There are so many thoughts and memories, from things Nanna said to the smell of the spare bedroom in her house. Remembering the gerberas she grew in the front garden and hoping she knew I loved her and was grateful for all the things she did for me. It's terribly hard to say goodbye, but I know she had reached her time to slip away.
i'm sick of the sight of boxes. i'm sick of the smell of packing tape. the removal van cost twice what we budgeted for - apparently we bought a lot of furniture and accumulated vast amounts of shit in the last three years. the removal van knocked a drainpipe off the new place. it's been raining. the broken pipe makes a splattering noise outside our bedroom window. it also hit our garage door, which was a shitty tilt door in the first place and now jams.
gah.
on the upside, at least it wasn't 40deg when we moved. it's done. new place has air con. it's done. i didn't break myself too badly, although both removal guys hurt themselves. one guy dropped a box of books on his toe. i didn't check for damage - hell, if any books got bent i'll call that one a draw. other guy managed to put his entire leg down a little gap on the truck.
it's done.
Man bites dog - www.smh.com.au.
What more can be said.
US marines have rallied round a comrade under investigation for killing a wounded Iraqi during the offensive in Fallujah, saying he was probably under combat stress in unpredictable, hair-trigger circumstances.I wonder if the US is still denying that this war is a new Vietnam.
When Colin Powell leaves his post as Secretary of State, so too goes his deputy, Rich Armitage, the de facto minister for Australian affairs in the Bush Administration. And so too goes an era in Australia-US relations.I think it speaks volumes that Powell is no longer willing to work for Dubya.
[The local MP said] Who are the bastards that have flogged our bridge?That's a champion effort. Maybe someone did the old 'got a bridge to sell' and they decided to take what was theirs :) Probably being sold off as scrap metal.
An unmanned experimental jet has broken a world speed record by accelerating to about 11,200 kilometres per hour high over the Pacific Ocean in a NASA test of cutting-edge engine technology.They talk about potential commercial flights... I can imagine it: 'your cabin staff will now fly past your seat under several Gs of acceleration, anything you can snatch off the trolley is yours...'
Well, sort of... The Awful Forums - The great Halloween Tetris Adventure (56k watch out for falling blocks). A damn fine effort.
Q: How many Bush Administration officials does it take to screw in a light bulb?
i can't decide if i love this shot or hate it. funny how that happens sometimes.
Curiosities of Biological Nomenclature: Etymologies: Aegrotocatellus ... Latin for 'sick puppy'.
US Election result maps. Quite interesting. (via araquel)
Firefox 1.0 has been released. Everyone using IE should try Firefox or Opera instead.
hospital lighting does not make for good photos. but here's one anyway.
The Howard Government is moving to dampen expectations among National Party MPs that billions of dollars will be set aside from a further sale of Telstra to fund ongoing service upgrades in the bush.The election being over, the Nats will now be told to go back to the bush and shut up until the next election campaign. Telstra will be sold, service will get worse, you should have voted against the Coalition if you cared.
The motion said that until James Hardie adequately provided for current and future asbestos victims all existing and new council contractors would not purchase or use the company's products.
Check out linkfrenzy: QuickOne... not returning yet... Conspiracy? Possibly. Trying to roll out a new voting system without enough testing and accountability? Probably. Will Bush get back in again in four years? Did America really vote Bush back in this time? Well who knows - can Americans actually trust their voting system any more? Regardless of whether people supported Dubya or not, there are serious questions about the way things are run on polling day.
Took this one back in 1998. Actually developed and printed this one myself, not that I did a good enough job of it to really be proud ;) Very grainy, probably shot on ISO 800 film, but I think it suits the shot.
I should dig out the original print and re-scan it.
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Update/PS. Yes, I know, democracy - just like free speech - is a bitch when the situation or result isn't what you wanted. But we have to go with it, since it's marginally better than the alternative (non-democratic dictatorship and thoughtcrime). At least the US elections saw - from what I have heard - a substantially increased level of participation, which is a good thing IMO.
I'm still amazed (almost impressed) that the opposition found someone so bereft of charisma that he couldn't knock off a chimp in a one-on-one (refer: Democrats search for a new Clinton. 04/11/2004. ABC News Online). Seriously. Not only did he not beat Dubya, he didn't even come close. What the fuck gives?
Justice Shaw has acknowledged that he has a medical problem and is undergoing treatment... which given the context sounds like euphemism-speak for 'alcoholic in rehab'.
