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Tuesday, 30 December 2008

One last thing

Posted on 08:42 by Unknown
I'm drowning in other people's "Best of 2008" lists, so I'm not going to add to the pile. Instead, just one lovely thing from 2008 that still makes me laugh every time I see it.The shiny guy does always worry.See you next year!
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Monday, 29 December 2008

Because disabled people need rules, too

Posted on 06:07 by Unknown

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Sunday, 28 December 2008

If a tree falls in a forest and no Aussies are around to hear it, does it make a sound?

Posted on 11:29 by Unknown
I woke up this morning, as I have so many, many mornings of my life, to news of conflict in the Middle East. Today it’s the second day of Israeli air attacks in the Gaza Strip, with a ground attack looking highly likely.The prospect of yet another war there, even after almost 600 years of conflict, should be news in itself.Why, then, does the story have to be run on our local news – Seven’s
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Saturday, 27 December 2008

I know who should play Karen

Posted on 08:17 by Unknown
I can't believe that Mamma Mia! was a hit musical and a hit movie-of-the-musical while the only decent thing anyone ever made about the Carpenters, Todd Haynes' all-Barbie Superstar, was banned.A Carpenters' jukebox musical, which will artlessly be called Close To You (although Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft would be pretty good), can only be just around the corner.Let me get a
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Wednesday, 24 December 2008

A special Christmas Day message for His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI

Posted on 05:01 by Unknown
Fuck you, asshole.Another power-crazed German determined to wipe out an entire people. Terrific.
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Tuesday, 23 December 2008

Dreams of glitter and style

Posted on 06:49 by Unknown
I really must try to use the word "silversational" more often.Happy holidays, everyone!
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Monday, 22 December 2008

Please remember those less fortunate than yourself

Posted on 12:00 by Unknown
At this special time of year, please take a moment to remember the people in our world who are suffering the most: the poor souls in the "before" section of infomercials.Angry woman with hectic kitchen-tile pattern struggling with the washing-up. Her apron print, like the tiny broomsticks in Fantasia, suggests even more dishes to come.Frustrated woman who saves time by not having to iron her
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Saturday, 6 December 2008

Would you mind if I put you on hold?

Posted on 03:25 by Unknown
43 minutes spent talking to my phone company’s “care” call-centre in India. It took nine people to answer my ostensibly simple question: What is the status of my order?No record of the order. No match for the receipt number. “Would you mind if I put you on hold?” For five minutes.Along the way, inumerable requests for my date of birth. I know for sure that I’ve never given it to them, and I said
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