Painting, Mythbuster Style

Don't miss the slo-mo at the end

Utter Madness

I know I shouldn't be surprised, but !!!??!!

If ever there was a team

I most want to wipe the smarmy grin from their pocked and sweaty faces, it is the swine-whores of Hornsby. I never thought I’d see the day I’d say this, but GO MIRRABOOKA! Good luck for the Grand Final on Sunday.

Bah.

Hmph.

Happy Birthday John

and sharp knees, man.

Hawai'i

So I'm in Hilo, which is a town on the Big Island. Today i tried to climb Mouna Kea after about 1.5mil and 1000ft from where i started altitude took its toll, i was about 10,200ft and oh my god there is no air up there, Chris was the only one of our group to make it to the summit. Up there are some of the world's best telescopes.

So my lovely cuz Emma got married on Saturday to a Canadian Muso named Clayton, him and his family are pretty cool so i have welcomed him as my newest cousin in-law. Their ceremony was conducted on the beach at sunset very special! Otherwise i have been walking around this awesome island, snorkeling and tomorrow we are doing a bike tour of a volcano - should be fun

Photos to follow - back in town Sunday evening so I'm sure you'll make it.

The unluckiest man (still) alive

This reminds of suicidal Sid - a cartoon in Viz magazine where the main character consistenly fails to 'check out'

Creepy

GNS Raiders finals bid 2008

The respectable 1pm start boded well for a team of alcoholic reprobates such as ours, taking to the field in the semi-finals against the intolerable nancy-pantses of Mosman 2 yesterday.

In usual form, the first half was hard slog for us, running into the low winter sun and finding the Mosman tackle sturdier than we remembered. The action mostly took place in our defending D, reducing our backs to a state of spluttering, red-faced exhaustion by half time. Fortunately, what flimsy attempts at scoring were made, our bold goalie Gracie sent packing with an allegorical boot, as if right up the frilly-skirted Mosman bum.

After a peppery half-time pep talk from the co-aches Hannah & Tash, the second half saw Gordon fire right up. Breakaways came thick and fast. Some terrible calls (or lack thereof) by the androgynous umpires were not enough to douse spirits. The Mosman forwards started to flag, and yet, like a straight guy at a film festival, Gordon just couldn’t seem to score.

And then, with 10 minutes left on the clock and overtime seemingly a sure thing, a melodic crack of ball-on-backboard echoed across the grounds, as a short corner was converted beautifully and decisively for the first goal of the game. By Gordon. A real butt-slapping, group-hugging, cigarette-in-bed crowd pleaser, if we do say so ourselves.

Despite a determined surge of vengeance from Mosman, we managed to dig in and stave off a bitter reprisal. Then, with just 3 minutes remaining, almost as if still intoxicated with the heady fumes of the first success, a second goal from Gordon, to reinforce our ascendancy, demoralise the Mosman namby-pam, and secure our place in the minor finals this Sunday.

And next, we face our fiercest foe, the indomitable (pre-op) Hornsby RSL ‘girls’. Can Gordon turn back the steady tide of history and do the undone? Can we finally stop the marauding blue and gold in their tracks? Though we moved up a grade this year, will we find ourselves once again facing the formidable Mirrabooka hockey club, in the 2008 Grand Finals on the 31st? Only the passage of time can answer. Only a miracle (or performance enhancing drugs) will make assured our success.

BTW, Congratulations DENDY!

Excellent choice.

Nothing but Tears

as gentle on a baby's skin as "having to grow up and fend for your goddamn self."

Flashback

In a last minute bid to divert myself from my remaining onerous Friday arvo tasks, I thought I’d see what it was that we were thinking about two years ago. Looking back to 15 August 2006, it seems that silliness and heated debate were on our minds.

Hehehehehe

Kathy Evans, the single dumbest contestant to ever get on 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?'

NEW YORK - Idaho resident Kathy Evans brought humiliation to her friends and family Tuesday when she set a new standard for stupidity with her appearance on the popular TV show, 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.'It seems that Evans, a 32-year-old wife and mother of two, got stuck on the first question, and proceeded to make what fans of the show are dubbing 'the absolute worst use of lifelines ever.'

After being introduced to the show's host Meredith Vieira, Evans assured her that she was ready to play, whereupon she was posed with an extremely easy $100 question. The question was:

'Which of the following is the largest?'

A) A Peanut

B) An Elephant

C) The Moon

D) Hey, who you calling large?

Immediately Mrs. Evans was struck with an all consuming panic as she realized that this was a question to which she did not readily know the answer. 'Hmm, oh boy, that's a toughie,' said Evans, as Vieira did her level best to hide her disbelief and disgust. 'I mean, I'm sure I've heard of some of these things before, but I have no idea how large they would be.'

Evans made the decision to use the first of her three lifelines, the 50/50. Answers A and D were removed, leaving her to decide which was bigger, an elephant or the moon. However, faced with an incredibly easy question, Evans still remained unsure. 'Oh! It removed the two I was leaning towards!' exclaimed Evans. 'Darn. I think I better phone a friend.' Using the second of her two lifelines on the first question, Mrs. Evans asked to be connected with her friend Betsy, who is an office assistant. 'Hi Betsy! How are you? This is Kathy! I'm on TV!' said Evans, wasting the first seven seconds of her call. 'Ok, I got an important question. Which of the following is the largest? B, an elephant, or C, the moon. 15 seconds hun.' Betsy quickly replied that the answer was C, the moon. Evans proceeded to argue with her friend for the remaining ten seconds. 'Come on Betsy, are you sure?' said Evans. 'How sure are you? Puh, that can't be it.' To everyone's astonishment, the moronic Evans declined to take her friend's advice and pick 'The Moon.' 'I just don't know if I can trust Betsy. She's not all that bright. So I think I'd like to ask the audience,' said Evans. Asked to vote on the correct answer, the audience returned 98% in favor of answer C, 'The Moon.' Having used up all her lifelines, Evans then made the dumbest choice of her life. 'Wow, seems like everybody is against what I'm thinking,' said the too-stupid-to-live Evans. 'But you know, sometimes you just got to go with your gut. So, let's see. For which is larger, an elephant or the moon, I'm going to have to go with B, an elephant. Final answer.'

Evans sat before the dumbfounded audience, the only one waiting with bated breath, and was told that she was wrong, and that the answer was in fact, C, 'The Moon.'

This one is actually better!!!

Enjoy your Wednesday knowing you are smarter than these people....well...most of you are anyway...

TGIF Mutha Flippers!

I run a comb through my hair
and step out in the street
And the city's the color of flame
in the mid-summer heat
Oh yeah

Jennifer's got her daddy's car,
She's playing Uptown on the stereo
We go cruisin' so close,
The way they did long ago
My darlin'

(Turn) turn the radio up for that sweet sound
Hold me close never let me go
(Keep) keep this feelin' alive
Make me lose control
Baby, baby

(When) when I look in your eyes, I go crazy
Fever's high with the lights down low
(So take) take me over the edge
Make me lose control

We put the top down and park 'neath the moon
in the sky
And the wind is so hot in our hair, like a fire in July
Whoa yeah

Jennifer's singin' Stand By Me,
And she knows every single word by heart
Was love always this good?
Or could this be just the start?
Whoa darlin'

(Turn) turn the radio up for that sweet sound
Hold me close never let me go
(Keep) keep this feelin' alive
Make me lose control
Baby, baby

(When) when I look in your eyes, I go crazy
Fever's high with the lights down low
(So take) take me over the edge
Make me lose control

Be My Baby comes on, and were movin' in time
And the heat from your touch makes me feel
like I'm losing my mind
Whoa yeah

(And then they played) Back In My Arms again
(We close our eyes) we start rememberin' when
(We start to kiss) and now the feeling's intense
And we just pray that this night never ends
Wohohoho, my darlin'

(Turn) turn the radio up for that sweet sound
Hold me close never let me go
Keep this feelin' alive
Make me lose control
Baaby

When I look in your eyes, I go crazy
Fever's high with the lights down low
(So take) take me over the edge
Make me lose control
Baby, baby

(Turn) turn the radio up for that sweet sound
Hold me close never let me go
(Keep) keep this feelin' alive
Make me lose control

When I look in your eyes, I go crazy
Fever's high with the lights down low
(So take) take me over the edge
Make me lose control
Baby, baby

(Turn) turn the radio up for that sweet sound
Hold me close never let me go
(Keep) keep this feelin' alive
Make me lose control

Eric Carmen Make Me Lose Control lyrics