CNN wins the award for the tackiest headline - Tsunamis shatter celebrity holidays

[listening to: Bigger than my Body - John Mayer ]
5:07:08 PM    comment []  trackback []  G!   • Random

On holidays I let my beard grow and I wear a brighter shirt, as opposed to my everyday look

[listening to: Song for Shelter - Fatboy Slim ]
12:26:25 AM    comment []  trackback []  G!   • Family • Random

Gotta love those Germans.

I read an article about the new hit song in Germany in The SMH - Kylie upstaged by toddler.

I had to hear the song for myself. So I went, I searched and I found - http://m4yn3t.de/schnappi/

You can download the original or a bunch of different remixes.

"Schni Schna Schnappi, Schnappi Schnappi Schnapp!". I can't get it out of my head now. That'll teach me!

I need to teach Emma to sing this!

[listening to: Schnappi-das kleien Krokodil - Joy Gruttmann ]
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I always wondered what I would look like as a South Park Character.

** UPDATE ** :  New Link to make your own here

[listening to: The Twelve Days of Christmas - The Seekers ]
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I saw a story about Giant Microbes and decided I had to get some.

I'm getting one of each. Now I have to decide which to give each of my kids, Maybe I should wait for them to get the illness - next time someone has a Stomach Ache, a cold, a sore throat, or even an ear ache they will get a microbe!

Let's just hope no one gets the Black Death or Ebola, but with our luck, I am sure Bricey may.

[listening to: Accidents Will Happen - Elvis Costello ]
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The ABC ran a survey of its viewers/listeners to vote for their favourite books – here’s the top 100. How many have you read???

1. The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkein
2. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
3. The Bible (Various Contributors)
4. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
5. Cloudstreet by Tim Winton
6. Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix (Book 5) by J. K. Rowling
7. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
8. The Hitch Hiker's Guide To The Galaxy by Douglas Adams
9. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown and Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
10. A Fortunate Life by A.B. Facey
11. Dirt Music by Tim Winton
12. 800 Horseman by Col Stringer
13. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
14. Zhaun Falun by Li Hongzhi
15. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (Book 3) by J.K. Rowling
16. Captain Underpants And The Invasion Of The Incredibly Naughty Cafeteria Ladies From Outer Space by Dav Pilkey
17. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
18. The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
19. The Wind In The Willows by Kenneth Grahame
20. The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger
21. The Pillars Of The Earth by Ken Follett
22. Magician by Raymond E. Feist
23. Possession: A Romance by A.S. Byatt
24. Dune (Dune Chronicles) by Frank Herbert
25. A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
26. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
27. A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
28. One Hundred Years Of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
29. 'Fighting' McKenzie Anzac Chaplain by Col Stringer
30. Deltora Quest Series by Emily Rodda
31. Tomorrow, When The War Began by John Marsden
32. Perfume: The Story Of A Murder by Patrick Suskind
33. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
34. The Ancient Future Trilogy by Traci Harding
35. The God Of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
36. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire (Book 4) by J.K. Rowling and The Power Of One by Bryce Courtenay
37. The Shipping News by Annie Proulx
38. Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis De Bernieres
39. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
40. Anne Of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
41. Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell
42. Cross Stitch by Diana Gabaldon
43. Persuasion by Jane Austen
44. Ice Station by Matthew Reilly
45. Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
46. Life Of Pi by Yann Martel
47. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
48. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
49. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
50. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
51. A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
52. Love In The Time Of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
53. Rage by Steve Gerlach
54. Alice's Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
55. The Mists Of Avalon by Marion Zimmer-Bradley
56. Cafe Scheherazade by Arnold Zable
57. The Bone People by Keri Hulme
58. Jessica by Bryce Courtenay
59. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets (Book 2) by J. K. Rowling
60. The Fortunes Of Richard Mahony by Henry Handel Richardson
61. My Family And Other Animals by Gerald Durrell
62. War And Peace by Leo Tolstoy
63. Wild Swans by Jung Chang
64. Mao's Last Dancer by Li Cunxin
65. Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
66. Eragon by Christopher Paolini
67. Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
68. Memoirs Of A Geisha by Arthur Golden
69. The Riders by Tim Winton
70. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
71. Angela's Ashes by Frank Mccourt
72. The Age Of Reason by Thomas Paine
73. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
74. Middlemarch by George Eliot
75. Emma by Jane Austen
76. Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
77. The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
78. Matilda by Roald Dahl
79. Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig
80. On The Road by Jack Kerouac
81. The Bfg by Roald Dahl
82. Animal Farm by George Orwell
83. Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
84. A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving
85. Boyz Rule by Phil Kettle
86. Scarecrow by Matthew Reilly
87. The Secret History by Donna Tartt
88. Looking For Alibrandi by Melina Marchetta
89. Watership Down by Richard Adams
90. The Thorn Birds by Colleen Mccullough
91. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
92. Winnie The Pooh by A. A. Milne
93. Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone (Book 1) by J. K. Rowling
94. The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton
95. Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
96. Heart Of Darkness by Conrad
97. High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
98. Goosebumps by R. L Stine
99. The Magic Pudding by Norman Lindsay
100. Les Miserables by Victor Hugo and David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

[listening to: Drunk Again - Reel Big Fish ]
5:10:35 PM    comment []  trackback []  G!   • Random • TV

Geoff Appleby is dreaming of doing some shopping at Think Geek.

I bought some stuff from them recently:

• "3 in 1" - Laser Pointer/Stylus/Pen
• Geek Work Shirt
• I'm blogging this. TShirt
• Utili-Key 6-in-1 Tool
• SoundBug

All good geek stuff. 

The Geek Shirt has been a big hit with the folks at work.

I may need to go back to get some more Christmas Goodies for myself...

[listening to: Bat Out of Hell - Meat Loaf ]
10:40:10 AM    comment []  trackback []  G!   • Random

Which File Extension are You?

[listening to: Love and Peace or Else - U2 ]
2:09:53 PM    comment []  trackback []  G!   • Random

Saw an interesting aticle in the SMH today - it carries a story that the word Blog is the most looked up word on the internet

A four-letter term that came to symbolise the difference between old and new media during this year's presidential campaign tops US dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster's list of the 10 words of the year.

Merriam-Webster said on Tuesday that blog, defined as "a Web site that contains an online personal journal with reflections, comments and often hyperlinks", was one of the most looked-up words on its Internet sites this year. "

[listening to: It's a Hard Life - Queen ]
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