... Helen Clarke & the Labour Party have been turfed out in NZ? I only realised because of a mean spirited article by Jill Singer in the Herald-Sun, and I read the paper most days. I suppose the Obama show swamps everything.

Why haven't our precious current affair shows been doing programs about farces like this

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24632325-662,00.html

instead of dodgy used car salesmen and shock hooror smut stories ?

Have made a valiant effort to clear up the spare room, still some to do but most is done. The DVD's are now ordered and accessible and I am gradually organising the garage overflow in the same way, though the discovery of an overlooked box of clip vids has caused delays and I am debating moving all the Voyager vids out there (do they deserve better ( Read more... )

http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/obama_warns_he_may_cease_to

but, as the Republicans are finding out, defeat is an orphan

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24613598-601,00.html

Yes, my batfilm has reached a 1000 hits on Youtube !

Also, following recent comments about Australian movies I found this Razorback moment from HHIS

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=D7Afgg0eqeM

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/nation_finally_shitty_enough_to

I was just wondering, can any of you celebrating Obamawan's election state a single key policy that he has?

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/05/michael-crichton-dies/?ref=obituariesRead more... )

http://www.nytimes.com/

He's up to 300 electoral college votes now, 3 times as much as McCain. Curiously (or not so curiously) the states won map looks like a Civil War North/South divide

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/02/world/europe/02piccard.html?ref=obituaries

This is an obit for the youngest member of the illustious Piccard family of scientist/explorers, who provided the inspiration for ol' Captain Jean-Luc on STNG