Mark Trevorrow in Good Weekend

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The Getting of Wisdom

Mark Trevorrow Performer (aka Bob Downe)

What I now know about...

Politics It's the art of compromise not con. Are you listening, John Howard? Thought not.

Power To be excercised with extreme caution and compassion, not shock and awe. Are you listening, Dubya? Oh, forget it.

Love It takes two. At a time. Not three, or in a group, or in any other overlapping combination.

Loss/Death A burden to be carried as lightly as possible.

Age I honestly thought it was going to happen to everybody else.

My body I'm finding ways to not be a skinny and pudgy man, the worst of all possible worlds at 44!

Alter-egos They're very handy to face the world and pay the mortgage.

Safari suits They're suprisingly comfy to work in. Don Dunstan was right - about so many things.

Comb-overs Cover it or chrome it, baby!

Gravity I'm seriously up and down about this one.

Consumerism You mean, when your Visa is maxed out and they offer you a credit limit increase?

Happiness That there's much less of it than you'd think when you're young, and much more when you're older.

TV In wide-screen, colour, high-definition and plasma with 50 channels, there's still nothing on.

Comedy It can be very dark in the wings.

White goods They're never white anymore!

Audiences Like snowflakes, every one is different.

Talent That it's not enough.

Faith Ditto, unfortunately!

Sex Proof of the law of diminishing returns.

Shopping Ditto, except there's often no returns.

Music The gift that keeps on giving.

Tempers That we really should count to 10.