R.I.P. Mr. Kerry Packer

Mr. Kerry Packer.

You made a grown man cry on the passing of an era in Australian business.

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Australia's richest man passed away in his sleep and left behind, not only a business empire, but also an indelible influence on some of the Australian way of life. The author of this blog post never met you nor could his meagre disability pension match the millions you accumulated by hard work and business accumen however you are not envied nor is there any animosity for you at all. You earned your success and your place in Australian history, for good or for bad. Your acute sense of a good deal provided work for thousands of Australians. Your personal down to earth approach to dealing with fools, government & bureaucracy was the same as that of the person in the street. R.I. P.

Happy Holidays

For those who hold Christian beliefs, may you have a Very Merry Christmas.

Hopefully everybody's holiday season will be happy and 2006 will be prosperous and peaceful for all.
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It is to be noted that the sun reaches its southernmost transverse of the sky on December 22nd, then lays as if dead for 3 days and rises again on the 25th December.
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For those who believe the Northern Hemisphere's summer solstice is the origin of 'second coming' philosophy, may the sun always shine on you and tend to your garden.

( The "death" and "resurrection", or "second coming", of the sun, happens twice a year.)