The genius of George.

So… Donald Rumsfeld was briefing George Bush in the Oval Office… “Oh and finally, sir, three Brazilian soldiers were killed in Iraq today.”
Bush goes pale, his jaw hanging open in stunned disbelief. He buries his face in his hands, muttering “My God…My God”.
“Mr. President,” says Cheney, “we lose soldiers all the time, and it’s terrible. [...]

Pottermania revisited

Found a couple of links that might be interesting. First off is an interview JKR did with msn. There’re a few questions answered here but not as many as we’d like.
Second is a webchat she did where she answered a few of the most important questions out of the 120,000 submitted. There is [...]

G’Day Bruce!

Seems the UK is being visited by a rather large shark which might be yet another sign of global warming? Could be that soon the UK will be getting regular visits from some of these monsters and you’ll be getting the reports of people vanishing out of the sea with no trace being found.
Might sound [...]

Widgets ahoy!

I’ve got loads of Widgets on my screen… a few from Microsoft, but most from Yahoo. I have time (UK and Aus) Weather (UK and Aus) one that searches for my pictures on the machine and does a slide-show… also post-it notes, system information, news and a Dilbert thing that gets the latest cartoon.
Unfortunately until [...]

Spider pig, spider pig…

If that makes no sense to you you’ve probably not seen the new Simpson’s movie. For anyone who loves the Simpson’s cartoons… this is a must. For anyone else? It’s still a load of fun but you might miss a few of the ‘in-jokes’
If you *do* decide to go see it, I’d suggest [...]

The Beatles – yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!!!

I was in Aldi supermarket the other day and there was a pile of DVD’d going cheap there so naturally I had to have a nose. One I found I just *had* to have.
It is a copy of old an Beatles TV appearance from April 28th 1964. In it the ‘fab four’ do a skit [...]

Daughter did well!

THere was a tae-kwon-do competition in one of the local sports centre’s yesterday and the eldest entered two of the tournements. She won both receiving a medal for each. We think she’d have got more if she’d entered more of them… maybe next time.
She’s currently a Brown Belt but is looking towards getting ehr Black [...]

The Simpson’s Movie

The kids are nagging to go see it this weekend. The wife is working so she won’t be able to go, and she isn’t as fond of them as the kids and I are
So… looks like we’ll be off in a few hours if I can buy tickets online before we go. I’ve [...]

Lady Diggers!

There have been a few twitterings in the ranks about the way the modern Aussie army is recruiting new recruits. The main focus of the concern has been the new series of posters featuring the Lady Differ in a variety of situations but in most wearing the same outfit.
Trouble is that this costume is said [...]

I’ll follow my friend

Looks like Nicole Richie is off to the slammer for four days. But unlike her frazzled friend Paris Hilton, she did it with style marching out of the court with her head held high.

I was never a particular fan of hers, but if she takes this the way she started she’ll have lifted herself up [...]

Flaming software… grrr

Software seems to have gone haywire – again.
From here it looks as though the ads and sidebars have all dropped to the bottom of the page for some reason. I have *no* idea why they’d do that… but that’s what it looks like
Will have to try to sort it out in the morning, right now [...]

Potter – my entry to The Times Online Comp.

Wrote most of this on the 19th July… then edited it in light of the new book. This was my entry to the competition… 100% wrong… so no prize for the Dog!!
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Molly Weasley is the one going to die.
The wedding between Bill and Fleur takes place at the Burrow. During the proceedings the Death [...]

Rain at last

Was getting a bit worried because it’s been dry for a few days but the rain is drizzling down slowly. Of course… today *had* to be the day we sent the dogs off for a wash and polish.
I hope they manage to dry them off before they catch cold

What’s going on in Victoria??

The Premier and Vice Premier both quit in one afternoon? Sounds ominous. Both are leaving to spend more time with their families… heard *that* one before!
Is it co-incidence there is a hoo-ha about them refusing to join in the water management scheme for the Murray-Darling?? Who knows… either way they’re gone
Not exactly a common occurrence [...]

Bright Ideas

I suggested to Sally, my trainer in the gym, that I’d be happy to sort out a blog for her and even a personal website… not to hard really because it’s fundamentally all automated. I also suggested I’d have a look at her ‘business’ site Fitness Recruiter but I think working on that wouldn’t be [...]

Ok… really back this time

It’s been an odd sort of week. Actually quite ‘potty’ in its way. Those Pottermaniacs amongst have had our final dose of Harry and have had time to read and digest most of the overall story… though maybe not really come to terms with the end of the series. I’ve run through the Deathly Hallows [...]

Rizana Nafeek – update

The Saudi government has announced a suspension of her execution while negotiations are carried out on her behalf, by the Sri Lankan government and an appeal made for clemency or retrial.
All we can do is hope it succeeds and we wish her and her supporters well.
Original OA post on Rizana here, news from Sri Lanka [...]

More Potter

Sorry… I’m nowhere near finished talking about Harry Potter yet. For a start there’re all the spoilers to go through that I couldn’t read before the book was released in case they were right! For example this site had a long list of spoilers on it that attracted a lot of publicity… but nearly all [...]

Well… I’m back!

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Anyone who hasn’t followed the series must be heartily sick of it by now. The other hundred million or so of us who *have* followed the story will have just read the final chapter… for now.
Even so, loads of people haven’t read it yet, I’m not giving spoilers away [...]

Xu Jinglei – Whu Xhatei?

Never heard of this woman before today but it seems she is the owner of the most visited blog on the planet… she says. According to Technorati she’s 47th… either way she must be doing or saying something damn good cos I get *nowhere* near that figure
In fact, much as I hate to [...]

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