Blog Laps

Chorus

2007-03-28T05:15:00.000+01:00

Wow the chorus of protests over me not blogging for a while has overwhelmed me.

My final (maybe) complaint is about how I don't like people who don't like daylight saving (except my mum).

Bye.

Footy

2007-02-08T13:29:00.000+01:00

Andrew Demetriou had this to say about the deal in which Foxtel get 4 games a week:
"It's a fantastic result for our football fans across the country, they are the big winners out of this arrangement," he said.

"It's a fantastic result also for our plan as a code to grow our game nationally and it’s a fantastic result for the long term security of our 16 clubs."

And he described it as the "best national broadcast arrangements in the history of the game."

I would suggest that it's the worst national broadcast arrangement and it will seriously hurt the long term security of some of the 16 clubs. The smaller and less popular clubs will get even less exposure on tv and attract even less members.

I don't know why the AFL signed a deal letting them sell up to 4 games a week. Sure they got more money, but at the expense of the fans.

Give the rule changes a rest

2007-02-02T05:17:00.000+01:00

I whole-heartedly agree with this article.

http://www.realfooty.theage.com.au/realfooty/articles/2007/01/20/1169096028246.html

Carlton

2007-01-31T04:45:00.000+01:00

I don't reckon even a merger or relocation can save Carlton from its current board.

http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=313041

Stupidly large fine

2007-01-10T06:28:00.000+01:00

"FREMANTLE player Heath Black has been fined $150 and ordered to pay $105 court costs after pleading guilty to a charge of disorderly behaviour after he was caught urinating in public last month."

It really is just not cricket

2007-01-09T14:29:00.000+01:00

The only thing worse than Twenty20 "cricket" is the uniforms Australia wears.

Perth

2007-01-09T06:37:00.000+01:00

Noone ever jay walks (or is it all one word?) in the city in Perth. It's fucking ridiculous.

Gwen Stephani

2006-12-19T00:20:00.000+01:00

I reckon Gwen Stephani's new song is one of the worst pieces of music I've ever heard. Often I hear music and don't understand how people can like it but it seems to me that this song has absolutely no merit in any way. There doesn't seem to be anything about it at all for anyone to like except that it's by a famous person.

Time to go back to No Doubt love.

Checkout chicks

2006-12-19T00:13:00.000+01:00

Predictably I'm too lazy to have switch blog providers yet. But I will. I will.

I hate when checkout chicks (and stores generally) want me to put my card in the machine when I'm paying by credit card or eftpos. It always takes much longer as I have to work out which way round to put it. Plus I shouldn't have to deal with stuff like that.

Plus I hate when checkout chicks (or other retail sales assistants) as me for my "autograph" when I'm paying by credit card and they want my signature.

Ohhhh I can log in now

2006-12-14T13:09:00.000+01:00

Myer in the city shall be known as "The store with the painfuly small toy department." I'm certain it's got smaller since Toys R Us closed down.

Blogger is shit

2006-12-05T13:59:00.000+01:00

In the two hours since I started the process of logging into my blogger/blogspot account I've forgotten what it was I wanted to say in the first place. I will be changing blog accounts because this one has become unusable in the last few weeks.

If I am able I wil log in and give a link to my new blog when I set it up.

I wonder if You Tube will become this slow and shit when google sink their claws deeper into it.

Actually I've just remember what I was going to blog about. Is Elton John our new leader of the opposition?

Barmy Army

2006-12-04T00:55:00.000+01:00

It fucking irritates me how the Barmy Army chants "Barmy Army Barmy Army" over and over at cricket matches. Shouldn't they be cheering their team rather than cheering themselves?

What's next, will they make up songs about what good supporters they are and how good they are at cheering?

Things I hate (contd)

2006-11-29T08:18:00.000+01:00

The With keyword in Visual Basic. I reckon it makes code much less readable.

No respect for tradition

2006-11-27T14:24:00.000+01:00

The roos have a new logo (apologies for the rest of the stuff that comes in with it). I think it's fucking terrible. It's supposed to be more aggressive. Not only do I not think it's more aggressive but I don't see why our logo should have to look aggressive. It doesn't even look like a kangaroo. I can understand that they need to attract new members but throwing tradition out the window is a stupid way to do that. The old logo is an icon, the new one looks like something from the NBL (and we all know how popular that is.

Whiney Army

2006-11-24T08:41:00.000+01:00

http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ausveng/content/story/269582.html

Fucking get over it. It's unfortunate about the trumpeter but they're treated like children because they act that way. And how fucking ridiculous is:
"Burnham said it was also disappointing that seat allocations meant thousands of England supporters were scattered all around the Gabba, which made them feel 'not very welcome at all'. He said 'an awful lot' of Barmy Army members had not bothered to attend the second day, instead watching the match from their hotel."

Footy

2006-11-23T08:13:00.000+01:00

Channel 7 and 10 have pretty much decided to show all 8 games live each week. Now I'll get to watch the roos every week. If only we weren't so crap.

Protests

2006-11-20T06:53:00.000+01:00

I hate violent protests like this one. At least it wasn't a peace process. Violent peace protesters fucking irritate me.

Plutonium

2006-11-15T11:03:00.000+01:00

As of 2003 there were somewhere between 50 and 100 plutonium-powered pacemakers still implanted and functioning in living patients.

This is great

2006-11-15T10:53:00.000+01:00

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,229050,00.html

Things I hate

2006-11-09T08:53:00.000+01:00

- The phrase "how excitement".
- People saying "this is true" rather than "that is true" when they're referring to something someone else has said.

Weather

2006-11-08T05:57:00.000+01:00

Fuck the weather forecasts have been remarkably crap the last week. It was originally supposed to be beachy last weekend and ended up being shit. And then it was supposed to be raining the last two days and so I didn't do my washing, but it's been fine.

Soul

2006-11-03T13:34:00.000+01:00

There are music awards called the Music of Black Origin awards.

That's ignorant

2006-11-02T01:28:00.000+01:00

79% of respondents to Today's poll yesterday said that they think the Australian government should sign the Kyoto protocol. Clearly 79% of respondents are ignorant, as are the producers and hosts of the show.

Washing

2006-10-31T02:59:00.000+01:00

One of the reasons the Bulgars initially joined the Roman church rather than the Orthodox church (around the 9th century) was that the Orthodox church forbad washing on Wednesdays and Fridays.

Her Story

2006-10-25T09:38:00.000+01:00

I struggle to think of a book I'm less interested in reading than My Story by Schapelle Corby.

Our mummies say we're growing stronger every single week

2006-10-24T02:32:00.000+01:00

The US have banned Vegemite because it contains folate, which can currently only be used in bread and cereal in the US. Luckily Guantunamo Bay isn't part of US soil so presumably David Hicks can still have vegemite on his toast.

Kyoto

2006-10-24T01:06:00.000+01:00

It doesn't really change anything, but it irritates me how everyone always refers to Australia and the US being the only countries in the world who didn't sign the Kyoto protocol. In fact both countries signed the treaty but are the only countries that signed that don't intend to ratify it. Plus there are 15 or so (mostly third-world) countries that didn't sign it at all. You hear this fact from everyone, including journalists. People should get their facts straight. It's not as if the truth (that we haven't ratified it) isn't bad enough anyway.

Soft-cock

2006-10-23T02:32:00.000+01:00

There's a lot to be said for light and mid-strength beer.

IE

2006-10-20T04:47:00.000+01:00

It fucking irritates me how IE has "Reuse windows for launching shortcuts" checked by default. Why would you ever want that behaviour?

Some things I hate

2006-10-18T13:29:00.000+01:00

People telling me not to stress when it's perfectly clear that I'm not.
How girls always gang up on guys in any kind of competitive situation.
How I always forget things I was going to blog about.

Makepeace

2006-10-16T08:07:00.000+01:00

I think it's a big mistake of the roos to have delisted Troy Makepeace. He may not have been played much this year but he's easily one of our best players.

ID4

2006-10-15T13:51:00.000+01:00

I've always hated how people referred to the movie Independence Day as ID4. Yes, we know that independence day is the fourth of July, why do you need to fucking say it as part of the title? Fucking ridiculous.

Bus

2006-10-12T05:52:00.000+01:00

I'm often unsure as to whether I should stand up for someone on the bus or not. I don't really know what the age cut-off is after which you should stand up.

Condom

2006-10-06T13:57:00.000+01:00

For quite a while as a kid I thought a condom was made up of a hard plastic end bit attached to a piece of string that you put down the eye of your penis.

Goaties

2006-10-06T03:02:00.000+01:00

I can't think of a single example of a goatie not making someone look worse. Even with chinless wonders it only serves to accentuate the fact they've got no chin. I reckon beards look better than goaties.

Mayblooms

2006-10-05T08:15:00.000+01:00

Hawthorn were originally known as the Mayblooms. The name to the Hawks is thought to have been changed by Roy Cazaly when he was an assistant coach because he thought the hawks sounded more aggressive.

Rematch

2006-10-03T06:33:00.000+01:00

Fox Footy showed a replay of last year's grand final while channel 10 was showing this year's. Apparently a few people watched last year's one accidentally, some of them right to the very end.

Cap S

2006-10-01T02:24:00.000+01:00

I'm never watching big sporting events anywhere but at the cap s. It had a great atmosphere and was full of talent.

Hate people

2006-09-27T09:00:00.000+01:00

There are so many different classes of people that I hate. This is in addition to my hatred for people in general.

Profile

2006-09-26T07:54:00.000+01:00

Apparently Posh and Becks want to appear on Neighbours to raise their international profile. Do you think they realise that David Beckham is already pretty much the highest profiled person in every country that gets Neighbours?

Louis XV

2006-09-25T04:58:00.000+01:00

Louis XV was stabbed in the back at one stage and it was worried he might die. The surgeon's solution was to bleed him.

West Wing

2006-09-24T08:33:00.000+01:00

I finished watching the West Wing. It's the best show I've ever seen.

Heave ho out of my sight

2006-09-22T01:06:00.000+01:00

The dockers have terrible colours. Whenever there's a big game it's like a whole lot of clowns have suddenly been released on the street. And bogan clowns at that.

LynxDry

2006-09-21T13:38:00.000+01:00

Ooooooh Lynx have brought out an anti-perspirant deodorant. Why has noone else thought of this idea before?

Bumps

2006-09-21T09:04:00.000+01:00

I think it'd be terrible if the AFL outlawed bumps. It'd turn footy into such a pansy game. What're they going to get rid of next? Players often injure themselves when landing from taking marks, we should get rid of marks.

Andrew Demetriou says "The game is being played at such a speed now with split-second decisions and players changing direction that it's worthy of analysis." The main reason being played at such speed now is that the afl keeps changing the rules to make it faster.

afl.com.au

2006-09-20T14:54:00.000+01:00

It took till the third week of the finals for the afl to finally get the four main news sections (as I see it) of the website actually showing news from the current day. Now if they'd only get rid of that stupid splash screen and start publishing more stories then I'd be somewhat happy.

al-Qaeda

2006-09-18T13:51:00.000+01:00

al-Qaeda has threatened to massacre Christians in response to remarks about Islam by Pope Benedict XVI that have caused offence across the Muslim world. How is that different to before when they massacred Christians?

50 years of television

2006-09-17T15:11:00.000+01:00

This 50 years of television show is quite crap. It's full of fluff but has very little content. 20-to-1 is overly full of fluff but this show makes it look good.

The wheels have fallen off the bandwagon

2006-09-14T15:15:00.000+01:00

Apparently the dockers game hasn't sold out. You freo supporters make me sick.

Waving

2006-09-14T03:09:00.000+01:00

I hate when you're driving and you wave at someone who has let you in or waited for you to come past on a narrow street and they wave back. It always makes me wonder if they understand the exchange at all. They've done me a favour and I'm thanking them. I'm not waving to say hello and I haven't just done them a favour that they need to thank me for.

This is entirely consistent with me liking of how bus drivers wave at each other and me liking to lift a hand to other drivers in the country because in both of those exchanges both parties full understand what's going on, unlike the stupid twits that wave back in the city.

Conspiracy theory

2006-09-09T17:53:00.000+01:00

This show I'm watching about 9/11 is the kind of thing that gives conspiracy theories a bad name.

Acer

2006-09-08T01:52:00.000+01:00

Acer lost the laptop I bought from them and the replacement won't arrive till nearly 3 weeks after I ordered it.

It's the kind of service I've come to expect from Dell.

AFL Website

2006-09-07T11:08:00.000+01:00

You'd think the afl website would have more than a couple of articles a day in the first week of the finals.

Lions

2006-09-07T06:31:00.000+01:00

The Brisbane Lions are having their end of season trip in Cairns. It's gotta to be the shortest distance any AFL team's ever travelled for their footy trip.

Recluse

2006-09-06T08:59:00.000+01:00

I hate people. I reckon by my mid-30s I'll be all the way to being a bitter, angry old man. I better make my fortune quickly so I can become a recluse.

Police

2006-09-05T03:00:00.000+01:00

Yesterday the WA Police performed industrial action that involved them only dealing with life-threatening situations for a two hours periods. I think this is the most irresponsible piece of industrial action I've ever seen. Valid claim or not (and I have my doubts about the validity of it) the police have a duty to the public.

Howard's comments

2006-09-02T08:11:00.000+01:00

While I agree that migrants to Australia should learn Australia I think it's stupid how he picks on muslims in the call. In addition to seeming to be trying to use them as political capital, he seems to be falling for the misconception that there is only one muslim culture, whereas there are actually more likely to be cultures of different countries of origins, whose people happen to be muslim.

The "iGeneration"

2006-09-02T03:40:00.000+01:00

The West has published the results of a survey into the political knowledge of 18-30 year olds. Worryingly it shows that "41 per cent failed identify which party is in power in the State" and only "46 per cent could identify Alan Carpenter as Premier." I was relieved to discover that it's clearly inaccurate or wrong as it says that only "44% drink more than the daily recommended number of drinks at least three times a month."

Yes I'm aware that you probably don't know who the premier is Liam.

I hate these guys

2006-08-30T02:35:00.000+01:00

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,20295361-2,00.html

The Dry

2006-08-26T15:32:00.000+01:00

I haven't had a drink in a week. And my cold still hasn't got better. I'm taking this as proof that alcohol doesn't have a negative impact when you're sick.

Richie Cunningham

2006-08-25T11:47:00.000+01:00

Is this the future for Liam?

Wheel

2006-08-25T11:31:00.000+01:00

According to Logitech, the average computer user spins their mouse's scroll wheel about 26 feet in an eight-hour day.

Good old collingwood for ever

2006-08-24T11:01:00.000+01:00

If Mick Malthouse spent as much time disciplining his players as he did disciplining the media, maybe there wouldn't be an issue.

Nobody likes Liam

2006-08-23T08:20:00.000+01:00

Liam just said "i reckon everybody loves raymond is sometimes quite funny".

Liam

2006-08-23T05:32:00.000+01:00

Now's probably a good time to bring up the message I got from Liam 3 weeks ago:
"Looking at the fixtures, I reckon the Eagles are all but certain to not finish in the top two. Hate footy."

West

2006-08-23T03:54:00.000+01:00

Another piece of cutting edge journalism from The West today.

Captain Outrage

2006-08-22T06:54:00.000+01:00

"Liam" has started blogging on captainoutrage.blogspot.com again. He wants me to advertise it to people.

Coles "Myer"

2006-08-17T14:58:00.000+01:00

Coles Myer Ltd no longer owns Myer. Do you think a name change might be in order?

Romans

2006-08-16T14:06:00.000+01:00

Supposedly at one stage almost all of the cultivated land in the western Roman Empire was owned by 2000 people.

This is incredible

2006-08-15T13:16:00.000+01:00

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4793455.stm

David Hicks

2006-08-15T01:48:00.000+01:00

Fair enough if people don't agree with the process the US has gone through with David Hicks, but I just don't understand why anyone (other than his family) would want him returned to Australia. This is a guy who has admitted to training with al-Qaeda in guerilla tactics and urban warfare. He has met and defended Osama bin Laden in the past.

I'm not suggesting a solution but I don't understand why so many people support the return of someone who has trained (in his words) "for military operations and jihad".

Sucked in Freo

2006-08-14T08:30:00.000+01:00

While making the finals for the second time might seem like cause for celebration for Fremantle Dockers fans, it means that you're probably stuck with Chris Connolly for at least another year. Sucked in.

Stupid

2006-08-14T06:34:00.000+01:00

I quite like the song "Prisoner of Society" by The Living End but the line "We don't refer to the past when showing what we've done." has always pissed me off. How are you supposed to show what you've done without referring to the past?

Pewters

2006-08-13T13:42:00.000+01:00

The one billionth computer was sold in 2002. The two billionth will be sold some time next year

I'm a nerd cos ...

2006-08-13T09:13:00.000+01:00

... I think this is cool.

http://www.customkomputers.com/nintendo.htm

Justify this

2006-08-10T15:14:00.000+01:00

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,20069709-5006024,00.html

Justin Timberlake is a dickhead. So is the guy who wrote this article.

Betting

2006-08-08T02:17:00.000+01:00

I think it's ridiculous that Freo is paying $35 for the premiership and the Bulldogs $51. Even with their injury list, surely you'd think the bulldogs would be more likely to get there. It is fremantle after all.

Middle East

2006-08-07T12:28:00.000+01:00

From an article: "The US-French resolution for a ceasefire marked a significant advance after weeks of stalled diplomacy aimed at ending the conflict."

I don't see how it's a significant advance given neither side involved in the conflict have agreed to anything. Or are likely to any time soon.

Tanking?

2006-08-07T02:46:00.000+01:00

http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=286904

This seems a little dodgy to me. While I think an early pre-season would be a good idea given we often struggled to play four quarters this year, I have reservations about abandoning a season before it's over.

Wank-a-thon

2006-08-05T06:37:00.000+01:00

This is the best thing ever.

http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/whats-on-details-849.html

Coin

2006-08-04T10:00:00.000+01:00

I can't believe there's a coin collecting store in the city.

Beanie-hats

2006-08-03T03:53:00.000+01:00

I reckon those beanies with a peak on them are among the most ridiculous things I've ever seen. They're the new pedal-pushers (although they don't annoy me as much as pedal-pushers).

Commentary

2006-07-29T11:34:00.000+01:00

I don't think I've ever heard such poor commentating as in the eagles game today.

That is true

2006-07-29T05:15:00.000+01:00

I hate when people say "this is true" rather than "that is true". I also hate people.

I've hated it since day dot

2006-07-26T12:36:00.000+01:00

I hate the expression "day dot". Why don't people say "day zero"?

Poem

2006-07-23T06:29:00.000+01:00

I really like this poem.

http://quotations.about.com/cs/poemlyrics/a/If.htm

St Kilda

2006-07-20T10:51:00.000+01:00

http://afl.com.au/default.asp?pg=news&spg=display&articleid=282483

It's incredible to see St Kilda with 3000 more members than Richmond or Carlton.

Fair enough

2006-07-20T08:05:00.000+01:00

I reckon most of the time people that say fair enough they mean the opposite.

Fridge

2006-07-20T01:35:00.000+01:00

My fridge that I bought for $50 is massive.

Freo

2006-07-17T05:42:00.000+01:00

In what way are Freo a "genuine top four contender" (from the AFL website round 15 ponderings)? They're a genuine top eight contender.

Deja vu

2006-07-13T03:30:00.000+01:00

I no longer just get deja vu about things or situations, I now get deja vu about having had deja vu about things or situations.

Dog

2006-07-13T02:42:00.000+01:00

Why does the dog in the Windows XP search window read the book backwards while the search is going on?

Movie

2006-07-08T04:18:00.000+01:00

Hollywood complains about how people downloading movies is hurting their attendances (I'm not certain that they complain about this, but I assume they do) but I think the crap selection of films they put out is much more to blame. There haven't been that many films that I've actually wanted to see at the movies the last couple of years, and most of those that I have have been shit.

Roo Generation

2006-07-07T06:08:00.000+01:00

After all the media harping on for much of the year about how the roos weren't getting any members this year, and how we were going to have to move to the gold coast to survive, for the second year in a row we've got a record number of members (no thanks to Dan who refused to join).

Older workers

2006-07-07T02:12:00.000+01:00

I don't understand why businesses are so reluctant to hire anyone over 55. It's not as if anyone younger is likely to stay at your company for more than 2-5 years in today's climate. Is it because they're worried about having to pay for more sick leave?

Liam

2006-07-06T03:38:00.000+01:00

A couple of days ago I got a text message from Liam saying how he hated how poms are always complaining that it's too hot. Then yesterday he sent me one saying that it was very hot but that he wasn't complaining. This morning he sent me one saying that it was too hot and why don't Poms have air conditioning.

Accent

2006-07-05T10:52:00.000+01:00

http://www.smh.com.au/news/unusual-tales/geordie-wakes-with-jamaican-slovakian-accent/2006/07/05/1151778989362.html

KFC

2006-07-02T08:04:00.000+01:00

Where do KFC get their dinner rolls from? They're so nice.

They didn't fucking kiss

2006-07-01T13:47:00.000+01:00

Fucking hell. I just watched High School Musical. I think it was fucking shit. I sat through the whole thing thinking that the couple would at least kiss at the end but they didn't fucking kiss. Fucking Disney.

Hands off our fucking song

2006-06-30T02:16:00.000+01:00

I'm absolutely fucking outraged. With the permission of Mike Brady the England soccer team have re-recorded Up There Cazaly so that it says "Up there old England" and are going to use it during this World Cup.

How dare they take our footy song and apply it to their stupid fucking code and their boring underperforming team?