Means War




18. The Campaign




19. Crazy Stupid Love




20. What To Expect When You’re Expecting













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Jesus is not the Reason for the Season

December 27th 2012 09:28
Jesus was not born on December 25th, if you take the information in the bible as gospel.

See this article from the Uniting Church about when Jesus possibly was born.

Christians plonked the celebration of christ's birth on the 25th of December to piggy back on to existing pagan winter solstice celebration such as Saturnalia and Yule.

So when a newsreader states that children born of December 25th share a birthday with the baby Jesus, they are perpetuating a lie.


Evil Santa




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Put Pell in jail for . . .

November 20th 2012 22:49
Conspiracy to commit mass child molestation.

Cardinal Pell





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Work like you don’t need the money. Love like you’ve never been hurt. Dance like nobody’s watching. Enjoy these Satchel Paige brand tampons.


Tina Fey - Esquire 2010
Tina Fey - Esquire 2010




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Masturbate with a cheesegrater

June 6th 2012 10:51
We wrote and voiced short plays at Newcastle Writers Group last week. Mine was the shortest play ever, probably only lasted a minute. But I did manage to work in one of my favourite overheard conversations of all time:

Person 1: Go masturbate with a cheesegrater.

Person 2: You couldn't even afford a cheesegrater.

Some pub banter is priceless.

cheese grater



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Easter, the goddess of fertility

April 6th 2012 11:54
Did you know Easter has nothing to do with Jesus?

Like most "christian" traditions this holiday simply pigg-backed on to an existing pagan celebration, the worship of the godess of fertility: Easter


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Graduation Bear

March 31st 2012 09:52
I graduated my post-grad course at Swinburne University of Technology this week. I studied online, and flew to Melbourne for the ceremony. One of my oldest and best friends lives in Melbourne so I stayed for a ten day week and took in a few cultural events as part of my week long celebration.

I was in town for The Famous Spiegeltent and saw two shows there. Bob Downe's 20 Golden Greats and Dixie's Tupperware Party. I recommend them both. They were hilarious


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Carnival of Aces

February 4th 2012 14:52
Asexuality blog Shades of Gray currently has a call for submissions for articles on "Sexual Exploration" as part of the ongoing Carnival of Aces.

If you want to participate simply write an article on the nominated topic and email the link to grasexuality [at] gmail.com by 3 March 2012


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The Mayonnaise Jar and Coffee

January 6th 2012 09:17
OK so I just wanted to see what the new "Repost" feature did on here, because I haven't had a good proper look around Orble in a long while.

I did actually enjoy reading this little story so check it out


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Occupy Reality

November 16th 2011 08:25
This commentary is so good. It is funny, because it is frustration at absurd reality. I have watched it many times now, and whenever I need an example for delusional behaviour, or people with no self awareness, i find myself referring to it.

It reminds me of a little analogy come private joke that was generated from a period of share-housing, which can be summarised as "throwing your own pot in the yard


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