My Kitchen Rules is a TV comedy on channel 7 in Sydney. Its about people who like getting publicly humiliated cooking for show.
And guess what...every episode when the cooks get into the deep and meaningful 'I've got a secret for you' commentary we get told over and over and over again that a particular dish, component or, wait for it, even the sauce...has to be, well...perfect.
As though this is news!
At least the judges have a wider vocabulary than this tell us nothing statement.
20140325
Frost...D&P...Midsomer
Watching an old Frost (early 90s) recently, I thought a few of the players looked familiar: the credits confirmed it. Colin Buchanan, playing the role of a uniformed constable, a bit part: he clearly had a good career, being promoted to detective inspector in Dalziel and Pascoe -- mid to late 90s-- (he was Pascoe), and Neil Dudgeon, who had been a detective inspector, but was bumped back to ' constable for a bit of biffo in the nick. He ended up a det. chief super (I think) in Midsomer Murders (2013), replacing his cousin played by John Nettles.
20140119
Mr
In a coffee shop recently, after ordering, I was asked my name. Evidently, they'd call it out when my order was ready. Not thinking, I told them my real name: "Egbert," I said. Shop keepers and waiters are getting too familiar. Next time, it'll be "Mr Fluggelbender", or "Mr Crapstealer" or something.
20131202
Hi to dead aboriginies
In Australia we've all been there: to a meeting where some white dork says hi to dead aboriginies.
Well, I don't want to be part of their crazy worship the dead religion; I want out. I want no more hi to dead abos!!
In fact, I pay my respects to the European explorers; they actually did something.
Well, I don't want to be part of their crazy worship the dead religion; I want out. I want no more hi to dead abos!!
In fact, I pay my respects to the European explorers; they actually did something.
20131102
How to cross Sydney Harbour
Whenever I'm in Sydney, Australia, I am in awe of the Harbour Bridge.
Sure its a great piece of engineering, but I am awestruck by the fact that it is the ONLY harbour crossing at this end of the harbour.
How can a city hope to really work if its traffic is so constricted and inefficient. It is simply darned hard to drive around Sydney.
I've got clients on the northern peninsular and in the eastern suburbs. I should be able to get from one to the other easily and simply. Forget public transport, of course, this is still stuck in the 1950s layout. I drive...and drive...and drive.
Here's the solution: more harbour crossings, no more choke points, easier traffic flow, better business, more money in the economy.
E1 crosses without going through the city.
E2 links the outer northern and eastern suburbs directly
W1 activates the inner western business ring (creates it, actually)
W2 moves people north and south avoiding the city
W3 connects the inner western suburbs with the business and education belt at Macquarie.
Hurrah, the city works at last!
Sure its a great piece of engineering, but I am awestruck by the fact that it is the ONLY harbour crossing at this end of the harbour.
How can a city hope to really work if its traffic is so constricted and inefficient. It is simply darned hard to drive around Sydney.
I've got clients on the northern peninsular and in the eastern suburbs. I should be able to get from one to the other easily and simply. Forget public transport, of course, this is still stuck in the 1950s layout. I drive...and drive...and drive.
Here's the solution: more harbour crossings, no more choke points, easier traffic flow, better business, more money in the economy.
E2 links the outer northern and eastern suburbs directly
W1 activates the inner western business ring (creates it, actually)
W2 moves people north and south avoiding the city
W3 connects the inner western suburbs with the business and education belt at Macquarie.
Hurrah, the city works at last!
20131101
Save you...rule you
I love it when the Greens tell us they want to save us. It always turns me to this quote:
The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule. - H. L. Mencken
The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule. - H. L. Mencken
20131028
No more piss in public
Well,
In semi-public, anyway.
For some reason people who design men's toilets think that men like to have a peek at each other's urine distribution equipment; well, they must think so, because its so easy to do.
WRONG.
Men want a bit of privacy for the UDE; the photos below show 1. that it can be done, and 2. how it can be done.
In semi-public, anyway.
For some reason people who design men's toilets think that men like to have a peek at each other's urine distribution equipment; well, they must think so, because its so easy to do.
WRONG.
Men want a bit of privacy for the UDE; the photos below show 1. that it can be done, and 2. how it can be done.
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