Monthly Archives: March 2010

Taking rejection badly

Posted on March 30, 2010 by Ian

People don’t like being rejected.  Some take it very badly.  But I bet no-one takes it as badly as an Indonesian teenager did. Upon learning that his girlfriend intended to marry another man, he cut his penis off and tossed … Continue reading →

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Earth hour

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Ian

On Saturday night was Earth Hour, where squillions of people all around the world turned the lights off.  We didn’t bother. Earth Hour is feel good tokenism.  And that is about all most people seem prepared to do to tackle … Continue reading →

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No money, try this

Posted on March 25, 2010 by Ian

First you need a 12 year old daughter. Second, you have to be a drug-fucked sleazebag. Third, you need sleazebag friends. Last July, a woman complained to close friend Gary Devine of having no money.  The woman, her daughter and … Continue reading →

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Not exactly 5 star

Posted on March 20, 2010 by Ian

There’s a hotel in Memphis in the USA which I suspect falls well short of 5 star standards – quite likely even 1 star. Investigating a bad smell in a room led to the discovery of a woman’s body under … Continue reading →

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Tampons = nothing to do with vaginas

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Ian

According to American TV networks that is.  An American tampon maker had its advertisement rejected by major television networks because it spoke the forbidden word, ie vagina.  Even when the company substituted "down there" for vagina, two of the networks … Continue reading →

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Terrible love

Posted on March 14, 2010 by Ian

  I am so looking forward to The National’s new album, out in May, called “High Violet”.  They previewed one of the songs from it on US TV last week, and I love this song, “Terrible Love”.  Looks very promising … Continue reading →

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Please please keep this promise, forever

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Ian

According to her agent, Max Markson: "Lara Bingle will not be commenting on her personal life," Thank fuck for that is all I have to say about that.  Please, please stick to this promise Lara. How stupid is it that … Continue reading →

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Things you can do to pass the time on that long drive

Posted on March 10, 2010 by Ian

We all know people who do various things to occupy themselves while they’re driving somewhere, for instance, talking on the phone, texting, fiddling with the radio/CD/MP3 player, eating, drinking, fixing up the makeup, etc etc.  Whatever, it helps pass the … Continue reading →

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Oh my god! My eyes, my eyes ….. there’s vaginas on the TV

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Ian

And no, its not because I was watching porn. An episode of the ABC TV show “Hungry Beast” generated a bit of controversy this week with a story about the (soft) porn industry’s airbrushing of female genitalia, which gave an … Continue reading →

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Setting realistic expectations

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Ian

We talk often about setting expectations.  For example at work what is our project going to deliver?  Is it going to be on time?  On budget? Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong was Ghana’s first Winter Olympian, competing in the mens’ slalom skiing event.   … Continue reading →

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