I've just copied/pasted this from an email I received from Getup.org. Largely aimed at Australian folks. I'm one of those individuals that, so far, actually has faith that Kevin Rudd will continue to do the right thing, but it never hurts to stand up and be counted when it comes to public opinion, no ( Read more... )

Eduardo seems to have recovered ... I was a bit worried this morning that we'd need to go back to the hospital, but after a few naps today, he's back up to mischief. Contrast him refusing to be put on the ground, with him now scaling up onto my work desk and ditching all my pens behind the filing cabinet (and looking me in the eye as he does it), ( Read more... )

Hamish and Andy got to spend some time in Afghanistan. They got to play in tanks.

The big question: how did it feel firing the big guns?

Hamish (with massive grin and crazed look in his eye): like having a very large penis that fires fireworks.

HAHAHAHAHA.

I just typed up a lengthy post about this, then in retrospect thought I'd leave it to you guys to address, just to be sure that I'm not being prejudiced.

Yesterday I receieved this email from my friend C. She'd just passed it along to me without any comment, so the text of the email isn't based on any comment of hers.

I am sorry guys, but this ( Read more... )

I know you're all wonderful, beautiful, considerate people, so you've all probably already done your part for the sake of Tibet, but just on the odd chance you haven't ...

Please consider signing this petition. The petition, organised by Avaaz.org, has been signed over 700,000 times in less than five days, and is about to become the largest online ( Read more... )

I like to keep things here nice and intimate. To that end, most posts are friends only. Please feel free to add me if you think we've got something in common; I'm not anti-social! I'm just ... private.