In case anyone hasn't been following the news, or doesn't live in sports-mad Australia, "swimming great" Ian Thorpe has quit swimming. The ABC news story is here. Good on him. But more to the point, I noticed some corker quotes in the above news story ( Read more... )

I can't help it. I have to have a rant. Read this story. Well done to Steven Ciobo there. Drug users should pay for their hospital treatments? What is the rationale for that ( Read more... )

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It's been a while since I've updated and I'm not going to fill everyone in on what I've been doing. That'd take too long and it'd be boring.

Yesterday was Australia Day and the stupid shopping centre that I work in, ever consumed with greed, decided to open normal hours - 10am to 6pm. The greedy bastards. I'm pretty sure the general manager and ( Read more... )

It's that time of year to wish emmaco a happy birthday. Hope you had a good one!

well i think it's about time i wrote in here again.

so much has happened but you can follow it in my gorgeous wife minorearth's journal, as well as talisen and epeeaus - great name by the way ( Read more... )

what a beautiful day today! the sun is shining, the sky is blue and the birds are singing. if only that wind would stop blowing. for those in brisbane, it's like one of those beautiful winter's days. here, it's a fantastic spring day ( Read more... )

How do you come to terms with the sudden death of a friend? It's just impossible to comprehend. Without warning, one day you are talking away happily, the next they are gone. It makes no sense. I know it's a cliche, but it really does make you realise how precious each moment is.

well i have to say that i'm the stupidest person i've ever met. i was playing around with backing my thesis files up and irretrievably erased all of them. every single one. all 78 pages of my thesis. and all this at a time when, due to havoc with the network, the complete daily backup of the system has been off for 2 weeks. thankfully i have a hard ( Read more... )

first, what do you think about the pic... is it me ( Read more... )