This in today from my mother -sometimes these things are worth repeating As we grow up, we learn that even the one person that wasn't supposed to ever let you down probably will. You will have your heart broken probably more than once and it's harder every time. You'll break …Read the Rest
Poisonous freshwater stingrays, bull sharks, piranhas, electric eels, five-metre anacondas, crocodiles, rapids, whirlpools, tidal waves, hostile native tribes and last but not least, the Candirú – aka The Vampire fish of Brazil. Sound like the latest Tomb Raider game where Lara Croft fights to save the world (again) in the …Read the Rest
Apparently Billy Joel, arguably one of the worlds least attractive homonids, is about to release a new dance track, and it will be available on the much touted date of 20 Feb via iTunes. And he is singing the US National Anthem at the Superbowl on Sunday 4th Feb – …Read the Rest
Hot of the heals of my recent post regarding the sad unexpected tragic departure of the product manager responsable for the weird dumb ugly music player offering from Microsoft – the Zune is a titter through the rumor sites suggesting that Microsoft if continuing to desperately pursue the iPod by …Read the Rest
I think it would be fair to say that I have been less than particularly enthusiastic about the Zune, Microsoft's foray into the music player market. Touted as the iPod killer its numerous flaws, not to mention its tasteless brown colour, have rapidly earned39;t it an America wide yawn – …Read the Rest
Is it my imagination or are the Scissor Sisters a dead ringer for the band from the Muppets – Dr Teeth and the Electric Mayhem? I don't know about you but I recall being deeply captivated by the characters in the Band – the cool Dr Teeth, wild and crazy …Read the Rest
In the last week I had the alarming experience of finding myself agreeing, in general principals, with three positions being taken by Federal Liberal politicians. First, and most disturbing, was agreeing with Amanda Vanstone over Taj Aldin Alhilali comments on Egyptian morning television over Australia. Basically if you don't like …Read the Rest
I joked in the last few days, since the arrival of the Birthday Wii, that I was going to be seen jumping around my living room, semi-naked at 4 in the morning playing games, sweating my arse off. It turned out to be reasonably true, although I did limit it …Read the Rest
With some irony considering my previous post from 6 am this morning, guess what arrived today. My Christmas present from Mr Special, after a little drama with store. Because there were none in stock when Mr S went to buy it, and because he was sure (correctly) it was a …Read the Rest
This Christmas I was given a Wii. Well actually because there are none to be had for love or money, I was given a gift card FOR a Wii. So ever since Christmas I have been stalking the stores trying to find one. They have been highly Elvis like – …Read the Rest