Just got my [AFL-Review] newsletter. The author is a tiger's man. He doesn't seem too happy.

At the MCG:

St. Kilda  5.5   14.6   23.6   27.12.174
Richmond   2.2    6.7    8.9    10.11.71 

And the stinkers kept on comin’. The Tiges have been Sinkilda’s ‘biatches’ for several years now. The Stain’s poor recent form and a feeling Richmun were about to rebound from a couple of bad performances proved very misleading as the Saints thumped the Tiggers from pillar to post. Fraser ‘Bourbon Train’ Gehrig booted 10 goals to cap a dominant performance, which delivered a healthy chunk of percentage too. The Tiges, weakened by injury, lacked confidence, intensity and decent disposal skills. Pat Bowden and Greg Tivendale may as well have worn Sinkilda guernseys.  Sinkilda made one tactical change in selection, ruckman Michael Rix dropped for midfielder Andrew Thompson. The Tiges’ cause wasn’t helped by a host of late withdrawals, key defenders Darren Gaspar (knee), Andrew Kellaway (injured hamstring while surfing - jeez) and forward Andrew Krakouer (er, finger) joined Kel Moore (groin strain) on the sidelines. Joel Bowden returned from suspension, Mark Chaffey was called up for his first game of the season along with Greg Stafford and Ray Hall.

The ball spent the opening 5 minutes in the Stains’ attacking half. Running half-back Jason Gram enjoyed the first term (and the rest of the game too), he booted the opening goal by starting and completing a move involving Rob Harvey and Nick Riewoldt. The Tiges’ belated first thrust saw Tivendale run a long way without a bounce before his shot hit the post. Tiger Mark Chaffey was busy early, his smart kick found Jay Schulz alone for the Tiges’ first goal. Despite dominating possession the Saints struggled to kick goals for a while, Gram was their most effective attacker. In sequence Gram missed a shot, blasted a 50m goal following a slow build-up, then sliced another running shot on-the-full. Riewoldt missed awfully after marking right in front. The Tiges clung on until Shane Tuck’s good kick found Schulz again, he booted his and the Toigs’ second goal and they trailed by 3 points. The Saints won the ball away from the restart and Gram booted his third, long goal. Tige Richard Tambling came on to tag Gram. The Stainers got a move-on now, Andrew Thompson floated a kick for Gehrig to run onto, mark and boot his first. Soon G-Train had his second, a free-kick against grappling opponent Hall. Stafford missed woefully for the Tiges late in the stanza and the Saints went to the first break 21 points ahead. Goals rained through in the second term. The Tiges scored one straight from the opening bounce, Nathan Brown passing for leading Matty Richardson to mark and kick his first major for a few weeks. Only 15 points ahead, the Saints. They cleared the next centre-bounce and Riewoldt snapped a goal, then Brendon Goddard kicked a very easy one under no pressure. Harvey and Riewoldt combined to create a comfortable goal-square mark for Gehrig, he converted and the Saints jumped 33 points ahead. Tivendale broke the run with a goal following some very good roving, but the Saints were doing it in third gear. A sharp Stinkilda move from a kick-in saw Sam Fisher run afield under no pressure and pass to Riewoldt, on to leading Gehrig for his fourth goal. The Tiges suffered a further blow as Brown damaged a hamstring, his day ended. Tigger Tambling booted a goal after marking Richo’s wobbly punt, the Tiges were still clinging on 25 points behind. Gehrig added two goals to the tally in rapid succession, one an off-ball free-kick against battling Ray Hall, the other a mark of Gram’s pass. Tiger Richo benefited from the umps’ vigilance in punishing off-ball holding, Saints 30 points ahead. Saint man Goddard was flattened by Stafford with a decent shirt-front, the game was held up for a while as Goddard was stretchered off. But he wasn’t hurt badly and returned later. The Saints bagged three late goals, a pair of mysterious 50m penalties allowed Brett Voss to kick the first. Busy Leigh Montagna cleared the restart and Gehrig out-marked Joel Bowden to boot another, a poor turnover by Tigger David Rodan led Montagna to punt a major of his own. After Richo missed a late shot the Saints led by 47 points at half-time, G-Train with 7 goals already.

Sinkilda ruckman Cain Ackland kicked a goal straight from the opening bounce of the third term, a soft free-kick and 50m penalty the causes. Richmun ruckman Troy Simmonds won just about every hit-out on the day but the Saints took the ball away almost every time. As Ackland and his sidekick Jason Blake are largely useless as tap-ruckmen, the Saints bank on that happening. Nick Dal Santo free-kicked a goal after being ploughed into the ground by Patrick Bowden and the Saints were 59 points ahead. Richardson’s third goal, a good lead to Brett Deledio’s pass, affected a dead cat bounce before the margin expanded rapidly. Great length-of-the-ground running by Stephen Milne set up Gehrig’s eighth goal, Gram roosted another long sausage and soon Riewoldt’s pass set up Gehrig’s ninth. Goddard returned to cheers from Stainer fans, prior to Milne taking a good mark in traffic and playing-on to snap it through. Pat Bowden’s appalling turnover allowed Montagna to kick a goal and a second later Montagna had another, snapping truly from a throw-in. The Stainers 87 points ahead before Tige skipper Kane Johnson marked and converted. Once again Johnson had been good, winning his battle with Dal Santo. The Saints had won everywhere else, though. Ex-Tiger Aaron Fiora restored the 87-point lead before the final change. Mercifully, the Saints missed a few shots in the last korter. The Saint players must’ve wagered on Gehrig winning the Coleman medal as they looked for him at every opportunity, but G-Train ignored the plan by passing off for Harvey to kick the first goal of the ultimate Mario. But a minute later Gehrig marked Milne’s lobbed kick and booted no. 10, they led by 99 points. Gehrig’s first miss of the day brought up the triple-digit margin. Majors alternated to the end, Richardson and Tivendale goaled for the Toigs, Goddard and Riewoldt majored for the Stains. Frustrated Tige ruckman Simmonds biffed Riewoldt, which might cost him a game or two.

Plenty of good players for the Stains, headed by Fraser Gehrig with 10.1 from 12 marks and 15 kicks (2 handballs). Jason Gram (29 disposals, 4 goals) helped build the early momentum and Leigh Montagna (34 touches, 3 goals) cashed in after half-time. Nick Riewoldt (11 marks, 14 kicks, 2 goals) was happy to play the traditional CHF and set up others to kick goals - G-Train particularly - while Luke Ball (28 possies, 10 tackles), Stephen Powell (24 disposals), Robert Harvey (23 handlings, a goal) and Brendon Goddard (22 touches, 2 goals) all saw plenty of it. Sam Fisher (25 touches, 8 marks) ran downfield to get a kick. Brett Voss was alright too. Only two Tigers really worth mentioning, Kane Johnson (15 disposals, a goal) did his job again on Dal Santo and Andrew Raines (22 disposals) played well. Matty Richardson (9 marks, 13 touches, 4 goals) did alright when the Tiges could get the ball to him. Brett Deledio (24 possies) was best of a beaten midfield. Jay Schulz and Greg Tivendale kicked 2 goals each. Plough sighed though the press conference. "I could tell after about five minutes the game was heading that way . . . It was disappointing to lose Gaspar and Kellaway late in the week but they (the rest of the team) should still be going in with the right attitude and the right psychological approach. It's in those circumstances that mental strength arises and they have just got to handle those situations better." Grant Thomas said "I think the consistency of the four-quarter effort where we continued to attack and probably the most pleasing thing from a coaching perspective, we all agreed, was the fact that we stuck to our plans and worked together as a team. We stuck to our structures and we didn't collapse those sorts of things when the game was no longer in the balance which I think we've been guilty of in the past. You get a bit greedy and a bit selfish which teams can do, but we were really pleased with our selflessness and our team effort."      

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[listening to: Gimme the Car [UK Single] [*] - Violent Femmes ]
8:41:50 PM    comment []  trackback []  G!   • My Hobbies

We heard about Mozart and the Whale a while back and have been waiting for the movie.

It is the story of two people with Asperger's syndrome whose emotional dysfunction impacts their relationship.

Sounds good, and as parents of a child with Asperger's syndrome, we''ve been keen to see it

It didn't make it to the cinemas here in Australia and I had been watching Amazon for it's release.

Moira tracked it down to JB Hi-Fi today and we finally got it today.

We'll be watching it later this week.

And don't forget the program on SBS INSIGHT : Understanding Autism next week. Big week for autism awareness.

[listening to: Confessions - Violent Femmes ]
8:19:51 PM    comment []  trackback []  G!   • Family • TV

Big win to the Saints v Richmond has given the team a sniff of 2nd place on the ladder. To get there we need to win on Friday against the West Coast Eagles. This is another crunch game!

Our record hasn't been good againts the Eagles, but the last time we played at the Telstra Dome, we slammed them by 101 points

Since 1987	All Games	Last 5 Games	Highest Score	Lowest Score	Biggest Win
St Kilda	12	2	169	29	101
West Coast	18	3	175	29	92

Since the game is on Friday night, it's a bit delayed (again). Can I resist until 9.30pm to watch the game 'live'?

Friday 04/08/2006

• 3.00a  Round 17 St Kilda v Richmond
• 3.30p  Last Time They Met 2006 Rnd 1 West Coast Eagles v St Kilda
• 9.30p  Round 18 St Kilda v West Coast Eagles

Saturday 05/08/2006

• 12.30a  Round 18 St Kilda v West Coast Eagles
• 9.30a  Round 18 St Kilda v West Coast Eagles

Monday 07/08/2006

• 8.30a  Round 18 St Kilda v West Coast Eagles
  

[listening to: Gimme the Car [UK Single] [*] - Violent Femmes ]
5:22:42 PM    comment []  trackback []  G!   • My Hobbies

I've been playing with the ladder predictor.

I really like this particular scenario (Note the # reflects the team's current position on the ladder)

Predicted Ladder

#	Team	Pl	W	L	D	PF	PA	Pt	Perc
1	Adelaide	22	17	5	0	2347	1712	68	137.0
4	St Kilda	22	16	6	0	2192	1725	64	127.0
3	Melbourne	22	16	6	0	2205	1939	64	113.7
2	West Coast	22	16	6	0	2191	1992	64	109.9
6	Sydney	22	13	9	0	2094	1817	52	115.2
5	Collingwood	22	13	9	0	2343	2066	52	113.4
7	W Bulldogs	22	12	10	0	2261	2140	48	105.6
8	Fremantle	22	11	11	0	1982	2088	44	94.9
9	Geelong	22	10	12	0	2039	2025	40	100.6
12	Port Adel	22	10	12	0	2008	2134	40	94.0
11	Bris Lions	22	10	12	0	2014	2208	40	91.2
14	Hawthorn	22	9	13	0	1864	2223	36	83.8
10	Richmond	22	8	14	0	1845	2219	32	83.1
13	Kangaroos	22	6	16	0	1885	2181	24	86.4
15	Essendon	22	5	16	1	2033	2389	22	85.0
16	Carlton	22	3	18	1	1861	2306	14	80.7

[listening to: Always - Bon Jovi ]
9:54:51 PM    comment []  trackback []  G!   • Geek • My Hobbies

The exhibition opened and it was a full house.

Christopher Beaumont Cartesian Painting with Cabbage 2000 Oil on linen 152 x 183cm AUD$8,000

Eva Breuer Art Dealer - 83 Moncur Street, Woollahra NSW 2025

[listening to: Money For Nothing - Dire Straights ]
7:45:51 PM    comment []  trackback []  G!   • Family

We had an unexpected visitor today.  It was the dude delivering the census forms.

Tuesday August 8st is Census night.  woohoo!!!! And this year, it can be completed online, thanks to eCensus. w00t++ . I wonder how many Jedis live in Australia?

The 2006 Census is coming...

The Census aims to take a "snapshot" of Australia every five years - collecting vital information on the social, economic and housing characteristics of Australian society.

A successful Census provides benefits to all Australians and the communities they live in.

To find out more about the 2006 Census; why we have one, what you have to do and how the information is used - start here with What you need to know

There are links to Census Data from 2001 and 1996, Census Products, or Census Reference and Information.

If you have a question about the Census, check out the Available Assistance

Hope those Russian hackers stay away from the ABS

[listening to: It's Gonna Rain - Violent Femmes ]
7:33:08 PM    comment []  trackback []  G!   • Family • Geek

Average result with my tips this week. Only got 4 right. A few unexpected results

Week 17
Home		Draw		Away
Magpies (16.17 113)				Hawks (11.2 68)
Saints (27.12 174)				Tigers (10.11 71)
Eagles (26.9 165)				Crows (12.11 83)
Bombers (25.10 160)				Lions (18.15 123)
Power (7.8 50)				Swans (10.17 77)
Kangaroos (13.12 90)				Cats (8.12 60)
Blues (13.11 89)				Dockers (15.17 107)
Demons (18.11 119)				Bulldogs (9.14 68)

I've now had 89 correct tips and I've lost even more ground in my tipping comp.

6:32:51 PM    comment []  trackback []  G!   • My Hobbies

National Tree Day is Australia's biggest community tree-planting event.

Did you plant a tree today?

5:05:41 PM    comment []  trackback []  G!   • My Interests

July 30: Independence Day in Vanuatu (1980)

• 1419 - Hussite Wars: Jan Žižka and others threw several town councillors out the window at the First Defenestrations of Prague.
• 1619 - The first representative assembly in the Americas, Virginia's House of Burgesses, convened for the first time.
• 1756 - Bartolomeo Rastrelli presented the Catherine Palace, a Baroque palace in Tsarskoye Selo, to Empress Elizabeth of Russia.
• 1825 - Malden Island (pictured), now one of Kiribati's Line Islands, was discovered in the Pacific Ocean.
• 1930 - Uruguay won the first Football World Cup in front of their home crowd at Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, beating Argentina 4 to 2.

5:01:33 PM    comment []  trackback []  G!   • Geek

The Age St Kilda's planning starts a late-season surge RealFooty, Australia - 16 hours ago WHEN St Kilda coach Grant Thomas spoke at length to The Age this week about his team's prospects for the rest of this season, he made much of the Saints' bigger scope for improvement than its top-eight rivals. St Kilda in 103-point win over Richmond The Age St Kilda ends Tigers' finals hopes SportsAustralia.com Gehrig kicks bagful as Saints run riot The Age ABC Online - FOX SPORTS - all 19 related »

sportal.com.au

Kosi's season may be over RealFooty, Australia - 16 hours ago ST KILDA coach Grant Thomas has conceded Justin Koschitzke may not play again this season, despite speculation earlier this week that the valuable big man might have returned to the Saints' line-up for yesterday's game against Richmond at the MCG. Kosi indefinite again sportal.com.au Koschitzke conjecture set to continue The Age Saints pin faith in defence The Australian Sydney Morning Herald - Courier Mail - all 23 related »

4:54:31 PM    comment []  trackback []  G!   • My Hobbies

I found this email in my inbox. it's funny

The Chaser’s War on Everything – now available everywhere

 
ABC New Media & Digital Services have made The Chaser team’s dubious Friday night comedy show, The Chaser’s War on Everything, available for download each week via a video podcast (vodcast).

Combined with a portable video player (mp4 player), the new service, available from abc.net.au/chaser, allows viewers to watch and complain about the show anywhere.

“All year long, people have been telling us that they’d love to watch our show, really they would, but that their social life just doesn’t allow them to be watch TV on a Friday night,” Chaser Executive Producer Julian Morrow said.

“So we’ve come up with a way that they can watch it anytime they like. Now the only excuse is that they just don’t like it.”

Many rugby league fans have recently clarified for the team that it’s the latter.

One of the show’s stars, the Crazy Warehouse Clearance Guy, was typically excited by the new service.

“The Chaser team’s gone completely insane and they’re giving away content that other shows only flog off on DVD,” he said. “That’s right, this new video podcast is free, absolutely free. This price is never to be repeated. It’s free.”

“Bring your truck, bring your trailer, bring your mp4 player or just watch it on your computer,” he said.

But the Guy warned fans that they absolutely must download the video podcast “by midnight tonight”. However he later admitted that if they didn’t, they could also download the podcast by midnight on any subsequent night.

 

The Chaser’s War on Everything vodcast will be available at

abc.net.au/chaser from 10pm on Friday 28 July.

=====================================================

Catch the latest Chaser episode by clicking here: http://www.abc.net.au/tv/chaser/war/vodcast/
 
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11:07:01 PM    comment []  trackback []  G!   • My Interests • TV

For Tweenies, Disney's High School Musical is the new hotness.

As the parent of a Tween, High School Musical is on high rotation at our place. And the High School Musical Soundtrack is the only CD in the family car when we all head out together.

Haven't heard of High School Musical? Well this thing is big and it's going to get bigger.

Moira reckons it's going to be like Grease, and the story has parallels with that Travolta/Newton John classic - boy meets girl while on holodays, they then meet up at school but are from different gangs. There's songs and a happy ending. 

High School Musical - it's the next big thing.

7:31:25 PM    comment []  trackback []  G!   • Family • TV

Great result in the footy today.

The Saints thumped the Tigers by 17+ goals. (Not bad for Round 17). Fraser Gehrig kicked 10 goals for the game. The Saints kick 9 goals in the second and third quarters. Jason Gram played his best game. I could go on

AND I missed the game on the telly, because of Chris' exhibition. So, I relied on the coverage from ABC radio and a little known Scoreboard page from Sportsdata

ST KILDA: 5.5, 14.6, 23.6, 27.12 (174)
RICHMOND: 2.2, 6.7, 8.9, 10.11 (71)
GOALS - St Kilda: Gehrig 10, Gram 4, Montagna 3, Goddard 2, Riewoldt 2, Dal Santo, Ackland, Milne, Voss, Fiora, Harvey
Richmond: Richardson 4, Schulz 2, Tivendale 2, Johnson, Tambling
BEST - St Kilda: Gehrig, Gram, Montagna, Ball, Powell, Goddard, S Fisher, Harvey, Voss
Richmond: Raines, Johnson, Chaffey, Richardson, Deledio,
INJURIES - St Kilda: Hudghton (knee strain)
Richmond: Brown (hamstring)
CHANGES - Richmond: Gaspar (knee) replaced in selected side by Hall, Kellaway (hamstring) replaced in selected side by Stafford, Krakouer (finger) replaced in selected side by Chaffey
REPORTS - Nil
UMPIRES - Vozzo, Rosebury, Allen
CROWD - 43,250 at the MCG

RealFooty

St Kilda in 103-point win over Richmond The Age, Australia - 1 hour ago ... haul to Fraser Gehrig has helped St Kilda thump Richmond ... The Saints cruised to a 27.12 (174) to 10.11 (71) victory, effectively ending Richmond's hopes of ... Tigers' finals hopes take a dive ABC Online Gehrig kicks bag as Saints run riot The Age Gehrig stars, Saints run riot FOX SPORTS all 10 related »

7:00:36 PM    comment []  trackback []  G!   • My Hobbies

Today's the day!!!

See his other paintings @ Eva Breuer Art Dealer - 83 Moncur Street, Woollahra NSW 2025

Christopher Beaumont Still Life with Potatoes 2005 Oil on linen 41 x 51cm AUD$3,800

2:23:31 PM    comment []  trackback []  G!   • Family

Gotta Love the boys from The Chaser

Now they are vodcasting.

Their latest episode is online and available to be downloaded

If you intend watching it only on your computer, the Windows Media WMV version might be the way to go. Copy-and-paste this link into your podcast software... http://abc.net.au/tv/chaser/war/vodcast/chaser_wmv.xml Otherwise, your new portable video player will love the MP4 version. Copy-and-paste this link into your podcast software... http://abc.net.au/tv/chaser/war/vodcast/chaser_mp4.xml

OR

Download the WMV video directly   [WMV, 76MB]
(Right click, then 'Save As')

Download the MP4 video directly   [MP4, 76MB]
(Right click, then 'Save As')

Go ABC!!! You guys get it!

BTW - if you watch this, pay attention towards to end of the program. It has something to do with my recent Brush with Fame.

[listening to: chaserep22 - mark ]
11:38:51 PM    comment []  trackback []  G!   • Geek • TV

I gotta get this book

9:32:27 PM    comment []  trackback []  G!   • Geek

I saw this news doing the rounds today. I just cant get over the news than MSN has licensed the rights to broadcast Arrested Development. It was such a sad day for me when Arrested Development was canceled.

Anyways, let's hope this terrific show will find a new audience and we may see some new episodes.

Cinema Blend "Arrested Development" Lives! E! Online - 14 hours ago The syndication rights of the critically acclaimed yet criminally unwatched Arrested Development have been simultaneously licensed by Microsoft's MSN.com and ... Arrested Development in internet syndication deal CBC News The Return of 'Arrested Development' ... Sort of andPOP "Arrested Development" Licensed To Three Companies All Headline News Deadbolt - Contactmusic.com - all 120 related

[listening to: chaserep22 - mark ]
9:10:23 PM    comment []  trackback []  G!   • TV

Some more info about the upcoming program on SBS, which is to broadcast on TUESDAY 8st August  at 7.30pm

INSIGHT – Understanding Autism

A staggering 100,000 Australian children are directly affected by autism and an even greater number of adults. The incidence has dramatically increased in the last decade and affects boys in three out of four cases.  The traits include a lack of social skills, communication difficulties, and obsessive behaviour.

Often a diagnosis of autism is not given until the child is around two.  Up until then families believe their child is normal – they reach all milestones like crawling, walking and first words. But then the child changes, leaving families shattered.

Many questions surround what has been dubbed the ‘silent epidemic’. Why is it on the increase? What causes autism? And is there a cure?  Research is still in preliminary stages, and although a series of therapies have been tried – all of them are costly and controversial.   Some families have been forced to shell out their life savings, sell their family home and dig into their superannuation, to fund these treatments.

And what happens to these children when they become adults? What sort of life can they expect to lead?

INSIGHT brings together desperate families searching for answers, autistic adults who can reflect on their struggle as well as leading experts and researchers.

“Understanding Autism” will be broadcast on TUESDAY 8st August  at 7.30pm on SBS.

8:33:58 PM    comment []  trackback []  G!   • Family • TV

I am a big fan AFL Preview mailing list . It continues to be an entertaining read, as it's written by fans for fans.

I had to share this weeks preview, since the author is a tiger fan. I love his last sentence.

St Kilda V Richmond  – MCG Saturday

Yes you can say the Tigers were woeful against the Swans last week but then so were the Saints against the Power in Tassie. Richmond have done it all year, that is, follow up a poor performance with an unexpected win due to a change in form. I believe they can do it this week in a game where you expect them to hold sway in the ruck with Symonds on a roll but it will be how the teams play the game above their shoulders in this match. Richmond would need to win nearly every game to make the finals while the Saints have notched 4 wins in a row to put themselves 5th on the ladder and with a bit of momentum. I’ll kick myself if Richmond gets up but the sensible selection will be St Kilda.

St Kilda by 21

8:30:05 PM    comment []  trackback []  G!   • My Hobbies

Another featured painting from the Chris Beaumont exhibition opening on Saturday.

Have a look at his other paintings @ Eva Breuer Art Dealer - 83 Moncur Street, Woollahra NSW 2025

Christopher Beaumont Still Life with Grapes and Skull 2005 Oil on linen 41 x 51cm AUD$3,800

[listening to: Fall at Your Feet - Crowded House ]
2:24:34 PM    comment []  trackback []  G!   • Family

SBS has an interesting show coming up next week. As a parent of 2 children diagnosed with Autism, I'm going to be watching.  

INSIGHT – Understanding Autism

A staggering 100,000 Australian children are directly affected by autism and an even greater number of adults. It has been dubbed the ‘silent epidemic’. Why is it on the increase? What causes autism? Is there a cure? 
And why are some families pushed over the edge in trying to deal with it?
Jenny Brockie speaks to Daniela Dawes about what drove her to suffocate her ten year old son two years ago. Former Deputy Prime Minster Tim Fischer reflects on his life with his autistic son Harrison.

“Understanding Autism” will be broadcast on TUESDAY 1st August  at 7.30pm on SBS.

BTW Moria reckons I am an undiagnosed one too.

[listening to: Self Control - Laura Branigan ]
9:25:43 AM    comment []  trackback []  G!   • Family • TV

A featured painting from the Chris Beaumont exhibition opening this week.

Christopher Beaumont Still Life with Chicken Stock 2006 Oil on linen 76 x 84cm AUD$5,600

[listening to: Breakin' Up [#][*][Demo Version] - Violent Femmes ]
9:07:21 AM    comment []  trackback []  G!   • Family

My favorite AFL site FinalSiren has had a makeover.

Looks slick!

10:54:49 PM    comment []  trackback []  G!   • My Hobbies

Today I took Moira's car to the local dealer to get it serviced.

This evening, while I was waiting to pick it up, George Negus sat down next to me.

He nodded, I smiled, and then he started talking on the phone to someone.

I would never have picked George as a Volvo Driver

[listening to: Never Tell - Violent Femmes ]
6:48:28 PM    comment []  trackback []  G!  

Todays featured painting from the Chris Beaumont exhibition opening this week.

Christopher Beaumont Pandora's Cabinet 2005 Oil on linen 76 x 84cm AUD$5,600

His exhibition of his work opens in Sydney on Saturday 29th July 2006

Have a look at his other paintings @ Eva Breuer Art Dealer - 83 Moncur Street, Woollahra NSW 2025

[listening to: Not The Girl You Think You Are - Crowded House ]
3:17:23 PM    comment []  trackback []  G!   • Family

Senator Ted Stevens made a speech where he said the Internet is a series of tubes.

AlterNet has a DJ remix of the speech.

The Daily Show had Jon Stewart deconstruct the speech.

Amazingly. this had had no coverage that I have seen in the local media.