Tidy

I feel I should ask if it was better the other way...with links and whatnot. Any thoughts? Better? Worse?

Regardless, there should be entertainment so read (and maybe tell) underpants stories with Styleygeek.

Funnies

For Easter:

For my birthday:

And just for giggles (oito):

Pilot: Folks we'll be flying at 28 thousand feet today, however, the folks at maintenance only gave us enough fuel to fly at 22 thousand feet. So, we'll see what happens. Enjoy your flight!

Oh, and for later (May 28):

Rutherglen

So we're all back from the inaugural AABBÇC Interstate Tour (website still yet to be made). Much fun enjoyed by all with some good wines, some not so good wines and some fantastic wines combined with a healthy dose of breathalyser competitions, food and ninja-ing, it was all-round a pretty good weekend...oh and don't forget good ol' St. Pat's.

Some wanted more wine.


Some were just looking for love...though in disturbing places.

Good advice

A good how-to clip from videojug on how to ensure service at a bar with an accompanying page from wikiHow. I've always found 'offering-my-place' technique, where you get in next to a not-so-bold girl (who is sure to be skipped over) and when you're approached first insist that she was first. Works every time.

Pirate Convention

I've been chuckling about this for a while, and then I finally saw Jarhead (in which I really liked Peter Sarsgaard's performance)...so I thought I'd finally post this. Enjoy.

The Cat

Apart from the having to pack bags to leave ridiculously early, this evening was made all the more fun by the arrival of a temporary housemate.
Vic and the newcomer:

Doods and 'Alberta'...that's not its real name...unless she gets to keep it.
So, yeah, if anyone knows someone who's lost a kitten give us a holler.

Cheap Deal Awesomeness

Two companies. For each I prefer the...uh...more 'community-derived'(?) alternatives. But for each I still don't mind selling out occasionally because of the various pros...such as cheapness.

Borders and Microsoft each have an awesome deal available for us.

Borders has 40% off a book for this week! That's nearly half price!
And Microsoft is giving students Office 2007 Ultimate Pack for maximum $75!

That's just the kind of awesomeness that makes people sell out in the first place!

Camels may be bad for us

The scientist has floated the idea of shooting feral camels and using the meat for human consumption or pet food.

"Aboriginal people rightly would like to make some money out of the camels which are on their land, so we may well see strong support in those communities for using camels for things like pet meat but also for maybe human consumption."

Though I'm still unclear on why they're bad...'cause I've always heard they're the perfect species for Australia. Though why has it taken this long to realise that, without natural predators, their numbers can become a problem?

Overheard Gold

CCA: So, I have to get some KY jelly for my puppy. I've never really lubricated a dog's rectum before, you know?

Sales guy slamming down phone: Fucking bitch.
Boss: Tell me you didn't just slam the phone down on our biggest billing client.
Sales guy: What? She couldn't hear that.
Boss: What the fuck are you talking about?! I get the phone slammed down on me all the time -- I fucking hear it.
Sales guy: Yeah, I guess maybe she could hear it.
Boss, picking up phone: Call me.
Sales guy, getting very nervous: No, it's okay. I'm sorry.
Boss: Fucking call me. I said call me! Fucking do it now! [Sales guy calls. Boss starts slamming his receiver against his desk screaming] Can you fucking hear that?! Huh?! Can you fucking hear it, bitch?!
Sales guy: I hear it, boss, I hear it. Please, please stop.

I've gotta find out how to get these

I love Rowan Atkinson. Not so much Mr. Bean, though Bean is both a fantastic performance and pretty high up there in the comedy stakes, but Atkinson's other performances are awesome.

I had posted a couple of YouTube clips...but then I found this rip from one of his shows. It's got some interesting takes on some old classic sketches.


Edit: This clip is also amazing. Rowan Atkinson interviewing Elton John. (It's also considerably shorter than the previous) If anyone has the video I'd pay through the nose to see it.

Interview With Elton John (Rowan Atkinson).mp3 | Send To Friends | Funny Videos at JibJab

I think she deserves a medal

...the geekiest one we have.

And on a slightly-humorous-but-also-kinda-disturbing note:
Bet On Iraq

Who wants to give me money?

On one hand I feel I should be restrained and sensible otherwise they may back down...but on the other...

Summary (of an already short article):

The Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee is demanding immediate action from the Federal Government, after releasing its its latest report on student finances [which showed] that increasing numbers of students are struggling financially and neglecting their studies.

The vice-chancellors want the Federal Government to provide more scholarships and look at raising student allowances.

I hate when they don't apply to me.

Ahhh...the wondorous possibilities of a paperclip

Awesome 80's goodness from OneRedPaperclip (post):

And a humorous little post about Diocletian.

More Supercell Goodness

Admittedly there's been a bit of overkill on the whole supercell storm thingy and pictures and stories from passers-by and lecturer's stories of how all their stuff which was so safely filed away on the floor all got wet...but, I thought these two posts from Fumbling Towards Geekdom were particularly good (one of which is 'coincidentally' called Aftermath...PhDs should know better than to plagiarise a student...more so when it's done in anticipation).


Besides, it's a good excuse to link to the 'mystery'-ANU Linguistics PhD-girl's blog which I've been meaning to do for a while now.

Axes of Mutual Interest

I've fond memories of reading this many moons ago and thus decided to look for it to stay in perpetuity on the servers of Google. It's been widely attributed to John Cleese, but Wil Wheaton tracked it down tracked it down to SatireWire.

Bitter after being snubbed for membership in the "Axis of Evil," Libya, China, and Syria today announced they had formed the "Axis of Just as Evil," which they said would be way eviler than that stupid Iran-Iraq-North Korea axis President Bush warned of his State of the Union address.
Membership closed

Axis of Evil members, however, immediately dismissed the new axis as having, for starters, a really dumb name. "Right. They are Just as Evil... in their dreams!" declared North Korean leader Kim Jong-il. "Everybody knows we're the best evils... best at being evil... we're the best."

Diplomats from Syria denied they were jealous over being excluded, although they conceded they did ask if they could join the Axis of Evil.

"They told us it was full," said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

"An Axis can't have more than three countries," explained Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. "This is not my rule, it's tradition. In World War II you had Germany, Italy, and Japan in the evil Axis. So you can only have three. And a secret handshake. Ours is wicked cool."

International reaction to Bush's Axis of Evil declaration was swift, as within minutes, France surrendered.

Elsewhere, peer-conscious nations rushed to gain triumvirate status in what became a game of geopolitical chairs. Cuba, Sudan, and Serbia said they had formed the Axis of Somewhat Evil, forcing Somalia to join with Uganda and Myanmar in the Axis of Occasionally Evil, while Bulgaria, Indonesia and Russia established the Axis of Not So Much Evil Really As Just Generally Disagreeable.

With the criteria suddenly expanded and all the desirable clubs filling up, Sierra Leone, El Salvador, and Rwanda applied to be called the Axis of Countries That Aren't the Worst But Certainly Won't Be Asked to Host the Olympics; Canada, Mexico, and Australia formed the Axis of Nations That Are Actually Quite Nice But Secretly Have Nasty Thoughts About America, while Spain, Scotland, and New Zealand established the Axis of Countries That Sometimes Ask Sheep to Wear Lipstick.

"That's not a threat, really, just something we like to do," said Scottish Executive First Minister Jack McConnell.

While wondering if the other nations of the world weren't perhaps making fun of him, a cautious Bush granted approval for most axes, although he rejected the establishment of the Axis of Countries Whose Names End in "Guay," accusing one of its members of filing a false application. Officials from Paraguay, Uruguay, and Chadguay denied the charges.

Israel, meanwhile, insisted it didn't want to join any Axis, but privately, world leaders said that's only because no one asked them.

hehehe...Chadguay

Linky poos

Again, I've just stolen links from another blog, though this time I don't know the authors. See project.ioni.st

It's billed as a screenwriter's guide to relationships, but I think it's perfect for anone with enough sense to be able to read a graph.


A guy skydiving kinda sideways...means he can go down the side of a mountain. link

That's it...enjoy.

Aftermath

The last week has been slightly more interesting than most here in Canberra. Mostly because of the big-ass storm that tore the city apart on Tuesday night. Well, actually it was quite limited in its destruction, but it's managed to affect two of the three things that I centre my life here around.

First of all the storm caused major damage to at least 60 buildings on the ANU campus (depending on who you talk to). Including all the bits that are central to each of my subjects of course; though I've gotta feel sorry for the researchers and, more importantly, their research students who've had PhDs, Masters & Honours projects destroyed or delayed. There are plenty of photos around (the ABC reported hundreds being emailed around before 10am). So I've blatantly ripped the links to flickr and the ABC's own collection from Maddy's post.

Secondly, I was rostered on for the Wednesday at work and thus got stuck trying to protect everything in the store until things stopped leaking.
Good news: Only two of our direct competitors are still open after JAG and Country Road both had their ceilings fall in. (You should see CR, the entire thing just dropped all over the product, even yesterday they hadn't started cleanup)
Bad news: Vicki's workplace was totalled...really...the assessor came in and said "Save what stock you can, the rest is a write off." Thus hard, but fun, work was produced with many people being paid to tear down shelves and stock, put a hammer through it and through it out. Bit of a shame really as plenty of it was just superficial or packaging damage and it could've gone to a charity. Oh well...insurance companies suck.

Thankfully, however, the Film Group had to delay the second showing of Casino Royale (my last chance to see it without giving money to the Bond traitors...at least for a while), but still showed the Dr. No/GoldenEye Bondfest last night which was awesome. I'd never seen the original before and, quite frankly, it was good to see a Bond film made with a low budget.

So, every student I know...at least the undergrads...are over the moon about assessable tutes etc being cancelled for the last few days, Vicki and myself have made some awesome profits and our house is still intact (touch wood). Altogether, some pretty good bright sides.