Wonderland?
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I think it’s important that I establish some sense of proportion here – not everything I see interests me. There, I’ve said it. I pay attention to some things that many people ignore, and ignore many things people find fascinating. That’s the way of the world. Some things I return to time after time, never finding them dull or tarnished by familiarity. Some things I cross the street to avoid. And there are some things that don’t hold my attention in any way whatsoever, but I can’t avoid either. This, in no significant order, is the current list of things that fall into that last category – the unavoidable and the annoying: · Days over 100 ◦ c · Dusty winds (especially on hot days) · Large cities (especially on hot days with dusty winds) · Sand (especially when blown into large cities on hot days) · Going shopping (books and cameras excepted) · Tony Abbott (on any day, in any weather, in any form of human habit