Facebook Quibbles

On balance I like Facebook, just not this stuff so much. I like some intermittent interaction, but not too much daily poking and inviting.

Zemanta is interesting. My suggested tags for this post were Digital Camera, Olympus, Economic, Jim Flaherty, Photography, Economic Club of Toronto, Arts, United States

Huh?

Thanks from No More Poking Ever! Cellobella

Man Goes Solo to Join Mile High Club?

Is having to give up your seat to a grumpy air hostess to join the One Man Mile High Club worth $2 million?

Talking of that, there are a lot of ways to describe it.

Life Choices

I am very much on the right side at the moment, wishing I was on the left.

Downfall of the Third Coming (Goodbye Hillary Version)

Auf Wiedersehen!

Fantastic find from Todays Apathetic Youth

What was that flashing on the webcam?

The owner of a stolen Mac computer was able to log on remotely and take photographs of the low lifes who took her computer and had gone online.

To cut a long story short, she got her computer back when somebody recognised them.

Personal CCTV crime fighting system.

Science Discovers New Element - Governmentium

New research has led to the discovery of a new element - the heaviest yet known to science.

The new element, Governmentium (Gv), has one neutron, 25 assistant neutrons, 88 deputy neutrons, and 198 assistant deputy neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312.

These 312 particles are held together by forces called morons, which are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called peons.

Since Governmentium has no electrons, it is inert; however, it can be detected because it impedes every reaction with which it comes into contact.

A minute amount of Governmentium can cause a reaction that would normally take less than a second to take from four days to four years to complete.

Governmentium has a normal half-life of 2- to 6 years; it does not decay, but instead undergoes a reorganization in which a portion of the assistant neutrons and deputy neutrons exchange places.

In fact, Governmentium’s mass will actually increase over time, since each reorganization will cause more morons to become neutrons, forming isodopes.

This characteristic of moron promotion leads some scientists to believe that Governmentium is formed whenever morons reach a critical concentration. This hypothetical quantity is referred to as critical morass.

When catalysed with money, Governmentium becomes Administratium, an element that radiates just as much energy as Governmentium since it has half as many peons but twice as many morons.

Thanks Pommygranate who pointed it out and this which inspired it.Who thought physicists were funny?

Mothers Day 2008

We never celebrated Mothers Day when I was growing up. It is a big deal here in Australia. I am getting to appreciate it. The kids have a great time getting ready. Enjoy it all you Mums.

Questionable Behaviour?

You Are a Question Mark

You seek knowledge and insight in every form possible. You love learning. And while you know a lot, you don't act like a know it all. My best buddy is the comma.

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Witches Cauldron Money Scam

I just doubt that I could keep a straight face, even if I could find somebody to listen to this pitch. I wonder if they sell the sauce in the supermarket?

The victim of the con, who was not identified, was reportedly told by the Frenchman to leave a mixture of real cash with blank bills to marinate in a special liquid overnight, and the next morning he would have double the amount of cash at his disposal.

But when he showed up the next morning to collect his prize, both the cash and the suspected con-artist, whose name was not revealed, had disappeared.

"He has given a statement that leads us to believe that he really believed this was possible. But we are of course having a hard time understanding how someone could actually believe such a tall tale," police officer Ragnar Ingberg told RB.

Imagine going into the police station and telling them that you had put your life savings in a pot of soup to double your money?

Dumayat Hill Race

Notes from our Scottish Hill Racing Correspondent, Jocko McMasochism.


I ran Dumyat Hill Race on Wednesday. First time I've done it. It was a great evening with good weather and great views. The mess below is the read out from my Garmin. Off to do Ben Lomond today!




My brother must be a grade A masochist. I did this race in 1982 when I was involved in sports at Stirling University. The view of of Dumyat is the view from my office when I was President of the Sports Union in 1983. I can remember that my time was a lot more than Neil's and that I was totally knackered at the end. I used to like to meander slowly up hills, not run, although running down some sections was great.

Photo Hunt: Share a Photo

Just for fun I converted it at this site.

Glam Gals. Hannah and her friend ham it up.

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Expensive Habits

Six Million Dollar Man

Three Hundred Thousand Dollar Man

SA Prisons and Transport to have Similar Strategies

Kevin I'm Tough on Crime Foley's Prison Strategy

"Rack 'em Pack 'em and Stack 'em"

Pat Fat Controller Conlon's Transportation Strategy

Track 'em Pack 'em and Stack 'em



Morons!

Madame Tussauds votes on El Gordo

I wonder which one will have more life?

Olympic Torch Finally Shakes off Protestors

Just a cheer squad.

Our New Cactus Garden and New Cactus Variety Discovered?

We're all Cactonistas Now!

I am Data

I was interested that the most popular Science Fiction character is Galadradriel, a wispish ethereal type from the middle earth universe. Never heard of her.

Tree Climbing

When I was growing up, we used to love climbing trees around our house. I grew up in the country, so there are lots of them. My dad built us a tree house, which was well used for many years. In our new house, we have no trees in the garden, so we have had to search around for good ones. We found a couple in our local park and the kids have had some great monkey sessions.

Ned Kelly Eat Your Heart Out

Smiling Financial Assassins Chartwell, based in Geelong took money from investors for two years without investing it.

In essence, the monies coming in were used to pay trading costs, to return monies to investors, to take some monies out for the directors, and payments to some significant consultants.

Investors were seduced with promises of returns of up to 70 percent. Some were even hired to develop further business. So much of Australias much vaunted financial regulation.

Talk about the wild west. The receiver said that the funds invested of up to $500 million from Ma and Pa investors were as good as gone. One of the owners was on the radio today saying that his model was great and just needed a few bugs fixed. Imagine running a business where you apply for as much credit as you can get and then spend it. Not very sustainable.

Sad. If it looks too good, it probably is.

Porridge Break

For those of you who can tell the difference between a spurtle and a soup spoon, you may like this weeks Scottish Blog Roundup lovingly crafted in the early hours of this morning, a few hours before the starter motor in the car finally gave up. The trip to the garage was the last time it cranked over. We will have to cough up a generous portion of our meagre employee allowance to our friendly local license to print money motor mechanics. Luckily they could do it this morning. The only up side is that I cannot get into work and back to pick up the kids, so a day at home is in order.

Ah can awa an mak ma porridge noo. Pass the Spurtle.

Photo Hunt: Time

Important to show your opening times. This is our local laundromat that we will likely be using a little over the winter. We don't have a drier, which is environmentally friendly and works well for about 10 months a year.

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The Dog Ate My Homework for Adults

A Frenchwomen has gone to jail for twelve years for slicing off her husbands penis and blaming the dog for biting it off and eating it. The seriously traumatised penisless husband is confined to a psychiatric hospital. The police have not been able to recover the penis.

I wonder what he did to piss her off that much? Speaking for myself, that would be quite an adjustment.

At least this guy got his back.

Too Many Drugs?

San Francisco Tibet Protest 2008.

What was that deal with Jesse Owens in 1936?

I have this as my desktop on my computer to remind me how intelligent my work colleagues are.

Thanks Mr Eugenides

Whats for dinner tonight and tomorrow

and the day after that......?

A bit more challenging than chicken leftovers. You'd need a big fridge and a large frying pan for all that calamari. or a huge barbecue. The one being defrosted is around 500 kilograms and just medium sized. I know I would freak out if I came across one in my bath. Just the eyes are 11 inches in diameter and it is not full grown. I can imagine my kids reaction.

The Last Trip

Fresh in the wake of the death of the father of techno, Tristram Cary, Albert Hofmann, the Swiss chemist who discovered the now-banned hallucinogenic drug LSD that was an icon of psychedelic '60s, has died at the age of 102.

In 1938 while working on ergot, a fungus that attacks grain, Hofmann isolated the German-named "Lysergsaeure-Diaethylamid," or lysergic acid diethylamide.

Five years later, working in his lab, Hofmann spilled some synthesised LSD on his hand.

The effects were immediate: suffering from dizziness, the scientist cycled home and pedalled into his first "trip".

Hofmann later said that a wave of happiness swept over him as he recalled sensations from his childhood. He also began to hallucinate and he felt able to fly.

Put these two guys together. What a party.

TRIP Albert Hofmann

Some people have all the luck

Just another average life.

This guy survived going over Niagara Falls in a barrel, only the second person to do that, no mean feat, and died after slipping on an orange peel while on a publicity tour in the Antipodes.

Thanks Jayne for that important piece of information.

Adelaide Rave King Dead

The father of Techno and Hip Hop and the composer of the original Dr Who theme (thanks DoctorVee in comments) of electronic music for Doctor Who has died in Adelaide, aged 82.

The father of electronic music wore tweed jackets, had a refined English accent and smoked a pipe.

Tristram Cary, who has died in Adelaide, aged 82, came up with the idea of electronic and tape music while a naval radar officer during World War II.

He founded the electronic music studio at London's Royal College of Music in 1967 and, seven years later, migrated to Australia to establish a similar studio at the University of Adelaide

The Elder Conservatorium of Music head of music technology studies, Stephen Whittington, said Mr Cary's contribution to music was "impossible to quantify".

"He laid the foundations," Mr Whittington said today.

Where would the ecstasy market be without him? I wonder if they will have a rave instead of a wake?

Selecting a Mobile Phone

Microsoft is considering entering the mobile phone market with a model to tackle the complexity of the IPhone.

Maybe not. I think I will stick with my Nokia.