Velour pants, really?

Tracey and I were in a leading department store the other day and whilst my wonderful wife was off ordering coffee from the coffee franchise island I was left sitting facing a sleigh bed that was on display.

I could hear a couple outside of my line of vision walking up and talking.  The woman was commenting on how much she liked the sleigh bed.  Her companion/boyfriend/husband snorted in contempt and demanded to know why.  She meekly offered that she didn’t know why.

It was at this point that they came into my field of vision and it was then that I discovered something unpleasant.  The dude was wearing velour pants.

Velour pants?

Like the kind that George from Seinfeld wore when his girlfriend said she didn’t care what he wore and he was testing the theory out.

I mean come on, forget why your lady friend likes a certain style of bed buddy, why would you go out wearing those pants!?

Honestly I think she can take the higher morale ground here.

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Glass houses?

“Actress X is an ugly mole” was the delightful declaration I got to hear the other day in a gaming store.  I’m not going to dignify the comment by identifying the actress in question.  But it certainly gave me pause to wonder why women have such horrible self esteem problems.

Actually I probably wouldn’t have even noticed the young ‘lady’ who said it but she said it with such bile in her voice that I couldn’t ignore her and couldn’t really understand where such anger came from and so strongly?

The actress in question isn’t a super model by any standard (seriously what standards though!?) but really?  Ugly mole?

That’s pretty rough.

Of course you may be wondering at this stage what glamorous creature this must be to be able to pass such definitive judgement?  Thongs or possibly barefoot, I’m hoping not barefoot but it is a very good chance.  Baggy, stained, grey tracksuit pants and awful skin.

I’m not judging, I’m just saying.

Glass houses?

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Jaiku vs Twitter

With thanks to Mr Mike Bogle I’m one of the proud “beta” users of Jaiku (you needs you an invite to become a user at this stage).  I like it, it has a couple of features on it that Twitter doesn’t at this stage and they are some attractive features especially the comment feature.

When you reply a bit in Twitter it starts to become a little confusing and if you miss a reply and try to answer later on it is out of context.  In fact earlier tonight I responded to LeighI about a Tweet I did the other day about my laptop bag being really heavy.  My comment now has no real context and I only hope she sees it and knows what I’m talking about!

There is another problem though with Jaiku and it has nothing to do with the system, I don’t know anyone on there!!  It’s easier to find similiar minded people on there because it has a bunch of communities etc but I feel weird just following strangers!

So it feels like I’m screaming out at the dark (except for mbogle of course).

If anyone reading this is also using Jaiku please add me!!

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Twitter and bits

I don’t use Twitter half as much as I would like to, actually that’s not 100% true, often I’m a Twitter lurker and I just eavesdrop on what others are saying.  I wonder if there is a term for that?  I’m pretty tired and it’s late so I’ll leave that to everyone else to work out!

I like the service, I think it’s clever and really only people who don’t use it think that it’s a stupid “I’m eating lunch” “now I’m finished” service (not that it doesn’t have those types of entries - heck even I’ve done that).

Someone on the Aussie Bloggers Forum once said that they liked it because they work from home (which can be really isolating) and it gives the effect of virtual office background chatter.

And they’re right, I used to have a soundtrack website that I would run in the background and read the conversations running.

So anyway I’m going to try using it more, I’ve just (not twenty minutes ago) started using mobile phone updates via sms which are pretty cool.  So check out my twitter feed or see it on the sidebar!

Oh yeah I’m the guest poster over at All that comes with it (Dan’s blog) so pop over there and read my thoughts on ‘The Net’.  Leave a comment telling Dan you were there as I’ve a feeling it’s his least popular one so far and I feel bad for him because that’s my fault.

If you’ve commented in the last couple of days and I haven’t responded please don’t worry I will respond as soon as I get a chance!!

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Genetically modified orgasms… oh dear

One of my greatest fears in high school was showing up on a public holiday without realising that it was a day off.

The other fear was instead of saying the word ‘organism’ in biology I would say ‘orgasm’.  I never did, at least not in class but there was a politician who in Parliament today did that very thing, not once but twice.

I feel really bad for him, well as bad as I can for a politician:

“I support the member for McMillan’s call for the government to conduct an independent broad-ranging scientific investigation into the genetic modification of food and biotechnology to assess not only the health of the crops and the food, but also the potential for contamination, the commercial implications for Australian primary industry, and the benefits and risks associated with genetically modified orgasms, orgasms,”

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23802124-13762,00.html

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Dude this cat totally looks like Christina Ricci

I know I said I’d avoid doing posts where I just point at something and leave it at that, but I mean seriously, this cat has a real Christina Ricci face on it!
It’s freaking me out slightly.

more cat pictures

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Compare your morning with Fusion Man’s

Fusion Man’s to do list for this morning:

• Feed the fish
• Jump out of aeroplane and go for a cool flight using my rocket pack and wings
• Pick up milk

I mean how cool is this guy?  Here’s a dude (and yes I’m sorry this guy is a dude) that thought to himself one day, probably after watching The Rocketeer, how neat it would be if he had his own jetpack.

Then he took it a step further and decided to get himself a rocket pack, noticed that Target doesn’t carry them and so he would have to build one himself.

Then some other dudes who make watches thought to themselves ‘that is pretty cool, we should give that dude some cash and then he’ll wear our watch and people will then say “aw dude did you see Fusion Man’s watch?” and then they will buy Fusion Man endorsed watches!!!’

And bloody hell what a brilliant plan it is too!  I mean who cares what watch I wear!?  Casio G Shock, in case anyone is in fact wondering and it’s very nice too (in case Casio feel that they would like my endorsement).  Note to Casio, cash in small notes are appreciated (ummm large notes are cool too).

Side note - made the Top 100 Australian Blogs *High Five*!

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I kinda just feel bad for the time traveller

I’ve resigned myself to the fact that time travel will not be available in my lifespan.  I do still believe that it is a very strong possibility though.  Everything I’ve read on the topic points to the reality of time travel, specifically time travel forwards, backwards is a hell of lot harder.  Maybe forwards time travel is a reality in my lifetime?  I like the idea that maybe I’m still around in a thousand years from now thanks to accelerated forward time travel?

Cool.

But it is the backwards time traveller that has my pity (to a degree).  Assuming that when you go back in time you are able to interact I have to imagine that the individuals selected to do so are extraordinarily well trained and disciplined.

Imagine though the thought process that must go through one’s mind when you know the horror that is to come.

To be talking to someone who you’ll know will die in some unpleasent circumstances, one word given from you could change all of that.  But of course you have to be detached, like a reporter, you just don’t get involved.

I think immediately after the event would be the hardest, the helplessness as time and events march on.  Some of these events are hard enough to watch now when you couldn’t have done a thing in the first place!

Yeah, this is the kind of stuff I lay awake at night thinking about.

Next time you can’t sleep try to work out how you would go about convincing someone in the past that you’re from the future.  Sure you can tell them some large scale events to confirm your knowledge but more often this would require time to prove.  Imagine you wake up and it is October 15th 1991.  Anyone have an idea what was going on in the world around that time withoutlooking it up?

Makes your brain hurt.

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Super Friends on YouTube

I got stuck on YouTube for ages the other night and here is another thing that made me laugh. I’ll stop after this one as long as you promise to search for Marvel/DC: After Hours on YouTube and watch the entire series.

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Iron Man vs Batman

You know I’m a sucker for a good “I’m a Mac” parodies but this one was brought to my attention by Leechbabe and I nearly spat my coffee all over the keyboard and monitor.

Since I’m embedding youtube links I don’t think that the Wassup parodies will ever get old for me, this one is particularly good!

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