Tuesday, May 29, 2007

When you're a celebrity...

...you can't even get pissed in public.

Of course a more pertinent question is why there's no bigger fuss caused when someone who's is commonly known to be under the legal drinking age has repeated stints in rehab...

Saturday, May 26, 2007

I saw part of the message he was...

The crappiest airport in Australia


The crappiest airport in Australia, originally uploaded by JamesA.

You can't even get a proper drink.

Of couse - what were the things to set off the metal detectors? My shoes!

The weather in Canberra is strangely reminiscent of London - feels a similar temperature - minus the continuously ominious grey skies.

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Overnight in Canberra


Overnight in Canberra, originally uploaded by JamesA.

Never let it be said you do not stay in luxury.....

Saturday, May 19, 2007

Just more testing


Just more testing, originally uploaded by JamesA.

Just wanting to see if I have this configured correctly.

Friday, May 18, 2007

Do you?

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The Internet - Bringing Mediocrity Straight Into Your Brain

There are over six billion people in the world. This means that even if certain circumstances have a one-in-a-billion chance of occurring, it should happen, on average, about six times.

Say, for example, a guy's wanting to show off his moves to the laydeez. (Not dance moves, actual, you know, intimate, moves.) And, instead of having to go through the laborious process of talking one of the laydeez into, ahem, a private viewing, he wants to show his stuff to as many laydeez as possible.

Say he has a bunch of mates with the same idea. So the odds against the guys, collectively, deciding to showcase their moves on a YouTube video would be pretty slim, right?

It's happened. It seriously has.

Fortunately, someone's decided to do a pisstake, which is the only reason I'm not trying to tear my eyes out to clean my brain.

But still - think very, very carefully before you post something to YouTube. Doubly so if you're dancing or performing any kind of motion.

(The closest I come to being on YouTube was a video of a World of Warcraft raid I was in where we killed some dragon. And of course I was on the other side of the dragon from the guy taking the video so there's no way in hell anyone could tell I'm there, and if you're not really hanging out to see a World of Warcraft dragon taken down, then don't worry too much about the video.)

Monday, May 14, 2007

WTF is wrong with people?

Full Article Here

Pupils petrified by gunman drill

TEACHERS at a Tennessee school who staged a mock attack by a gunman on a school trip left children crying under tables in dark room thinking they were going to die.




These kids were from an elementary school...they are 10 and 11 years old. What sort of fucking wanker decides that it is a good thing to make these kids think that they are going to die? What is to be gained by terrifying the shit out of little children?



Most people will be reduced to a crying, pleading mess in such a situation regardless of their age. To expect that 11 year old children would be able to handle themselves, even in a drill, is lacking in common sense. More intelligence should be expected from an assistant principal of an elementary school.

Sunday, May 06, 2007

Emo-Man 3

Just seen Spidey 3 - and yes he takes his bloody mask off again in the climactic battle.  If fact - his enemies have gotten so good at doing this that they're able to cleanly remove it without tearing it just with the swing of a pipe!

Strangest bit - when I thought we were doing a flash-back to the dance sequences from The Mask.

Worst bit - whenever Aunt May turns up with her extra-slow pearls of wisdom.  That and the fact that we seem to spend 80% of the bloody film watching Peter and Mary-Jane get all huffy and angry with each other and let their 'true wuve' fall about because spoilerish they won't bloody talk to each other and tell each other what's happening!!! end spoilerish

Dumbest bits?  You could tell whenever it was bad Peter because he'd brush his fringe down to look like some reject from My Chemical Romance.

Best bit?  His Royal Bruceness of course.

Sam Raimi?  He sure could use an editor.  The pace really seemed to drag through alot of the film until we got to the action sequences.  Maybe because so much of it seemed a re-hash of the exact same angst we'd gone through in Spiderman 2?

Best bit 2?  Anytime J K Simmons was on the screen.  The man just nails the role.

The truth is out there

Yes, coffee really is good for you - I have no problem with this kind of news.

Poll: Harsh or Accurate?

Friday, May 04, 2007

Your Tax Dollars at Work

BIG Brother has sunk to a new low, with revelations that the reality show knew a contestant had miscarried, yet decided to go ahead with a task requiring her to keep a toy baby "alive". Full Article Here

As Big Brother is a local (Queensland) production, it receives funding from the state government.

Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Pot calling the kettle red



Business should stay out of IR politics: Gillard



Yet it's okay for unions to spend millions of dollars on their own campaign on the 'basis' of free speech.