20110131

Dumbo t-shirts

I'm sure you've seen them. I have: T-shirts that announce "Mary and the Sheep Road Crew" or "Dive Crew" or some other 'I'm in a crew' slogan.

Why do people advertise that they are part of a bunch of menials? Road Crew? Dive Crew? people who don't, as a rule, think of anything, they just push and carry.

The best slogan I've seen is:

"No I will not fix your computer."

Presumably worn by a computer scientist.

Here's another:

"No, I will not join your boring conversation."

or

"Go away, unless you are interesting."

or

"Don't be ordinary, have an idea."

Such are endless, and they get away from the 'I really want to be a hod-carrier' type of slogan.

20110126

Coffee worshippers #2

Thinking about the church in Annandale that worships coffee, I was wondering how other faiths might try to represent themselves to a modern Annandale demographic: I couldn't imagine Moslems having a banner with a big falaffel on it, nor Hindus with a bowl of pilaf, maybe I could imagine Zen Buddhists with a plate of sushi (that's way cool), but regular Bhuddists would show, I think a bowl of boiled rice.

This could change the face of religious Australia! But I think the other religions are a bit more serious about thier beliefs than the coffee club is!

20110125

Some viewers may be distressed

The Russians this time. During the ABC TV news, we were warned that the images of the Moscow airport bomb blast may distress some viewers.

They certainly got to me: it was typical, out of focus, rough pans, poor framing, too much 'hand-held' grainy, lousy edits...it was a shambles. I was very distressed!

20110122

Dog Moron


The only name for dog owners, such as this yokel, who can't read the sign that says 'no dogs'. He's walking these dogs at a lagoon that is popular with families with very young infants: such and dogs do not mix. In fact, check out the legislation.

20110121

Atheists

I had a dig at a church a while back, so now, to maintain balance, I'll blast atheists, who are, by and large, a collection of pompous, know-it-all prigs.

Q: What's the difference between God and an atheist?

A: God knows that the atheist is just a pile of dust (or sh*t).

And who cares what dust (sh*t) thinks?

20110120

Mirizozo

I went to Mirazozo at the Opera House the other day. On the website one learns that this is an earth-shattering transport to an experience that will change your life...well, it was nice; I'd call it trivially diverting, like most touted earth-shattering experiences promoted by artists, intellectual do-gooders and the chattering classes in general!

20110118

Summer Fun

I don't know if its dawned on anyone else, but summers have been so interesting in recent years: the South Asian tsunami, Victoria's bushfires, the Haiti earthquake, and now Queensland is underwater.

ABC TV has been treating the floods like a sports cast: live crosses, studio updates, etc. But Kym Landers has to take the cake: she was almost jubilant with the fun of flood reporting the other night. C'mon Kym.

Now I know Anna Bligh is under pressure, and probably doing a great job, but what's special about Qlders? Well, if they get knocked down they'll get up again! Anna, everyone's like that; everyone pulls together, everyone helps each other...its called being human.