Numerology
I was pleased today to get the CD I’d ordered a week or so ago. Its by one of my favourite bands of the early 80′s – ie when I was at uni and seeing bands a lot, The Numbers. They were always worth seeing, especially given the fantastic singer and bass player they had. [...]
Expensive typos
You do need to be careful with what you type. It can be embarassing – eg working for the “pubic service” instead of the “public service”. And it can be expensive, but I doubt any of us have made a typo as expensive as this one a stockbroker made today in Sydney. It wiped 85 [...]
Judge tells lawyer to stick it up his arse
A barrister has tried to exclude Greeks from being jurors in a Victorian rape trial because of a “common misunderstanding” they like anal sex. He told the judge that his submission was in fairness to the victim, a Greek woman. He said there was a perception in the community that “Greeks like anal sex” and [...]
Olympics drug cheats easier to detect?
Apparently athletes are using drugs like Viagra and Cialis to improve their performance – and I don’t mean their horizontal dance performance. Drug testers say they are regularly turning up traces of the drugs in urine samples they examine, but the drugs are not on the sports list of banned substances. It is thought the [...]
Baby names – NZ style
I sometimes have a laugh about bogan names people give to their kids. I don’t know what the New Zealand equivalent of bogans is, but there are people there who sure like to call their children all sort of weird shit. One girl, who lives in New Plymouth on the west coast of the north [...]
Darwin Award, anyone?
Another likely candidate for one. An 18 year old man in his undies was playing “chicken” with cars on a Melbourne freeway on-ramp when he was hit by a van. He is critically ill in hospital. Police say they are dismayed at the “utter stupidity” of the 18-year-old and say it was lucky nobody was [...]
170k
Another 10,000 visits have rolled around, this time in only 27 days (compared to 39 for the previous 10k). All the usual suspects have appeared in my search logs – nude Hermione Grainger still being #1 (and #2) on the hit parade. The only new thing I can see there is “firefox 3 crap” – [...]
Batman – The Dark Knight
Saw “The Dark Knight”, the latest Batman movie, today. I’m not a fan of the Batman series but my son isa, and he talked me into taking him. It was well worth it, by far the best of the Batman movies, and the performance of Heath Ledger as The Joker was stunning. Technorati Tags: Batman, [...]
Not an iPhone
I got a new toy today. One of these.
Anyone up for this?
A new tourist attraction soon opening in Darwin will allow you to spend 15 minutes underwater with a saltwater crocodile. You get the protection of a 4cm thick acrylic tube. Technorati Tags: Darwin, crocodile
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