Lazy? Me?

So it's been 3 months. Crazy. In my defence, there's at least two people in my links section that haven't blogged for even longer. And to think my last post was only after a month gap.

I'm now around about 5 weeks from becoming a father. That's quite a full on thing and it's resulted in my brain working in about two modes: serious, life mode and total escapist mode. The blogging thing falls into a third mode - thinking about the outside world. And that's something I haven't had much time for.

That's only sort of true. But I do a lot my thinking about the outside world while at work and I can no longer blog from work. That thinking also tends to be focused on work type matters rather than idle musings and idle musings are mostly what this blog is about.

Anyway, this is the most interesting thing I've read lately. It's all about rational choice and future planning and economic assumptions. Read it and I'm sure you'll find yourself reflecting on your own behaviour.

In other news the new Australian workplace laws come into affect tomorrow. They scare the hell out of me and I'm not sure I trust my new place of employment entirely enough to think that they won't affect me. And part of the whole fatherhood thing is that I start wondering what things I have taken for granted in my life little Peanut will grow up never knowing (eg. minimum wages, unfair dismissal protection and the like).

The other issue is the solution. The Labor Party is looking increasingly unelectable and unworthy of election as well. The Greens have an understanding of economics that differs severely from mine (not that the Labor Party doesn't but I can at least sympathise with where they're coming from a lot of the time). There's still no party that's of the left and not stupid. No surprises there, but it's depressing. Of course, there's no not stupid party of the right either, but that doesn't seem to stop them from winning.

Hopefully it won't be as long again until I post. I suspect it won't be, but the next thing I post will probably be pictures of Peanut so hopefully that won't be too boring for everyone.

Reading: Looking for Jake by China Mieville (very slowly)

Listening to: Anything by The Bug

Drinking: Anything by Emerson's (right this second it's their Pilsner)