This totally rocks.
Again courtesy of Dan Norton. Twice in a week. What will people think.
Archive for March, 2004
The Drum Machine
March 18th, 2004View from the Bench
March 18th, 2004I and the SMH continue our endless dance. Another letter despatched into the ether makes it into print.
Oh, how witty. Oh, how droll. The farewell party for Justice Roddy Meagher must have been a real scream (“Judged by his peers, and not found wanting”, Herald, March 16). He appears to be a real loss to the judiciary. Not so obviously a loss to the people of NSW.
Justice Meagher, it seems, did not respect the legal system he adjudicated over enough to stay awake on the bench. Indeed, it appears he was equally unable to cope with the activities that many of us, even the proletarian sons and daughters of public servants, take for granted such as filling out tax returns and taking little strolls without the assistance of staff. The poor soul.
What a fascinating insight into the elitist, out-of-touch and arrogant world of the judiciary.
The Chernobyl Poems of Lyubov Sirota
March 16th, 2004Crave Thin Mints? Girl Scout Cookies Available on eBay
March 15th, 2004This is just so … so … American. And funny. I don’t even know if we do this here *checks with office mates* Nope. Apparently Australian Girl Scouts don’t sell cookies. So lucky I can get them on eBay.
Courtesy of Dan Norton
Marcus’s FotoPage – I’m exposed!
March 15th, 2004Hey it’s me. Looking grumpy.
friday five
March 12th, 20041. What was the last song you heard?
Beethoven, Symphony No. 9
2. What were the last two movies you saw?
Finding Nemo and Animal Factory
3. What were the last three things you purchased?
A new dress shirt, a new black jumper and a Stephen King novel, Wizard and Glass.
4. What four things do you need to do this weekend?
Get ready for Brett’s wedding, don’t lose the rings, stay sober for the speech and see my grandfather.
5. Who are the last five people you talked to?
Lucinda, Zac, my mother and father and Moon from the wrought iron place.
Grammartron Quiz
March 12th, 2004Sometimes these quizzes do scare me a little. Apparently because I prefer good grammar I am part of some neo-right wing facist grammar conspiracy. Hmmm. Well long live the NRWFGC!
You are the grammar Fuhrer. All bow to your authority. You will crush all the inferior people under the soles of your jackboots, and any who question your motives will be eliminated. Your punishment is being the bane of every other person’s existence, because you’re constantly contradicting stupidity. Everyone will be gunning for you. Your dreams of a master race of spellers and grammarians frighten the masses. You must always watch your back. If only your power could be used for good instead of evil.
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Lexiconation
March 10th, 2004Some of these are awfully funny. As a man with many spider webs in his yard I am especially pleased with the highly useful phrase, Arachnoleptic fit, which describes the “frantic dance performed just after you’ve accidentally walked through a spider web”.
out of town
March 8th, 2004Guardian Unlimited Film – What’s popcorn in Aramaic?
March 6th, 2004What’s popcorn in Aramaic? – The Guardian provides useful phrases to help make the Passion of Christ experience more linguistically challenging. I especially like – “It may be uncompromising in its liberal use of graphic violence, but Lethal Weapon II it ain’t.”
