Grog, 

and more of it. 

Wednesday. 

Was invited to a Beef and Burgundy luncheon at Jaques Reymond in Williams Rd, Prahran. 30 or so blokes of all classes, all upper, getting stuck right into it. 

I had been a guest of one of it's members (my sister's boyfriend). To say I felt like a fish out of water was an understatement. All the members were nice enough, though. What I have already discovered with events of this nature in the past, is that when a bunch of blokes get together, it doesn't matter what the socio-economic background of the individual is, because alcohol is always the great equalizer. Sooner or later, they all revert to the primitive and bumbling gender we are known for. 

The host, an eloquent elderly English gentleman, and i do mean gentleman. Proper and dapper in every way, never once having his sense of decorum interfered with. 

I sat with a cop named Lars, and he sat next to another bloke called Robert. Both had Handlebar moustaches and an hour later , big red faces. 

The whole purpose was in the talk and discovery of wine. The host brought a selection of Champagne-white, red, sauterne and port to the table, all covered in foil. Certain "gentlemen" were questioned by the host on type and region. By the 3rd glass of red, which was, of course, followed by a champagne or 2, and 3 glasses of white. I didn't give a shit if I was slurping gut rot out of an old boot. Though I did appreciate the settings. Stately old mansion/restaraunt- ornate and huge banquet room, and a heavenly picture window at the end framing a flowering chrysanthemum outside. At the end of it all, I can say without the slightest doubt in my mind, I was pissed as a fart. 
 

Dr Freud's Apartment in Vienna
Sent from a friend visiting Austria
Noted at the bottom,
"Medicare not accepted"

Have been going on my freezing walks at lunchtime. Sometimes I get the street preachers bellowing out the avoidance to Satan which we all must adhere by. 

"you,  Sir !!!"  (directed to me, of course) 

"Do you know of the mark of the devil? " 

"eerrrrrrrrrr aaahhhrr  not really..." 

"Do you know there are concentration camps being built in America, and yes, Australia too, we have them here, as I speak!" 

"Concentration camps ?" (thumbing my hand behind me) 

"I work in one" 
 

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Lunar eclipse tonight 

look for the milky way when it goes dark, tell me all about it if you see it, i'm going to the top of old Manchester Unity building to howl and scream a bit. 
 

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