One in four.

In a few weeks time it’s likely that the Indonesians found guilty of the 2002 bombing at Paddy’s Bar in Kuta, Bali will be executed.
The ‘favoured’ method of execution in Indonesia is shooting. The condemned is taken at midnight to a deserted location where he (or she) is tied to a stake and blindfolded. The [...]

They *cannot* be serious?

Seems the UK media have been whooping it up because their athletes have won more medals at the Olympics than the Australians. The Sun (see the link) have a headline reading “Brittania Rules the Games”!
Basically a country with a population of 62 million is crowing because they are beating one with a population one third [...]

Potter Potted!

For reasons which seem to have more to do with greed than customer satisfaction Warner Brothers have determined it’s in their best interests to postpone the release of “Half Blood Prince”, the highly anticipated film of the sixth book in the Harry Potter series!
Anyone who would like the film released on its original date might [...]

So… the Beijing Olympics?

As you will be aware my new ISP did *not* connect me to the net overnight as was promised and in fact kept me waiting almost 8 days before they let me loose on the world. During this time I had a choice of getting on with the housework… or watching the TV. And what [...]

A world gone mad.

Reports claim that Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have been paid $15,000,000 by Hello magazine to allow them ‘exclusive rights’ to the first pictures of their new babies. Really?
I have pictures of my kids here I could sell Hello for a damn sight less than that. Tell yas what… if someone from Hello would contact [...]

Smiley Miley

It’s possible some of you might never have heard of singer Billy Ray Cyrus, but I’ll bet there are a lot fewer of you who’ve never heard of his daughter Miley who has been making a name of her own with her alter ego as “Hannah Montana” especially if you have kids around you!
Over the [...]

Go Christina!!

Our best wishes are sent for a speedy recovery to Christina Applegate, recently diagnosed with breast cancer.
My memories of her are mostly from her role as the ditzy kid ‘Kelly Bundy’ from Married with Children and this is perhaps her best known role, at least for most males around the globe.
Kelly was the archetypal airhead [...]

Fat enough for you?

Hot on the heels of my last post complaining about what a backwater the UK has become, is news of a Disco that has taken on board Homer Simpsons edict of “No Fat Chicks” and run with it barring them from entry to the club!
The manager of the club who it seems is no lightweight [...]

Angela vs Wendy

You want a discussion about diaphragms… or Brazilian waxing… or big cars… or plastic surgery…  or… ?? Well now’s your chance.
For those of you have listened to me ramble on incessantly about Angela Catterns (and occasionally Wendy Harmer) now is your chance to listen to those honeyed tones and find out why her voice is [...]

Bought an iPhone - seen better?

So let’s see. Who got sucked into the hype and like a million others went out and bought an iPhone? Oops… you did?
Well, if you *did* rush out and buy one I doubt you’ll be too happy reading the rest of this article.
To be honest I was considering rushing out with the rest of the [...]

Angela’s Army

Had a nice email from Angela Catterns the other day in response to a ‘welcome back’ message I sent via her website. Today is her final day sitting in for Richard Feidler in his ‘Conversation Hour’ on ABC Local Radio 702 and I was prepared to say ‘bye’ for now. I’d even dug out this [...]

Faces of Australia: Bizarre records

There are all sorts of people doing all sorts of odd things in order to set world records, but I have to admit this guy from Queensland, Australia, is one of the strangest I’ve come across!
Back in 1998, Les Stewart completed 16 years hard work. As ‘therapy’ after sickness meant he had to give [...]

Vale Cyd Charisse

Always seeming to be the bearer of bad news, we are sad to report the death of of another one of Hollywood’s greats, Tula Ellice Finklea, far better known as Cyd Charisse (87).
Ok perhaps Cyd Charisse wasn’t quite as ‘great’ as some, but she certainly had her moments. One of those ‘moments’, in my mind [...]

The Tumbling Tosca

I’m no great lover of opera though I can happily listen to some of the great arias when removed from their pretentious surroundings. This morning on Australian Classic FM, they were playing the final scene of Puccini’s ‘Tosca’. Unfortunately this scene contains nothing I can claim to like listening to either.
However they did relate the [...]

Pink Floyd, “The Wall” revisited.

Revisiting and listening to a lot of the Floyd tracks over the past few weeks reminded me the film of “The Wall” existed so I sat around for a while at the computer yesterday watching it. Whilst nominally a Pink Floyd production, other than some credit for musical collaboration, it is totally credited to Roger [...]

Vale Bo Diddley

Yet another iconic figure, in the shape of Bo Diddley has passed through the veil to the great gig in the sky. Bo, who was 79 died yesterday of heart failure. He had both a stroke and a heart attack last year and had been in poor health since.
Bo was *the* founding father of rock [...]

Singing Budgie bans big birthday bash.

On the subject of ‘entertainers’, we’d like to say happy birthday to Australian singer Kylie Minogue (a.k.a. the singing budgie) who has reached the ripe old age of 40. Bearing in mind the scare she had recently with developing breast cancer she will no doubt be relieved that she reached this anniversary without further problems. [...]

Burley Shirley treated early!

News today that Dame Shirley Bassey is in hospital recovering from emergency surgery after experiencing stomach pains. Details are sketchy, obviously, but there is no suggestion at present that the 71 year old singing legend will not recover quickly.

Shirley Bassey has been one of the UK’s best loved entertainers for the last half century with [...]

Dick Martin dies aged 86.

For those of us of a ‘certain age’ one of the high spots of our young lives was the regular dose of comedy from “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In’ which was an extremely funny if bizarre US made comedy programme, which in style might be likened to a cross between the Goons and Monty Python!
The show [...]

Chubby buns?

The UK papers were awash a few days ago with the stirring words of the Duchess of York, a.k.a. Fergie as she defended the honour of her daughter the Princess Beatrice a.k.a. ‘chubby buns’ who is getting a lot of flak (she says) because of her size and shape, i.e. errr… cuddly (?).
Well you’d have [...]

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