God Bless America

Lets get this absolutely clear. I love America. Many wonderful and amazing things come from there. The world invents something, often Japan, the plucky Brits, the odd Frenchman – and America runs with it and turns it into something amazing. Take the modern internet (but h/t to top Brit Tim Berners-Lee for actually inventing it) for example – there’s no doubt that the US…

I see dumb people!!

Yes, I feel like Haley Joel Osment in Sixth Sense, only with less creepy 10-year-old girls under the table with poisoned sick coming out of their mouths. Went out this morning to get presents for Henry’s birthday for when I go back to England next week and also a few other bits and bobs and oh man, the dumb people are out in force…

oooh, they makes me so mad..

Politicians. Gah! Somehow politicians everywhere over think the world owes them a living! I know they have to do a challenging job sometimes, but so does everyone else, but somehow they think they are better than everyone else and that’s what irks me the most. I’ve just read in the Guardian that Sir Nicholas Winterton (aka Lord Chinless Wonder), an MP in the UK…

ikky

Its damn hot again today, not the best for walking 20 mins in a suit 😦 Of course, a year ago, it wasn’t like this in the mornings..it was a lot cooler.. I’ve written about this before, but I think its timely to remind you all.. So a big thank-you to all the morons who voted for daylight savings time to end permanently in…

Dear Tia (aka little doggy) *contains swearing

Dear Tia You are a sweet little pooch, ever trotting around the house following one of us about with your little tail wagging happily, scampering around the garden and sleeping curled up in the sun resting your chin on a shoe.  Your fussing over the guinea pigs and mothering them when the girls bring them in to play with them is adorable and your…

forum nonsense

people can be so rude on the internet.  its the same behind the wheel of a car – that level of distance from other people enables the very worst behaviour to come to the fore. If these kinds of people spoke like that to someone else in person, it would be a matter of minutes before they got their head kicked in.   You don’t…

jibber jabber

I used to think it was spam choked up the internet, millions and millions of unsolicited emails every second. I was mistaken, it appears Stephen Fry is now the main drain on the worlds bandwidth. Not directly, and I’m not blaming him, but its just the way the internet is these days. The cause of this blockage is called social networking, and technically, even…

FAIL

I give in, I’ve called an irrigation expert to come round this afternoon – the pump packed in today *sob* Thats pretty much everything mechanical in the house thats been replaced or fixed so far!

rules and regulations

We live in a world where nothing is free anymore. I’ve known this for a while – it wasn’t like this in the early 90’s.  I remember getting my first car, going to France on a day trip with some mates and drinking beer in a park in Calais.  I remember when it was possible to speak about what you wanted and providing you…

Whine Flu

I have it, I do. *wheeze, moan* In other news, I went out to meet a bunch of photographers from Flickr last night in Kwinana and had a blast.(except when it rained) I didnt take a lot of shots and mostly I’m sure they’re the same as everyone elses, but it was good fun.   Good to meet some of the people I’d been chatting…