TomKat… boooring.
November 18, 2006
Hands up who is really interested in the nuptuals of Supermouse Tom Cruise and the Pixillated Katie Holmes? What…. nobody??
Category: Society
Beastley's boo-boo.
November 16, 2006
Kim Beazley, born again ALP leader, made another major blunder when he passed on to the wrong person his sympathies on the death of his wife. Rove McManus lost his wife Belinda Emmett earlier this week, but our leader in waiting made yet another of his trademark blunders when he gave his sympathies to Karl … More Beastley's boo-boo.
It's a weird old place this
November 15, 2006
Over the past few weeks a fire has been quietly burning in the Blue Mountains… currently it’s raging betwen the towns of Bell and Mt Victoria (but about 3 k from each) and is being fanned by high winds. So far it’s destroyed somewhere in the region of 10,000 hectares… yet tonight the place is … More It's a weird old place this
Love for sale!
November 12, 2006
Can hardly wait for the release next month of “Love”… the first almost new Beatles record in years. It contains one of the first ever renditions of ‘Strawberry Fields’ as sung by John Lennon. It’s being released because it is the soundtrack to a Cirque de Soleil show that is running in Las Vegas. I … More Love for sale!
Wonders of the world
November 10, 2006
The Palm Jumeirah has to be one of the worlds great modern wonders. Built in Dubai, it is a totally artificial construction which holds huge hotels, expensive housing, and world class support facilities. Just for scale, the little yellow pimple in the middle of the ‘trunk’ is actually a hotel…!! Beautiful… but strangely pointless.
Australian TV is the pits.
March 26, 2006
Yet again Channel 9 is messing about with the coverage of the Commonwealth Games. Not content with ignoring almost all countries performances and all sports which didn’t have an Australian participating *and* in with a chance at Gold… … they are now delaying giving us the closing ceremony. Bloody useless coverage… but the alternatives are … More Australian TV is the pits.
New food poisoning vaccine on the way.
March 25, 2006
At last real progress seems to be on the way regarding a vaccine for food poisoning. As a start there is evidence supporting trials for a Listeria vaccine, an often fatal infection carried in food. There are real hopes the research can be made transferable to both a more common cause of food poisoning caused … More New food poisoning vaccine on the way.
Harping on about seals.
March 25, 2006
Canadian ‘hunters’ have begun the annual slaughter of baby harp seals expecting to shoot or club to death around 350,000 of the helpless animals. Clubbing is preferable for the sealers as it damages the fur less though there are regular reports of the animals being skinned whilst alive and being left to die in agony. … More Harping on about seals.
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