News and Current Affairs
Talula Does the Hula from Hawaii
I often find myself amazed by how little thought some people give things, in this case naming their Daughter Talula Does the Hula from Hawaii. Surely its crossed their mind that with a name like that they are going to have their life made a misery by children at school and when they get older, [...]
Mersey Hospital back to the Tasmanian government
Wow after almost a year later things have gone in a complete circle with the news that the Mersey Hospital is being handed back to the Tasmanian Government:
AFTER all the pork-barrelling and political wrangling, the Mersey Hospital will return to the Tasmanian Government and be run essentially as originally planned before the Howard federal intervention.
The [...]
Obama making History
Well it is exciting to see that it appears that the Democratic presidential nomination competition seems to be over with Obama winning the nomination. I am a little confused why Hillary hasn’t conceded defeat but i am sure it is probably just a matter of a little time.
So its going to be interesting now. The [...]
And she would know how exactly?
I was reading the news and while i don’t normally care what they do, this really made me wonder how the Queen would know what a proper job is and the benefits that it brings:
THE Queen wants Prince William’s girlfriend Kate Middleton to get a proper full-time job before the young couple consider getting married.
I [...]
Bridget Jones killed Chardonnay
Sunday is always a good day for reading something a little odd and dfferent. In this case I am having a chuckle about Bridget Jones being blamed for a drop in Chardonnay sales.
Leading UK wine writer Oz Clarke blames the decline in British chardonnay sales (with 7.5 million fewer buys in the past 12 months [...]
Take the chance
I really wish i could have been home to watch the Phoenix lander touch down on Mars but instead i was stuck at work. Its incredible now to sit here on my bed in front of the tv and watch images from so far away!
Some of the media reports I read before the landing was [...]
Goodbye, don’t let the door hit you.
Well it was an eventful kind of day here in my home state with some good news that the Premier Paul Lennon has retired from parliament and public life.
On reflection i am thinking that the biggest reason i am happy to see the back of Paul Lennon is that if it didn’t suit him then [...]
If only it was me
Ahh if only this was me winning a massive lotto prize
A lucky lottery player who stopped into a suburban Cincinnati liquor store has a Mega Millions ticket worth $196 million.
I can’t even imagine having that amount of money, yet alone how to spend some of it. Can you imagine how to spend it?
Disturbing
Got to wonder about this particular driver’s priorities:
A DRIVER has “shocked and appalled” police after he stared them “blankly” when they caught him with a seatbelt around his slab of beer - but not on the five-year-old boy sitting next to it.
He said the driver of the car “just looked at me blankly” when [...]
Crackberry
I find it interesting to read that Blackberry users are experiencing some of the same symptoms that crack users exibit when their blackberry is withdrawn. More than once i have pondered some mobile phone users being addicted to their phones. Me, not much danger of that as i have enough trouble as i have enough [...]