May 2011
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“In an extraordinary letter to the Australian Financial Review, Mr Hockey also...”
– Joe Hockey seeks to share his pain, saying colleagues co-authored budget reply message | The Australian
And that’s how we do political discourse in this country.
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Just quickly.
Despite living in the same city and moving in very similar circles, I don’t really know Clem Bastow. We met really briefly once at a music festival a few years ago, but that’s it. Clem’s an ‘internet person’, I guess.
So this might seem really strange to say, but I just wanted to say how impressed and I guess a tiny bit proud (like one is of a friend) of everything...
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-5-22) →
Beastie Boys (50)
Sloan (44)
DANGERDOOM (27)
Adam Green (24)
Those Darlins (23)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
“In the past decade or so, researchers have produced a significant body of...”
– Long commutes cause obesity, neck pain, loneliness, divorce, stress, and insomnia. - By Annie Lowrey - Slate Magazine
If you can*, live near your work. You’ll be happier and healthier for it.
*I can and I know that this represents good fortune as well as good management. Not everyone is so...
“Its current political leaders, with notable exceptions, are perhaps the least...”
– Australia’s promise: The next Golden State | The Economist
“Some critics have always brought up the case of alcohol. Why shouldn’t its...”
– Michelle Grattan, Plain Packaging on Tobacco | Libs Squabble Over Tobacco Laws
It’s easy to get on the side of banning anything with a negative health aspect if you ascribe happiness and pleasure a value of zero.
People don’t smoke because they’re idiots. They smoke, at least...
Maybe if you didn't have such a nice car, it...
I guess one of the reasons I’m so behind the SlutWalk movement is that the logic of victim-blaming sickens me. If you say that women (and men) wouldn’t get raped if they didn’t dress ‘like that’, then you’re redefining rape as a supply-side issue instead of a demand side issue. “If only those people weren’t so rape-able, then maybe rapists...
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Have You Ever Wondered...
clembastow:
…What it would be like if I went head-to-head with Andrew Bolt?
You can find out this Sunday on Channel Ten!
Andrew Bolt is the nearest thing we have to Bill O’Reilly, and for Clem to go on his show displays a whole lot of guts. Kudos.
“True, most outdoor festivals don’t charge for admission, but what about...”
– The unbearable summer ritual of watching movies outdoors. - By Juliet Lapidos - Slate Magazine
WON’T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE WHITE PEOPLE AND HOW MUCH THEY PAY FOR HUMMUS AND PROSECCO?
gbb replied to your photo: Sometimes I blog. This is one of those times. I…
You had me until their online shop said US$574. What the what?!
Seems high. Mine were in the vicinity of $320. This is high, I know, but they last for years and can be resoled by the manufacturer.
Buy some.
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Just reading through a contract, and the client has put a couple of traps in there to check if the contract has actually been read.
The Supplier shall not be responsible for the following:
The supply of Pineapples and lubricant, which shall be inserted frequently.
angelablack replied to your photo: Sometimes I blog. This is one of those times. I…
What are you doing the rest of the time?
Dropping science.
dascola replied to your photo: Sometimes I blog. This is one of those times. I…
35 - 40 km? 90 kilos? English please.
22 - 25 miles. 200 pounds. I measure my waiting time for free treatment at a public hospital in minutes.
crookedindifference replied to your photo:Sometimes I blog. This is one of those times. I…
wait. dont you take your shoes off at airports (hence they wouldnt beep anyways) or is that just something that us crazy americans do?
Things we don’t do:
Show ID to get on a domestic flight
get frisked
get x-rayed
have liquids and gels limits
take off our shoes and belts unless they...
Kubrick was obviously an Ivan Reitman fan
Last night, I watched Stripes for the first time in 20 or so years. I couldn’t stop noticing the ways in which it was so very similar to the first two acts of Full Metal Jacket.
If only John Candy had a jelly donut.
“The studio dispatched two of its top executives to St Louis to testify during a...”
– Tattoo court case could delay release of Hangover sequel
Boy Oh Boy is copyright law broken!
Side Fact: If you take a photograph of the a particular building in Paris during the day, you may use it commercially as the copyright on the building has expired. If you take a photograph of it at night,...
“All manner of brightly coloured leaves cover the ground and this fact alone is...”
– All the leaves aren’t brown – the amazing story of our technicolour Autumn
It’s true. I can’t remember a more beautiful autumn since the 90’s.
I still don't understand the Lady Gaga hate.
jackscoresby:
Even if you dislike her music and how she dresses, I think a person who constantly promotes acceptance and loving yourself as well as others while also donating millions to charities deserves a little more consideration, unless you think pop music and clothing are worth more than human decency and charity.
Like, is she really so bad? Like I said, hate her art all you want, but is...
““In reality, the average mark-up for items such as clothes and shoes is 142 per...”
– The Age Retailers’ mark-ups under threat from online
This is why I keep telling my American friends that we have economies that are difficult to compare. The median US salary is so much lower than the Australian that it blows my mind, but our retail prices on most items are through the roof.
“Part of the problem in discussing porn is that most people reflexively fall into...”
– Hugo Schwyzer (Some laughter with the lovemaking, please: on porn, performance, and deadly seriousness)
Field Notes From A Flight Home
woodsman:
I sat beside a young couple, young being the word that describes anyone visibly younger than me. They had a sleek, well-fed look about them, like cats who rarely go outside. Beyond the small-talk we made as people forced into intimacy by cheap fares, they sat in their own world. I read my book, choosing against headphones to get deeper into the story. They cooed at each other, smiling...
Go! Team tracks that are my theme-songs from time...
Bust-Out Brigade
Junior Kickstart
Rolling Blackouts
