Monthly Archives: February 2009

Travelling on business

Posted on February 26, 2009 by Ian

I am currently in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for work. I called home last night and spoke to my wife.  She asked me what was the weather like here? I didn’t know … between going from the airconditioned hotel next to … Continue reading →

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Never in doubt

Posted on February 24, 2009 by Ian

If there was ever an Oscar that was a certainty, money in the bank if you bet on it, it was the best supporting actor award that Heath Ledger won today.  I mean, he was very good in the part, … Continue reading →

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INXS = pathetic

Posted on February 21, 2009 by Ian

I read that INXS singer JD Fortune has been sacked from the band, apparently due to his drug use. Fortune won his place in the band in a TV contest.  That says it all, I think. INXS should have quit … Continue reading →

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About bloody time!

Posted on February 18, 2009 by Ian

Leading mobile phone manufacturers announced on Tuesday they had agreed to produce a standardised charger for the industry.  Hoo-bloody-ray …then we won’t have umpteen chargers sitting around the house/office but never being able to find the one that fits your … Continue reading →

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Singapore bound

Posted on February 17, 2009 by Ian

I’m off tomorrow for a few days work in Singapore.  Yay for me, I’ll have a couple of days over the weekend to do some shopping and have a look around.     Technorati tags: work, travel, Singapore

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Young wife exercises old husband to death

Posted on February 17, 2009 by Ian

No, not in the way I bet you’re thinking! Christine Newton-John, 41, pleaded guilty to reckless homicide for exercising her 73-year-old husband to death in an Ohio swimming pool by repeatedly refusing to let him leave the water.  Surveillance video … Continue reading →

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Firebug

Posted on February 17, 2009 by Ian

One of the regrettable, and I suppose, inevitable, truths about the Victorian bushfires, is that some of the fires were undoubtedly deliberately lit. Now, one alleged arsonist has been arrested and charged by police.   Brendan Sokaluk, 39, of Churchill, is … Continue reading →

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Tough Guys …in mankinis

Posted on February 11, 2009 by Ian

A week or so ago the Tough Guy challenge race was held in England.  This race, over a tortuous 13km obstacle course, has been run since 1986.  This year it attracted some 5,000 competitors.  They run over the course, through … Continue reading →

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Wanker of the year

Posted on February 10, 2009 by Ian

In the light of the bushfires in Victoria comes an early contender for wanker of the year.  The Catch the Fire Ministries has tried to blame the bushfires disaster on laws decriminalising abortion in Victoria. The evangelical church’s leader, Pastor … Continue reading →

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Bushfire tragedy

Posted on February 9, 2009 by Ian

Its hard to imagine anything worse than losing friends and loved ones, not to mention everything you own, in a fire. Certainly, Australia has been touched by tragedy in large proportions this weekend with the bushfires in Victoria. At the … Continue reading →

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