Spotted in the streets of Melbourne

Good luck to the serviceman.

Get your Jack off the Gutter!

this is what we had to beat on our last lawn bowling End last week to qualify for the semi-finals. no chance at all. :(

He didn't see that coming

Funny sit

My sister's dog. Milo is his name. He sits funny. But he only does it to other people.
If my sister, or her husband, commands "sit" Milo will sit normally. But when it was my turn and I said "Sit!", he looks at me then kneels down like this...

This is not a fluke. I did it three times!

Annual TVNZ Fishing trip

I can't seem to catch proper sized fish every time we go fishing. There must be something I'm not doing correctly. Everyone around me do catch them...just not me. Anyway, some photos of the trip.

The fishermen (fisherpersons - PC)




Our Catch (strictly speaking, their catch)



Cleaning Up

The Simpsons, Bob The Builder: Dead at Moomba!

found at the Moomba Festival today: the hanging of pop culture...

the death of journalism?

this topic's probably been beaten to death already but here's my two cents

the inter-web has caused the decline in the level of professionlism in journalism. the dropping levels of literary skill and accuracy, not to mention the seeming lack of fact checking before publication now makes me question everything that seems outrageous, and instead of being relieved upon finding that the piece of news is in fact true, i'm nonplussed...take for example the following link to summarize it: it basically reports on how a tv station segment on krispy kreme's new donut inadvertently (or lazily) used a pic which was captioned (so good you'll suck d1ck)... http://uweekly.com/cowtown/?p=246

now, without actually trying to confirm the validity of such articles, I wont' usually send it out... i mean, what's it all come to when you can't even trust a seemingly respectable news source

no, this one particular article has not set me off, rather it's the daily instances of journalistic inaccuracy (and the fact that i've got a headache) that led to this point in time... is there no more pride in journalism? or not least, no more pride in actually knowing you did a good job???

true, some would say that there are no more "new stories" just "new views", but surely the fact that the things that these journalists report mold and shape the readers collective thoughts carries enough of an onus, a sense of responsibility to get the BLOODY things right!!!

phew... well that's it for me, if you want to get a hold of me, i'll be off in a corner somewhere with a red pen and today's newspaper circling all the mispelt words...

Tighten my what??!?!?

Light Reading on Career Progression

The first 10 years is key to climbing the career ladder, writes CANDY DAVIS. The experience you get in the first years of your career will help you throughout your working life. It's important to make the most of it and gain as much personal and employment experience as possible. Generally, with a large organisation, you get a smaller slice of responsibility. Whereas, in a smaller business, your experience is spread more extensively and you get a greater range of responsibility... cont'd

Bermuda, huh?

New toys or tools?

Got my new gadgets last week and this week.

This is the first blog entry using the Compaq NX7010 laptop I got from work.

I'm keeping it brief though. It is for work after all. But since I'm using my own broadband connection and not the company AirCard then I suppose it's ok.

I also got a Nokia 6235. Quite a small phone. I was hoping for a Treo to help me with scheduling and organisation - which is what PDA/phones are for but I guess I'm not high up the ladder enough to get one of them even though I work as hard - I'm just whining hehehe. The phone is quite small. It's a child's phone. I have to use my pinkie to dial out.

Anyway, it's nearly midnight...time to go back to do a bit more work before I go to bed.