All posts by Mark Edwards

Idle Confessions

Okay, I confess, I watch Australian Idol.
Every Sunday my wife loves it, and I have got sucked in, the drama, the anger at Mark Holden’s dribble. Marcia being sickeningly nice.
Is it just me, or is the quality of this years singers far better than years gone by?
Here is my rundown on the contestants left after Youth Alive singer and committed Christian “Mutto” was voted out (TAB odds follow)
Dean Geyer – Pretty boy, not a great singer, but makes good choices in regard to song selection. 15 year old girls who actually vote might get him over the line.
$4.00
Damien Leith – Great singer
$4.00
Jessica Mauboy – Great voice, not the best perfomer, but likeable
$5.50
Bobby Flynn – Unique artist, judges love him. I like him too, but I probably would not buy his album. I think he will win, and be a worthy winner.
$7.50
Lisa Mitchell – Waif like folk singer, talented, young, niave, cant see her winning
$8.50
Chris Murphy – Excellent performer. Wont win, not pretty enough, but by far my favourite contender and a considerably better singer and performer than his brother
$9.00
Lavina Williams – Good singer, don’t really connect with her, and can’t see her making it much further
$9.50
Ricky Muscat – Will survive for a little longer on 15 year old girl vote
$21.00

For KM

Someone told me I was being too nice about the Weagles winning the GF, too concilitory.
So as not to dissapoint anyone who prefers the “chip on the shoulder Mark”, I present this picture which Nathan Jarvis, Dockerland regular and author, produced.

Spring Fair

Here is the flyer I have done up for our spring fair.
This annual event is well organised and a big event on our church calender. Probably the biggest thing we do and the most strategic in ‘gathering’ in all the people who come to our various community programs.

One Point

well……
that’s the footy season over.
I copped some well deserved ribbing this morning at church, and managed to weave the GF into my children’s talk at church.

Well done weagles, after the dissapointment of losing both derbies this year, it was good to see them win something.

Worsfold, to his credit, coached well, probably outcoached Roo’s, with some creative and quick moves.

Barry Hall had a shocker, and probably was one of the reasons they lost, but Kerr and Embley played out of their skin.

Roll on 2007.
Brett Peake for Brownlow, Freo for Premiers.

This Saturday

Apparently there is a football game on.
Will I as a patriotic West Australia be barracking for the Eagles?
I don’t think so.

Football is not about State rivalries, its about tribalism.
You wont see Crows fans supporting Port when they are in the GF.
You wont see Collingwood fans supporting Carlton against anyone.

I go for two teams, the Dockers and whoever is playing the Eagles. GO SWANNIES!

If the Eagles win, good luck to them, and it will be well deserved.
But I wont be cheering them on.

Erwin Mc Manus

Where the Echoes Stop
by Erwin Raphael McManus
I want to stand where the echoes stop.
Far past where sound has abandoned thought.
Where silence reigns over redundancy.
Where once well said is more than enough.
I want to stand where the echoes stop.
Where words must be born to be heard.
Where speech is a gift and not a curse.
Where there is more of the unique and less of the mundane.
I want to stand where the echoes stop.

Where meaning is rescued from noise…

Where conviction replaces thoughtless repetition…
Where what everyone is saying surrenders to what needs to be said.
I want to stand where the echoes stop.
Where the shouting of the masses falls silent to the whisper of the one…
Where the voice of the majority submits to the voice of reason…
Where “they” do not exist; but “we” do.
I want to stand where the echoes stop.

Where substance overthrows the superficial…

Where courage conquers compliance and conformity…

Where words do not travel farther than the person who speaks them.
I want to stand where the echoes stop.
Where I only say what I believe.Where I only repeat what changes me.

Where empty words finally rest in peace.
I want to stand where the echoes stop.
“Be still and know that I am God…” -Psalm 46:10a