2503 posts!
So, so , so many unnecessary ones. But still, hey, runs on the board and all that.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Twatwatch update
Remember how I said how accidents involving guns in the home far outweighed guns being used in home defence?
See this Washington Post article here.
See this Washington Post article here.
Lord Haw Haw is off to Cyprus
Dolly has confirmed politic's worst kept secret by admitting he is off to Cyprus.
"I will be working toward helping the Cyprus saga, working as an envoy to try and resolve that long standing issue," Mr Downer told News Limited in London today.
You know, I don't think he misspoke when he said he would be "helping the Cyprus saga"...
"I will be working toward helping the Cyprus saga, working as an envoy to try and resolve that long standing issue," Mr Downer told News Limited in London today.
You know, I don't think he misspoke when he said he would be "helping the Cyprus saga"...
Get well MB
The MBster is out for the count with some B-badness.
So get well dude. Lots of rest and watching of awesome teev.
So get well dude. Lots of rest and watching of awesome teev.
Joy Bursts
It's very easy to load your MP3 up with fucking tear jerkers or indeed songs that could be construed as tear jerkers. So if you're prone to melancholy thoughts and like to use music then you need to balance your playlist with cheerier fare. I'm not saying it has to be uplifting Seekers style songs or anything but it has to be something that will put a smile on your dial.
Me? I've loaded it with a number of comedy albums. Some Rodney Rude, Bad News, Seinfeld, Jimoin, and alternate music that has some comedic elements. I tell ya it's hard to be grappling the sads demon when They Might Be Giants is blasting down your ear canal.
So people afflicted thusly with Sads who like music. Balance that playlist. Because too much Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds will put anyone over the edge...
Me? I've loaded it with a number of comedy albums. Some Rodney Rude, Bad News, Seinfeld, Jimoin, and alternate music that has some comedic elements. I tell ya it's hard to be grappling the sads demon when They Might Be Giants is blasting down your ear canal.
So people afflicted thusly with Sads who like music. Balance that playlist. Because too much Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds will put anyone over the edge...
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Nelson on the by-election
The night before...
'Oh the ALP are still enjoying a honeymoon. They have it in the bag. You will see. The media is in love with Rudd. They aren't turning the blow torch on him because they want to marry him. Have a big wedding with Rudd all in white, and 200 Press Gallery people - except for the wise news limited types of course because they've been steadfastly objective with their weekly predictions the honeymoon is over - in tuxedos then off on government transport for a big honeymoon of Rudd love. Wait and see.'
The election goes to the coalition. Swing against the government of 7%
'The Rudd government is on the nose. They said they would lower petrol costs - the didn't. They said they would lower grocery prices - they didn't. All they do is watch. Watch as it goes higher. Well watch out Mr Rudd because the people of this blue ribbon national seat, who have returned coalition people for the last 40 years, have spoken. And they have spoken loudly, and clearly, that you are singularly responsible for petrol going up. Indeed local legend speaks of a hamburglar like character who at night sneaks on to the web and lifts prices on fuel watch and independents, who are small business people at the mercy of your can't sack people without compensation if they work for 12 months or more laws, are then beholden to those prices even though the hamburglar set them. The hamburglar who bears a suspicious resemblance to a certain Krudd. Yes, the people have spoken. They have spoken to me and they have said Mr Rudd, you wanted to kill the post office and turn it into a lesbian bar where lesbians could marry and be recognised by the law as married and they said no Mr Rudd. They said no and they said petrol is too expensive and they said the five cents off we offered them would be welcome. They didn't say anything about the impact of the Iraq war which analysts have said bears a lot of the blame for high prices due uncertainty of supply - a war which my party fully supported even while the inspectors will still trying to find those weapons that a man who knows a man who knows a man who said they were there. You are on the nose Mr Rudd and my party will respect my leadership at this time and my ability to go from placid lake to turbulent rage in ten seconds as I weave stories of doctoring in my defence of Taragos for the disabled. And they will keep me as leader because I can put the blowtorch to you Mr Rudd. You and your committee setting. You have been warned Mr Rudd. Warned. And we will have posse's of locals with sticks and torches keeping an eye out for you Mr Rudd as you attempt to fiddle the net and make petrol more expensive.'
'Oh the ALP are still enjoying a honeymoon. They have it in the bag. You will see. The media is in love with Rudd. They aren't turning the blow torch on him because they want to marry him. Have a big wedding with Rudd all in white, and 200 Press Gallery people - except for the wise news limited types of course because they've been steadfastly objective with their weekly predictions the honeymoon is over - in tuxedos then off on government transport for a big honeymoon of Rudd love. Wait and see.'
The election goes to the coalition. Swing against the government of 7%
'The Rudd government is on the nose. They said they would lower petrol costs - the didn't. They said they would lower grocery prices - they didn't. All they do is watch. Watch as it goes higher. Well watch out Mr Rudd because the people of this blue ribbon national seat, who have returned coalition people for the last 40 years, have spoken. And they have spoken loudly, and clearly, that you are singularly responsible for petrol going up. Indeed local legend speaks of a hamburglar like character who at night sneaks on to the web and lifts prices on fuel watch and independents, who are small business people at the mercy of your can't sack people without compensation if they work for 12 months or more laws, are then beholden to those prices even though the hamburglar set them. The hamburglar who bears a suspicious resemblance to a certain Krudd. Yes, the people have spoken. They have spoken to me and they have said Mr Rudd, you wanted to kill the post office and turn it into a lesbian bar where lesbians could marry and be recognised by the law as married and they said no Mr Rudd. They said no and they said petrol is too expensive and they said the five cents off we offered them would be welcome. They didn't say anything about the impact of the Iraq war which analysts have said bears a lot of the blame for high prices due uncertainty of supply - a war which my party fully supported even while the inspectors will still trying to find those weapons that a man who knows a man who knows a man who said they were there. You are on the nose Mr Rudd and my party will respect my leadership at this time and my ability to go from placid lake to turbulent rage in ten seconds as I weave stories of doctoring in my defence of Taragos for the disabled. And they will keep me as leader because I can put the blowtorch to you Mr Rudd. You and your committee setting. You have been warned Mr Rudd. Warned. And we will have posse's of locals with sticks and torches keeping an eye out for you Mr Rudd as you attempt to fiddle the net and make petrol more expensive.'
The one after the one after me
I am not sure what the generation behind Y is (I'm X). I think it may be Z, or AA, or AB or something (which implies the human race is out for the count by IV if they go by the natural extension of that letter sequence). Suffice to say e-networking will be programmed into them at a very early age.
I saw evidence of it today on a walk. Two girls riding their barbie pushies, with big pink mudguards and puffy pink handle covers. They must have been seven or eight.
One of them, as she rode, was texting on her barbie phone...
I saw evidence of it today on a walk. Two girls riding their barbie pushies, with big pink mudguards and puffy pink handle covers. They must have been seven or eight.
One of them, as she rode, was texting on her barbie phone...
Chris Hitchens meets Bad News
The delightfully acerbic left-to-right journalist and thinker Christopher Hitchens has an interesting voice. It kind of has this meandering toffiness to it. And yet it seemed I'd heard it before.
Today I realized. He sounds identical to Colin Grigson (aka Rik Mayall) of Bad News
Today I realized. He sounds identical to Colin Grigson (aka Rik Mayall) of Bad News
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Friday, June 27, 2008
2495th post detests upcoming 2500th post
Weee, round figures. Good on the fuck you. You think you're so fucking special because there's like two zeros. You're a fucking zero. In fact, you know what? You're like those fuckwits that celebrated the millennium in 2000 instead of the correct 2001 just because of the fucking zeros.
Fucking zero hero.
Us fucking end in fives only ever get the good stuff if it's fucking 25. Otherwise we just get fucked off.
So fuck the lot of you 00 posts. You mean shit to me.
Fucking zero hero.
Us fucking end in fives only ever get the good stuff if it's fucking 25. Otherwise we just get fucked off.
So fuck the lot of you 00 posts. You mean shit to me.
Twatwatch returns - Scalia
Today the US Supreme Court ruled against the Washington DC gun laws.
The court split 5/4 on ideological grounds. This arse-hat, Scalia, lead the charge on the strike down side.
Scalia wrote that the Constitution leaves the District a number of options for combating the problem of handgun violence, "including some measures regulating handguns."
"But the enshrinement of constitutional rights necessarily takes certain policy choices off the table," he continued. "These include the absolute prohibition of handguns held and used for self-defense in the home."
The court also held unconstitutional the requirement that shotguns and rifles be kept disassembled or unloaded or outfitted with a trigger lock. The court called it a "prohibition against rendering any lawful firearm in the home operable for the purpose of immediate self-defense."
Scalia was joined by the most consistently conservative justices -- Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., Anthony M. Kennedy, Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr.
More people die in the US from gun accidents resulting from poorly secured firearms than are killed in the home by would be felons. Or indeed kill other family members through accidents such as blasting away a loved one who was sneaking in and trying not to wake them.
The second amendment gives a well regulated militia the right to bear arms. Bearing in mind arms back then consisted of a flintlock which took around 15 seconds to load and could not be left in a ready firing position indefinitely because the powder would eventually turn (as is my understanding).
Your average handgun carries 15 bullets and a skilled shooter can empty a clip in under 5 seconds.
God bless America. Right wing fucktards.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Lighting induced rage
I've been out of sorts for a while now due to various reasons and I have to admit I struggle to achieve a good mood. On occasion I will sour so much I get angry. I don't have anger bursts at people - though again I admit to sometimes having a monotone grumpiness that has been perceived by one observer as "passive aggressive" when I am feeling particularly poorly or angry. I try and tamp that down but sometimes it takes a real effort to perk the fuck up.
I tend to have anger bursts, short violent explosions of rage, at inanimate objects however. For example a poorly functioning computer will set me off like the goat who always gets mad in Sesame Street, or if I drop something, or if I miss-key when typing and so forth. It's a constant battle to keep this anger in check. At work I will start of the day like Napoleon Dynamite by cursing politely with some 'flipping heck' style action - or even 'biscuits' which for some reason makes me feel like I am swearing. But constant layer after layer after layer of crap will build and I will eventually blow off a 'F-F-F-F-UCK YOU!!!!!!!!' at said object.
The other night it was the lamp in the study - the one near the couch. It has an annoying flicker. I was highly aggrieved when I brushed it, and it made the mistake of flickering.
Next thing I knew I was shaking it violently by the stand and snarl-screaming 'I AM GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU FUCKING FUCKERRRRRRRRRRR'.
Yeah, I think I might need to go see someone again. I was about one shade of rage away from being Basil Fawlty.
See below at time count 5.45.
I tend to have anger bursts, short violent explosions of rage, at inanimate objects however. For example a poorly functioning computer will set me off like the goat who always gets mad in Sesame Street, or if I drop something, or if I miss-key when typing and so forth. It's a constant battle to keep this anger in check. At work I will start of the day like Napoleon Dynamite by cursing politely with some 'flipping heck' style action - or even 'biscuits' which for some reason makes me feel like I am swearing. But constant layer after layer after layer of crap will build and I will eventually blow off a 'F-F-F-F-UCK YOU!!!!!!!!' at said object.
The other night it was the lamp in the study - the one near the couch. It has an annoying flicker. I was highly aggrieved when I brushed it, and it made the mistake of flickering.
Next thing I knew I was shaking it violently by the stand and snarl-screaming 'I AM GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU FUCKING FUCKERRRRRRRRRRR'.
Yeah, I think I might need to go see someone again. I was about one shade of rage away from being Basil Fawlty.
See below at time count 5.45.
Me tagged? That's umpossible
Okay, the delightfully FBRdy MB has tagged me with some thing where you grab the nearest book, look up page 123 and present unto the world the fifth sentence.
The nearest "book" is the yellow pages but it's not really a book. So I will now use my backstratcher and measure from my position now in the chair the distance as the crow flies to the nearest book. Right the book is Thief of Dreams by Adrian Cole (I have not yet read it). I assume you don't count a spill over sentence from the previous page and just go the full sentences. And the winner is...
"I don't want anything less, Zellorian".
That's heartily obscure. If I had gone the yellow pages I would have had simply "Mals Refrigeration". What I like about Mals is that it is and can only ever be for Mals since Mals forgot the apostrophe. That's quite a narrow niche market they have for cooling equipment. I wonder if they advertise heavily within Mals Weekly - the publication for Mals that only Mals can peruse and must show their special Mals ID when purchasing said item from a vendor?
Great stuff.
Tag-a-roony time. EC front and centre. You too Uncle Bruce.
Don't make me come up there! (shakes fist)
The nearest "book" is the yellow pages but it's not really a book. So I will now use my backstratcher and measure from my position now in the chair the distance as the crow flies to the nearest book. Right the book is Thief of Dreams by Adrian Cole (I have not yet read it). I assume you don't count a spill over sentence from the previous page and just go the full sentences. And the winner is...
"I don't want anything less, Zellorian".
That's heartily obscure. If I had gone the yellow pages I would have had simply "Mals Refrigeration". What I like about Mals is that it is and can only ever be for Mals since Mals forgot the apostrophe. That's quite a narrow niche market they have for cooling equipment. I wonder if they advertise heavily within Mals Weekly - the publication for Mals that only Mals can peruse and must show their special Mals ID when purchasing said item from a vendor?
Great stuff.
Tag-a-roony time. EC front and centre. You too Uncle Bruce.
Don't make me come up there! (shakes fist)
People Skills on the Intervention
This in from the ABC news site.
Intervention may need 15 years, says Abbott
Posted 7 hours 30 minutes ago
The Federal Opposition says the intervention in the Northern Territory might have to continue for the next 10 to 15 years if it is to achieve real outcomes for Aboriginal people.
A year on from the intervention, the Opposition's Aboriginal affairs spokesman, Tony Abbott, says there is still a lack of data available about truancy rates and job absenteeism.
Mr Abbott has told a lunch in Sydney that the Government also needs to attract the very best doctors, nurses, teachers and police to work in remote Indigenous townships.
"There needs to be appropriate pay and there needs to be an understanding that this is for the long term," he said.
"It's the public statement that this is important and that this is special and that the people who are doing this are the best of the best."
So why the fuck did your arse-hat Aboriginal Australian bashing fucked in the head compassionate absent government not only sit on your hands for 11 years when Aboriginal Australians could have been helped but you took away funding and did your fucking best to retard any hope they had for land compensation claims?
Oh, that's right.
Because you're a bunch of massive chunts that only "intervened" because it was an election year and you thought you could wedge the opposition on it.
Intervention may need 15 years, says Abbott
Posted 7 hours 30 minutes ago
The Federal Opposition says the intervention in the Northern Territory might have to continue for the next 10 to 15 years if it is to achieve real outcomes for Aboriginal people.
A year on from the intervention, the Opposition's Aboriginal affairs spokesman, Tony Abbott, says there is still a lack of data available about truancy rates and job absenteeism.
Mr Abbott has told a lunch in Sydney that the Government also needs to attract the very best doctors, nurses, teachers and police to work in remote Indigenous townships.
"There needs to be appropriate pay and there needs to be an understanding that this is for the long term," he said.
"It's the public statement that this is important and that this is special and that the people who are doing this are the best of the best."
So why the fuck did your arse-hat Aboriginal Australian bashing fucked in the head compassionate absent government not only sit on your hands for 11 years when Aboriginal Australians could have been helped but you took away funding and did your fucking best to retard any hope they had for land compensation claims?
Oh, that's right.
Because you're a bunch of massive chunts that only "intervened" because it was an election year and you thought you could wedge the opposition on it.
Well that didn't go well
I decided last minute to go to a work-linked function tonight. The dress was 'leisure suit' equivalent - whatever that means.
Me? I had a nice shirt on - but untucked since I have no belt - and ... draw string black cargo pants.
Now in my defence I told the function organisers that I was pushing the dress code and they said come anyway. So I did. And, for the first time in ages, had fun at one of these things. Mainly because I forced them to sit me next to a person whose company I find delightful.
Anyway, I was the lowest ranked person there. By several steps. I get invited because I help this org out and this was their thank-you dinner to all the senior people ... and me.
So I get there, and the pre-dinner drinks thing is happening, and boss+++ sees me. He indicates I should stand with them - so I do. He's the lovely man I not only toilet squished but I later apologised for it in front of all his senior under people.
I am conscious of my pants. My dress code busting pants - and I am nervous since I don't do small talk very well. For some reason I decided to tell him.
'Yeah, I came straight from work. Wearing dress code envelope bursting cargo pants. Still, um, if we need to carry stuff I got lots of pockets'.
I then lifted my leg and gave my many pockets a light seductive scraping.
Allow me. Cough ... cough cough.
I don't know what it is about this man but when I am around him I say or do unbelievably stupid things. He must think I am a right twonk.
Also, tomorrow, he's deciding if the job I love doing is worth doing at all.
Great timing mimo.
Me? I had a nice shirt on - but untucked since I have no belt - and ... draw string black cargo pants.
Now in my defence I told the function organisers that I was pushing the dress code and they said come anyway. So I did. And, for the first time in ages, had fun at one of these things. Mainly because I forced them to sit me next to a person whose company I find delightful.
Anyway, I was the lowest ranked person there. By several steps. I get invited because I help this org out and this was their thank-you dinner to all the senior people ... and me.
So I get there, and the pre-dinner drinks thing is happening, and boss+++ sees me. He indicates I should stand with them - so I do. He's the lovely man I not only toilet squished but I later apologised for it in front of all his senior under people.
I am conscious of my pants. My dress code busting pants - and I am nervous since I don't do small talk very well. For some reason I decided to tell him.
'Yeah, I came straight from work. Wearing dress code envelope bursting cargo pants. Still, um, if we need to carry stuff I got lots of pockets'.
I then lifted my leg and gave my many pockets a light seductive scraping.
Allow me. Cough ... cough cough.
I don't know what it is about this man but when I am around him I say or do unbelievably stupid things. He must think I am a right twonk.
Also, tomorrow, he's deciding if the job I love doing is worth doing at all.
Great timing mimo.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Now that's a reason!
From the smh. Here's the sexy bit.
From now on that shall also be my defence. I was so hot dancing I had to pants myself.
Police allegedly asked McKenney how he came to be in such a state and discovered a small quantity of the drug in a trouser pocket.
When he saw the drug McKenney allegedly told police he recognised it to be GHB, but emphatically denied ownership or using it.
Later in his record of interview McKenney told police he had been to a party at an apartment in Macleay Street, Potts Point, on Anzac Day eve and had danced so much that he began to overheat and had taken his pants off to continue dancing.
McKenney, who has pleaded not guilty to the charge and has been on police bail, allegedly told arresting officers that it was while his pants were down that someone at the party must have put the drug into his pocket.From now on that shall also be my defence. I was so hot dancing I had to pants myself.
Bad Boy Bubby and the Orange Smurf
It's cold here in Canberra. The thickest jumper I have is an old orange number partially bonanza'ed by the heat from a BBQ plate - the material on the stomach having that hard crunchy feel synthetic fibre gets when partially melted.
It's my choice of garb when I go a walking at night. As noted I've been going the MP3 player a lot lately, which makes the walking experience less horrible.
In addition to the danger of the inadvertent sing-a-long I've noticed my tendency to vent-along. If I am mulling on angry thoughts I will sometimes express them out loud. With the MP3 in I tend to do it far more often because I guess subconsciously I am thinking no one can hear me over the music.
So there I am, creaking along in the dark in my orange jumper and black beanie muttering not so softly things like 'well fuck them .... and another thing ... 15 years! ... Jesus fucking arseholes ... what would they know? ....'.
Then, if the nearby are really lucky, I will intersperse some of that vent-along goodness with a dash of sing-along too.
'Bunch of fucking cunts ... ♫♪ Shine on you crazy dia-a-a-mond ♫♪ How many years?! Fucking hell I am a stupid fuck ... ♫♪ Just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year ... ♫♪ ... Arse hats the lot of them.'
And ... so forth.
It's my choice of garb when I go a walking at night. As noted I've been going the MP3 player a lot lately, which makes the walking experience less horrible.
In addition to the danger of the inadvertent sing-a-long I've noticed my tendency to vent-along. If I am mulling on angry thoughts I will sometimes express them out loud. With the MP3 in I tend to do it far more often because I guess subconsciously I am thinking no one can hear me over the music.
So there I am, creaking along in the dark in my orange jumper and black beanie muttering not so softly things like 'well fuck them .... and another thing ... 15 years! ... Jesus fucking arseholes ... what would they know? ....'.
Then, if the nearby are really lucky, I will intersperse some of that vent-along goodness with a dash of sing-along too.
'Bunch of fucking cunts ... ♫♪ Shine on you crazy dia-a-a-mond ♫♪ How many years?! Fucking hell I am a stupid fuck ... ♫♪ Just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year ... ♫♪ ... Arse hats the lot of them.'
And ... so forth.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Can you blame him?
Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has quit the country's run-off election, saying the vote cannot be free and fair. See the SMH here.
According to Lateline he's now hiding out in the Dutch embassy.
Fucking hell Zimbabwe went down hill. Mugabe lead a resistance movement to victory and assisted the ANC in their resistance movements in South Africa. Zimbabwe wasn't a bed of roses but up until about seven years ago it held its head high in Africa and exported more food that it imported. Now, the only thing it exports is its people with about a third of them refugees in surrounding countries.
I think it's a combination of old injustices being resolved (seizure of land from white farmers) but resolved without thought to the knock on effects. The farms as I understand it were plantation style macro operations - thousands of acres with white farmers (some of whom had bought the land after Mugabe took power) at the pinnacle like kings of old in those social class pyramids we read about in school, with black Africans filling out the lower ranks. The white farmers were essentially agricultural technocrats employing sophisticated techniques to manage vast operations.
When the seizures occured - which had its roots in the UK and Mugabe's regime failing to sort out a fair means of land redistribution - the land was parcelled out in small chunks to cronies and others that did not have the skill sets or equipment to do anything beyond basic subsistence farming.
So it all went to shit. Now Philtrum Sliver is living some sort of deluded hero fantasy where he is unable to acknowledge that the carrying out of what could be argued was a noble act went completely and utterly smegging pear shaped and turned his country from a bread basket to an old hat with a sign in it saying will drop pants for food.
And the "war veterans", the vats bulk of which appear to have been born after Mugabe became president, with the armed forces are backing Mugabe because what little is left will be lost if they lose power - even though millions of their people are starving, unemployed, or otherwise well fucked.
If Iraq hadn't happened there's a chance, slim mind you, that the international community would have done something. Not now. They don't have the stomach for sorting out intrastate violence. And South Africa is hobbled in its responses because they owed Mugabe their survival in the struggle years.
There is no solution that I can see. Apart from every western country sending all the cronies kids packing from their countries. But even that's just punishing a handful while millions starve.
It's basically up to the African states that surround it now. I suppose once it reaches a critical mass of refugees they may step in. Tanzania after-all took out Amin's government in the 70's. But I'm not holding my breath.
All credit however to those that stood up to Mugabe. There's no shame in calling it quits in the face of overt threats to life and limb. They should be proud of what they have achieved.
According to Lateline he's now hiding out in the Dutch embassy.
Fucking hell Zimbabwe went down hill. Mugabe lead a resistance movement to victory and assisted the ANC in their resistance movements in South Africa. Zimbabwe wasn't a bed of roses but up until about seven years ago it held its head high in Africa and exported more food that it imported. Now, the only thing it exports is its people with about a third of them refugees in surrounding countries.
I think it's a combination of old injustices being resolved (seizure of land from white farmers) but resolved without thought to the knock on effects. The farms as I understand it were plantation style macro operations - thousands of acres with white farmers (some of whom had bought the land after Mugabe took power) at the pinnacle like kings of old in those social class pyramids we read about in school, with black Africans filling out the lower ranks. The white farmers were essentially agricultural technocrats employing sophisticated techniques to manage vast operations.
When the seizures occured - which had its roots in the UK and Mugabe's regime failing to sort out a fair means of land redistribution - the land was parcelled out in small chunks to cronies and others that did not have the skill sets or equipment to do anything beyond basic subsistence farming.
So it all went to shit. Now Philtrum Sliver is living some sort of deluded hero fantasy where he is unable to acknowledge that the carrying out of what could be argued was a noble act went completely and utterly smegging pear shaped and turned his country from a bread basket to an old hat with a sign in it saying will drop pants for food.
And the "war veterans", the vats bulk of which appear to have been born after Mugabe became president, with the armed forces are backing Mugabe because what little is left will be lost if they lose power - even though millions of their people are starving, unemployed, or otherwise well fucked.
If Iraq hadn't happened there's a chance, slim mind you, that the international community would have done something. Not now. They don't have the stomach for sorting out intrastate violence. And South Africa is hobbled in its responses because they owed Mugabe their survival in the struggle years.
There is no solution that I can see. Apart from every western country sending all the cronies kids packing from their countries. But even that's just punishing a handful while millions starve.
It's basically up to the African states that surround it now. I suppose once it reaches a critical mass of refugees they may step in. Tanzania after-all took out Amin's government in the 70's. But I'm not holding my breath.
All credit however to those that stood up to Mugabe. There's no shame in calling it quits in the face of overt threats to life and limb. They should be proud of what they have achieved.
Hotties - some random thoughts
No, not the low self esteem kind that litter the interweb with coy maybe show a hint of vag posing, but hotties as in hot water bottles.
The smell of boiling water meeting hot water bottle rubber has a certain pastiche of memories that flood the brain. Mostly being fuck off cold as a kid and gratefully taking a hottie to bed. First you'd have the cover on - because it was too hot. Then as the bottle chilled you'd peel off the outer layer and snuggle the fuck out of the now naked rubber bottle.
There's an art to filling a hottie. You have to pour slow otherwise you will get splashback. I'm not sure on the physics of it but if the water is poured too fast the bottle fills with steam and is unable to take more water and kind of farts out hot water.
There was this book I loved as a kid called Phoebe and the Hot Water Bottles. It was about a girl who lived above a chemist with her dad and would get hot water bottles every birthday and Christmas (from her dad the chemist). She named them all and would take them to bed wearing colourful covers but longed for a real life pet - a puppy. One night, and I am spoiling it for you now, there was a fire and she used the hotties, all filled, to douse the flames. Her dad then got her the puppy. I loved stories like that. Longing, triumph, justified reward. No wonder I love Dungeons and Dragons etc.
In my home town - which was high in elevation and suffered the cold quite acutely - I would often get changed in front of the kent fireplace - basically a metal box with a glass door. One night I accidentally lent against the glass and burnt myself. I was so incensed that I ran to the kitchen, filled a jug, and punished the fire by putting it out. My parents were pissed off since it was now a soggy mess and would require much work to fix. Not a hot water bottle memory but still an unpleasant yet heating related one.
Here in Canberra we've gone through about four electric blankets - which routinely fall over and die for inexplicable reasons. They're both expensive and annoying to put on and take off. So we've fucked that off and are back to hotties.
Besides. Hotties are romantic. Blankets are just annoying and, like eating cheese late at night, give you weird dreams if you go to sleep with them still on.
The smell of boiling water meeting hot water bottle rubber has a certain pastiche of memories that flood the brain. Mostly being fuck off cold as a kid and gratefully taking a hottie to bed. First you'd have the cover on - because it was too hot. Then as the bottle chilled you'd peel off the outer layer and snuggle the fuck out of the now naked rubber bottle.
There's an art to filling a hottie. You have to pour slow otherwise you will get splashback. I'm not sure on the physics of it but if the water is poured too fast the bottle fills with steam and is unable to take more water and kind of farts out hot water.
There was this book I loved as a kid called Phoebe and the Hot Water Bottles. It was about a girl who lived above a chemist with her dad and would get hot water bottles every birthday and Christmas (from her dad the chemist). She named them all and would take them to bed wearing colourful covers but longed for a real life pet - a puppy. One night, and I am spoiling it for you now, there was a fire and she used the hotties, all filled, to douse the flames. Her dad then got her the puppy. I loved stories like that. Longing, triumph, justified reward. No wonder I love Dungeons and Dragons etc.
In my home town - which was high in elevation and suffered the cold quite acutely - I would often get changed in front of the kent fireplace - basically a metal box with a glass door. One night I accidentally lent against the glass and burnt myself. I was so incensed that I ran to the kitchen, filled a jug, and punished the fire by putting it out. My parents were pissed off since it was now a soggy mess and would require much work to fix. Not a hot water bottle memory but still an unpleasant yet heating related one.
Here in Canberra we've gone through about four electric blankets - which routinely fall over and die for inexplicable reasons. They're both expensive and annoying to put on and take off. So we've fucked that off and are back to hotties.
Besides. Hotties are romantic. Blankets are just annoying and, like eating cheese late at night, give you weird dreams if you go to sleep with them still on.
Go ABC
I'm watching Jennifer Byrne Presents on the ABC. Tonight's ep is about sex and romance in fiction.
One of the writers, not the one who said "literally opened the door to another world", happily described how when writing disturbed sex you could readily use words like "fuck, cock, and even cunt."
Awesome.
When I was a kid Cunt was THE nuclear word. It was the wrongest, nastiest word you could call someone.
Now - on the ABC in normal, albeit contextual, conversation.
I love my national broadcaster.
One of the writers, not the one who said "literally opened the door to another world", happily described how when writing disturbed sex you could readily use words like "fuck, cock, and even cunt."
Awesome.
When I was a kid Cunt was THE nuclear word. It was the wrongest, nastiest word you could call someone.
Now - on the ABC in normal, albeit contextual, conversation.
I love my national broadcaster.
Music to be cremated to
It's called "Music for a Found Harmonium". Hey in Punch Drunk Love Adam Sandler's character actually finds a Harmonium. I wonder if it's a reference to this?
Less savoury aspects of baby wrangling
There's so many aspects of baby maintenance that are unpleasant. Poo, vomit, feeding, sleepus interruptus and so forth.
This is a special seasonal one. Indeed it could be its own Loony Tunes special with thematic cartoons in support of it.
Aspirating a blocked nose.
Basically you get one of those puffer things with a nozzle - looks like an old SLR camera lens blower - and after squirting saline up a nostril you stick the nozzle up there while the puffer is squeezed in then release. It sucks the snot into the puffer and, when you pull the nozzle out, a thick tendril of snot is usually still sticking between nozzle and nostril like a disgusting cross crevice rope bridge. Of course the baby hates this and is waving its little arms around in an effort to escape and chances are their hand will wave right through the snot bridge and said snot will wrap around their fingers and palm which you then have to clean.
Want teens to be put off the idea of the romance of early motherhood? Show them a video of that little number in action.
This is a special seasonal one. Indeed it could be its own Loony Tunes special with thematic cartoons in support of it.
Aspirating a blocked nose.
Basically you get one of those puffer things with a nozzle - looks like an old SLR camera lens blower - and after squirting saline up a nostril you stick the nozzle up there while the puffer is squeezed in then release. It sucks the snot into the puffer and, when you pull the nozzle out, a thick tendril of snot is usually still sticking between nozzle and nostril like a disgusting cross crevice rope bridge. Of course the baby hates this and is waving its little arms around in an effort to escape and chances are their hand will wave right through the snot bridge and said snot will wrap around their fingers and palm which you then have to clean.
Want teens to be put off the idea of the romance of early motherhood? Show them a video of that little number in action.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
That sux
Jane McGrath died of cancer. She was only 42. That bites arse hair. I hope all the best for her loved ones as they deal with her passing.
She did a lot of good in her life.
She did a lot of good in her life.
No ABC, no!
Now they're saying Iguanagate. Fucking hell. It's not a gate! It's not worthy of gate.
Come on national broadcaster. Don't get sucked into it.
Come on national broadcaster. Don't get sucked into it.
What?!
I just saw a Mazda ad on seven (yes I am watching the choirs thing but only because my brother knows one of the judges - reflected glory).
The tag line was 'most cars have a fatal flaw - but not this one.'
What. The. Fuck?!
Most cars have a fatal flaw!?
Doesn't that mean 'most cars kill people - but not this one.' And by this one don't they mean that specific model just advertised. So, by transition (is that right Bruce), all other Mazdas have fatal flaws and ergo can and do kill people?
Area ad man needs re-examine their tagline.
The tag line was 'most cars have a fatal flaw - but not this one.'
What. The. Fuck?!
Most cars have a fatal flaw!?
Doesn't that mean 'most cars kill people - but not this one.' And by this one don't they mean that specific model just advertised. So, by transition (is that right Bruce), all other Mazdas have fatal flaws and ergo can and do kill people?
Area ad man needs re-examine their tagline.
Sartorialized Food
TheNoo's been exploring the joys of finger food - long slices of carrot, zucchini, celery, etc. Which is nice - it's good for diet difference, manual dexterity, colour recognition and all sorts of body and brainy build goodness.
Only thing is more often than not he will leave a piece of half masticated food on his shoulders like disgusting pulped epaulets.
When I peel them off I feel like I am dishonorably discharging him from the vegetable army.
I wonder if you can be dishonorably discharged from the Kiss Army? If so Gene Simmons probably removes the epaulets with his over long tongue.
Only thing is more often than not he will leave a piece of half masticated food on his shoulders like disgusting pulped epaulets.
When I peel them off I feel like I am dishonorably discharging him from the vegetable army.
I wonder if you can be dishonorably discharged from the Kiss Army? If so Gene Simmons probably removes the epaulets with his over long tongue.
I done gone and learned a new word
Actually two new words, the other being cadential courtesy of Ant at Grods. But the word I am excited to learn, though cadetial was pretty exciting, was nakation. Which is the having of a clothing optional vacation.
SMH's Spectrum has a hefty piece about nuding it up and gathering with the like nuded. Frankly I couldn't think of anything more disturbing but then I have an appalling sense of body image combined with an appalling body. I suffer from glacial gut over hang, have unpleasantly thinning hair, a thatch of Connery esq body hair front, back, and butt, and am either missing most of my toenails - or if present they are sunken into the nail bed like the dead sea.
Nakation, no thanks. Besides, I can remember has a kid riding around on one of those Tricycle things with the white plastic seat and leaving a skiddy on it that never came off. Wouldn't nakation resorts suffer constant smear on seating issues? Imagine being on skid remover patrol? Maybe it's like an aisle clean up and they call it in over the PA?
'Skid stain, white seat, rec room. Skid stain, white seat, rec room. Skid patrol to the rec room.'
Also there's no opportunity to make use of the pants osmosis window in an effort to disguise the whodunit. I mean they'd pretty much know right?
I remember reading an article about a all naked cruise where they had an FAQ about communal nudity. One of the dot points was 'what happens if I get an erection?' Their advice was to accept that it can and does happen and to discretely cover with a towel.
Which I would have thought it would have made it all the more obvious.
Anyway, words of the day. Cadential and Nakation. I wonder if you could have a Cadential Nakation? I suppose, but where would you hang your iPod?
SMH's Spectrum has a hefty piece about nuding it up and gathering with the like nuded. Frankly I couldn't think of anything more disturbing but then I have an appalling sense of body image combined with an appalling body. I suffer from glacial gut over hang, have unpleasantly thinning hair, a thatch of Connery esq body hair front, back, and butt, and am either missing most of my toenails - or if present they are sunken into the nail bed like the dead sea.
Nakation, no thanks. Besides, I can remember has a kid riding around on one of those Tricycle things with the white plastic seat and leaving a skiddy on it that never came off. Wouldn't nakation resorts suffer constant smear on seating issues? Imagine being on skid remover patrol? Maybe it's like an aisle clean up and they call it in over the PA?
'Skid stain, white seat, rec room. Skid stain, white seat, rec room. Skid patrol to the rec room.'
Also there's no opportunity to make use of the pants osmosis window in an effort to disguise the whodunit. I mean they'd pretty much know right?
I remember reading an article about a all naked cruise where they had an FAQ about communal nudity. One of the dot points was 'what happens if I get an erection?' Their advice was to accept that it can and does happen and to discretely cover with a towel.
Which I would have thought it would have made it all the more obvious.
Anyway, words of the day. Cadential and Nakation. I wonder if you could have a Cadential Nakation? I suppose, but where would you hang your iPod?
Sometimes spam calls can be good
TheWife and I signed on to the do not call thing on our last number. I forgot to do it for this one. Lately we've had a couple of calls from "West Melbourne" announcing that lucky us we have won a phone. A quick 'I'm on a two year contract' puts paid to that. Though they annoyed theWife the other day because the Indian fuckstick on the other end laughed when theWife complained his call could have woken theNoo.
Big mistake mate.
I got a call on Friday. It went like this.
'Hello, my name is (X). I am calling from the Daily Telegraph. Before I continue I must let you know this call is being recorded for training purposes.'
'Ok.'
'We'd like to offer you a subscription. Do you read the Daily Telegraph?'
'No, it's a Murdoch paper. I have a fundamental disagreement with the editorial policy of News Limited papers and the current editor for the Daily Telegraph. You are utterly wasting your time because my interest is zero. Have a nice day.'
'Um ... okay,'
(call ends).
Man I really wish I'd said a whole lot more. If I had a Nixon style enemies list Penberthy would be on it for his muck raking Liberal party penis sucking Murdoch business agenda driving yellow "journalism".
Big mistake mate.
I got a call on Friday. It went like this.
'Hello, my name is (X). I am calling from the Daily Telegraph. Before I continue I must let you know this call is being recorded for training purposes.'
'Ok.'
'We'd like to offer you a subscription. Do you read the Daily Telegraph?'
'No, it's a Murdoch paper. I have a fundamental disagreement with the editorial policy of News Limited papers and the current editor for the Daily Telegraph. You are utterly wasting your time because my interest is zero. Have a nice day.'
'Um ... okay,'
(call ends).
Man I really wish I'd said a whole lot more. If I had a Nixon style enemies list Penberthy would be on it for his muck raking Liberal party penis sucking Murdoch business agenda driving yellow "journalism".
Andrew Bolt nearly blew up my TV with his sheer hypocrisy
Bolt is wanking on about Rudd's inability to concede he (Rudd) made a simple error on figures (3.25 Vs 3.75).
'How can he not just admit he was wrong?' asks Bolt (on Insiders) with his big shiny eyes.
Let's see Bolty. There's Climate Change, the Stolen Generation, Water, Iraq, the War on Terror, Gitmo, and so on and so on.
All subjects in which where time and time again you have been shown to be in error. And not once have you come out and said 'wow, I was wrong on that one.'
The hypocrisy of 'bury me in a Y shaped coffin' knows no bounds. It's hilarious.
Keep it up Bolty. Luckily I have like five TVs so I can take an exploding one for the simple joy of watching you be a tit live on screen.
PS Now Bolt is wanking on about people misleading parliament. He's on safe grounds now the ALP control Federal and State houses and can piously demand resignations. Of course nowhere to be seen was that cry when his precious Libs were in. What a fucktard.
'How can he not just admit he was wrong?' asks Bolt (on Insiders) with his big shiny eyes.
Let's see Bolty. There's Climate Change, the Stolen Generation, Water, Iraq, the War on Terror, Gitmo, and so on and so on.
All subjects in which where time and time again you have been shown to be in error. And not once have you come out and said 'wow, I was wrong on that one.'
The hypocrisy of 'bury me in a Y shaped coffin' knows no bounds. It's hilarious.
Keep it up Bolty. Luckily I have like five TVs so I can take an exploding one for the simple joy of watching you be a tit live on screen.
PS Now Bolt is wanking on about people misleading parliament. He's on safe grounds now the ALP control Federal and State houses and can piously demand resignations. Of course nowhere to be seen was that cry when his precious Libs were in. What a fucktard.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Ant trails
Why is it landscape people always get it wrong? They design the paths layout then people go 'fuck that, my way is shorter' and create their own ant trail that does not have the benefits of concrete.
Why can't landscapers see it? People are like water. They find the easiest way. Really what they should do is run a hose across the ground and simply put the path where the water goes.
That is all.
Why can't landscapers see it? People are like water. They find the easiest way. Really what they should do is run a hose across the ground and simply put the path where the water goes.
That is all.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Area Sheen needs glasses or something
Ah celebrities. When will you learn any electronic device you speak near should be considered both live and recording. You need to practice some op sec. Esp when said device is actually purpose built for it and you're knowingly leaving a message.
Take Charlie Sheen. I respect Sheen's body of work - he's a funny man and his movies are classic. He has some relationship issues, and alas for Sheen we all know about them.
He left a salty tinged voicemail on his ex's phone. Again, I can understand it. Love soured is the worst kind of sour to have except the unrequited love sour kind - which is a factor more awful.
Anyway his ex is Denise Richards. She was in Starship Troopers the movie and also that comedy that involved cheerleaders killing each other. She's a B lister for sure. She met Sheen, they got married, had kids, then as is the way with being in the spotlight and regularly having people in your life that would willingly pleasure you and frequently offer to do so their relationship fell apart.
Which is sad.
So Sheen abused Richards via her voicemail and allegedly left the following message.
You're a f***ing liar. So, you know what it's like, f**k you. OK, I hope you rot in f***ing hell. You're a piece of s**t f***ing liar and I hope you f***ing rot in hell. So f**k you. I hope I never f***ing talk to you again you f***ing ****. F**k you. You're a coward and a liar and a f***ing n****r alright, so f**k you.
Yes, that's right. Sheen called Richards a n****r. Which is a particularly unpleasant word.
Here's a pic of Richards.
I think you'll agree she is perhaps one of the whitest people on the planet. If Hitler were around today she'd probably make the 2009 Aryan Girls Das Ein Booner my Schnitzel calendar.
Our man Sheen needs Fred Hollows stat.
Take Charlie Sheen. I respect Sheen's body of work - he's a funny man and his movies are classic. He has some relationship issues, and alas for Sheen we all know about them.
He left a salty tinged voicemail on his ex's phone. Again, I can understand it. Love soured is the worst kind of sour to have except the unrequited love sour kind - which is a factor more awful.
Anyway his ex is Denise Richards. She was in Starship Troopers the movie and also that comedy that involved cheerleaders killing each other. She's a B lister for sure. She met Sheen, they got married, had kids, then as is the way with being in the spotlight and regularly having people in your life that would willingly pleasure you and frequently offer to do so their relationship fell apart.
Which is sad.
So Sheen abused Richards via her voicemail and allegedly left the following message.
You're a f***ing liar. So, you know what it's like, f**k you. OK, I hope you rot in f***ing hell. You're a piece of s**t f***ing liar and I hope you f***ing rot in hell. So f**k you. I hope I never f***ing talk to you again you f***ing ****. F**k you. You're a coward and a liar and a f***ing n****r alright, so f**k you.
Yes, that's right. Sheen called Richards a n****r. Which is a particularly unpleasant word.
Here's a pic of Richards.
I think you'll agree she is perhaps one of the whitest people on the planet. If Hitler were around today she'd probably make the 2009 Aryan Girls Das Ein Booner my Schnitzel calendar.Our man Sheen needs Fred Hollows stat.
Arrowroots - now less boring
In Oz we have a plain biscuit known as an Arrowroot - a biscuit that is a common childhood denominator for many of us. It's up there with watching the ABC when you got home from school and dinking on your pushie (translation: giving a friend a ride on the front fork of your bike).
They are also extremely boring. They have no real taste. They are the biscuit equiv of water. They are marginally less flavourful than McDonald's cookies.
Consequently they get enhanced a lot. Typically if featuring in your lunchbox they had a smear of butter and were wrapped in gladwrap like a poor man's condom ("seriously baby, it won't come off, I added a rubber band and everything").
Recently I discovered something. Peanut butter on an arrowroot is good. It's in fact delish. Sure, it's likely not good for me but in my current sensitive stomach life I can digest it readily and it doesn't get stuck like toast does.
Anyway, Arrowroots and peanut butter - worth a try.
They are also extremely boring. They have no real taste. They are the biscuit equiv of water. They are marginally less flavourful than McDonald's cookies.
Consequently they get enhanced a lot. Typically if featuring in your lunchbox they had a smear of butter and were wrapped in gladwrap like a poor man's condom ("seriously baby, it won't come off, I added a rubber band and everything").
Recently I discovered something. Peanut butter on an arrowroot is good. It's in fact delish. Sure, it's likely not good for me but in my current sensitive stomach life I can digest it readily and it doesn't get stuck like toast does.
Anyway, Arrowroots and peanut butter - worth a try.
Auctioneers
Why do you speak so fast? Is it so by the time someone makes a bid they discover they have actually bid a higher price due to time distillation?
Thanks dead patches
I've had a couple of bouts of stomach surgery in the past six or so years. The result is that I have a number of dead nerve patches on my gut where I have little feeling. It's uncomfortable to scratch them.
Today theNoo fire hosed as I was trying to change him. I had foolishly removed the nappy completely from his fire for effect area and he soaked himself, his clothes, the underlay and so forth.
So it was bath time as a result. I'm slowly getting the hang of doing stuff one handed - with theNoo in the other arm - so I was trying to get everything ready to bathe him in the kitchen sink and naturally rather focussed. It was only when he was in the sink having his bath that I realised that he had in fact hosed me as well but good as I was cradling him. I hadn't realised cos the nerve sensations in my gut were dead and not giving me the heads up that a golden shower had been and gone.
Still, rather me than the floor. A t-shirt is easier to wash than a floor is to mop.
Today theNoo fire hosed as I was trying to change him. I had foolishly removed the nappy completely from his fire for effect area and he soaked himself, his clothes, the underlay and so forth.
So it was bath time as a result. I'm slowly getting the hang of doing stuff one handed - with theNoo in the other arm - so I was trying to get everything ready to bathe him in the kitchen sink and naturally rather focussed. It was only when he was in the sink having his bath that I realised that he had in fact hosed me as well but good as I was cradling him. I hadn't realised cos the nerve sensations in my gut were dead and not giving me the heads up that a golden shower had been and gone.
Still, rather me than the floor. A t-shirt is easier to wash than a floor is to mop.
Pathetic
The news is awash with the scoop that Ozzers are hefty types. We're now on a proportional basis the biggest fatties on the planet.
Hooray! Welcome my people.
Naturally the pithy cappuccino morning shows had to have fucking footage of poor fatties slobbing to work as the skeletal news reader waifs (who have a body fat of like 4% between them) shook their heads sadly.
Come on news people. Do you really have to show us poor overweight people from waist to neck as we huff and puff in public?
Does that matter?
Here's a fucking tip. Fat people know they're fat. If any fat person ever says 'I am happy to be fat' they are either lying or mentally damaged. Shows like Biggest Loser, which purport to help but in reality mock the overweight with their food teasing etc, and other fine programs are there to remind us fatties that were are the lesser in the human experience. That we have let the side down with our fattery.
And just because we have narrowly pipped the US on the fat stakes - proportionally - is no reason to go into paroxysms about the health disaster that has suddenly washed upon us in all its blubbery glory. Health professionals have known for some time that 'time poor - diet poor exercise motivation poor - genes - and cultural reliance on the car' etc cauldron of crap have toiled and bubbled to form a perfect storm of fatness in our brown land.
Of course this story gives the "news" an excuse to run the neck to waist wobble montage again the anti-fatist fucks.
By the way, as noted above I am fat. I have been fat since I was about 12. When my pants are resting between gigs on the back of the couch they look like the 'I've Lost!' prop pants ex fatties hold up in a combo of giddy thrilled revulsion for their spruiking benefit.
And I hate being fat. And yes, I am trying not to be.
But you know what doesn't help? Fucking talking head light weight barely a journalist skinny bitches tsk tsking sadly at the wobble montage. It just reminds me that people judge me for the weight I carry rather than the character I have.
The fat. The last frontier of people you can be bigoted against.
Hooray! Welcome my people.
Naturally the pithy cappuccino morning shows had to have fucking footage of poor fatties slobbing to work as the skeletal news reader waifs (who have a body fat of like 4% between them) shook their heads sadly.
Come on news people. Do you really have to show us poor overweight people from waist to neck as we huff and puff in public?
Does that matter?
Here's a fucking tip. Fat people know they're fat. If any fat person ever says 'I am happy to be fat' they are either lying or mentally damaged. Shows like Biggest Loser, which purport to help but in reality mock the overweight with their food teasing etc, and other fine programs are there to remind us fatties that were are the lesser in the human experience. That we have let the side down with our fattery.
And just because we have narrowly pipped the US on the fat stakes - proportionally - is no reason to go into paroxysms about the health disaster that has suddenly washed upon us in all its blubbery glory. Health professionals have known for some time that 'time poor - diet poor exercise motivation poor - genes - and cultural reliance on the car' etc cauldron of crap have toiled and bubbled to form a perfect storm of fatness in our brown land.
Of course this story gives the "news" an excuse to run the neck to waist wobble montage again the anti-fatist fucks.
By the way, as noted above I am fat. I have been fat since I was about 12. When my pants are resting between gigs on the back of the couch they look like the 'I've Lost!' prop pants ex fatties hold up in a combo of giddy thrilled revulsion for their spruiking benefit.
And I hate being fat. And yes, I am trying not to be.
But you know what doesn't help? Fucking talking head light weight barely a journalist skinny bitches tsk tsking sadly at the wobble montage. It just reminds me that people judge me for the weight I carry rather than the character I have.
The fat. The last frontier of people you can be bigoted against.
You almost couldn't make it up
US politics is fun. Serious fun. If you're a political junkie like me it's the most fun race there is. They have villains (eg Bush) and heroes (eg Kerry) who trade places (Swift Boat) thanks to machinations of evil moustache twizzlers (Rove).
Naturally people crawl out of the woodwork with scandalous tales of candidates that may or may not be true about the candidates, or indeed shenanigans by candidates can surface. The best one ever - and no not Jennifer Flowers - was during the Gary Hart 1988 campaign where Hart challenged journos to catch him out in an affair and they did exactly that within three days, publishing pics of him with some titty chick on a boat and forever ruining his chances at the top job.
Obama has attracted more than his fair share of crazy shit that ranges from true (his fiery preacher) to highly improbable (he's a Muslim Manchurian candidate).
This following effort is in the latter. Some dude has claimed that Obama and he snorted some blow then blew each other. I assume on the second part - I haven't read the specifics.
Anyway this guy has been peddling his sordid tale for many months - and I should note that Obama has confessed to cocaine use in the past (unlike George Bush who said "I have not used illegal drugs in the last 20 years" when he stood for office and neglected to mention he'd been done DUI during his alco phase on the grounds he didn't want to set a bad example for his daughters - who later came within one strike of going in the pokey under three strikes in Texas for underage alcohol purchases ... while they were being escorted by their secret service detail).
Mr 'I had sex with that man' fronted the media with his lawyer. Let's let the SMH tell the next bit.
Sinclair was accompanied by his kilt-clad lawyer, Montgomery Blair Sibley. Sibley has had his own problems: a Florida court struck him off for vexatious litigation, most of it directed against his former wife.
"I don't mean to be impudent," said one reporter, "but why are you wearing a kilt?"
Sibley explained: "It has to do with genitalia. If you are on the smaller side, then pants are not uncomfortable."
That's just fucking awesome. A kilt clad lawyer who claims he is so attired because of the extent of his manhood - presumably in the safety switch is on mode. Because that's not at all going to undermine your client's claims is it?
I say you 'almost couldn't make it up' because Seinfeld did have an unusually attired lawyer - George Costanza's father's lawyer who wore a cape (played by comic genius Larry David). A sartorial choice which naturally flummoxed George who was then fixated on who the man was (not knowing he was his dad's lawyer).
The last scene of the episode featured the cape clad lawyer saving the life of someone on a bridge.
'Who are you?' the saved person asked.
'I'm Frank Costanza's lawyer,' said David.
Awesome stuff. This election is fucking gold.
Naturally people crawl out of the woodwork with scandalous tales of candidates that may or may not be true about the candidates, or indeed shenanigans by candidates can surface. The best one ever - and no not Jennifer Flowers - was during the Gary Hart 1988 campaign where Hart challenged journos to catch him out in an affair and they did exactly that within three days, publishing pics of him with some titty chick on a boat and forever ruining his chances at the top job.
Obama has attracted more than his fair share of crazy shit that ranges from true (his fiery preacher) to highly improbable (he's a Muslim Manchurian candidate).
This following effort is in the latter. Some dude has claimed that Obama and he snorted some blow then blew each other. I assume on the second part - I haven't read the specifics.
Anyway this guy has been peddling his sordid tale for many months - and I should note that Obama has confessed to cocaine use in the past (unlike George Bush who said "I have not used illegal drugs in the last 20 years" when he stood for office and neglected to mention he'd been done DUI during his alco phase on the grounds he didn't want to set a bad example for his daughters - who later came within one strike of going in the pokey under three strikes in Texas for underage alcohol purchases ... while they were being escorted by their secret service detail).
Mr 'I had sex with that man' fronted the media with his lawyer. Let's let the SMH tell the next bit.
Sinclair was accompanied by his kilt-clad lawyer, Montgomery Blair Sibley. Sibley has had his own problems: a Florida court struck him off for vexatious litigation, most of it directed against his former wife.
"I don't mean to be impudent," said one reporter, "but why are you wearing a kilt?"
Sibley explained: "It has to do with genitalia. If you are on the smaller side, then pants are not uncomfortable."
That's just fucking awesome. A kilt clad lawyer who claims he is so attired because of the extent of his manhood - presumably in the safety switch is on mode. Because that's not at all going to undermine your client's claims is it?
I say you 'almost couldn't make it up' because Seinfeld did have an unusually attired lawyer - George Costanza's father's lawyer who wore a cape (played by comic genius Larry David). A sartorial choice which naturally flummoxed George who was then fixated on who the man was (not knowing he was his dad's lawyer).
The last scene of the episode featured the cape clad lawyer saving the life of someone on a bridge.
'Who are you?' the saved person asked.
'I'm Frank Costanza's lawyer,' said David.
Awesome stuff. This election is fucking gold.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Q&A hijacked by young libs
Some cockbrain Young Lib is on mangling his weapon analogies ("people put bullets into their shotgun then pulled the trigger on their rifle") and all these sycophants rippled the hall with guffaws.
I think even Tony Jones mentioned his "captive audience".
Come on ABC. The right already own Insiders. Why do they have to spoil this show too?
UPDATE: Jones just asked Pyne 'your five cents does bugger all, why float it'. Pyne - 'because people know the coalition will do something if we do'. As opposed to doing anything of actual substance. The classic argument of 'something must be done, this is something, I will do that.'
UPDATE2: The fuckwit young libs crew just gave a massive hoitie HUZZAH to the fuckwit down the front who managed to blurt out some sort of half attempt to cloak the disposal of Saddam as nothing more than a beatific sop to world democracy.
I think even Tony Jones mentioned his "captive audience".
Come on ABC. The right already own Insiders. Why do they have to spoil this show too?
UPDATE: Jones just asked Pyne 'your five cents does bugger all, why float it'. Pyne - 'because people know the coalition will do something if we do'. As opposed to doing anything of actual substance. The classic argument of 'something must be done, this is something, I will do that.'
UPDATE2: The fuckwit young libs crew just gave a massive hoitie HUZZAH to the fuckwit down the front who managed to blurt out some sort of half attempt to cloak the disposal of Saddam as nothing more than a beatific sop to world democracy.
Finally they're being called on it
In the US at the moment the Congress is finally turning the spotlight on the fuckheads in the Bush administration who decided that torturing people was morally and legally possible.
Yes, can you believe it? That they did this. By now you should not be surprised.
When AG and Gitmo abuses came out the administration quickly pointed the finger at grunts in the field getting happy slappy on prisoners. A few of them - and I believe not a single officer - are now doing time. What they did was fucked - there's not doubt. There's also little doubt they were encouraged by senior officials and others in their crimes.
Here's some choice snips.
General Accuses WH of War Crimes
By Dan Froomkin
Special to washingtonpost.com
Wednesday, June 18, 2008; 12:44 PM
The two-star general who led an Army investigation into the horrific detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib has accused the Bush administration of war crimes and is calling for accountability.
In his 2004 report on Abu Ghraib, then-Major General Anthony Taguba concluded that "numerous incidents of sadistic, blatant, and wanton criminal abuses were inflicted on several detainees." He called the abuse "systemic and illegal." And, as Seymour M. Hersh reported in the New Yorker, he was rewarded for his honesty by being forced into retirement.
Now, in a preface to a Physicians for Human Rights report based on medical examinations of former detainees, Taguba adds an epilogue to his own investigation.
The new report, he writes, "tells the largely untold human story of what happened to detainees in our custody when the Commander-in-Chief and those under him authorized a systematic regime of torture. This story is not only written in words: It is scrawled for the rest of these individual's lives on their bodies and minds. Our national honor is stained by the indignity and inhumane treatment these men received from their captors.
"The profiles of these eleven former detainees, none of whom were ever charged with a crime or told why they were detained, are tragic and brutal rebuttals to those who claim that torture is ever justified. Through the experiences of these men in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay, we can see the full-scope of the damage this illegal and unsound policy has inflicted --both on America's institutions and our nation's founding values, which the military, intelligence services, and our justice system are duty-bound to defend.
"In order for these individuals to suffer the wanton cruelty to which they were subjected, a government policy was promulgated to the field whereby the Geneva Conventions and the Uniform Code of Military Justice were disregarded. The UN Convention Against Torture was indiscriminately ignored. . . .
"After years of disclosures by government investigations, media accounts, and reports from human rights organizations, there is no longer any doubt as to whether the current administration has committed war crimes. The only question that remains to be answered is whether those who ordered the use of torture will be held to account."
And a cut down version of the following wash post article from the SMH.
Defender of jail abuse pleads amnesia
Date: June 19 2008
Dana Milbank in Washington
IF EVER there was a case that cried out for enhanced interrogation techniques, it was the appearance of the Pentagon's former top lawyer in the US Senate.
William "Jim" Haynes II, the man who blessed the use of dogs, hoods and nudity to pry information out of recalcitrant detainees, proved to be a model of evasion himself as he resisted all attempts at inquiry by the Armed Services Committee.
Did he ask a subordinate to get information about harsh questioning techniques?
"My memory is not perfect."
Did he see a memo about the effects of these techniques?
"I don't specifically remember when I saw this."
Did he remember doing something with the information?
"I don't remember doing something with this …"
When did he discuss these methods with other Bush Administration officials?
"I don't know precisely when, and I cannot discuss it further without getting into classified information."
Mr Haynes (who, denied a judgeship by the Senate, left the Pentagon in February for a job with Chevron) had good reason to plead temporary senility.
A committee investigation found that, contrary to his earlier testimony, he had shown strong interest in potentially abusive questioning methods as early as July 2002. Later, ignoring the strong objections of the military, he sent a memo to the former defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, recommending the use of stress positions, nudity, dogs and light deprivation.
Taking his seat before the committee, he said: "I don't have a formal opening statement" before reading his formal opening statement, in which he defended those things he couldn't remember doing.
He then allowed the amnesia to wash over him. Over two hours, he managed 23 "don't recalls", 22 "don't remembers", 16 "don't knows" and other protestations of memory loss.
An impressive performance, but let's see him do it wearing a hood, standing on a crate with wires attached to his arms.
The Washington Post
And from another Froomkin article
In his prepared statement for today's hearing, former Navy general counsel Alberto J. Mora, who fought a private battle within the Pentagon to maintain longstanding interrogation rules, writes that "our Nation's policy decision to use so-called 'harsh' interrogation techniques during the War on Terror was a mistake of massive proportions. . . . This interrogation policy -- which may aptly be labeled a 'policy of cruelty' -- violated our founding values, our constitutional system and the fabric of our laws, our over-arching foreign policy interests, and our national security."
Mora reminds us: "The United States was founded on the principle that every person -- not just each citizen -- possesses certain inalienable rights that no government, including our own, may violate."
And he says the cost has been paid in American lives: "[T]here are serving U.S. flag-rank officers who maintain that the first and second identifiable causes of U.S. combat deaths in Iraq -- as judged by their effectiveness in recruiting insurgent fighters into combat -- are, respectively the symbols of Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo."
Here's my prediction. In his last week in office George W Bush will pardon every single person in his administration for their crimes down during his time in office. He will, as many hundreds of scoundrels and scum before them, cloak his deeds in patriotism and flag flying and 'they did what was was necessary to preserve freedom' all the while having headed a government that has done more to undermine core principles of human rights, freedom, equality and the protection of the law in the US than any administration before them.
Including the Nixon white house.
God bless America.
Yes, can you believe it? That they did this. By now you should not be surprised.
When AG and Gitmo abuses came out the administration quickly pointed the finger at grunts in the field getting happy slappy on prisoners. A few of them - and I believe not a single officer - are now doing time. What they did was fucked - there's not doubt. There's also little doubt they were encouraged by senior officials and others in their crimes.
Here's some choice snips.
General Accuses WH of War Crimes
By Dan Froomkin
Special to washingtonpost.com
Wednesday, June 18, 2008; 12:44 PM
The two-star general who led an Army investigation into the horrific detainee abuse at Abu Ghraib has accused the Bush administration of war crimes and is calling for accountability.
In his 2004 report on Abu Ghraib, then-Major General Anthony Taguba concluded that "numerous incidents of sadistic, blatant, and wanton criminal abuses were inflicted on several detainees." He called the abuse "systemic and illegal." And, as Seymour M. Hersh reported in the New Yorker, he was rewarded for his honesty by being forced into retirement.
Now, in a preface to a Physicians for Human Rights report based on medical examinations of former detainees, Taguba adds an epilogue to his own investigation.
The new report, he writes, "tells the largely untold human story of what happened to detainees in our custody when the Commander-in-Chief and those under him authorized a systematic regime of torture. This story is not only written in words: It is scrawled for the rest of these individual's lives on their bodies and minds. Our national honor is stained by the indignity and inhumane treatment these men received from their captors.
"The profiles of these eleven former detainees, none of whom were ever charged with a crime or told why they were detained, are tragic and brutal rebuttals to those who claim that torture is ever justified. Through the experiences of these men in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay, we can see the full-scope of the damage this illegal and unsound policy has inflicted --both on America's institutions and our nation's founding values, which the military, intelligence services, and our justice system are duty-bound to defend.
"In order for these individuals to suffer the wanton cruelty to which they were subjected, a government policy was promulgated to the field whereby the Geneva Conventions and the Uniform Code of Military Justice were disregarded. The UN Convention Against Torture was indiscriminately ignored. . . .
"After years of disclosures by government investigations, media accounts, and reports from human rights organizations, there is no longer any doubt as to whether the current administration has committed war crimes. The only question that remains to be answered is whether those who ordered the use of torture will be held to account."
And a cut down version of the following wash post article from the SMH.
Defender of jail abuse pleads amnesia
Date: June 19 2008
Dana Milbank in Washington
IF EVER there was a case that cried out for enhanced interrogation techniques, it was the appearance of the Pentagon's former top lawyer in the US Senate.
William "Jim" Haynes II, the man who blessed the use of dogs, hoods and nudity to pry information out of recalcitrant detainees, proved to be a model of evasion himself as he resisted all attempts at inquiry by the Armed Services Committee.
Did he ask a subordinate to get information about harsh questioning techniques?
"My memory is not perfect."
Did he see a memo about the effects of these techniques?
"I don't specifically remember when I saw this."
Did he remember doing something with the information?
"I don't remember doing something with this …"
When did he discuss these methods with other Bush Administration officials?
"I don't know precisely when, and I cannot discuss it further without getting into classified information."
Mr Haynes (who, denied a judgeship by the Senate, left the Pentagon in February for a job with Chevron) had good reason to plead temporary senility.
A committee investigation found that, contrary to his earlier testimony, he had shown strong interest in potentially abusive questioning methods as early as July 2002. Later, ignoring the strong objections of the military, he sent a memo to the former defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, recommending the use of stress positions, nudity, dogs and light deprivation.
Taking his seat before the committee, he said: "I don't have a formal opening statement" before reading his formal opening statement, in which he defended those things he couldn't remember doing.
He then allowed the amnesia to wash over him. Over two hours, he managed 23 "don't recalls", 22 "don't remembers", 16 "don't knows" and other protestations of memory loss.
An impressive performance, but let's see him do it wearing a hood, standing on a crate with wires attached to his arms.
The Washington Post
And from another Froomkin article
In his prepared statement for today's hearing, former Navy general counsel Alberto J. Mora, who fought a private battle within the Pentagon to maintain longstanding interrogation rules, writes that "our Nation's policy decision to use so-called 'harsh' interrogation techniques during the War on Terror was a mistake of massive proportions. . . . This interrogation policy -- which may aptly be labeled a 'policy of cruelty' -- violated our founding values, our constitutional system and the fabric of our laws, our over-arching foreign policy interests, and our national security."
Mora reminds us: "The United States was founded on the principle that every person -- not just each citizen -- possesses certain inalienable rights that no government, including our own, may violate."
And he says the cost has been paid in American lives: "[T]here are serving U.S. flag-rank officers who maintain that the first and second identifiable causes of U.S. combat deaths in Iraq -- as judged by their effectiveness in recruiting insurgent fighters into combat -- are, respectively the symbols of Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo."
Here's my prediction. In his last week in office George W Bush will pardon every single person in his administration for their crimes down during his time in office. He will, as many hundreds of scoundrels and scum before them, cloak his deeds in patriotism and flag flying and 'they did what was was necessary to preserve freedom' all the while having headed a government that has done more to undermine core principles of human rights, freedom, equality and the protection of the law in the US than any administration before them.
Including the Nixon white house.
God bless America.
Fck me
It looks like Peak Oil has actually hit. I'm watching the 730 report now. This dude is saying the west will have to radically restructure its transport infrastructure because it was based on cheap oil.
I can't help thinking of those greedy fucking developers that built entire suburbs predicated on the car being the prime if not sole means of transport so they could fit more houses into smaller blocks (tiny winding streets are not good for buses).
So free marketeers. You did this. How ya going to fix it?
Who would have thought that there is a balance between the free market and publically owned and operated infrastructure.
I can't help thinking of those greedy fucking developers that built entire suburbs predicated on the car being the prime if not sole means of transport so they could fit more houses into smaller blocks (tiny winding streets are not good for buses).
So free marketeers. You did this. How ya going to fix it?
Who would have thought that there is a balance between the free market and publically owned and operated infrastructure.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
A close call
I went to see a new musical at The Street theatre tonight - Rudd: The Musical. It was the cheapie dress rehearsal. Us die hard lefty Labor types eager to sample the local musical goodness.
It was okay. I enjoyed it. No Keating! but then it would be hard to compete.
The only thing was the third act scene change was really long. Like 10 minutes. We actually thought the play had ended and we were about a minute from leaving when the stage lights came back on.
I was this close to going to the barman and asking his advice as to whether it was over.
How crass would that have been. Quite the fox po!
It was okay. I enjoyed it. No Keating! but then it would be hard to compete.
The only thing was the third act scene change was really long. Like 10 minutes. We actually thought the play had ended and we were about a minute from leaving when the stage lights came back on.
I was this close to going to the barman and asking his advice as to whether it was over.
How crass would that have been. Quite the fox po!
Mp3 - the hidden costs
I've been getting into using my MP3 in a big way these past couple of weeks. Before I'd just whip it out during data entry moments. Now I'm busing with it, walking with it and so forth.
Two minor downsides.
The first is the sing-a-long. You forget you're doing it sometimes. I found this out tonight when I was sampling some Keating! action and sotto belting out the chorus to I want to do you slowly when the cleaner was on the other side of the partition.
The other thing is public farting. When you control fart your brain listens to audible cues to better regulate flow as to dampen noise. When you got a bit of the Rolling Stones going off in your ears it's far harder to judge your aural footprint on the surrounds. But I think the disgusted glance and shuffle to the left by my fellow bus stop attendee was probably a clue that my control was not so great on that front.
Really there should be some kind of label. Like WARNING: You may not hear your own farts.
It's just common sense.
Two minor downsides.
The first is the sing-a-long. You forget you're doing it sometimes. I found this out tonight when I was sampling some Keating! action and sotto belting out the chorus to I want to do you slowly when the cleaner was on the other side of the partition.
The other thing is public farting. When you control fart your brain listens to audible cues to better regulate flow as to dampen noise. When you got a bit of the Rolling Stones going off in your ears it's far harder to judge your aural footprint on the surrounds. But I think the disgusted glance and shuffle to the left by my fellow bus stop attendee was probably a clue that my control was not so great on that front.
Really there should be some kind of label. Like WARNING: You may not hear your own farts.
It's just common sense.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Vag on the brain
I just realized that the last several posts, or comments made, refer to vaginas in some way - whether being examined, belonging to a celebrity, or in regards to the products used in that general area of the body.
I clearly have issues. Apologies to the ladies and their aforementioned bits. In case the bits are also offended.
I clearly have issues. Apologies to the ladies and their aforementioned bits. In case the bits are also offended.
Confession
I had a dream about Paris Hilton last night. I can vaguely remember that in the dream I was apologising to Paris for hanging shit on her in this blog. All she said in response, and multiple times, was 'That's Hot.'
Also her vag was showing in full 'just getting out of the car, whoops forgot my knickers' pose.
In addition I think Boo Boo was there.
Apparently there was an ursine requirement to that dream.
Geddit?!
I kill me.
Also her vag was showing in full 'just getting out of the car, whoops forgot my knickers' pose.
In addition I think Boo Boo was there.
Apparently there was an ursine requirement to that dream.
Geddit?!
I kill me.
What's the deal with Tuesday TV?
It's all about fucking hospitals, doctors, medical stuff, nurses etc. Check it out. Only Channel 10 and SBS let the team down. What's the bet the Girls of the Playboy Mansion have gyno exams tonight.
If only there was an eager to please Doctor to take on this difficult task ... (see below).
If only there was an eager to please Doctor to take on this difficult task ... (see below).
Another end of an era
Tonight I tried to eat a Red Rooster 1/4 chicken and chips. I used to inhale these things. In fact fuck the 1/4 - I'd go the 1/2.
Those days are gone. Thanks to the surgery last year I managed to eat maybe a mouthful of it before I ended up partially bringing it back up. I suppose there's a silver lining there.
So for dinner instead I had 100 grams of Choceur's Coffee and Cream Chocolate and a De-caff Diet Coke.
Take that medicine !
(shakes fist)
Those days are gone. Thanks to the surgery last year I managed to eat maybe a mouthful of it before I ended up partially bringing it back up. I suppose there's a silver lining there.
So for dinner instead I had 100 grams of Choceur's Coffee and Cream Chocolate and a De-caff Diet Coke.
Take that medicine !
(shakes fist)
Holding a lighter up
Right Wingers, alas out of power (temporarily I am sure) in our brown land, are still holding up a lighter - Statue of Liberty style - for various causes they believe in. Iraq was totally worth it, climate change smimate snage, and so forth. Hell look at the barely functional commentariat in the US - who don't even have a bed fellow in the running for the white house (all unfortunate wing nut bits McCain has had to adopt to ensure any form of fundy support aside).
Here in Oz we still have Quadrant. Ah Quadrant - funded by the CIA in the 50's as a soothing balm against the surging tide of red menace propaganda that swept the globe through militant nasty pasty unions and other lefty scum.
You can see June's offerings here.
Aw, isn't that cute? An article about The Chilling Costs of Climate Catastrophism by Ray Evans. That would be the same Ray who writes for the lavoisier group. A group bank rolled by mining companies to get in the ear of the previous government. The same Ray who founded the righty HR Nicholls society.
Keep fighting the good fight Quadrant. Hold your lighter high. Just like fans of Motely Crue, who have apparently reformed creaking bones and all and strutting into the wake of super geriatrics like The Rolling Stones.
Here in Oz we still have Quadrant. Ah Quadrant - funded by the CIA in the 50's as a soothing balm against the surging tide of red menace propaganda that swept the globe through militant nasty pasty unions and other lefty scum.
You can see June's offerings here.
Aw, isn't that cute? An article about The Chilling Costs of Climate Catastrophism by Ray Evans. That would be the same Ray who writes for the lavoisier group. A group bank rolled by mining companies to get in the ear of the previous government. The same Ray who founded the righty HR Nicholls society.
Keep fighting the good fight Quadrant. Hold your lighter high. Just like fans of Motely Crue, who have apparently reformed creaking bones and all and strutting into the wake of super geriatrics like The Rolling Stones.
Now that was suckful
TheNoo's been sick for the last week. Today the doctor said he had to go to the hospital. I frantically sorted out work stuff to take with me - laptops, disks etc and dashed to the bus. I have to say I got a bit teary. I know it was precautionary but it still freaked me out. He's too small to have to go to hospital. Luckily he turned out to be okay. He has infantile asthma. So if he gets wheezy from flu etc then he has to have a mask suctioned onto his face and ventoline blown across his mouth and nose. Yeah, he hates that.
So he didn't have to stay in - thank gawd. But jeez it was stressy. All I could think on the bus ride was 'what if he's deathly sick?!' I've known people who lost a baby and I wonder how they go on. How crazed with grief would you be to lose a child.
Those images of the Chinese parents who lost their only children in the earthquake, where they howled with raw pain as they beat then rent earth with their hands really resonate. I can totally see how they feel that way.
He's crying again. The poor little fucker :(
UPDATE: By the way theNoo is a huge man slut. He gives out smiles to anyone in viewing distance.
So he didn't have to stay in - thank gawd. But jeez it was stressy. All I could think on the bus ride was 'what if he's deathly sick?!' I've known people who lost a baby and I wonder how they go on. How crazed with grief would you be to lose a child.
Those images of the Chinese parents who lost their only children in the earthquake, where they howled with raw pain as they beat then rent earth with their hands really resonate. I can totally see how they feel that way.
He's crying again. The poor little fucker :(
UPDATE: By the way theNoo is a huge man slut. He gives out smiles to anyone in viewing distance.
Monday, June 16, 2008
I could wiki all night long (refrain)
I could. And indeed, have. Only once have I ever used a computer through unto dawn and that was playing Pool of Radiance on my flatmate's Amiga, but I have wiki'ed into the wee hours following topic after topic because it garnered my interest.
Like this post on the Wonderland Murders. I think I especially like this post because of this sentence.
"On June 28, 1981, they were meeting with David Lind and Tracy McCourt, two other criminals, and John Holmes, who bought drugs from them and was known for being a pornstar with a large penis."
Gold. Britannica - you can't compete with this goodness.
Like this post on the Wonderland Murders. I think I especially like this post because of this sentence.
"On June 28, 1981, they were meeting with David Lind and Tracy McCourt, two other criminals, and John Holmes, who bought drugs from them and was known for being a pornstar with a large penis."
Gold. Britannica - you can't compete with this goodness.
Graph Jam attempts
Yeah I sent 'em in. Didn't make the cut but still worth a shot (click on graphic to read it).
Intelligence issues
Check out this story in the SMH about a robbery at an IGA where the owner's son stood up to the gunman. Pretty brave I think we'd all agree.
This is my fave bit of the story.
Daniel - who did not wish to provide his full name - walked towards the man, ignoring threats from the robber that he would shoot.
The man pulled the trigger, but the gun did not fire, Daniel, 20, said. It was later found to be a replica.
Isn't that awesome? The gunman either knew it was a replica and tried to fire it OR thought it was real and tried to fire it. Either way he's marked by some serious deficiency in the grey matter area.
If it's the latter the there must have been some confusion during the sale.
'Check this out mate, it's sweet.'
'Oh yeah, sweet all right, for real?'
'Yeah, fully for real man. Fully sweet.'
'Sweet mate, I will take it.'
Great stuff crime world. Keep it up.
This is my fave bit of the story.
Daniel - who did not wish to provide his full name - walked towards the man, ignoring threats from the robber that he would shoot.
The man pulled the trigger, but the gun did not fire, Daniel, 20, said. It was later found to be a replica.
Isn't that awesome? The gunman either knew it was a replica and tried to fire it OR thought it was real and tried to fire it. Either way he's marked by some serious deficiency in the grey matter area.
If it's the latter the there must have been some confusion during the sale.
'Check this out mate, it's sweet.'
'Oh yeah, sweet all right, for real?'
'Yeah, fully for real man. Fully sweet.'
'Sweet mate, I will take it.'
Great stuff crime world. Keep it up.
Sanitary Products
Why is it these products are all geared around the theme of "confidence"? It's all like "Three times the absorption so three times the confidence" or "gives me the confidence to take my day and slap it around like a bitch" and so forth.
So if I see a woman striding head high and purposely through the work place should I assume that astride her gusset is some sort of pad with or without wings? Why can't men have a product they use that gives them confidence? I want to have a three times some sort of thing that gives me three times the confidence I need before an important meeting or something.
In fact this all sounds like a job for manpads.
So if I see a woman striding head high and purposely through the work place should I assume that astride her gusset is some sort of pad with or without wings? Why can't men have a product they use that gives them confidence? I want to have a three times some sort of thing that gives me three times the confidence I need before an important meeting or something.
In fact this all sounds like a job for manpads.
Things not to liken your boss to
For starters how about James Brown?
My boss was sitting at her desk and she had her coat over her shoulders (ie sleeves dangling). Without thinking I said she resembled the Godfather of Soul.
Quite rightly she said that as a mature very white woman from the UK her resemblance to the creator of Papa's got a brand new bag was cursory at best. I lamely tried to explain she looked like when he was old and tired and being lead off stage by his minders just before he threw his cloak off to launch into the encore but I made the error of petering out before the explanation finished and kind of ended at 'old and tired.'
Man I am so lucky she's a good sort.
Also when talking about mongol warriors in ear shot of the boss don't happily describe how one of them, tired of the three holes on offer in a lady, would make his own. It just sounds disturbing.
My boss was sitting at her desk and she had her coat over her shoulders (ie sleeves dangling). Without thinking I said she resembled the Godfather of Soul.
Quite rightly she said that as a mature very white woman from the UK her resemblance to the creator of Papa's got a brand new bag was cursory at best. I lamely tried to explain she looked like when he was old and tired and being lead off stage by his minders just before he threw his cloak off to launch into the encore but I made the error of petering out before the explanation finished and kind of ended at 'old and tired.'
Man I am so lucky she's a good sort.
Also when talking about mongol warriors in ear shot of the boss don't happily describe how one of them, tired of the three holes on offer in a lady, would make his own. It just sounds disturbing.
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Suck sht planet wreckers
The local Hummer dealership has been forced to have a competition in order to sell their utterly unnecessary in the ACT vehicles - be in the running if you buy a new or used hummer from them for 5k.
So what? That's like 25 tanks worth.
Ha ha ha. Good luck with it fellahs. You might want to notice that the age of the super huge penis substitute car is adios.
So what? That's like 25 tanks worth.
Ha ha ha. Good luck with it fellahs. You might want to notice that the age of the super huge penis substitute car is adios.
Studio walk past results in case against Pink Floyd
London, UK: Arthur Transom, 54, said he is suing legendary rock group Pink Floyd for damages resulting from his walking past the studio back in 1974, an act that clearly influenced the musicians in the creation of whatever album they were working on at the time.
'I can remember it clearly,' said Transom. 'I could see them in the studio through a big glass observation wall they had set up in the facility. As I went past one of them, Waters I believe, pointed at me, then played on his guitar. I couldn't make out exactly what he was playing but it's obvious that the roots of insert seminal work here lay in my passage past their window.'
Transom has joined numerous other ordinary people who claim Floyd's sampling of their lives and subsequent use in their music entitles them to a large share of any monies earned thereof, such as the children who sang like 10 bars in Another Brick on the Wall then claimed the fond childhood memory they had of singing backing vocals for a group was worth a couple of grand now.
'They took me out of school for an afternoon!,' said Barnaby Koutis. 'I could have learned what Norway's exports were or someat. Now I will never have that piece of information restored to me. Yes I got to bunk off class and dine out on the story that I was one of dose kids goin' on about not needin' no teachin' and all that. But at what cost?!'
Transom's lawyers have asked other punters to step forward and join a class action against the group, saying that they know of at least two window cleaners that once did Gilmore's windows for a fiver and at the time mentioned something about Thatcher, the iron lady PM later appearing as the golden thread running through Floyd's Final Cut album.
'I can remember it clearly,' said Transom. 'I could see them in the studio through a big glass observation wall they had set up in the facility. As I went past one of them, Waters I believe, pointed at me, then played on his guitar. I couldn't make out exactly what he was playing but it's obvious that the roots of insert seminal work here lay in my passage past their window.'
Transom has joined numerous other ordinary people who claim Floyd's sampling of their lives and subsequent use in their music entitles them to a large share of any monies earned thereof, such as the children who sang like 10 bars in Another Brick on the Wall then claimed the fond childhood memory they had of singing backing vocals for a group was worth a couple of grand now.
'They took me out of school for an afternoon!,' said Barnaby Koutis. 'I could have learned what Norway's exports were or someat. Now I will never have that piece of information restored to me. Yes I got to bunk off class and dine out on the story that I was one of dose kids goin' on about not needin' no teachin' and all that. But at what cost?!'
Transom's lawyers have asked other punters to step forward and join a class action against the group, saying that they know of at least two window cleaners that once did Gilmore's windows for a fiver and at the time mentioned something about Thatcher, the iron lady PM later appearing as the golden thread running through Floyd's Final Cut album.
Hoots mon it's a Farnham Drama
Back Stage, Honestly, for Real, this is the last time EVER! If I am lying someone close to me will go to jail tour; Johnny Farnham's mullet is trapped according to back stage sources at the concert, the singer, who shot to fame when we still had black and white TV for fuck's sake with Sadie the Cleaning Lady, reportedly in some pain.
'Johnny was powering up his vocals with some exercises along with his musos when the bagpipe section for You're The Voice got too close to the singer,' said Roadie Bob "If it moves gaff it, if it's green smoke it" Reilly. 'Next thing you know as one of the pipers took in a breath Johnny's expansive mullet got sucked in.'
The mullet, lovingly preserved in defiance of all hair style advice and is already listed as one of Australia's Hundred Greatest Living Australians (unlike Mr Farnham itself), was sucked so far into the bag that when the piper attempted to blow it out the mullet tendrils went up a different pipe.
'As you can imagine having a bagpipe hanging off Johnny's head is not a good look,' said a now glassy eyed Bob in one fluid breathless sentence. 'But cutting it free is not an option.'
Sources say producers have called in the local SES to attempt a de-piping of the bagpipe locked Farnham mullet.
'The SES are there for all Australians in a time of need,' said SES spokesperson Mr Jacob Safeton. 'And Johnny's mullet needs us. At the very least we can put a tarp snuggly over the singer's head until specialist equipment from the US is flown in.'
'Johnny was powering up his vocals with some exercises along with his musos when the bagpipe section for You're The Voice got too close to the singer,' said Roadie Bob "If it moves gaff it, if it's green smoke it" Reilly. 'Next thing you know as one of the pipers took in a breath Johnny's expansive mullet got sucked in.'
The mullet, lovingly preserved in defiance of all hair style advice and is already listed as one of Australia's Hundred Greatest Living Australians (unlike Mr Farnham itself), was sucked so far into the bag that when the piper attempted to blow it out the mullet tendrils went up a different pipe.
'As you can imagine having a bagpipe hanging off Johnny's head is not a good look,' said a now glassy eyed Bob in one fluid breathless sentence. 'But cutting it free is not an option.'
Sources say producers have called in the local SES to attempt a de-piping of the bagpipe locked Farnham mullet.
'The SES are there for all Australians in a time of need,' said SES spokesperson Mr Jacob Safeton. 'And Johnny's mullet needs us. At the very least we can put a tarp snuggly over the singer's head until specialist equipment from the US is flown in.'
Nicking bits from 4th edition D&D - part 1
Okay, in the defence of the designers there is some kewl stuff in 4th ed. I still don't like where they've gone with so, so much of it but there are some groovy things.
One bone of contention has always been the poor old mage having to resort to crossbows (hell slings in 1st/2nd edition) once their puny array of spells was expended at lower levels. It frequently lead to metagaming 'we now rest' exercises which isn't very dramatic or heroic. Of course the trade off always was that if you got your magic-user/mage/wizard to a high enough level that rarely became a problem because of the sheer amount of power you were cooking with gas with.
Okay so here's a fix. Make up a bunch of level 1 spells that can be used at will over a long duration. This is off the top of my head mind you so here we go.
Force Strike; Evocation [Force]; Level: Sorcerer/Wizard (1), Components: V, S, Casting Time: 1 standard action, Range: Medium (100ft + 10 ft per level), Effect: ray, Duration: Instant / 8 hours - see notes, Saving Throw: None, Spell Resistance: Yes; During the duration of the spell the wizard is able at will as a standard action fire a force ray at a target (ranged touch attack) for 1d4 damage (the spell has a crit multiplier of x2). This spell may be augmented through a special feat called Augment Force Strike which adds 2 to hit and 2 to damage when using this spell and increases the duration to 24 hours when cast (counts as a Metamagic feat).
So this is like a weapon attack except as a ranged touch attack it is superior since it ignores armour, but does lowish damage to compensate for that. It has a decent range - but not too monty haul. And the Wizzy can augment the spell with a special Metamagic feat to make it an even more decent attack. So Mr 1st level PC can be an active combat participant for 8 hours a day. Neato - and not too powerful and if they take the feat they effectively always have a kewl magic attack they can rely on.
One bone of contention has always been the poor old mage having to resort to crossbows (hell slings in 1st/2nd edition) once their puny array of spells was expended at lower levels. It frequently lead to metagaming 'we now rest' exercises which isn't very dramatic or heroic. Of course the trade off always was that if you got your magic-user/mage/wizard to a high enough level that rarely became a problem because of the sheer amount of power you were cooking with gas with.
Okay so here's a fix. Make up a bunch of level 1 spells that can be used at will over a long duration. This is off the top of my head mind you so here we go.
Force Strike; Evocation [Force]; Level: Sorcerer/Wizard (1), Components: V, S, Casting Time: 1 standard action, Range: Medium (100ft + 10 ft per level), Effect: ray, Duration: Instant / 8 hours - see notes, Saving Throw: None, Spell Resistance: Yes; During the duration of the spell the wizard is able at will as a standard action fire a force ray at a target (ranged touch attack) for 1d4 damage (the spell has a crit multiplier of x2). This spell may be augmented through a special feat called Augment Force Strike which adds 2 to hit and 2 to damage when using this spell and increases the duration to 24 hours when cast (counts as a Metamagic feat).
So this is like a weapon attack except as a ranged touch attack it is superior since it ignores armour, but does lowish damage to compensate for that. It has a decent range - but not too monty haul. And the Wizzy can augment the spell with a special Metamagic feat to make it an even more decent attack. So Mr 1st level PC can be an active combat participant for 8 hours a day. Neato - and not too powerful and if they take the feat they effectively always have a kewl magic attack they can rely on.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Feather in your cap / black eye
In toilet reading.
Feather = something to read when you're stuck on the great white phone and trying to pass a fist sized nugget of poo pain.
Black Eye = when you misjudge your waistband on your PJs and cause the stream to miss the bowl...
Still, a shiny cover. So it was mostly wipeable.
Feather = something to read when you're stuck on the great white phone and trying to pass a fist sized nugget of poo pain.
Black Eye = when you misjudge your waistband on your PJs and cause the stream to miss the bowl...
Still, a shiny cover. So it was mostly wipeable.
Stardust - a short review
It's out on DVD. Watched it tonight.
What a frickin' awesome movie. Right balance of plot, acting, comedy, action, drama and plain good old fashioned story telling.
Totally worth watching.
What a frickin' awesome movie. Right balance of plot, acting, comedy, action, drama and plain good old fashioned story telling.
Totally worth watching.
Friday, June 13, 2008
X Inc ads are even more terrible
The ad has some sort of over-white hyper-lit (like the ship from Close Encounters) dinner party setting where people (beautiful) start discussing interest rates and what to do RE their next investment property (rich fuckwads). Then some woman turns the camera and talks about how great X-inc are.
I'm sure their services are at least average. Their ads are breath takingly shit however.
Mind you I just mentioned their name. So whose laughing now?
I'm sure their services are at least average. Their ads are breath takingly shit however.
Mind you I just mentioned their name. So whose laughing now?
SBS docos
There's some Blitzkrieg doco on. A lot of the footage has been colourised (ie originally black and white then treated in some way to put the colour in).
You know what it should be called?
The Nazis ... IN COLOR!
You know what it should be called?
The Nazis ... IN COLOR!
How the fck is this a gate?!
Watergate was one of the seminal moments of investigative journalism in the history of the media. If not the biggest one. It took three or so years to uncover all the layers and ended with the resignation of the president of the United States.
Unfortunately the media are extremely self referential. They like to tag any political scandal with the suffix of gate to sex it up. Irangate for Iran contra (which was a fair enough near approximation of Watergate levels in terms of what went on) to Zipper gate (which clearly the fuck was not but in its defence it was labeled so in a tongue in cheek manner). I think there was a Squiggygate which had something to do with Charles/Di/man-woman-he's-now-with as well.
Della Bosca has stood aside while the drunken night at some place called Iguana while out with the misses gets raked over the media coals and the cops stick their sticky beak in. Liberals across the country are likely flogging themselves in glee over it.
So ... what to call this?
You guessed it.
Look a drunken night out where tempers flared and some he said / she said stuff went down between a patron and staff is not the fucking equivalent of fucking Watergate. It's not even up there with fucking Zippergate. It's not a fucking gate!
Whichever subbie thought this was clever move needs to get their ___ impaled on an ornate gate until they learn that you just can't whack gate on the end of anything for a headline.
___ brains.
Unfortunately the media are extremely self referential. They like to tag any political scandal with the suffix of gate to sex it up. Irangate for Iran contra (which was a fair enough near approximation of Watergate levels in terms of what went on) to Zipper gate (which clearly the fuck was not but in its defence it was labeled so in a tongue in cheek manner). I think there was a Squiggygate which had something to do with Charles/Di/man-woman-he's-now-with as well.
Della Bosca has stood aside while the drunken night at some place called Iguana while out with the misses gets raked over the media coals and the cops stick their sticky beak in. Liberals across the country are likely flogging themselves in glee over it.
So ... what to call this?
You guessed it.Look a drunken night out where tempers flared and some he said / she said stuff went down between a patron and staff is not the fucking equivalent of fucking Watergate. It's not even up there with fucking Zippergate. It's not a fucking gate!
Whichever subbie thought this was clever move needs to get their ___ impaled on an ornate gate until they learn that you just can't whack gate on the end of anything for a headline.
___ brains.
Suck sht fckwit
Bush vents anger at guantanamo ruling.
Bush and Cheney et al single handedly ruined the US's reputation on human rights with this shit. Nice to see that even with a court stacked with conservatives the justices are willing to, I don't know, uphold the law.
Bush and Cheney et al single handedly ruined the US's reputation on human rights with this shit. Nice to see that even with a court stacked with conservatives the justices are willing to, I don't know, uphold the law.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Q&A - on the ABC
Fucking Liberals. They pack together and bleat the most incredible crap that not even they believe simply because they're Liberals.
What a pack of chunts.
UPDATE
Brandis is an incredible twat. Howling on about the "Neal Affair". I'm surprised he hasn't tried to whack a gate on the end. 'Six people spontaneously signed stat decs as to her bad behaviour' he just bellowed.
Spontaneous eh? All witnessed by a Liberal party official. Very spontaneous...
What a pack of chunts.
UPDATE
Brandis is an incredible twat. Howling on about the "Neal Affair". I'm surprised he hasn't tried to whack a gate on the end. 'Six people spontaneously signed stat decs as to her bad behaviour' he just bellowed.
Spontaneous eh? All witnessed by a Liberal party official. Very spontaneous...
4th edition D&D - another review
This is a short one.
Minions.
This is a testicular malignant lump of a concept.
That is all.
Minions.
This is a testicular malignant lump of a concept.
That is all.
The PowerVom
TheNoo's sick at the moment and throwing up a lot. Last night he was crying muchly after lights out and couldn't settle. So I picked him up and gave him some soothing back pats.
At that point he hosed me down with a tremendous fire hose-esq milky vom of staggering proportions. It not only soaked through my shirt it picked the gap between buttons and ran down and into my pants.
I had to kind of do this stroke victim walk out into the laundry to disrobe the vomit soaked shirt and trousers.
Poor little tacker.
It was really acidy too. I nearly let go myself just as I got in the shower when I realised it was in my hair as well.
At that point he hosed me down with a tremendous fire hose-esq milky vom of staggering proportions. It not only soaked through my shirt it picked the gap between buttons and ran down and into my pants.
I had to kind of do this stroke victim walk out into the laundry to disrobe the vomit soaked shirt and trousers.
Poor little tacker.
It was really acidy too. I nearly let go myself just as I got in the shower when I realised it was in my hair as well.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
I've done it!
I feel like a wild eyed grammatical Dr Frankenstein.
I have worked out a grammatically correct way to use It's in the possessive with apostrophe intact.
AHAHAHAHAHAHA! (cue lightning).
Are you ready?
Bunch up little ones. Let HM show you the way by way of an example conversation.
'Whose is that?'
'Oh that's It's.'
'It's? You mean in the possessive?'
'Why yes'
'But how?!'
'Why Cousin It's!'
Thank you Addams family.
Please to be scanning text and crying on that one. I rule intensive care.
I have worked out a grammatically correct way to use It's in the possessive with apostrophe intact.
AHAHAHAHAHAHA! (cue lightning).
Are you ready?
Bunch up little ones. Let HM show you the way by way of an example conversation.
'Whose is that?'
'Oh that's It's.'
'It's? You mean in the possessive?'
'Why yes'
'But how?!'
'Why Cousin It's!'
Thank you Addams family.
Please to be scanning text and crying on that one. I rule intensive care.
Disturbing move from daddy
I was just in checking on theNoo. I'm a bit wigged out on pain killers and well pain. On my way out I said 'Goodnight my lover.'
Yep, lover. Instead of 'love'.
That's just nasty.
Why am I telling you this?!
Yep, lover. Instead of 'love'.
That's just nasty.
Why am I telling you this?!
Awww
Tonight I got five daddys in a row from theNoo. I'd be like "yes, Daddy" and he'd say "Dahdee".
It was way kewl.
When he smiles with no teeth he looks like a baby grandpa.
It was way kewl.
When he smiles with no teeth he looks like a baby grandpa.
Monday, June 09, 2008
Chris Hitchens
I like some of his stuff. His blind penis sucking of the Republican party and his inability to recognise their appalling lack of governing ability is not one of them. He seems to think the democrats are pure evil.
Fucking hell. When journalists become opinionists their ability to be objective really flies out of the window.
Fucking hell. When journalists become opinionists their ability to be objective really flies out of the window.
David Penberthy is attempting to defend himself from charges that he is muck raking slime
He's on Australian Story (ABC, Mondays, 8 pm). Tonight's is a detailed look at when a sportswoman had her photo taken allegedly mid coitus and said photo ended up in the Tele.
Penberthy's defence is 'oh it wasn't judgmental. It was just water cooler. And yeah some of the online comments [where they called her a slut] in retrospect should have been taken down earlier...'
Fucking hell Penberthy is scum. He's managed to make the Daily Telegraph even lower in rent - were that possible.
Penberthy's defence is 'oh it wasn't judgmental. It was just water cooler. And yeah some of the online comments [where they called her a slut] in retrospect should have been taken down earlier...'
Fucking hell Penberthy is scum. He's managed to make the Daily Telegraph even lower in rent - were that possible.
Area wife uses Shooter McGavin fingers
I was returning to the kitchen with my dead food plate (theWife watches BB on Mondays in the lounge, I watch ABC in the study while doing stuff like this).
I was taking the plate for the sink drop zone when theWife stopped me. 'No, no' she said. 'Let's send that to the dishwasher'. She then pointed at said dishwasher with Shooter McGavins.
Ah Shooter McGavins. It's like pointing, but fun!
PS Shooter McGavin fingers are when you extend your index and middle fingers out and curl the rest of the fingers in then wave your hands around like pistols.
I was taking the plate for the sink drop zone when theWife stopped me. 'No, no' she said. 'Let's send that to the dishwasher'. She then pointed at said dishwasher with Shooter McGavins.
Ah Shooter McGavins. It's like pointing, but fun!
PS Shooter McGavin fingers are when you extend your index and middle fingers out and curl the rest of the fingers in then wave your hands around like pistols.
Names for clothes
Do you? Not labels, eg "Calvins", but idiosyncratic names for key items of your regularly worn clothing line up.
I have 'em. Not all of my reg worns get names though. Currently I have 'Inspector Gadgets" - which is the name applied to the three identical black pinstriped shirts I got last year which I usually wear at least one of during a working work. There's "monky", as in monk-like not Simian-esq, because it sort of feels and looks like a buttoned cassock. There's "Stainy McStain", a T shirt (getting a little tight now being three tree rings ago) I wear to bed which has a stain that looks a lot like a Mongolian spot. Whenever I wear "Stainy McStain" I sing out "I'm wearing a Shir-ert!' and force theWife to say "Stainy McStain".
Lately I've started naming theWife's clothes as well. Only instead of embracing this charming affectation she has rejected it, finding this applied naming annoying.
I think it's because the first item of hers I named, a lovely blue shirt with embroidered gold threads on the sleeves, was "Sergeant Pepper".
In my defence it really does look like something from the seminal album cover. Mind you I have to admit that the circumstances of the naming were exacerbated in the negative when theNoo projectile vomited on theWife with some hideous Lentil/Milk combo and I remarked "Oh no, he got Sergeant Pepper!".
Left: Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band ... pre vom.
Have you names for your oft-worn clothing? If so, share.
Oh, I just remembered another one. "Dandruff magnet". Pretty much self explanatory really.
I have 'em. Not all of my reg worns get names though. Currently I have 'Inspector Gadgets" - which is the name applied to the three identical black pinstriped shirts I got last year which I usually wear at least one of during a working work. There's "monky", as in monk-like not Simian-esq, because it sort of feels and looks like a buttoned cassock. There's "Stainy McStain", a T shirt (getting a little tight now being three tree rings ago) I wear to bed which has a stain that looks a lot like a Mongolian spot. Whenever I wear "Stainy McStain" I sing out "I'm wearing a Shir-ert!' and force theWife to say "Stainy McStain".
Lately I've started naming theWife's clothes as well. Only instead of embracing this charming affectation she has rejected it, finding this applied naming annoying.
I think it's because the first item of hers I named, a lovely blue shirt with embroidered gold threads on the sleeves, was "Sergeant Pepper".
In my defence it really does look like something from the seminal album cover. Mind you I have to admit that the circumstances of the naming were exacerbated in the negative when theNoo projectile vomited on theWife with some hideous Lentil/Milk combo and I remarked "Oh no, he got Sergeant Pepper!".
Left: Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band ... pre vom.
Have you names for your oft-worn clothing? If so, share.
Oh, I just remembered another one. "Dandruff magnet". Pretty much self explanatory really.
Sunday, June 08, 2008
Area postman doesn't understand basic road rules
It's just like when Homer taught an adult evening class and started driving through traffic ignoring right of way claiming 'make way, I have a class to teach.'
Thanks Little Golden Books for teaching my son so well.
Music to change babies to
1812 Overture
William Tell Overture
Ride of the Valkyries
All good stuff. The second one is good for greasing because you can grease in time to the music.
William Tell Overture
Ride of the Valkyries
All good stuff. The second one is good for greasing because you can grease in time to the music.
Cloverfield
Well finally saw it. Pick from the vid shop by theWife.
Have to say ... I liked it! Sure the camera wobbles got some getting used to but the acting was pretty good, special effects were neato, and you had just the right balance of hidden Vs disclosure on the roving maguffin.
Worth watching.
Have to say ... I liked it! Sure the camera wobbles got some getting used to but the acting was pretty good, special effects were neato, and you had just the right balance of hidden Vs disclosure on the roving maguffin.
Worth watching.
Attention TV edtiors
Do you have a show called 'Last Comic Standing' where a morbidly obese man-woman goes on an extended unfunny rant about hyphen-Americans? Worried that the TV viewing audience may deem what was said as insulting?
Well worry no more. Simply splice in 1-2 one second shots of non-Caucasian audience members "laughing" and that way problem solved. You see? They laughed. They weren't offended.
Of course this doesn't make up for the by and large 'cough ... cougcough' audio reaction to the schtick. But hey, that's sound's problem not yours.
Well worry no more. Simply splice in 1-2 one second shots of non-Caucasian audience members "laughing" and that way problem solved. You see? They laughed. They weren't offended.
Of course this doesn't make up for the by and large 'cough ... cougcough' audio reaction to the schtick. But hey, that's sound's problem not yours.
The old
The other day the fam were in one of the multi carparks in Civic. We were getting theNoo into his pram when this giant car with an old couple in it were trying to manuever their way out. The driver kept creeping forward and forward and forward right at our car and by extension ourselves. In the end we moved the pram to the side of the car in case his inexorable journey continued.
I couldn't help but remark 'why do old mates drive such large cars? It's like the older they get, the bigger their vehicle.' And it was a new car too so it wasn't like a perfectly preserved driven once a Sunday ford fairlane or something.
Yeah ... the old mate's window was open.
I wonder what he and his tiny shriveled wife thought of that?
I couldn't help but remark 'why do old mates drive such large cars? It's like the older they get, the bigger their vehicle.' And it was a new car too so it wasn't like a perfectly preserved driven once a Sunday ford fairlane or something.
Yeah ... the old mate's window was open.
I wonder what he and his tiny shriveled wife thought of that?
Saturday, June 07, 2008
Ear hairs
I get that ears grow hair. But what's the deal with the hairs that grow outside the ear but off the ear and end up being six inches long in some cases?!
That's just weird.
That's just weird.
4th edition D&D - a review
To those of you who are not pen and paper gamers turn off now. This is of no interest to you.
If I had to sum it up in one word I'd say it was "Poochie".
It's like the designers have decided it needs to be EXTREME and IN YOUR FACE etc. It's basically computer multi player game mechanics that have been rendered in pen and paper format.
Multiclassing is adios. People start with 20+ hitpoints. NPCs are basically irrelevant, there's a total of 17 skills (all adventurer focussed) with GM's basically told to 'make it up as you go along' for everything else. Saves are now like Armour Class with the GM telling you the player whether or not you made a save which is a tragic rape of one of the core fun principles of D&D of making that vital save. Sure, they get to do it to NPCs or monsters but still, it's annoying.
I get that they're a business. And I get that they have to cater for a new generation of kidz whose gaming to now has always been electronic in nature instead of sitting around a table surrounded by junk food and coke bottles laughing deliriously at some crazy shit that just went down.
But 4th ed feels like a slap in the face of all the greybeards who have been playing it since the 'insert colour here' sets came out in the 70's and early 80's.
Sure there's stuff in 4th ed that looks neat. Magic items are a lot less complicated now. And I like that they simplified some skills and spells etc. There's stuff I may take from 4th ed and jam into my house rules.
But basically as far as the 'would you bother?' test goes I'd say no. Either stick to 3.5 or buy Pathfinder (aka 3.75) which is what paizo is releasing and continuing the 3.5 franchise but with improved rules.
Don't get me wrong. I have done my bit Wizards. I dropped $150 on the table for the three core books. But that's basically all you're getting out of me from now on. You changed the game so much and seemingly created World of Warcraft Lite that it basically shits me.
I'd say the biggest disappointment is their deliberate choice to create a system that cannot be retrofitted over previous material. So they've made sure that the $2000 or so worth of previous product is basically redundant with next to no backwards compatibility to previous editions given the mechanics have changed that much. Oh enterprising GMs will be able to but you'd have to recreate NPCs etc from scratch.
And to the idiot that wrote the two pages of NPC guidance in the DMG where he suggested stating out an NPC is 'too much hard work' and implied hand waving is the way to go you need to _____________ and ____ with a bicycle seat. The vast bulk of GMs out there spend more time preparing for their game than they do playing it. Writing background, modules, world creation, towns etc. They enjoy making up NPCs. And you basically chucked that in their face and called them idiots for doing so.
4th ed seems to have made the game less fun for me and for others and to me at any rate 4th ed seems to have been kitted out not because it was an improvement but so they can market it to a new generation.
Guess what? The average player now is in their mid 30s. The people that played it in their teens 20 years ago. The rules as they stand in 4th ed are not appealing to me, and I'd say most of the people I play with. I'm sure you will make a bucket of money out of the core books - you got my $150, but the internet is a lovely place and people are going to keep modifying the rule sets they like and not invest time and effort in ones they do not. Why would warcrafters want to put down their shiny PCs where the action already happens in real time and play pen and paper anyway?
I think you shot yourselves in the foot long term over this.
But hey my $0.02. And that $0.02 says don't bother.
If I had to sum it up in one word I'd say it was "Poochie".
It's like the designers have decided it needs to be EXTREME and IN YOUR FACE etc. It's basically computer multi player game mechanics that have been rendered in pen and paper format.
Multiclassing is adios. People start with 20+ hitpoints. NPCs are basically irrelevant, there's a total of 17 skills (all adventurer focussed) with GM's basically told to 'make it up as you go along' for everything else. Saves are now like Armour Class with the GM telling you the player whether or not you made a save which is a tragic rape of one of the core fun principles of D&D of making that vital save. Sure, they get to do it to NPCs or monsters but still, it's annoying.
I get that they're a business. And I get that they have to cater for a new generation of kidz whose gaming to now has always been electronic in nature instead of sitting around a table surrounded by junk food and coke bottles laughing deliriously at some crazy shit that just went down.
But 4th ed feels like a slap in the face of all the greybeards who have been playing it since the 'insert colour here' sets came out in the 70's and early 80's.
Sure there's stuff in 4th ed that looks neat. Magic items are a lot less complicated now. And I like that they simplified some skills and spells etc. There's stuff I may take from 4th ed and jam into my house rules.
But basically as far as the 'would you bother?' test goes I'd say no. Either stick to 3.5 or buy Pathfinder (aka 3.75) which is what paizo is releasing and continuing the 3.5 franchise but with improved rules.
Don't get me wrong. I have done my bit Wizards. I dropped $150 on the table for the three core books. But that's basically all you're getting out of me from now on. You changed the game so much and seemingly created World of Warcraft Lite that it basically shits me.
I'd say the biggest disappointment is their deliberate choice to create a system that cannot be retrofitted over previous material. So they've made sure that the $2000 or so worth of previous product is basically redundant with next to no backwards compatibility to previous editions given the mechanics have changed that much. Oh enterprising GMs will be able to but you'd have to recreate NPCs etc from scratch.
And to the idiot that wrote the two pages of NPC guidance in the DMG where he suggested stating out an NPC is 'too much hard work' and implied hand waving is the way to go you need to _____________ and ____ with a bicycle seat. The vast bulk of GMs out there spend more time preparing for their game than they do playing it. Writing background, modules, world creation, towns etc. They enjoy making up NPCs. And you basically chucked that in their face and called them idiots for doing so.
4th ed seems to have made the game less fun for me and for others and to me at any rate 4th ed seems to have been kitted out not because it was an improvement but so they can market it to a new generation.
Guess what? The average player now is in their mid 30s. The people that played it in their teens 20 years ago. The rules as they stand in 4th ed are not appealing to me, and I'd say most of the people I play with. I'm sure you will make a bucket of money out of the core books - you got my $150, but the internet is a lovely place and people are going to keep modifying the rule sets they like and not invest time and effort in ones they do not. Why would warcrafters want to put down their shiny PCs where the action already happens in real time and play pen and paper anyway?
I think you shot yourselves in the foot long term over this.
But hey my $0.02. And that $0.02 says don't bother.
Friday, June 06, 2008
Obama gets the nod
How fucking awesome that America has progressed enough in the past few years that a biracial man can get within a snifter of the top job.
Bush has a lot to do with it I suspect.
Bush has a lot to do with it I suspect.
Thursday, June 05, 2008
Q&A - Julie Bishop is full of shit
No surprises there. She and fucking Sheridan are double teaming in some nice partisan work on the panel. Bishop just told a breath taking lie about hecs. 'You don't have to pay it back until you earn 40k plus and if you never earn that amounts you never have to pay it back.'
Utter rot. 1) It's indexed to inflation (or CPI) and your debt increases the longer your don't pay it back. 2) If you die then partial HECS can be recovered from your estate if you have one.
She's the shadow education minister so she knows this. So she bald faced lied.
No surprises at all.
UPDATE: More lies. She just wanked off about full paying positions about saying 'they don't take places from other people.' They do. 'They're judged on their merits too'. Yes, but less. If you full pay fee then you get in with less marks. Which means people without means have to have more marks to get in. It's a fucking two tier system promoted by free market bullies exactly like they did with private health. Fuckwads the lot of them.
UPDATE 2: Fuckhead Sheridan is wanking off about 'wah we're funding abortions in OS aid, wah! Moral issue, Wah'. Don't like Abortion - don't have one you bearded twat. What about the fact that contraception information was likewise banned under your beloved libs you arsehat? How does giving people information about their bodies harm anyone else.
Cockbrain. No, I take that back. That implies he has both a brain and a cock.
Utter rot. 1) It's indexed to inflation (or CPI) and your debt increases the longer your don't pay it back. 2) If you die then partial HECS can be recovered from your estate if you have one.
She's the shadow education minister so she knows this. So she bald faced lied.
No surprises at all.
UPDATE: More lies. She just wanked off about full paying positions about saying 'they don't take places from other people.' They do. 'They're judged on their merits too'. Yes, but less. If you full pay fee then you get in with less marks. Which means people without means have to have more marks to get in. It's a fucking two tier system promoted by free market bullies exactly like they did with private health. Fuckwads the lot of them.
UPDATE 2: Fuckhead Sheridan is wanking off about 'wah we're funding abortions in OS aid, wah! Moral issue, Wah'. Don't like Abortion - don't have one you bearded twat. What about the fact that contraception information was likewise banned under your beloved libs you arsehat? How does giving people information about their bodies harm anyone else.
Cockbrain. No, I take that back. That implies he has both a brain and a cock.
Little Golden Books
If you were a kid like me at some point you came across LGBs. I think we were issued two when we were coming down the birth canal in the 70's.
The Fat Little Policeman, Seven Postmen, Pokey's Fucking Christmas etc. You can get them in Coles and Woolies for around $3 each. With fond memories of these as a tacker we've been getting some for theNoo to read to him at night. Because frankly it gets boring reading the same thing every day. You needs variety.
I bought one called 'The Jolly Barnyard.' All very innocent I thought. Animals get fed by Farmer Brown on his birthday. They want to do something nice for him. So the story features the various animals saying what they were going to do for the lovely FB.
Here's what the Turkey is planning.
Way to take one for the team Turkey!
The Fat Little Policeman, Seven Postmen, Pokey's Fucking Christmas etc. You can get them in Coles and Woolies for around $3 each. With fond memories of these as a tacker we've been getting some for theNoo to read to him at night. Because frankly it gets boring reading the same thing every day. You needs variety.
I bought one called 'The Jolly Barnyard.' All very innocent I thought. Animals get fed by Farmer Brown on his birthday. They want to do something nice for him. So the story features the various animals saying what they were going to do for the lovely FB.
Here's what the Turkey is planning.
Way to take one for the team Turkey!
Go action buses
As punters know I am a busman. Kind of like assman I suppose. Well, not really. Busman as in I catch the bus now.
Frankly I like it. If I don't have to thigh touch or have my arse numb on the Jesus bar.
I've always been pro public transport. PT in this day and age is at last the shizzle. Trouble was in the last place it was a 20 minute walk to get the bus to work which conflicted with my sheer laziness. Now I have no excuse.
Action buses have murals on them. There's the Grand Mal - not the seizure but rather in reference to Mal Meninga who was a Canberra Raider. There's Floriade buses, and other thematic things of that nature.
Today I saw an action bus that was promoting the preservation of a resource. In this case our history.
'Action buses,' it said. 'Helping to preserve our precious Fossil Fu.'
Isn't that awesome? An entire bus dedicated to preserving an ossified Asian criminal genius.
Action buses, you complete me.
Frankly I like it. If I don't have to thigh touch or have my arse numb on the Jesus bar.
I've always been pro public transport. PT in this day and age is at last the shizzle. Trouble was in the last place it was a 20 minute walk to get the bus to work which conflicted with my sheer laziness. Now I have no excuse.
Action buses have murals on them. There's the Grand Mal - not the seizure but rather in reference to Mal Meninga who was a Canberra Raider. There's Floriade buses, and other thematic things of that nature.
Today I saw an action bus that was promoting the preservation of a resource. In this case our history.
'Action buses,' it said. 'Helping to preserve our precious Fossil Fu.'
Isn't that awesome? An entire bus dedicated to preserving an ossified Asian criminal genius.
Action buses, you complete me.
I am a bitch
I stupidly volunteered to have some dated merchandise changed for my org. Because I was sick of seeing the same thing when I came into work with an old-old name on it (ie we'd had a name change and the current branding was two changes ago).
I thought it would be simple. Get some items together, let someone put the bits in place, get it approved, done etc.
Sounds easy right?
No, it's not. Why? Because when it comes to merchandise everyone's a fucking expert. Everyone wants their two cents put in. You know the adage of a camel is a horse designed by a committee? I think that's it. Well it's true. Ask four people their opinion you get four opinions. Then you merge the opinions and they all fucking hate it. Or, at draft 68 they decide one of the bits is no good even though they HAD FUCKING NEVER MENTIONED THAT BEFORE.
Today my boss+ suggested an even more different way to do it. I told him by email how "courageous" that was considering the sheer amount of fucking effort already gone to and he came to my desk to discuss it.
In the end I made his idea a goer and accepted the charge of presenting it as one of the options.
More fool I. I should have put my foot down. I should have said 'no, this has gone too far. This is stupid. It's a waste of my time and my resources.' Which I did - by email at first. But face to face I fucking wimped out.
I've been berating myself since I left work.
I am a bitch.
I thought it would be simple. Get some items together, let someone put the bits in place, get it approved, done etc.
Sounds easy right?
No, it's not. Why? Because when it comes to merchandise everyone's a fucking expert. Everyone wants their two cents put in. You know the adage of a camel is a horse designed by a committee? I think that's it. Well it's true. Ask four people their opinion you get four opinions. Then you merge the opinions and they all fucking hate it. Or, at draft 68 they decide one of the bits is no good even though they HAD FUCKING NEVER MENTIONED THAT BEFORE.
Today my boss+ suggested an even more different way to do it. I told him by email how "courageous" that was considering the sheer amount of fucking effort already gone to and he came to my desk to discuss it.
In the end I made his idea a goer and accepted the charge of presenting it as one of the options.
More fool I. I should have put my foot down. I should have said 'no, this has gone too far. This is stupid. It's a waste of my time and my resources.' Which I did - by email at first. But face to face I fucking wimped out.
I've been berating myself since I left work.
I am a bitch.
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
My two favourite songs from Keating!
Power- John Howard's pre 96 aspirations of obtaining PM-hood. I've been singing it all day.
On the floor - the rap-esq battle of Keating V Hewson (it then segues into 'I want to do you slowly'). Keating's insults at about 1.40 onward are all taken from his question time harangues of the unfortunate doc. Pure gold. Makes Eminem's rap battle in 8 Mile look like the equiv of 'yeah-huh / uh-ah, yeah-huh / uh-ah' etc.
On the floor - the rap-esq battle of Keating V Hewson (it then segues into 'I want to do you slowly'). Keating's insults at about 1.40 onward are all taken from his question time harangues of the unfortunate doc. Pure gold. Makes Eminem's rap battle in 8 Mile look like the equiv of 'yeah-huh / uh-ah, yeah-huh / uh-ah' etc.
Just don't volunteer...
Whilst in internet limbo I could not blog this before. Today the rage returned and I remembered the pain of this.
As punters know I am an idiot. One of my particularly stupid idiotic acts is to volunteer to do things in the workplace because I am sick of them being done in a shithouse fashion. Sure it's semi-noble, even demi-noble, but it still shits me that I fall for this crap.
In the recent budget crimping the public service across this brown land is being told to stop spending discretionary funds where possible. Fair enough - in my time in the PS I have seen some mind boggling wastes of money (which I am sure is not unique to the public service, it's just that professionally that's where I have hung my hat).
As a volunteer I look after a building fixture for my floor. I maintain access to it, log people in and out to use it, and so forth. It's geographic - nothing to do with my particular section. Someone has to do it. The last person that did it did so in a stupid fashion so I stepped in and took it over.
The other day I needed a powerpoint put in to assist my maintaining it - otherwise I would have to have a powercord running across the passage to the toilets (which is a trip hazard). I lodged a work request with the building maintenance area. All well and good. Then an email turned up. The powerpoint was to cost near triple figures.
I know. Cue loony tunes bulging eye-balls. As if? Get fucked. Anyway, what especially pissed me off was the maintenance's demand that I pay for it. With my section's money. Because you see of the belt tightening.
Two of the admin people came up to discuss it. I have to admit I lost my temper in the discussion. They paid for the recent replacement of this fixture I run for the building. But they wouldn't pay for the power point. Why? Because I didn't know I needed it when the fixture was replaced, when they would have paid for it, and so because I lacked the technical foresight to see this therefore I should pay.
My counter argument of why they, the building maintenance people, should pay for it, was simple. Not only did I volunteer my time to run the admin of the fixture for the building (as opposed to my group) it was PART OF THE FUCKING BUILDING. IT WAS NAILED TO THE FUCKING WALL FOR FUCK'S SAKE.
The old mate who was rebutting me kept smirking the whole time. Like he was fucking proud of himself for sticking to the party line that it was new business and we had to pay for it even though IT'S ON THE FUCKING WALL AND RUN FOR PEOPLE WHO WORK THERE IRRESPECTIVE OF WHICH FUCKING UNIT THEY FUCKING WORK FOR.
Needless to say it ended with an agree to disagree. They agreed at least to get another quote given the hyper unreality of a fucking power point that would cost ten times as much as getting one put in at your house.
Fucking hell I have to wonder sometimes.
UPDATE: I changed the title of the post. And I want to add this note. I complain about taking on shitty things like this. Especially here in blog land. But the health and well being in the workplace is so much better improved by people going out of their way to try and make things better for their co-workers. Especially the social club people. The two ladies that run our social club are fucking legends and their volunteering includes lugging in 24 can packs from frosty carparks at sparrows in order we pay $0.20 less an item. They put profits towards communal events like BBQs or Xmas in July, or prizes at charity morning teas for the best cake. They are the glue that help bind us together. So ignore me and do volunteer. People really do appreciate it.
Work is a lot like high school or family. You have to associate with these people. So those that make the environment easier to be in 100% have my respect and admiration. Kudos volunteer people.
As punters know I am an idiot. One of my particularly stupid idiotic acts is to volunteer to do things in the workplace because I am sick of them being done in a shithouse fashion. Sure it's semi-noble, even demi-noble, but it still shits me that I fall for this crap.
In the recent budget crimping the public service across this brown land is being told to stop spending discretionary funds where possible. Fair enough - in my time in the PS I have seen some mind boggling wastes of money (which I am sure is not unique to the public service, it's just that professionally that's where I have hung my hat).
As a volunteer I look after a building fixture for my floor. I maintain access to it, log people in and out to use it, and so forth. It's geographic - nothing to do with my particular section. Someone has to do it. The last person that did it did so in a stupid fashion so I stepped in and took it over.
The other day I needed a powerpoint put in to assist my maintaining it - otherwise I would have to have a powercord running across the passage to the toilets (which is a trip hazard). I lodged a work request with the building maintenance area. All well and good. Then an email turned up. The powerpoint was to cost near triple figures.
I know. Cue loony tunes bulging eye-balls. As if? Get fucked. Anyway, what especially pissed me off was the maintenance's demand that I pay for it. With my section's money. Because you see of the belt tightening.
Two of the admin people came up to discuss it. I have to admit I lost my temper in the discussion. They paid for the recent replacement of this fixture I run for the building. But they wouldn't pay for the power point. Why? Because I didn't know I needed it when the fixture was replaced, when they would have paid for it, and so because I lacked the technical foresight to see this therefore I should pay.
My counter argument of why they, the building maintenance people, should pay for it, was simple. Not only did I volunteer my time to run the admin of the fixture for the building (as opposed to my group) it was PART OF THE FUCKING BUILDING. IT WAS NAILED TO THE FUCKING WALL FOR FUCK'S SAKE.
The old mate who was rebutting me kept smirking the whole time. Like he was fucking proud of himself for sticking to the party line that it was new business and we had to pay for it even though IT'S ON THE FUCKING WALL AND RUN FOR PEOPLE WHO WORK THERE IRRESPECTIVE OF WHICH FUCKING UNIT THEY FUCKING WORK FOR.
Needless to say it ended with an agree to disagree. They agreed at least to get another quote given the hyper unreality of a fucking power point that would cost ten times as much as getting one put in at your house.
Fucking hell I have to wonder sometimes.
UPDATE: I changed the title of the post. And I want to add this note. I complain about taking on shitty things like this. Especially here in blog land. But the health and well being in the workplace is so much better improved by people going out of their way to try and make things better for their co-workers. Especially the social club people. The two ladies that run our social club are fucking legends and their volunteering includes lugging in 24 can packs from frosty carparks at sparrows in order we pay $0.20 less an item. They put profits towards communal events like BBQs or Xmas in July, or prizes at charity morning teas for the best cake. They are the glue that help bind us together. So ignore me and do volunteer. People really do appreciate it.
Work is a lot like high school or family. You have to associate with these people. So those that make the environment easier to be in 100% have my respect and admiration. Kudos volunteer people.
New writers and their wardrobe choices
I've noticed that writers who go pro, as in now write for a living, tend to brag a bit about the fact they no longer have to wear normal work clothes. Max Barry waxed lyrical about writing in boxers and Julie Powell about getting to flop about in PJs whilst writing. I think Reilly wears speedos or something when he goes and fingers the keys.
Just once I'd like to see a book's potted biog of a new writer say something like 'Terry dresses up in full evening dress, spats, top hat, monocle to craft each of his splendid tomes' or even 'Tod hangs upside like a bat, clinging to the rafters with special made bat feet as he claims the rush of blood to the head gives him cerebral powers beyond the ken of mortal understanding.'
Come on writers. Just because you get to work from home now doing something you love is no reason to lord it over the rest of us fuckers who still have to go to work.
On a side note TheNoo this morning ralphed all over my work shirt (ending its wearing by me that day after a scant three minutes). Without thinking I stuck on a new beige corduroy shirt. It was only about 10.30 am when I realized it was the same colour as my pants.
I looked like fat Elvis meets Mr Rourke.
Just once I'd like to see a book's potted biog of a new writer say something like 'Terry dresses up in full evening dress, spats, top hat, monocle to craft each of his splendid tomes' or even 'Tod hangs upside like a bat, clinging to the rafters with special made bat feet as he claims the rush of blood to the head gives him cerebral powers beyond the ken of mortal understanding.'
Come on writers. Just because you get to work from home now doing something you love is no reason to lord it over the rest of us fuckers who still have to go to work.
On a side note TheNoo this morning ralphed all over my work shirt (ending its wearing by me that day after a scant three minutes). Without thinking I stuck on a new beige corduroy shirt. It was only about 10.30 am when I realized it was the same colour as my pants.
I looked like fat Elvis meets Mr Rourke.
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Keating! A review!
It rawked the tasty groove. Two hours of songs, no dialogue. Excellent costumes, great use of stage devices etc. The Howard character threatened to steal the show.
I enjoyed the Grand Master Keating Vs Run DM-Hewson bit so much I went to the ATM at half time and got out some cash to buy the soundtrack. Had it pumping out the way home.
The kewl thing was at the end when the cast was doing the bows the Keating said 'it's nice to play to an audience that gets it all.'
I guess that's 'cos we is the ACT y'all.
A final PS to Alexander Downer who gets a brief moment in the spotlight.
You sir have been pwned.
I enjoyed the Grand Master Keating Vs Run DM-Hewson bit so much I went to the ATM at half time and got out some cash to buy the soundtrack. Had it pumping out the way home.
The kewl thing was at the end when the cast was doing the bows the Keating said 'it's nice to play to an audience that gets it all.'
I guess that's 'cos we is the ACT y'all.
A final PS to Alexander Downer who gets a brief moment in the spotlight.
You sir have been pwned.
Bite my wax tadpole
For tonight I shall be finally seeing Keating! the musical. Long have I wished for this day.
So please to be inserting a wad of something into an incendiary device, igniting, and inhaling the resulting smoke.
On a side note I just experienced the joys of partially vomiting back up roast lamb and spittle in the shower. Ah showers, you wash away our pain.
And lamby spittle.
To the theatre!
So please to be inserting a wad of something into an incendiary device, igniting, and inhaling the resulting smoke.
On a side note I just experienced the joys of partially vomiting back up roast lamb and spittle in the shower. Ah showers, you wash away our pain.
And lamby spittle.
To the theatre!
Monday, June 02, 2008
Yay!
The ACT had its first legal same sex commitment ceremony today. The 8.25 ABC news burst just showed the couple, a lovely gay male couple who've been together for 25+ years
That's awesome lads. Many happy returns.
And fuck off all idiots that hate gay marriage. It's a fucking societal construct, not a man+woman only thing. Gays now have rights (albeit limited). Get over it homophobes.
Actually one of the gay guys looked like Justice Kirby. I wonder if it was him?
That's awesome lads. Many happy returns.
And fuck off all idiots that hate gay marriage. It's a fucking societal construct, not a man+woman only thing. Gays now have rights (albeit limited). Get over it homophobes.
Actually one of the gay guys looked like Justice Kirby. I wonder if it was him?
Area baby should get with the damn program
TheWife has to go back to work shortly. She's been off for nearly a year, but had to go back a month early because of child care arrangements.
We're easing theboy into it. Today he had his first bout of childcare from a stranger (we've met the provider before - but everytime theNoo's been looked after by not us it's been pretty much thewife's mum I think).
TheWife has been panicking and feeling pretty sad at the idea of theboy entering into part week daycare. So she stayed for an hour when she dropped him off, then with a heavy heart left to do various things for a couple of hours while he acclimatised.
Then she went back to get him.
He didn't want to leave.
The little shit didn't miss us at all! He fully adapted to his circumstances by enjoying himself! Where's the damn tantys!? Instead, happy bouncing in a bouncy. I'd call him a bastard except we're married.
Apparently it's not uncommon in younger kids. When he gets to 12 months + he may suddenly develop some angst at being left in care.
Poor TheWife. That would have sucked!
We're easing theboy into it. Today he had his first bout of childcare from a stranger (we've met the provider before - but everytime theNoo's been looked after by not us it's been pretty much thewife's mum I think).
TheWife has been panicking and feeling pretty sad at the idea of theboy entering into part week daycare. So she stayed for an hour when she dropped him off, then with a heavy heart left to do various things for a couple of hours while he acclimatised.
Then she went back to get him.
He didn't want to leave.
The little shit didn't miss us at all! He fully adapted to his circumstances by enjoying himself! Where's the damn tantys!? Instead, happy bouncing in a bouncy. I'd call him a bastard except we're married.
Apparently it's not uncommon in younger kids. When he gets to 12 months + he may suddenly develop some angst at being left in care.
Poor TheWife. That would have sucked!
Don't I feel like a nob
I am a short arse. Don't worry, I don't have short man syndrome. I think I basically assume I am normal height and I just happen to be near tall people a lot. It's particularly unfair to be the shortest in your family when you brothers and dad top six feet. Even my mother was taller than me. I say was because in her electric scooter at last I am taller than her. See, an upside to MS at last.
Anyway, I tend to have my work station desk lower and my chair high. Almost with my toes scraping the carpet. I prefer typing that way because I dislike how the desk edge saws into my wrists. If I am up high and desk down low I don't suffer that as much.
In our house we have an old govie windy table. It has a winder and everything. We set it up so the desk points at the TV except the monitor is too high and you have to angle the flatscreen to one side and it abuts the PC box etc. It's annoying.
I just realised all I have to do is wind the table down some more and I can see the TV fine and the desk doesn't saw into my wrists etc.
Fucking hell I am an idiot. I've had this table what six months and I only just realised that.
For you office drones out there do you have to get a special winder tool to actually move your desk up and down?
And do your shopfront/admin people jealously guard them like a fucking Gollum protecting it's precious and often refuse to release them?
Ours do. Our secret way around it was borrowing one three years ago and never returning it. So an underground railroad wink wink nudge nudge movement has sprung up where new recruits are whispered at with offers of their desk being "manipulated", the work done quickly and quietly and the windy tool hidden once more in the spare cupboard before the shopfront people catch wind of it.
Anyway, I tend to have my work station desk lower and my chair high. Almost with my toes scraping the carpet. I prefer typing that way because I dislike how the desk edge saws into my wrists. If I am up high and desk down low I don't suffer that as much.
In our house we have an old govie windy table. It has a winder and everything. We set it up so the desk points at the TV except the monitor is too high and you have to angle the flatscreen to one side and it abuts the PC box etc. It's annoying.
I just realised all I have to do is wind the table down some more and I can see the TV fine and the desk doesn't saw into my wrists etc.
Fucking hell I am an idiot. I've had this table what six months and I only just realised that.
For you office drones out there do you have to get a special winder tool to actually move your desk up and down?
And do your shopfront/admin people jealously guard them like a fucking Gollum protecting it's precious and often refuse to release them?Ours do. Our secret way around it was borrowing one three years ago and never returning it. So an underground railroad wink wink nudge nudge movement has sprung up where new recruits are whispered at with offers of their desk being "manipulated", the work done quickly and quietly and the windy tool hidden once more in the spare cupboard before the shopfront people catch wind of it.
Action eases the pain with celebrity drivers
Today was new bus timetable day in the ACT. My usual bus now arrives 15 minutes earlier. Unfortunately it attracted all the early bus people who can now get an extra 15 minutes sleep and still make it to work on time and all the late bus people who had no fucking choice but to get it.
I had to share a seat. And I hate sharing because of public thigh touching. At least I got the seat first. Otherwise my ample rumpness would have had their nerves deadened because, like cinema seats circa mid 90s and earlier, the seats do not factor in the fattie and they have a handy hold on bar that juts fair into your arse-cheek.
It's quite painful after a while.
But lo and behold on the ride home not only did I get a lonesome cowboy seat but I had a celebrity driver! That was totally awesome. I'm assuming as a committed environmentalist David Suzuki took part because it's public transport and all that.
Go Action buses! I didn't even know Suzuki had a heavy vehicles license.
I had to share a seat. And I hate sharing because of public thigh touching. At least I got the seat first. Otherwise my ample rumpness would have had their nerves deadened because, like cinema seats circa mid 90s and earlier, the seats do not factor in the fattie and they have a handy hold on bar that juts fair into your arse-cheek.
It's quite painful after a while.
But lo and behold on the ride home not only did I get a lonesome cowboy seat but I had a celebrity driver! That was totally awesome. I'm assuming as a committed environmentalist David Suzuki took part because it's public transport and all that.Go Action buses! I didn't even know Suzuki had a heavy vehicles license.
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