Kent’s

OK, so as you travel to colonies of the British empire, it’s good to understand who got crushed on their way to said empire.  In Australia, it’s the aborigines.  The second thing you should understand is what contribution said group made to society before the British showed up, after which point it’s life on the reservation.  So the aborigines had 2 entries.  Runner up:  Boomerang.  Interesting and worthy competitor.  However, it’s really only good for bonking squirrels on the head, and obviously didn’t stop the British.  The winner:  the didgeridoo.  Yes, that’s right.  They contributed one of the leading stoner toys!  You can see these devices  in the US at venues such as Burning Man and Phish Shows.

OK, so here I am in the sunburned country.  Not much to report.  All seems well here, solid ally, coalition appears to be holding.  Sports are as ridiculous as ever.  Australia is dominant in cricket right now.  Woo.  Imagine baseball where the pitcher runs from the outfield to the pitchers mound, and then throws the ball.  Nothing happens, and everyone has tea.  This goes on for 4 days.  Oh, and they wear sweaters.  Now this is a game played in India and Australia.  Sweaters.  Sometimes you just have to let traditions go…and step up to baseball.