January 2013

LAST PLAY AT SHEA Billy Joel × Paul McCartney Goosebumps.

So if you live in Sydney you see as few as 50 stars at night. All yours.

Thanks to David Gorman for the link. Loved this: "Láadan, a feminist language developed in the early nineteen-eighties, includes words like radíidin, defined as a “non-holiday, a time allegedly a holiday but actually so much a burden because of work and preparations that it is a dreaded occasion; especially when there are too many guests and none of them help.” Read more: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/12/24/121224fa_fact_foer#ixzz2HEbqAVnQ

Tired of the politics of this, but this myth sorely needed debunking. Our biggest spending and taxing government by a country mile was the Howard government.

Stand under a good tree in heat like this and you don't have to be a greenie to wonder what the fuck we're thinking clearing so much land. It's where the cows and sheep like to stand too, kinda a big DUH.

Might be a sign of the times that seeing the forecast for tomorrow revised to below 30 seemed even more exciting than Christmas.

Grand Designs shows over and over again that most of us don't use architects because we're not rich.

Hmmm, watching the Golden Globes: 1. Pointless awards. 2. Why do Americans need seats for these things? Everything is a standing ovation. 3. Is there anybody above 50 who hasn't had work done?

Hope you had a good birthday, wherever you are. Miss ya.

Heh, the old 'negative' Tony Abbott, "this is a bad government". The new 'positive' Tony Abbott, "what we need is good government". Old negative Tony, "Gillard is childless, what does she know about families?" New positive Tony, "Marg and I know what it's really like to raise a family". Should be a fun year.

To give Telstra their due, their 4G network is bloody amazing.