The Lair of the Emerald Serpent

So it's party time in Mainland China tomorrow. I cannot begin to imagine the gloating over Hong Kong and Apple Daily and how the CCP government knows they can do whatever they damned well like because no other country can or will stand up to them.

"There is no good and evil. There is only POWER and those too weak to seek it" has turned out to be a saying for the ages. Lord Voldemort really does get all the best lines.

Bonewall UK is losing its power and that truly is a sight to behold. Schadenfreude on steroids.


It has taken me a whole month to finally post a little squiggle. Camp Nanowrimo starts tomorrow as does Plastic Free July so I may finally manage to get back in the habit of squiggling after several month's absence.

Also the New Financial Year starts tomorrow in Oz. Due to the lockdown, there has not been the usual ritual of Officeworks and assorted tech toy shops opening until midnight for stragglers grabbing some very last minute tax deductions.

( some serpent snippets )

Izzie has many little rituals. Just one among many is slinking from work on Thursdays to an offbeat Chinese Malaysian restaurant.
They have a giant TV screen on one wall. It used to show lots of Ed Sheeran videos and K Pop music and I would generally not pay too much attention since most of the commentary and subtitles are in Chinese. And anyway, I am usually too busy either eating or filling in the little black book of days.

But about 8 weeks ago the content changed. When it wasn’t footage of workers in factories making face masks or doctors surgeries and hospitals running out of said items, or white vans roaming the streets with their occupants wearing hazmat suits every time they stepped outside the cabin, it was scenes from some conference or press briefing.
The scene was always the same. Three speakers at a table with microphones, a woman behind them doing sign language for the deaf and a written sign in English
“Centre for Disease Control and Prevention”

( Coronavirus Craziness )

David Rowe does it again with his most delightful drawing of the Don in London





Even the Aliens are offering their own Royal Welcome


( Greenest Greetings )


Over here in Oz, a certain anniversary from 30 years ago (known in some circles as 35th May ) is taking all the attention away from the Royal Visit. Especially as 3 Chinese navy vessels lurked in Sydney Harbour just to remind the locals who pays the piper these days.

These days it is much harder to mow down citizens with tanks and to pretend that it never happened. I wonder how history would have been different if Tank Man had been live streaming his defiance on Facebook.