A Different Drummer

Today, January 26, is Australia Day. All across the great land down under people will be celebrating in the only way appropriate for our country - doing whatever they want. Many will be BBQ'ing enough meat to make some species extinct, and drinking, scientifically speaking, all the beer in the world. Other people have their own Australia Day traditional rituals - going surfing or camping, or just doing nothing at all.

Hooray for the country that gave me a fantastic, free education, the best healthcare in the world (free, again), and the freedom to do pretty much whatever I wanted. Australia gets a little bit boring after a while, being so isolated and introverted in our little far-away corner of the world - but I honestly couldnt think of a better place in the world to grow up in, leave for a while, and then return to...some day. A beautiful natural environment, the worlds most multicultural society, one of the oldest constitutional democracies in the world, and a country that, no matter what we actually do, enjoys a great reputation and image all across the world. There is no better passport to travel on than an Aussie one (OK, maybe these "EU" things might be useful....)

Anyhow, I hope everyone back home is living it up Aussie style on this, our day of national whatever. And I'm looking forward to finding out the winner of the JJJ Hottest 100 (another Australia day institution)