Comments for Dominic Knight http://www.domknight.com Writer and pontificator-at-large Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:45:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Comrades by Lauren http://www.domknight.com/comrades/comment-page-1/#comment-8509 Lauren Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:45:37 +0000 http://www.domknight.com/?page_id=1502#comment-8509 Hey Dom, just finished reading the new book 'Comrades', enjoyed it as much as your first novel, great work! Very fortunate that the book release coincided with the federal election, since I do not have any political background what-so-ever it helped me to comprehend a few more things about politics (student level or otherwise) in an entertaining, readable format! It was also a very good portrayal of uni life, the different 'characters' to be found on any given campus and the amount of time that is spent at the tav/pub! Hey Dom, just finished reading the new book ‘Comrades’, enjoyed it as much as your first novel, great work! Very fortunate that the book release coincided with the federal election, since I do not have any political background what-so-ever it helped me to comprehend a few more things about politics (student level or otherwise) in an entertaining, readable format! It was also a very good portrayal of uni life, the different ‘characters’ to be found on any given campus and the amount of time that is spent at the tav/pub!

]]> Comment on A couple of real weathervanes by P. Oliver http://www.domknight.com/a-couple-of-real-weathervanes/comment-page-1/#comment-8484 P. Oliver Wed, 11 Aug 2010 06:03:08 +0000 http://www.domknight.com/?p=1710#comment-8484 JG didn't invent the Citizens Assembly. Because no-one [in print] has taken the trouble to discover what citizens assembly means, I googled for a clue and apparently it's been done in British Columbia, Canada, to investigate changes to the provincial electoral system, {wikipedia}. This begs the question, why didn't journalists ask JG a few questions before losing concentration ?? JG didn’t invent the Citizens Assembly. Because no-one [in print] has taken the trouble to discover what citizens assembly means, I googled for a clue and apparently it’s been done in British Columbia, Canada, to investigate changes to the provincial electoral system, {wikipedia}. This begs the question, why didn’t journalists ask JG a few questions before losing concentration ??

]]> Comment on Ten ways to make the election more interesting by Jamesonthesea http://www.domknight.com/ten-ways-to-make-the-election-more-interesting/comment-page-1/#comment-8481 Jamesonthesea Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:12:05 +0000 http://www.domknight.com/?p=1704#comment-8481 Great article. I pick number 5. [ "and Rudd's staffer"], but I'm more interested in Gilllard's bodyguard/ junior adviser Andrew Stark who was bodyguard/junior adviser or something to Alexander Downer until 2007 then moved to Ms Gillard. It probably wasn't him but that's no less likely than any other staffer really, and the question no-one in the news media have asked as far as I know is, who stands to gain from the damaging leaks? Great article. I pick number 5. [ "and Rudd's staffer"], but I’m more interested in Gilllard’s bodyguard/ junior adviser Andrew Stark who was bodyguard/junior adviser or something to Alexander Downer until 2007 then moved to Ms Gillard. It probably wasn’t him but that’s no less likely than any other staffer really, and the question no-one in the news media have asked as far as I know is, who stands to gain from the damaging leaks?

]]> Comment on Disco Boy by When Rom Met Com… By Dominic Knight « The Random Blog http://www.domknight.com/disco-boy/comment-page-1/#comment-8479 When Rom Met Com… By Dominic Knight « The Random Blog Tue, 03 Aug 2010 22:58:24 +0000 http://domknight.com/?page_id=5#comment-8479 [...] was delighted, and gained the courage to persevere with the story. (You can read that first chapter here if you’re curious about whether it’s funny or not!) Disco Boy‘s narrator is [...] [...] was delighted, and gained the courage to persevere with the story. (You can read that first chapter here if you’re curious about whether it’s funny or not!) Disco Boy‘s narrator is [...]

]]> Comment on Comrades by Q&A Monday: Rachel Hills « Virgule: The Voiceworks Blog http://www.domknight.com/comrades/comment-page-1/#comment-8474 Q&A Monday: Rachel Hills « Virgule: The Voiceworks Blog Mon, 02 Aug 2010 06:45:00 +0000 http://www.domknight.com/?page_id=1502#comment-8474 [...] Comrades - Dom Knight's highly entertaining new novel about Sydney University student politics. And before that, 33 - a literary getting-to-know you exercise with my new city. [...] [...] Comrades – Dom Knight's highly entertaining new novel about Sydney University student politics. And before that, 33 – a literary getting-to-know you exercise with my new city. [...]

]]> Comment on Why ‘Avatar’ should win Best Picture by Dean http://www.domknight.com/a-salute-to-avatar/comment-page-1/#comment-8471 Dean Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:32:30 +0000 http://www.domknight.com/?p=1412#comment-8471 you know, i have a problem with avatar. i mean, whats so visually spectacular about it? some blue people in a glowing forest. wow. i thought of the glowing forest in one of my stories and i suck. and that army guy, "where at war with these navo" or whatever. now, someone please tell me how is it a war when you have massive macine guns and huge tanks and they have bows and arrows? and "there skeletons are hard, we cant kill them" hello guts, and legs dont have bones. repeat, you have machine guns. how did they defeat those helicopter things at the end? oh yeah one landed on the back thing, and it spun out of control and blew up. yeah right. would that happen? and the arrow flying through the windsheild of the copter, oh yeah into the pilot. right. i mean someone tell me if im crazy beacause i cant see whats to like about it. the parts that didnt make sense where boring too. ok im done. i could say more but im done. you know, i have a problem with avatar. i mean, whats so visually spectacular about it? some blue people in a glowing forest. wow. i thought of the glowing forest in one of my stories and i suck. and that army guy, “where at war with these navo” or whatever. now, someone please tell me how is it a war when you have massive macine guns and huge tanks and they have bows and arrows? and “there skeletons are hard, we cant kill them” hello guts, and legs dont have bones. repeat, you have machine guns. how did they defeat those helicopter things at the end? oh yeah one landed on the back thing, and it spun out of control and blew up. yeah right. would that happen? and the arrow flying through the windsheild of the copter, oh yeah into the pilot. right. i mean someone tell me if im crazy beacause i cant see whats to like about it. the parts that didnt make sense where boring too. ok im done. i could say more but im done.

]]> Comment on Feeling broody by Kate http://www.domknight.com/feeling-broody/comment-page-1/#comment-8467 Kate Tue, 27 Jul 2010 05:20:10 +0000 http://www.domknight.com/?p=1621#comment-8467 It's good to hear that the clock ticks on both sides... It’s good to hear that the clock ticks on both sides…

]]> Comment on Feeling broody by Men Getting Broody « mid life rocks Blog http://www.domknight.com/feeling-broody/comment-page-1/#comment-8466 Men Getting Broody « mid life rocks Blog Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:35:11 +0000 http://www.domknight.com/?p=1621#comment-8466 [...] writer Dom Knight notes in a recent blog, “The thirty-something childless woman who is racing against her biological clock has become a [...] [...] writer Dom Knight notes in a recent blog, “The thirty-something childless woman who is racing against her biological clock has become a [...]

]]> Comment on Feeling broody by Alexandra http://www.domknight.com/feeling-broody/comment-page-1/#comment-8416 Alexandra Thu, 22 Jul 2010 04:26:07 +0000 http://www.domknight.com/?p=1621#comment-8416 society has gone baby mad. society has gone baby mad.

]]> Comment on Feeling broody by Cat http://www.domknight.com/feeling-broody/comment-page-1/#comment-8415 Cat Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:54:20 +0000 http://www.domknight.com/?p=1621#comment-8415 Hey Dom, Delurking here for the first time. I rather enjoyed this post and as a Mum to an almost 2 year old can say with certainty that my husband was in fact FAR more clucky than I was and is still the clucky one in the hope of having another one (or two). I very much like what you've said about us being programmed to find newborns fascinating cos somehow they just are despite the milk-fuelled-vuvuzela tendencies. I hope it happens for you cos despite the disgustingly hard work involved with parenthood and the complete lack of rationality in a child's behaviour it's be far the most rewarding thing I've ever done. Hey Dom,

Delurking here for the first time. I rather enjoyed this post and as a Mum to an almost 2 year old can say with certainty that my husband was in fact FAR more clucky than I was and is still the clucky one in the hope of having another one (or two). I very much like what you’ve said about us being programmed to find newborns fascinating cos somehow they just are despite the milk-fuelled-vuvuzela tendencies.

I hope it happens for you cos despite the disgustingly hard work involved with parenthood and the complete lack of rationality in a child’s behaviour it’s be far the most rewarding thing I’ve ever done.

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