Cupid.

My fellow Aussie blogger David has decided to leave these golden shores (sniff) for the somewhat colder pleasures of the Emerald Isle. (you can read about it over at his blog if you follow the link and scroll down a post or seven).
He has occasionally posted blogs of TV ads so as an homage to [...]

What’s the Definition of Insanity??

Americans usually buy about 7 billion rounds of ammunition a year, according to the National Rifle Association. In the past year, that figure has jumped to about 9 billion rounds, said NRA spokeswoman Vickie Cieplak.
Quote from: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090923/ap_on_re_us/us_ammo_shortage) 23/09/09
Excuse me?
Seven BILLION rounds per year??
So every single year (a ‘normal’ year that is, not one when people [...]

Blog Action Day: I’m Disgusted.

i am an Australian Citizen and have lived in my country of choice (not of Birth) for 40 years. After some 11 years of government by a (haha) ‘Liberal’ government (it is somewhat ironic that the most right-wing conservative government for my entire time of living in this country went under the name of ‘Liberal’ [...]

Footnote to ‘Im Disgusted’

The ‘ John Howardisation’ of Kevin Rudd progresses even further as he now uses the former Prime Minister’s term  of  ‘illegal immigrants’ to describe people seeking refuge in Australia before they have even reached the country’s shore and so had their proof of innocence or guilt ( legality or illegality) determined by our justice or [...]

i am Different…

i am different to you.
My DNA is different; my fingerprints are different; my retina and iris patterns are different making what i see different to what you do.
My ears are different, i don’t hear the same sound you hear.
My tastebuds are not yours, we don’t like all the same foods.
My skin is not your skin, [...]

Blog Action Day – Oct 15 2009

For those of you who may have missed the banner link on my blog, just a quick reminder about International Blog Action Day coming up Thursday Oct 15.
This year the theme is Climate Change and all are encouraged to put forward their (hopefully informed) opinion in a post and link with other bloggers about this [...]

i Must Have a Sick Sense of Humour?

The Little Voice
A guy gets home from work one night and hears a little voice. The little voice tells him, “Quit your job, sell your house, take your money, go to Vegas.” The man is disturbed at what he hears and ignores the little voice.
The next day, when he gets home from [...]

Criminal Behaviour.

i fully realise that crime exists in all countries of the world. No one country is exempt from, or above being afflicted by, criminals who behave in appalling fashion that all should consider to be unacceptable in the society in which we live.
But it seems to me more than obvious that America, which leads the [...]