Rudd rage
And now we find that someone high up in the Rudd government – headed by a man notorious for making enemies and holding grudges over the decades, described as being “fuelled by rage” – has been leaking damaging information on the new Prime Minister during a crucial election campaign.
Kitchen cabinet
Television was the place to be last night. First, Masterchef. This is the second season of a reality show based on cooking (as opposed to dancing or singing or losing great slabs of weight) and it is amazingly popular. Last night, the final. Believe it or not, but one of the finalists was a twenty-year [...]
Political meter
I don’t normally comment on politics these days, but my bullshit meter has been ringing loudly recently, and I can’t help but point the finger at those flinging the brown stuff.
Sacrelicious!
A common theme is that the fundamentalists are so blinded by the glory that they can’t see how ridiculous they are. My god rides a flying horse. Mine whips around Monaco at a bazillion kilometres an hour. My god uses (hush) The Force!
Weekend delight
“Ooh, look at this!” Kerri laid a page of the Sunday paper before me. It had a picture of a tiny book. A book with a BookCrossing sticker. A book I recognised, because I had last seen it at an airline lounge in Japan, where I had tucked it away from the ever-tidying hands of the lounge attendants in a window niche. My jaw fell open.
Rude on the roads
Someone observed the other day, “People in general are just rude.” They were talking about walking the dog down their street, smiling at other people, and receiving back nothing but blank stares. You know, I don’t think people are rude. As a taxidriver, I meet a LOT of people (one of the reasons someone who [...]
Look Ma! No clothes!
I cannot believe that the British are being so boneheaded. The screening system looks through clothing, revealing the body beneath, as well as any concealed items. Hide some explosives in your undies, and they will be picked up.
Well, that’s good, in theory, but if the bad guys know this, then won’t they go the logical next step and hide the explosives some place where they won’t be detected? After all, they want to blow up the plane, and personal comfort isn’t high on their long-term list of priorities, given that they don’t intend to have a long term.