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Famous 'Aussies' represented on postage stamps
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7867661.stm
Four Oscar-winning Australian actors are to be immortalised in postage stamp form in their home country.
Nicole Kidman, Cate Blanchett, Russell Crowe and Geoffrey Rush will be mailed across Australia after they were named legends of the year by the post office.
They have each been presented ( Read more... ) -
At least the vote wasn't split along party lines!
Because our politicians represent we, the people and not some giant faceless political party:Barton led the push to scuttle the bill, which passed the Senate on Monday night after lawmakers in that chamber struck a bipartisan compromise. Senate Democrats won over Republican support by allowing broadcast stations to make the switch from analog to ( Read more... ) -
Cannabis law change comes into farce . . . force
This really shits me.
'Cannabis has been reclassified by the government from a Class C to a Class B drug, carrying a higher maximum jail sentence for possession.
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said there was "uncertainty at the least" on the future impact on young people's mental health as a result of using cannabis'
From: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/ ( Read more... ) -
Yay! Obama acknowledges athiests
Well, sort of not really.
For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus -- and non-believers.
So there's comment here, there and everywhere* on teh intarwebs about Obama's wonderful mention of us heathens. Combined with his mention of restoring science to its rightful ( Read more... ) -
Inauguration Day!
Not in any real order, and I promise there's no wit or deep intellectual thought here -- I just want to get it all down before I forget ( Read more... ) -
Music on the teevee
I don't watch much TV, with the exception of The Soup, a few choice Britcoms, and these wonderful '100 most shocking moments in history' '50 worst pop songs' 'I Love the 90s' type of shows. Australia doesn't seem to produce too many of the latter shows, but the US and England certainly have the ground covered. And in watching these shows from both ( Read more... ) -
Holy Homophobia, Spock!
So Star Trek is one of those shows that I fervently dislike, despite never having seen an entire episode. Actually, until today, I hadn't even watched 10 minutes. It's like 1984 (worst book ever TM) -- pretty crappy writing, boring as all hell, and completely overrated. There's this widespread belief, however, that 'it's really good', mostly ( Read more... ) -
Thuper thurvey time!
I can't believe I actually took another one of those dorky political surveys. Having already done every other political axis test, I couldn't resist this one because , one or two questions are different!
You should remove me from your friends list if you are surprised by the result:
You are a
Social Liberal
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Fake Simpsons cartoon is child porn, judge rules
An internet cartoon showing characters modelled on Bart, Lisa and Maggie Simpson engaging in sex acts, is child pornography, a judge has ruled in a landmark case.
Rest here: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/08/2441023.htm
LOLWUT. So some poor guy has been arrested, named and shamed, fined . . . basically had his career and social life ( Read more... ) -
Yay journal entries!
Because I hate accomplishing anything at work, I anticipate spending the entire day transferring entries from facebook to livejournal. It will be a holy mess, with the added effect of making it look as though I got into a mad typing spree one day and making 46 journal entries in six hours. So yay for that.