I wonder…
… whether there would be a mysterious van outside my house if I were to post that sometimes I hate Americans? Probably, if I didn’t clarify it (am I being paranoid? Senselessly overstating any possible importance anyone could attach to my words??) So let me clarify: Not all of them; just some of the decisions they’ve made over the years. This, admittedly from Wikipedia:
“August 21, 1998: The United States employs with cruise missiles to destroy a Sudanese pharmaceutical plant (and with it, half of the country’s medicine supply) based on faulty evidence that the plant is involved in chemical weapons manufacture: and tries to kill bin Laden in a cruise missile attack on his camp in Afghanistan, during a meeting of terrorist leaders (Operation Infinite Reach). Only twenty-four people were killed because of outstanding precision, but the leaders had dispersed by the time the missiles struck, and bin Laden was unharmed. The United States blocks a United Nations investigation into the Sudan attack. Sudan was allowed to import pharmaceuticals from the U.S. to replace the destroyed ones.”
Argh!!
Nice weather for ducks
That was today… it barely stopped raining all day. Which I know is a good thing. During the day, though, when I was going between rooms? Thank goodness for the new rooves on the walkways, is all I can say. Pity about all the free dirt around the place… now dirt no longer.
House
House is one of the weirder anti-heroes out there. Truly – a sociopathic doctor, addicted to pain killers, who likes bossing people around and being truly, brutally honest.
I like it.
Deaths
Bit of a morbid title there, I realise… the reaction of people to Steve Irwin’s death has been a bit over the top, I think. Particularly twinned with Colin Thiele’s death on the same day, and the distinct lack of matching grief or accolades from the public or politicians. Beattie’s “oh, we could have a national park or award named after him…” thing is great, but seriously – millions of books sold, Storm Boy for heaven’s sake, and nothing for Thiele??
Political correctness
Baa baa WOOLY sheep, have you any wool?
… One for the JUMPER, one for [something else, not dame], and one for the little girl with holes in her socks…
OK, but as Media Watch (HURRAH for Media Watch), about 30 seconds later they sang the original. Hmm… not sure what I think about it, actually… eh. Whatever.
Not sure if this will be betta than last time…
Ladies and gentlemen, please meet Hektor #2.
He is beautiful – blue with long fins.
I really hope that he is healthier than his namesake was. He’s heated, so I think he has a better (betta) chance from the get-go…
Holly Throsby
Holly’s mum is Margaret Throsby! From Classic FM! How funny!
And I still have 1% doubt about the connection between Xavier and Kevin Rudd….
Foos and Eagles
I’m watching Eagles of Death Metal on JTV, which is always a wonderful thing, and just saw Dave Grohl, which makes me sad – they’re coming to Aus for an acoustic set – how cool!! But they’re only going to Sydney – how bad!!
I wonder if the chick in the vid clip really is in the band? She carries a drum at one point… that would be very cool.
Jet
Can you tell that I’m watching JTV?
I’ve been wondering who the chick is they’ve got singing on “Put your money where your mouth is,” or whatever their new song is – I wondered if it was the girl from… ack, cant remember the band… sang “Buy me a pony”… anyway, turns out it’s not a chick – it’s Nick Chester himself! Guess they did some post-production thing to his voice.
OK Go, on Treadmills
I have finally seen this video! They really are just on treadmills, but it’s so very clever! And the fact that it was all done in one take (with lots of practice, obviously), just makes it even more clever. Plus it’s a great song.
