Monthly Archives: May 2009

Yankees Update 31/05/09

Leaping To The Top The 2 week drive that saw the Yankees go 8-2 placed them to be back in the race last weekend. This week the Yankees lost the third game to the World Champion Phillies, but won a … Continue reading

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Sol Said…

Is Australia Racist? And the collective cry went out, “aww come on Sol, you stupid incompetent millionaire!” Asked in a BBC interview whether there was racism in Australia, Mr Trujillo said: “I think it was evident in a lot of … Continue reading

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“Die Hans Brix!”

Team North Korea Every few years, North Korea surfaces from the sludge of international relations to rattle its sabre and detonate half baked nukes and fire inaccurate missile tests. It’s quite a joke really if it weren’t for the fact … Continue reading

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News That’s Fit To Punt 26/05/09

Arms Dealing Pleiades had this interesting story today: The Japanese might have committed atrocities in the second world war. They might have hit first with Pearl Harbor, but there’s one thing the Japanese have sworn off since the 1970s and … Continue reading

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Star Trek Review

To Boldly Do What Has Been Done To Death I was a trek fan as a kid. Not a Trekkie as such because I never really had the toys or played Kirk and Spock in the local park. As kids, … Continue reading

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Yankees Update 24/05/09

A Much Better Week Since that horrible 1-5 week a fortnight ago, the Yankees have turned it around putting in a 9-game winning streak. In the process they have wiped off the 2 game deficit below .500 and are now … Continue reading

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BrisConnections News

Recycling Trash The defaulted BrisConnections securities are going to be packaged up and sold again. Nearly 280 million Brisconnections securities – more than 70 per cent of the group’s issued capital – will be auctioned next month after they were … Continue reading

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Wisdom Tooth

Something To Write Home About Some years ago, I chipped my wisdom tooth in the back of my mouth. Maybe it was screwed anyway and that’s why the chip fell off. I was on the road at the time and … Continue reading

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Crappy Media Moralism Rules The Day

Sorry To Burst Your Bubble Lady, But I Don’t Thinks So I’m a little legalistic sometimes. I figure if you can’t abide by the law, that puts you in the criminal basket. So if somebody’s done something criminal, then they … Continue reading

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Some New Sounds I Bought

Zappa Plays Zappa This one’s a bonus CD that comes with a Double DVD of Dweezil Zappa leading his band through the sonic adventures of his old man Frank. I saw them over a year ago and it was a … Continue reading

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