Welcome to 2006

Happy New Year …. welcome everyone to 2006.
In Canberra last night we had nothing as spectacular as the fireworks that Sydney had (above), but there was a 70’s style disco in Civic Square which was apparently well attended.
Update: its now after midnight on 2/1/06 (yay, I remembered, usually I’m still dating things I sign at […]

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Wish I’d thought of something so simple as this

The million dollar home page. The owner, Alex Tew from England has sold 970. 000 of those pixels at $US1 each since August this year. Here’s a link to it.

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If you like a cheap laugh at President Bush’s expense

…. here’s some of his finest words of wisdom from the past year.

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Bushfire (and idiot) season in Canberra

Yesterday, some houses in Yarralumla were destroyed by a grass/bush fire. This has brought back to the forefront of people’s thoughts the terrible fires of January 2003 that killed 4 people and destroyed about 500 houses.
Witnesses reported flames reaching 20 to 30 metres into the air. All but two of the ACT’s fire […]

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Sex and internet use

A survey has revealed that men and women use the internet quite differently.Men are more likely to:

check weather forecasts
read news
find DYI information
track sports scores
look for financial information
search for jobs
listen to music
download software
play games
view porn.

Women, on the other hand, are more likely to:

talk to other people through email or newsgroups
seek health and medical support
look for religious […]

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Welcome to Australia - the caring country

This is a terrible tragedy, looks like yet another screwup by the Immigration Department.
A family of African refugees took their chronically ill son from a hospital bed in Kenya and flew to Australia. Met by a contract caseworker at Sydney Airport, the family stood clutching a detailed medical file which told how the boy was […]

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Millionaires’ games

For those who care, Wild Oats won the Sydney to Hobart yacht race, and in record time, doing the trip in one day, 18 hours and 40 minutes. Can’t understand the fascination with this race …ultimately its more a contest of who’s spent the most money on their boat, rather than who’s the best sailors. […]

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Hand out the Nobel Prize already

Some scientists are undertaking earth shattering research into one of the world’s great problems, and their answers will undoubtedly change mankind’s future.
That question is: “does my bum look big in this?”
Scientists in Scotland are launching what may be the world’s first study into how clothing can affect the appearance of the female butt. Female volunteers […]

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The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

Saw this at the movies this morning ….took the kids along. My son and I both liked it, my daughter found it boring. Tilda Swinton as the White Witch was great, I also thought the girl who played Susan Pevensie (Anna Popplewell) was good. The biblical references were there, but not laid on too thick. […]

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Tsunami remembered - a year on

Today marks the first anniversary of the Boxing day 2004 tsunami, which devastated vast areas of southern Asia and killed more than 200,000 people. Remembrance services all over the world marked the anniversary.
I watched a show about the tsunami on ABC TV tonight, and found it very sobering, even a year after the event. Such […]

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