Two in one week! Skepticlawyer aka Helen Dale is going to be visiting Brissie for one last time before heading overseas to study at Oxford. Come and have a drink with her at Noi on Saturday night at 7pm! Again, if you’re planning on coming, an rsvp via commenting or emailing mbahnisch (at) gmail (dot) com would be appreciated.
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If I come will you punch me in the face?
No! I’m a non-violent type!
Thanks Mark, I’ll cross-post at Catallaxy (currently abusing my brother’s wireless connection, tee hee).
Alex, for adequate face-punching, get physical with your local bar security.
SkepticLawyer:
Bon voyage. How good are you at rowing or kayaking or floating [raft-drifting with a full esky, not flopping around in the water]…or maybe at swinging on a front-end loader in the mudand slop by the time you get there? Happy lawyering.
TheDevilDrink:
…. and you don’t even have to do anything either. Didn’t Yobbo over in The West have an unfortunte meeting with bouncer several months ago?
Everyone:
Have a jolly good evening. Shan’t be with you in body but shall be with you in spirit …. starting with a delightfully quaffable Chateau Cardboard 2008 vintage ….
DD, I’ve been dodging beer bottles, bras and dead animals for years. The bouncers just point and laugh!
I’d come but I don’t know anyone, don’t drink, and am skint.
Misty, I don’t think that any of those things matter.
Would love to be there, but you know….living in Melbourne and all.
Have a lovely time, make sure Mark doesn’t hog all the photos and have a great time at Oxford.
Anyway, I was also going to leave this comment at Catallaxy, but my comment didn’t appear for some *reason* so I’m leaving it here instead:
Dead skin pasted over faces? Errr, right.
Anyway, enough of that (whatever that was), good luck with your travels. It sounds like it’s going to be very exciting and challenging journey. This blog is going to miss you so much (it already does miss you heaps – along with missing the delete button).
Big hugs and kisses. Best of luck.
: )
PS – In relation to the dead skin bit, two words one syllable: Bird.
Darlene, it’s there now. Don’t know what happened, but it’s fixed. Bugger you being in Melbourne, it would be nice to catch up.
Oh and Misty, please feel free to come – I can shout you an orange juice if that’s what you prefer.
Off topic, Steve Bracks is about to resign, apparently.
Yes, Misty someone will always shout you a drink. And nobody knows anyone the first time they go to these things.
He just has.
Fark.
Over the river? (The Age update didn’t say.)
Because if it’s over the river, then (speaking as an Adelaidean) it would make much more sense for him to come to his senses, agree to the agreement and keep his job. There are all sorts of things wrong with the agreement but it is much better than nothing. I know (having lived there for 20 years) that Victorians think Victoria is a synonym for Australia (
) but the rest of us have other ideas.
This puts Thwaites in charge, something they should have done about fifteen years ago.
Family reasons?
Bracks’s son has been in a bit of strife over drinking and driving lately.
Thwaites has been in a bit of strife over ski trips, but he probably ascend to the throne.
His stated reasons. Can no longer commit 100%. Proud of achievements and now is the right time. Looking for new challenges (ruled out moving to Fed). Issues with son played a role but only in confirming his decision already made.
Oh and he endorsed Brumby as successor.
BRUMBY???
They’ve already DONE Brumby!!
Madness.
T’anks Amanda — now have ears glued to the telly. Channel Nine is currently what TV was invented for: Sir Ian McKellen talking to Kerri-Anne about being a gay knight, interrupted first by live cross to Spring St and then by protracted infomercial about acne, but not before he gave a fanatstic impromptu analysis of the report of the drama of the Bracks resignation, along the lines of ‘And people ask me why I do Shakespeare!’
Sir Ian is adorable.
I’m not sure about Brumby. I understand he’d like to retire to the farm after the next election. Hmmm, time will tell.
Anyway, the story about Oscar the Cat is kind of usurping the Bracks story:
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2007/07/26/cat-death.html?ref=rss
I am sick of hearing about that stupid cat.
This is vastly more interesting!
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Jawbone-of-ancient-giant-wombat-found/2007/07/27/1185339216108.html
Bracks discussion here, please:
http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/07/27/steve-bracks-resigns/
Oh no, Oscar is cute, and it’s lovely that he curls up next to the dying. He’s cuter than some wombat bones.
I predict a movie of the week for Oscar. Although I’d suggest my cat for the lead role, she’d spent the whole movie sleeping, eating and chasing bugs.
Oi, Amanda — ’stupid cat’ is an oxymoron!
Oh OK. I amend. I am sick of the bunkum accompanying that lovely cat.
Thwaites could be about to quit, too.
It doesn’t seem to me that an old peoples home is the best place to store a cat with the kiss of death. Best if he’s shifted to somewhere the residents are a bit more durable.
Tony T., I’ve put up a separate thread for Bracks/Vic Politics discussion:
http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/07/27/steve-bracks-resigns/
Serves me right for going to get a cup of tea before pressing post.
No probs!
“I’d come but I don’t know anyone”
and never will if you don’t go.
“don’t drink”
doesn’t mean you can’t go grogblogging, just without the alcohol
“and am skint”
THAT is an reasonable excuse.
Nice to see so many LP’ers offering to but Misty a drink. I have always thought when visiting that this seemed like a blog inhabited by nice, friendly, caring types (mostly anyway).
Have a great night and hope none suffer too badly the next day.
I’d happily buy Misty a drink! And since the cold I had when I was in Sydney has morphed into something even nastier after Wednesday night’s grogblogging, a sober night for me might be a good idea as well!
I know someone who works in a rehab hospital with serial resident kittens who have apparently done wonders for the mental states of the recently smashed, crashed, burned, stroked, haemorrhaged etc etc.
i will trrryy to get there, but am tied up till eight at very least….
love to see you off though – i’ll see what i can do xxx tan
Oi, Amanda — ’stupid cat’ is an oxymoron!
Nah, it’s just redundant.
You’ll be a dog man, then.
“I know someone who works in a rehab hospital with serial resident kittens”
Pets in long term care facilities (rehab, aged care) seem to have beneficial effects for the patients.
I don’t know if there is any research evidence of it but it is not the first time I have heard it.
Back on topic, is anyone other than me and SL actually planning to attend? All are really most welcome!
I suspect they’ll front, Mark – but it’ll be a secret until they arrive!
Fingers crossed!
Darlene:
That’s no wombat; that’s a diprotodont!! A wee bit bigger. Just musing …. wonder what they would be like as livestock – obviously well adapted to the Australian environment but wonder how they would taste. Anyone got any spare diprotodont DNA laying around?
Misty:
Drinking or not drinking doesn’t matter; being there is more important.
Can’t get there myself: damned chauffeur has the Roller booked in for polishing on Saturday night …. it’s so hard to get reliable servants these days …. Have fun
.
Would not mind coming but dont know anyone. Or maybe i do ??
That’s cool – the more the merrier I reckon! The whole point should be to allow people to get to know each other, not just a drinking club for a small group.