In Pursuit of Happyness

Niki & I finally had our belated and long overdue dinner and movie night....
Had a great meal at the local noodle bar and then saw In Pursuit of
Happyness. Really good movie, highly recommend it and Will Smith is
brilliant in it!
5 stars.

You've heard of the All Blacks....

And you may have heard of the Black Caps (NZ Cricket Team)

And you may have heard of the Tall Blacks (the NZ Basketball team)

But what about the NZ Badminton team???

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/15/nz_badminton_kerfuffle/

 

Relief...

Have now got my home PC back in order… whilst the computer shop claims that the crash was caused by malicious spyware installed via LimeWire, I have my doubts.  Principally because the LCD monitor is no longer working.  Yes, spyware can cause crashes but what would cause a monitor to become a brick?  I have yet to test the monitor on the kids PC, but I suspect that it’s a goner.  All it does is sit there with its single yellow light flickering at me… all the online help manuals et al talk about the light going red or orange but not yellow and flashing.

Looks like I will need to get a new one :-(

On brighter news, we have more allegations from Jodi Power about Shappelle and clan being drug users… she has come out and said she knows Shappelle is a dope, ecstasy and cocaine user.  Why am I not surprised.  The media “buy a story” attitude is in full swing and this Jodi Power looks like getting her cash big time, but if the Corby’s are such a big drug family, I hope the cash is enough to buy her safety with a plane ticket to a remote country somewhere.

And why hasn’t Mercedes Corby ever come back to Australia? Why does she sit in Bali with her “husband” – who we have never seen – and defend herself via dodgy videophone?  Its all laughable.

Wow!

So many things to talk about…

Firstly on a banal personal note, I got my second speeding fine in the mail in the week.  The first, from Australia Day in Canberra (71 in a 60 zone) and the second, but happened earlier on Jan 6 on the M7 doing 121 in a 100 zone… wtf are freeways like the M7 being limited to 100kms for?  Anyways, I will duly pay my fines as opposed to certain NSW judges…

Now to the juicy stuff…

JOHN HOWARD!  More press, more US media debate, a censure motion from the Labor party, general condemnation from both sides of the Pacific and yet our great media machine still tries to fob it off as a minor issue.  Howard has used the same defence he lambasted Mark Latham for – it’s a free country and I can say what I like.  But he continues to deny that he breached protocols and that he made a gaff.  This is bigger than calling Rove McManus Karl Rove and yet Howard seems to think all is fine.  And spot on Obama!  Yes Johnny, why don’t you send 20,000 troops… if you feel soooo strongly about it, lets get stuck in… oh whats that? An election coming up… you’d rather win Peter Costello (or Malcolm Turnbull?) a free pass into the Lodge rather than standing up for your true beliefs??  Oh I see… its OK to be in the business of politics rather than the business of leading the people.  That’s fine John, I am sure the people at the Old Folks home will like your stories.  (Is it just me or have I just missed the fact that John Howard has now taken to wearing a hearing aid?)

Juicy Bit #2 – Shapelle Corby a drug dealer / user / trafficker!  Who’d have thunk it!  Now Mercedes is suing!  Choice!  Can’t wait for that one… I am sure the Today Tonight / ACA people covered all the legal stuff about slander…. Defamation cannot get up in court if what was said is true… now think about that statement Mercedes… is there a reason why you don’t return to Australia?  You wouldn’t be in fear of being arrested in Australia would you?

I hope Womans Day et al stop publishing the bleeding heart stories now… just because she has pretty eyes and big tits doesn’t mean anything people!

LimeWire Made My PC Die

Apparently LimeWire, the P2P program is the root cause of my PC crash. Having used it on my old machine with no problems, I have had to have my PC reformatted to fix the apparent corruption it has caused.

A poll is over on the Lime Kettle Forum where you can have your say / give me advice / condemn me for being such a n00b.

Please note, Lime Kettles and Lime Wire are not related... the fact we both use Lime is just a coincidence!

Howard Has Really Put His Foot In Now

So...

John thinks he can comment on what al-qaeda must be thinking now that Obama is running.

From this story, I point out the following:

1. Obama is spot on. 1400 troops in back of house operations guarding Japanese engineers working on plumbing. Compared to 140,000 troops in active service with 3000+ dead, I think the issue of bringing troops home is a pertinent one and the US people have a right to have a choice.

2. Obama has done well to respond to our ding-dong prime minister so quickly. When Bush was running for President in early 2001, he probably didnt even know where Australia was.

3. Al-Qaeda? They have a view?? Considering that Iraq has never been about al-Qaeda but rather the WMD's (rememeber, AFGHANISTAN was the war about al-Qaeda, not IRAQ... I know that Johnny thinks they're all the same, but they're not) why would al-Qaeda have a view on Obama's view on stance on Iraqi troops. Wouldnt the Sunni's and Shi'ites have a more interested view? Perhaps Lexie Downer should read more briefing papers whilst he sits in the Qantas lounge in Adelaide....

Remember people here in Australia and in the US. The war in Iraq is wrong and is a war for the greed of the USA. Bush doesn't give two hoots about ensuring Iraqi women get a free right to vote and make a living... he just wants the oil.

Obama fights back after PM attack | NEWS.com.au: "Mr Howard earlier attacked Senator Obama's plan to withdraw US combat troops from Iraq by March 31, 2008."

[Post Script]: US Blog "the Moderate Voice" has scathed Howard. Check it out here.

[Post Script #2}: More bloggers getting into this! An Aussie view here and an American view from The Daily Kos here.

I think I am more excited by the fact that our PM has finally put his foot in it on the world stage! Hehehe

Been a while...

Been a) very busy at work and b) with no home internet access and hence the blog has been a little out of the priority list this past week or so…  The home PC “should” be right today pending no depressing news from the friendly local computer shop.  Also today may not be as busy today as I have a rare “empty” calendar day… no meetings!  A day of sitting at my desk typing away… boring, but sometimes very cathartic.

The rain continues to pour down today and I realised this morning that I still haven’t gotten around to buying a new umbrella since I lost my last 2.  Left one in a coffee shop and the other I am guessing I left on a train… so at the moment I am without shelter so to speak and with the rain being such a rare event these days, its never really front of mind when you’re at the shops.  I might see if the marketing department has a spare one with the company logo on it :-)

The weekend was good… we won our cricket match by an innings and 20 odd runs and spent the day in the field and took 17 opposition wickets.  My sole contribution was one catch at slip… At least we did better than the Aussie cricket team that lost the final series 2-0 to England!  England!! The rabble that couldn’t get past 150 runs and struggled in all facets of the game finally gelled at the same time we tired / got complacent and we got spanked.  I am not worried about it, the World Cup is the main focus and we are playing like it.  With the game barely over, the Aussies will be on the plane to NZ for another mickey mouse 3 game series against New Zealand and then its on to the World Cup.  On the local front, I guess we can look forward to the football season – but I must admit, the A League soccer is going gangbusters and yesterdays final (which I watched in amongst the rain delays at the cricket) was a great game.  Pity penalties had to be used, but a Grand Final berth AND a place in the Asian Champions League were on the line and the intensity in the game was huge.  Great stuff and despite the Grand Final being Melbourne vs Adelaide, I will probably watch it.

Also, and I am sure I will write about this later, but Kevin Rudd is now ahead of John Howard in the polls.  “Most popular Labor leader in 35 years” is the press quote.  C’mon Australia, don’t give the Liberals another term of screwing over the common person with the USA arse kissing.