Mmm... peanut butter icecream...

Am I a snob if I get annoyed at people who don't accept payment by credit card, EFTPOS or direct deposit? Now I have to waste time and money by going to the post office, waiting in line, and paying $3.50 for a postal order. I'd be willing to pay $3.50 for a method that was significantly MORE convenient, but it shits me that I have to pay for a ( Read more... )

Pretty much everyone who knows me has a perception that I tend to say and do fairly blonde things quite regularly. I try to challenge this perception by endeavouring to avoid both clumsiness and ditzyness, but generally fail. Yesterday I was somehow held accountable for breaking a bowl when all I did was look at it, and just five minutes ago I ( Read more... )

Have I ranted here about whaling yet? I don't think so. But anyway, can't someone (I don't know who- maybe the UN, but SOMEONE) just get in there and say "Look, enough with all this BS about scientific research. What fricken scientific study requires you to kill 1000s of whales a year? How the hell did THAT get past the ethics committee? And ( Read more... )

As bad as global warming is, I do enjoy wearing t-shirts in May.

It really irritated me this week how all these internet-illiterate middle aged people are blaming the internet for teen suicide. There has been articles all over the papers, segments in news reports, and even a whole 10 minutes on it on the 7:30 Report (or something equally as crap). Of course it's terrible how those two girls died, but it really ( Read more... )

My Easter chocolate has run out.

Now that girls are allowed to become Scouts, I wonder how long it will be until Brownies and Guides die out? (As an institution, I mean... obviously one does not wish to speak of little Brownies dying.)

If I edit something on Wikipedia, how much does my nerdiness increase by?

Hmm. So I intend to be a zoologist yet I got a shit mark for my assignment on the effects of global warming on the energy demands of lizards but a fab mark for my assignment on talking M&Ms. Is there a moral here?