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I’m hoping for a first, but I’ll settle for a second…
Awful quiet around here…
I,m hoping for a 3rd but will be happy with 4th
It’s too cold to be on the intertubes maybe?
It’s too cold bloody everywhere, bring on that there ‘global warming’ i say!
Its brass monekys in Melbington. I can barely type.
Mind you, thats not as freaky as the high summery weirdness in Brisbahamas last weekend.
Been up for hours trying to work out how to unblock the thing in my computer that was stopping me from sending a book rewview as an attachment to London, which they weren’t able to open at the other end. Finally suceeded and can now call myself a computer genius, I think. If it works their end.
Watched a DVD about the CIA, The Good Shepherd.
Also have downloaded episodes 1-5 of the HBO TV Series John Adams, which I watched on computer during the week. Excellent, but then again I am an American Revolution freak.
Also during the week ordered my first book on line - John Drinkwater’s The Siege of Gibraltar.
OMG its cold!
Here’s a ponderer for you:
on the cover of this month’s Cleo, the following article teaser…
“The three words that will change your sex life (and, no, they’re not ‘I love you’”).
Any suggestions as to what they might have been?
You go first
You come first
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMyUdytQJIE
Come with me?
Martha, meet George
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24076172-13762,00.html
Why are mothers (and its usually mothers) doing this to their children - they are then stuck with a bizarre or cruel name for 18 or 21 long years - or forever in some countries
I’d be happy to get a fifteenth…
I expected there to be more discussion about “I was going to shoot or stab Bob. - Blanche”
Poor old Bob.
Three words to unlock your sex life: Yer on the pill, luv?
Re computer genius @ 7. Am not. Attachment didn’t open at the other end, so now will have to retype review as e-mail and send.Busy afternoon.
Now for some whacky theories as to why we have global warming (tho none of the following mean I don’t accept the science). All my own work (with a little help from George Pell.)
1.The George Pell Theory: It ain’t global warming. We’re in the Last Days.
2. The UFO Theory: Aliens in UFOs come from a planet rich in CO2 and they’ve been checking us out for decades to see if the Earth’s climate has yet become a suitable place to live.(Have ben tempted to send them to Bolt to see if I can change his mind.)
The above, especially 2, is clear evidence teh Internet messes with your mind, as I wouldn’t have thought of it if I hadn’t been watching heaps of UFO sightings on YouTube. 1 comes from being brought up a Catholic and having the sh*t scared out of me by the Night on Bald Mountain sequence in Fantasia when I was about five years old,Devil = End of Wotld, etc.
SMH
Fully cooperating indeed. But not it seems with the law and Haneef’s lawyers at the time.
I really think L’affaire Haneef can also be known as Stitchupgate. It’s most likely the statements made and withheld were not “helpful” to the AFP’s case.
A reminder perhaps as to our English legal inheritance which had cast off the Star Chamber mentality aeons ago.
With police (allegedly) breaking the law on the basis of “the end justifies the means of re-electing John Howard and making the AFP indispensable” a very slippery slope is entered thereupon.
And it happens every day, for example police trespass on private property and botched search warrants.
On police trespass, the High Court smacked down the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal (and the Police) recently:
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/HCA/2008/26.html
Ooh, a competition!
“The three words that will change your sex life (and, no, they’re not ‘I love you’”).
Any suggestions as to what they might have been?
‘Gonnorhea’, ’syphilis’, ‘AIDS’ - they should do the trick!
Also: ‘Urinary tract infection’.
94 seconds, Go Cadel.
Hmmmm… the three words that will change your sex life:
“Let’s meet IRL”
RHYME OF THE DAY DEPT.
The rhyme of the day comes to you courtesy of Mr. Brian Eno…
“Then we rested in a desert,
Where the bones were white as teeth, sir.
And we saw Saint Elmo’s Fire
Splitting ions in the ether.”
[cue incandescent Fripp guitar solo]
Interesting that there exist not one, but two rock songs called “Saint Elmo’s Fire”, one sublime, the other ridiculous.
3 words guaranteed to revolutionise your sex life: “it’s a boy!”
Paul @ 17 why not just copy and paste into the email, no need to retype. Do a paste as plain text.
Also, getting a mac might help!
Three words to change your chances of a sex life.
“I am blogging”
“The three words that will change your sex life (and, no, they’re not ‘I love you’”).
“Magic wand arrived”, luv.
“The three words that will change your sex life (and, no, they’re not ‘I love you’”).
I am bisexual
Well, that’s it. The Worst Australian has finally lost all touch with reality. Today’s headline:-
“Barnett Could Lead Libs to Landslide”
Umm, I know the WA government ain’t that great (though they’re not bad either, by the appallingly low standards of state governments), and I know that a small cat called Herbert could do a better job of Lib leader than Tory Thugswell, but come on people………
Got the clap
And more, Peter Kemp @18, via weez.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/legal-victory-for-expelled-peace-activist-20080718-3hdc.html
Allez Cadel!
“Vive la France!” (three words to change your sex life but only under ridiculously restrictive conditions)
[Well, that’s it. The Worst Australian has finally lost all touch with reality. Today’s headline:-
“Barnett Could Lead Libs to Landslide”
Umm, I know the WA government ain’t that great (though they’re not bad either, by the appallingly low standards of state governments), and I know that a small cat called Herbert could do a better job of Lib leader than Tory Thugswell, but come on people………]
Plus there is speculation that the Election will be called for September 20th
And full discussion over at Pollbludger
http://www.pollbludger.com/900
Thanks Joe2. The Scott Parkin fiasco no less.
Nor aware of one implication of the “implications”, namely the association with people whose propensity for being security risks remained undoubtedly unknown even to Scott Parkin.
So I guess that the security risk “disease” was highly contagious in that election year, when a certain cunning rat runt saw bubonic plague descending on his house.
OMG! Fenella Kernebone is back on tv - Sunday Arts on ABC1! Yays!
Sorry - was in fanboy mode for a second.
Mark: 12 words per second is a fantastic typing rate. Is this a side benefit of {thesis} typesetting?
“The three words that will change your sex life (and, no, they’re not ‘I love you’”).”
OMG it broke?
Everyone:
Amazing!
Not a mention anywhere here about Peter Cundall’s farewell to “Gardening Australia” on ABC-TV.
Robert Merkel, you certainly have the power to close down debate since you placed the interesting post.
http://larvatusprodeo.net/2008/07/25/state-of-victorian-politics-its-all-about-the-projects/
I just have to say that i think it was unnecessary and heavy handed to pull the plug in this case. Far too precious, with a bullying tinge, IMHO.
Peter Cundall, now there’s a bloke to admire for real achievements.
Did anyone see “The Cars that Ate China” on telly? One Chinese woman complained that the new rich were too rich, and it would be better if there was more equality. Sounded like commie talk to me. One can only hope that
The Emperorthe government has the situation in hand! We can’t have a rebellion during the Games, now, can we?Glad to see there’s still a lot of people in China who haven’t been fooled and brainwashed by capitalism the way many of us are in the West. Loved the program, what I saw of it.
Hi Paul,
It was very fresh and lively. The dissident youngster walking down lanes in old Beijing, criticising the rapid demolition of the hutongs and using a disgusting metaphor, was a gem of direct speech imo.
I hope they show it again. Preferably 1 day before the Olympic Opening Cere-moaney.