Category Archives: Random Stuff

Religion in Scouting

Recently we enrolled Seth in Joeys (Scouts for young kids), I used to be in cubs when I was young and really loved it. Almost immediately we ran into issues concerning our religion, or lack of one. Viv was told … Continue reading

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Education, Logic and Reason. The Vaccination for Ignorance…

Last week I posted about a story on channel Seven’s “Sunday Night” program on the issue of vaccination. I was impressed with the story, it was well written, backed by science and about as unbiased as  commercial networks get on … Continue reading

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The Rise Of The Anti-vacc Movement, Are We Still The Clever Country??

Back in the 80’s Australia was pushing to become “The Clever Country”, recognising the importance of a well educated populace (and hence workforce) in securing a bright future for the entire nation. Roll forward nearly thirty years to the current … Continue reading

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Cheesey Goodness

I’ve been meaning to try this for a while now, making cheeseymite scrolls that is. Armed with our trusty bread machine and a 10kg bag of breadmix I decided to see if I could come up with something yummy for … Continue reading

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Breast Cancer Awareness Month

I know I’m starting rather late but I decided to show my support for "Breast Cancer Awareness Month" by changing my site to something a little more pink. Please donate some money if you can, it’s such a worthy cause.

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You Tube Rocks!!!

Man I love these guys, you can spends hours watching random videos, I hope they stay around but with a burn rate of US$1 MILLION per month they better start making cashola soon.  

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Busier than a one legged man in a butt kicking contest

One of lifes great ironys is that when you really should be blogging (i.e. when you’re busy) you don’t have the time to do it 🙁 Many things have happened since my last post and really I should post them … Continue reading

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F**KING Sony

Another one in my "F**KING" series… I read this article today on sysinternals about a rather extreme form of DRM on some of Sony’s latest CDs. In case you couldn’t be arsed reading the article, Sony in their infinite wisdom … Continue reading

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F**KING Hollywood

I’m sorry for the strong language people but this is getting beyond a joke. I read a post on boingboing today that really pissed me off. Up until now Hollywood has been doing everything in their power to lock down … Continue reading

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The Ig Nobel Web Page

I hope the various organisations that give out grants don’t stumble onto this site… The Ig Nobel Web Page Amazingly, these people actually do this stuff for a living. Next time your boss lectures you on the importance of commercially … Continue reading

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