Monthly Archives: October 2009
How Alex will be spending much of his weekend
My middle son Alex is a car nut… just loves it. Anything with wheels, the movie cars, Top Gear… you name it. And of course, this weekend is the Bathurst 1000. Australia’s biggest car race. Observe: I like to encourage … Continue reading
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Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize…
… and Glen Beck’s head explodes. (While Rush Limbaugh fat gut explodes). It was surprising news today… great news, but still surprising. There’s been some headshaking from all sides, but pleasant congratulations from anyone sane enough not to be a … Continue reading
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Tell me about your Internet usage
Well, that’s what someone asked me today. By complete accident, I was called by a Swinburne University Psychology department phone poll, which gave this very interesting opportunity to answer a bunch of questions about my Internet habits. She told me … Continue reading
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links for 2009-10-09
How To Join The How To Team Something to note for potential freelance work. (tags: writing business) THE BOOBY SCARE Featuring Alyson Hannigan, Emily Deschanel, Kat McPhee, Minka Kelly and Jaime King from titfortat – Video Should check this video … Continue reading
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The defense is way worse than the act now
More on this Hey Hey It’s Saturday sketch… I’m over the sketch, it’s so clear that no one meant to be racist, even if it clearly was, and I believe the people who did it (even channel nine), were ignorant … Continue reading
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links for 2009-10-08
Darley Anderson Literary, TV & Film Agency Big UK agency that handles a lot of big thriller writers, as well as some kids/YA stuff, so this is a definite choice to look at. Major player in the UK. (tags: writing … Continue reading
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Sorry world, we’re not all as lame as Hey Hey It’s Saturday
What else can you say really. It’s all over the news today, even though I had no intention of watching it myself, so everyone is now talking about whether a sketch with men in blackface pretending to be the Jackson … Continue reading
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links for 2009-10-07
List of serial killers by country – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A totally creepy list in a creepy article, but some interesting history too. The unidentified killers list reads like a series of story ideas too, which is the reason … Continue reading
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David Letterman
As a semi-regular Letterman viewer (thanks to Channel Ten here), it’s been an odd one reading about this whole Letterman/affairs/blackmail saga. Missed last week’s initial revelations due to it not being on until 1am, but checked out part two last … Continue reading
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Train in vain
The train trips seem longer than normal at the moment, with the weather really weird and variable. Last week it was over 30 degrees on one day, and now it’s back to winter, at barely 10 degrees in the morning, … Continue reading
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