http://www.rakemag.com/tags/australia The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.rakemag.com/blogs/outrage/2008/04/living-room-chit-chat <p>Sitting in my living room, having a beer with a neighbor (and my love), and thought I'd share the chat.</p><p>My neighbor, making small talk over his Corona Light, asks if we know that the Aborigines are killing themselves.</p><p>&quot;Ah, of course,&quot; I say. &quot;It only stands to reason. Eventually we all begin to imitate and support the American way.&quot;</p><p>He's confused, of course. This isn't what he meant.</p><p>No, they're refusing to procreate, he explains. Apparently, the world is just too horrible. Who can blame them?</p> http://www.rakemag.com/blogs/outrage/2008/04/living-room-chit-chat#comments aborigines australia australian chatter living room native procreation vision quest walkabout Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:33:11 -0500 Cristina Cordova 8883 at http://www.rakemag.com http://www.rakemag.com/eaters-digest/down-hatch/red-blooded-australian <p>It is a drear thought that if you can remember the Pudding Shop on the north side of Divan Yolu in Istanbul you must be well into middle age. “Those were the days, my friend,” the Seekers sang, “We thought they’d never end, we would be young for ever and a day.” As the Roman poet Horace said, eheu fugaces, alas, the fleeting years. </p> http://www.rakemag.com/eaters-digest/down-hatch/red-blooded-australian#comments australia australian wine buddhist constantine Divan Yolu Hipi Route instanbul lindemann&#039;s Lindemann’s Reserve Merlot ottoman empire Peter Levi pudding shop turkish Mon, 31 Jul 2006 00:00:00 -0500 admin 3609 at http://www.rakemag.com