Today I went to see a bunch of dachshunds discuss human rights. No no, I'm not making this up. Really. Check it out for yourself. Anyway, they didn't seem very talkative — although I suspect they made roughly as much progress as the regular UN would have if they'd been plonked in a Melbourne park …
May 29, 2010 – 21:10
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By Si
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I got a set of earplugs a few years back, when I was heading off to Burning Man. I saw on them on ebay for, I dunno, maybe 30 bucks. I'm thinking ok, I'll be there ten nights, I want really good earplugs, since people running around with airhorns at 7am is a relatively common …
March 25, 2010 – 08:48
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By Si
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Posted in fun, home
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I was at a friend's place having a coffee when I saw the weirdest thing (to help you out, I circled it): Can you see it? Nope, neither could I, at the start. However, we'd been watching the cat (a delightful Burmese). The cat had seen something interesting, so we were curious what it was. Usually this …
October 24, 2009 – 05:10
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By Si
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Posted in fun, life
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Comparing ourselves to others is for noobs! As people, we're funny. There's this natural tendency to compare ourselves to others. Typically, we do something like this: Me: $30 Donald Trump: $eleventy billion Conclusion: I suck or maybe Me: kinda good looking Angelina Jolie: super hot (if you go for that sort of thing) Conclusion: I suck There are a …
May 23, 2009 – 06:42
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By Si
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Memory is notoriously unreliable. It's a fair bet that most of the memories we have are confused, jumbled, or otherwise incorrect. Certainly not accurate enough to hold up in court — this is, after all, why policemen write down everything at the scene of a crime. The funny thing is, these are the memories that we …
I'm not usually a huuuuge fan of clowns, but I got an urge to go for a walk this evening, & I stumbled across these.. ..dancing to music, often upside down, as part of a giant advent calendar.. ..part way up a 10 storey building. I figured, well, in this case they're probably worth cheering on. …
December 2, 2008 – 11:53
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By Si
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Posted in fun, life
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It seemed like a nice day for a drive in the country.. A real My Own Private Idaho kind of day. A friend of mine has stables north of the city here. Here's what a four legged Ferrari looks like: Yep, that beautiful beast will set you back about the same amount as a brand new Ferrari. …
November 8, 2008 – 06:41
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By Si
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This evening I went to Aikido. Aikido these days seems to involve (since there is often only two of us students) Sensei throwing one of us until we're so exhausted we can't stand, then throwing the other of us until we're so exhausted they can't stand. Then he goes back to the first person.. So, …
Being a busy Thursday, I decided what better to do than bugger off out of town & head to the local mountain/forest range. (Some) locals call these "the nongs", but officially they're the Dandenong Ranges. It's about an hours drive east of where I live. Anyway, they're green, and, you know, mountainy. That's all I care …
September 28, 2008 – 03:25
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By Si
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Posted in fun, life
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I was chatting with my sensei this evening, and he told me about a party game he learned. I'm sure this is as old as the hills, but it was new to me, and I found it more than a little eye opening. So, I thought I'd share it with you. First of all, grab a …
September 24, 2008 – 13:26
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By Si
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Posted in fun, life
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