Moonlighting

Isn't the moon a wonderful thing? It was a chilly pre-dawn ride this morning, a quick 50km or so before work, brightened by a big glow to the west. The full moon was about to set, but at the time I rode for Little Nerang Dam, it created a brilliant landscape. The way it lit up the trees out there was just beautiful, the glow off Little Nerang Creek as I passed it by, the silhouette of Springbrook and the surrounding mountains was truly a sight to behold.

Fast forward 13 hours or so. Now I was riding home from work, Surfers Paradise was it's usual insane self. However, passing Narrowneck, watching the glow of the now rising moon on the South Pacific was again, stunning. Somehow it seemed to outshine all the other rubbish that was going on. If only I'd taken the time this morning to grab my camera on the way out.

In other news:

• Apparently a Sydney Newspaper has decided to fill in the gaps on a slow news day with another whine about cyclists. I won't dignify them by digging up a link to post here, but I note that this seems to be happening more and more often these days, and I'm almost certain that the reaction of many cycling groups to these stories is the main reason. Usually the response is to flood the mailbox of the media outlet in question with a heap of letters or e-mails trying to correct their thinking. Effectively all we're doing is giving them the attention they crave. I wonder how many editors rub their hands together with glee when this happens, and start plotting the next one. Wouldn't we be better off to simply let the story die and be done with it?

• Triple J has the Friday F*ckwit. Now Lifecycle brings you the Wednesday Wanker. This week it goes to Gold Coast mobile phone salesman Ron Bakir (a.k.a Crazy Ron). For those who are unaware, the man who makes the most annoying TV ads in the country, also gained a lot of publicity by putting up some money to fund the legal costs of Schapelle Corby, the Gold Coast woman who was accused of smuggling drugs into Bali. Now he apparently wants his money back (funny how he didn't mention that when he was getting the publicity a few weeks back). I was always of the opinion that doing someone a favour was exactly that. In other words, you don't ask for something in return. Perhaps this tosser saw it as a "business transaction" from the outset, well perhaps he should have made that clear from the outset, rather than trying to claim the moral high ground and free publicity.