Monthly Archives: November 2011

Twit

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Ian

Readers would have noticed my posting on this blog has thinned out considerably since I first started.  I blame Twitter which gives me an immediate outlet for things I would previously have blogged about.  I wonder how other bloggers have … Continue reading →

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Bargain hunting

Posted on November 26, 2011 by Ian

It seems that some Americans have taken the hunting part of bargain hunting literally in their approach to the post Thanksgiving, or Black Friday, sales. In a Los Angeles Walmart store a woman fended off her rivals for a cheap … Continue reading →

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Apparently I’m a grouch

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Ian

According to a study of Australians’ twitter usage, we Canberra folk are aggressive, angry and sad.  A social media study by the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and an advertising company, found Australians send about 5,000 tweets per minute. Researchers … Continue reading →

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Why bother?

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Ian

Customs officers ordered socialite Brynne Gordon-Edelsten to strip naked and pose for photographs and video footage when she arrived in Australia to marry flamboyant entrepreneur Geoffrey Edelsten. I don’t know why they bothered going to this trouble.  It’s not like … Continue reading →

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Wrong, wrong, wrong

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Ian

So you go to Bali for a family holiday, and your 14 year old son stupidly goes off and buys himself some dope, and gets himself arrested.  What do you do? Negotiate a $200,000 or so deal with a media … Continue reading →

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