Graham Clements.
I was born a number of years ago
I mainly write science fiction the narrative of speculative wonder and the future.
I have completed a number of writing courses including a Master of Creative Writing at the University of Canberra.
I read a lot of science non-fiction so I am a sceptic when it comes to the paranormal and don't believe aliens have visited us, but wish they would abduct Tony Abbott and examine his brain.
As a Brisbane Lion's supporter don't currently talk much about football, but I loved watching them beat Collingwood and Essendon in those grandfinals.
I don't like people who try to impose their religious views on others, especially when the faires - that live under the orange tree in my garden - assure me that religion's hidden agenda is to fill the world with human meat ripe for soon to arrive aliens.
I am becoming increasingly annoyed with bloggers and other media writers who selectively edit sources and comments (this is a particular tendency for right-wingers, probably because they know they can not argue their case on the facts).
I am not much of a fan of greed, McMansions and expensive cars only leave me thinking of the other things that could have been done with the money, like touring the world or taking time off work to write or perhaps preventing some kid in undeveloped countries dying from hunger.
I believe ingnorance is on the rise due to the cult of celebrity encouraged by billionaire media tycoons seeking control over the population.
I believe that dogs take after their owners, so if the dog barks all day and night their owner is probably an attention seeker.
My happiest political moment was the 1996 defeat of the Coalition Government in Australia. I felt proud that my fellow Aussies finally removed the most dishonest, backward-looking and marginalising Prime Minister in Australian history. A man who whose legacy includes a massive foreign debt, a dishonest invasion of Iraq, inhumane treatment of refugees and Aborigines, and helping make Australia's housing one of the least affordable in the world. Perhaps his greatest legacy will come from his support of George Bush's denial of the overwhelming scientific proof that the world is warming to potentially catastrophic levels because of human activity. When not writing, working, reading,
exercising or entertaining pessimistic thoughts about humanity's future, I can usually be found on Facebook or Myspace or Twitter or some other social networking site.
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