Donkey John. Fun with Australian Politics. :) 

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Australian IT - Calls for probe into PM's spam (, AUGUST 27, 2004): "Calls for probe into PM's spam

AUGUST 27, 2004

LABOR has called for an investigation into Prime Minister John Howard's use of unsolicited email.

Mr Howard has hired his son Tim's company, Net Harbour, to send emails to voters in the prime minister's blue ribbon Sydney seat of Bennelong.
Labor's technology spokeswoman Kate Lundy said the government's own laws, which came into effect four months ago, banned commercial spamming. "

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"WELCOME TO DATE TO SAVE!!!
Hello, my name is Tamara! As you can probably tell, I'm a Christian who loves Jesus and cares for all humans, even the wicked. What you probably don't know is that I'm hot. My picture below isn't really that good. I want to use my beauty for GOD, and want to encourage my sisters in Christ to do the same, according to the Great Commission. "

This is truly scary :)


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"Woman embalmed, bronzed in favorite pew
MOSCOW, Idaho — Longtime church-goer Gert Rizzoli was so devoted to her spot in the pew at Featherside Congregational church that when she passed away last month, her family received permission to bronze her body and set it in the pew. Now, to the consternation of some church members, her body is permanently located in the aisle seat she occupied every Sunday for forty years. "

I finds this really really creepy.


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African refugee in Adelaide blog.. Quite interesting. 

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ThinkGeek :: PQI Intelligent Stick 2.0: "Teeny, Tiny Memory
The Intelligent Stick (or I-Stick) is the smallest and lightest USB Drive we've seen. How small? It less that 3mm thick! Got two pennies? Put them side-by-side and you'll have the length of the I-Stick. Tiny... "


I want one I want one I want one...

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Alice before Wilkins' party Saturday night.. 

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I took this photo of Ali before Wilkins' party on Saturday night. 

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Yesterday I decided to buy the ring I liked from Blue Chilli. This is the ring that my engagement ring was supposed to be modelled on. My reason for getting it? It's just a ring. It has no significance anymore. Funny thing was.. on the way home (not long after taking this photo) I saw Alasdair walking up towards O'Connell Street while I was on the bus. If I'd known that was going to happen I'd have been prepared and probably thrown the ring out the window at him. That would have been satisfying. :) 

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Last night at FUCS I found this very special gem... Golden Pash! 

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Cute link I found on Katie's Site. :) 

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Museum Cats
"Cats have been part of the Hermitage museum's security system since its founding days. Catherine the Great, the empress who started the collection in 1764, brought in selected cats to try to keep the building rodent-free."


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I found this Picture of Anna Milich in the Sunday Paper. Wasn't expecting that. :) 

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Some fantastic photography here... 

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tooaskew

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sherbicide.com:

"Parasitic boss
Sucks the life and soul from me
Please God, let me die

Gentle Autumn wind
Summer breeze or Springtime gale
Like this job, it blows

Watch the sun set on
Your failing business crop
You reap what you sow

Swift like a gazelle
Consider this my notice
Two weeks and I'm gone

Road beneath my feet
Standing here, but in my mind
I'm already gone..."

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This picture says it all - Librarians against Bush.. 

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Molasses can kill.. 

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Lovechess - The ultimate adult sex game

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In Japan 48 positions are popular.. 

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Helicopter Fuck

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Librarians in Pornography

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Spatula City: "What better way to say 'I love you' than with the gift of a spatula"


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Wackiness: 56/100
Rationality: 36/100
Constructiveness: 60/100
Leadership: 68/100
You are a WECL--Wacky Emotional Constructive Leader. This makes you a People`s Advocate.
You are passionate about your causes, with a good heart and good endeavors. Your personal fire is contagious, and others wish they could be as dedicated to their beliefs as you are.
Your dedication may cause you to miss the boat on life's more slight and trivial activities. You will feel no loss when skipping some inane mixer, but it can be frustrating to others to whom such things are important. While you find it difficult to see other points of view, it may be useful to act as if you do, and play along once in a while.
In any event, you have buckets of charisma and a natural skill for making people open up. Your greatest asset is an ability to make progress while keeping the peace.
Of the 335 people who have taken this quiz since tracking began (8/17/2004), 6.8 % are this type.
Do the test


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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy -- HHGG Interview with writer Karey KirkPatrick

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404 has a history! 

But Benno had more to say on this:

"Sounds like bullshit, Barry.

Most protocols that use three-digit response codes (SMTP, FTP, HTTP among others) tend to assign the first digit to a class of responses (in the case of HTTP, 1xx is informational, 2xx is successful, 3xx is a redirection, 4xx is a client error and 5xx is a server error, all of which can be found by looking at RFC 2616). So then they just start adding specific responses into those classes, so 400 is "Bad Request",
401 is "Unauthorized" (which is the response that causes your browser to pop up a login dialogue), 402 is "Payment Required", 403 is "Forbidden",
404 is "Not Found" and so on. It's all in the RFC. =)"

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Teaching in Japan is also looking appealing 

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Overseas Working Holidays. I might be up for that. :) 

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Alasdair and I had breakfast at The Store.


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This is Dad, underwater with a fish. It's labelled 15/08/01. I just think it's weird that I stumbled across it exactly 3 years after it was taken.  

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Last night I went to FAD with Mark and Tanya. We got way too drunk way too quickly and so we went to Gouger Street for a late dinner. I stumbled off to a taxi straight after dinner (like the piker I am). Some girl got in the taxi on my way home which was pretty weird. She didn't mind going to my house before she continued on her way.. she just wanted to get out of the rain. Got home to Damien watching Cirque Du Soleil. I was too pissed to really watch though. Then he pulled out Chicago and after I sang along (very badly) I decided it was time for bed.

Working today, then going to a FUCS committee meeting, then Dress rehearsal and concert. I will be so dead at the end of this.




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1. What was the best year of your life? Why?
This year. I'm studying, working, partying. Most of the time has been good times with Alasdair, too.

2. What type of foods do you like? Why?
Spicy stuff. It keeps my taste buds interested.

3. If you had the choice of any job, in any organisation, what would it be? Why?
Event Manager in an Arts Organisation/Festival. Because I care about performance arts and I love organising stuff.

4. What is your favourite song? Why?
I like too many songs. I refuse to choose.

5. If you could live anywhere, where would it be? Why?
It'd look like Tasmania or somewhere tropical. It'd be warm. There would be a lot of people (so there was fun stuff to do). It's be civilised and have access to technology. Okay, Ive got it. It'd be Japan.

6. If you were in charge of your company, what are some of the first changes you would make? Why?
I'd create a really functional online reference system. And I'd pay the staff more. Then I'd create a self-maintained online learning system and get team leaders to regulary check to see what competencies have been achieved, the point being to move people into areas of work where they obviously have an interest in already.

7. What is your favourite book? Why?
This is a bit like the music, but I *can* choose. Hitchhikers Guide To the Galaxy - Douglas Adams

8. If you could have dinner with any person, dead or alive, who would it be? Why?
Einstein. The man is pure genius. I'd love to listen to him prattle on about maths and physics.. and then challenge him to a game of twister (or something equally intellectual).

9. What is your favourite movie? Why?
I said "Love Actually" a few days ago. I hope that was right. I change my mind a lot :)

10. If you could be anywhere right now, where would it be? Why?
A nice sunny beach sounds good.

11. What is your favourite television show? Why?
Buffy. Buffy. Simpsons. Angel.

12. What do you think about having to be here today?
I think I want to go home.

13. If you could start a new company tomorrow, what would it do? Why?
Events!! Festivals!! Arts performances!!

14. What is your favourite colour? Why?
Green. The kind of green leaves go in sunlight.

15. If you could have a free holiday anywhere in the world, where would you go? Why?
Probably to that nice tropical beach. But then I'd get bored and I'd want to do some historic/cultural stuff (Like Europe) and some more interesting stuff (like Asia).

I'm *that* close to a world trip, I tell you. The second I have enough money - I'm away.

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Ananova - Olympic swimsuits see-through in water: "Olympic swimsuits see-through in water

British Olympic swimmers are to have their modesty protected after discovering their swimsuits are see-through in water."

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Ananova - Teacher 'asked students to masturbate': "Teacher 'asked students to masturbate'

Students are suing a schoolteacher in Brazil for asking them to masturbate during a biology lesson.
The teacher asked three 15-year-olds to masturbate so the class could study sperm under a microscope, reports La Prensa."

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Death of a Salesman was great! The play itself was well written. Basically a good look at how family expectations can be degenerative for all parties. (Okay, that wa a bit over-simplified). The cast of STC did a fantastic job. The set was excellent. I cried a lot. Bravo!

My favourite line: "Your son's a lawyer? At the supreme court? But he never said anything." "He didn't have to. He was doing it".


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I'm bored. It's quiet. Blergh.

I'm so bored that I can't even think of anything interesting to say to amuse myself. Ugh. I hate it when that happens.

I have a free ticket to see Death of a Salesman tonight by the State Theatre Company. I ended up having no friends that wanted to go with me - Tanya and Mark originally wanted to go but then didn't. Ali and Jason wanted to go but were already booked for tonight. Oscar and Tonja already saw it on Friday night. They said it was "Okay". So not a raving review then. Bah. It's free and I've wanted to see it ever since the Buffy episode where it got a mention (I can't believe I've forgotten the name of the episode - It's one of the best). (Oooh - I've remembered it now - Restless!).

Bored Bored. I want to go home and play with my new to (the MD-Man). I want to record some stuff and play..

Friday the 13th tomorrow!! Spooky! I might have to wear my Emily (the strange) shirt and stripey socks.

I have yesterday's paper to read. It's the Advertiser. I wonder how many nice adverts it has in it.

Well, I read the newspaper. It was really dull. The comics were okay. There was an ad which shat me because it said "Wholistic". I hate it when people write that. It's like they have no idea that the word "holistic" exists and they're trying to make up a word to fit their needs. That or they just can't spell. Or they've seen it wrong so many times they think it's right.

The time just isn't passing. I have 6 minutes to go. Those minutes are going to be very long. When 8pm comes I am going to have to bolt around changing back into civvies, washing up etc and riding to the Festival Theatre. The play starts at 8pm so I'm going to miss a bit. *grumble*

I want to leave!!!!!

*tick* *tick* *tick*

7:57pm

This is killing me (as you might have noticed).

Ooh. 7:59pm by the other clock. Going now!

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This quiz went around at work with instructions to send it around to all your friends, etc etc. So I did.. but I thought I'd send it to my blog too.

1. What time is it? 11.15am
2. Name as it appears on your birth certificate: Angela Gaye Randall
3 .Nickname: Smange (Small Ange)
4. Parent's names: Andre and Dianne
5. Number of candles that appeared on your last birthday cake: 26
6. Date that you regularly blow them out: 26th Dec
7. Pets: 1 Cat - Schrodinger
8. Eye color: blue (or grey)
9. Hair color: Dark Blonde/Light Brown
10. Piercing: yes
11. Tattoos: no
12. How much do you love your job? It works really well around TAFE/Uni and it's actually fairly fun being here.
13. Best gift you've received: I don't know!
14. Hometown: Sydney/Adelaide (Born in Sydney, been in Adelaide since I was 3)
15. Current residence: Prospect
16.Been in love? Yes
17.Been to Africa? No
18.Been toilet papering? I've watched people toilet paper a car :)
19.Loved by somebody so much it made you cry? Yes
20.Been in a car accident? Yes
21.Croutons or bacon bits? Neither
22.Sprite or 7Up? Neither
23.Favorite movie: Love Actually
24.Favorite holiday: Somewhere tropical with nice clear sea water.
25.Favorite day of the week: Saturday
26.Favorite word or phrase: Really
27.Favorite Toothpaste: Macleans Freshmint
28.Favorite restaurant: Mapo (Korean) on Gouger (at the moment)
29.Favorite flower: I love the smell of freesias
30.Favorite drink: A good glass of wine
31.Favorite sport to watch: I hate watching sport. Diving and Gymnastics are passable.
32.Preferred type of ice cream: Homer Hudson chocolate. But since you can't get it anymore Sara Lee Ultra Chocolate will do.
33.Favorite Sesame Street Character: The Count.
34.Disney or Warner Bros? Warner Bros
35.Favorite Fast Food Resturant: Subway (it's the only one that doesn't make you want to throw it back up again)
36.When was your last hospital visit? A year ago
37. What color is your bedroom carpet? It's really scary red/brown patterned stuff - I didn't choose it!
38. Did you fail your permit or drivers test? No, but my car got defected when I did the test.
39.Who is the last person you got mail from before this? Tanya
40.Have you ever been convicted of a crime? No
41.Which single store would you choose to max out your credit card? Myer
42.What do you do most often do when you are bored? Read
43.Name the person that you are friends with that lives the farthest away? I have a few friends in London. Most notably, Benno.
44.Most annoying thing? Being inside when it's sunny
45.Bedtime? About midnight
46.Who will respond to this the quickest? People I work with
47.Who is the person you sent this to that is least likely to
respond? Most people.
48.Favorite all-time TV show: Buffy
49.Last person you went out to dinner with? AUCS - All of them
50.Last movie you saw or rented: Heathers
51.Favorite music: Chill out/ electronica/ alternative
52.What CD is in your player right this second: I don't have a CD player!
53.What is your deepest fear? Finding out Alasdair has lied to me again.
54.Time when you finished: 12:55pm (Some people have to work for a living)




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A Stein


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The German Club


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EVIL FORTUNE COOKIES: "People have always talked about how it would be neat to receive a fortune that wasn't the same old piece of Chinese Wisdom and vague stuff you receive in the normal fortune cookies. Now here is your chance, plus they come in a variety of over 15 different flavors, each colored resembling their flavor."

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Okay, so I'm a complete nutter. :) Who didn't know that already?

Alice just got a chain letter. It had a 5c piece in the top right hand side and asked you to send $10 to the person at the top of the list (blah blah blah). It was such a scam. It got me to telling her about the Save Karyn website. She'd never heard of it before. I got to thinking about how I could possibly convince people to give me money. I probably can't. We joked about setting up a Paypal donation thing on my site. And then I just decided to do it. Here's a thought: If people give me money I can spend more time at home blogging. And I probably won't be so whiney either. Win Win situation for myself and the readers.. of which I'm sure there are at least 2.

I also recalled a conversation I had with Garth about Kynan. Kynan used to walk up to the bar and say "What are you going to buy me?". Garth figured that the attitude was right - and bought him the beer. (And face it - look where that attitude has got Kynan?!?!)

So here is my attitude: How much money are you going to give me?

Also, if you feel like buying me a beer and can't - this is the perfect way to shout me. :)




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CNN.com - Cuddling new craze for New York's singles - Aug 9, 2004: "NEW YORK (Reuters) -- It's not about sex and all about the touchy-feely experience of snuggling up to perfect strangers wearing pajamas."

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my title is thus

Bloody hell! I was reading through my blog and I found a link to my old site.. so I followed it. MY OLD SITE IS STILL THERE!! ihug are a bunch of nutjobs. I haven't paid them anything for years. I've been through a few different houses since then.

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At lunch I went to McDonalds (Yuk! Yes, I'm sorry) and read the Financial Review. The FIN shone for having much more interesting articles to read in it than The Advertiser or The Australian. Yay the FIN.

There was an article about the decline of Free-To-Air TV viewers in the 16-25 and 25-35 age brackets. They were discussing the possible reasons for it.. some people have been blaming DVD and Internet usage, some people have blamed other irrelevant things.. but one smart person has noticed the real issue: The TV programs suck. I think the only programs I have been remotely interested in watching in the past 10 years has been The Simpsons, Buffy, Angel, Futurama, 24 and the occasional documentary or movie. And 24 changed timeslots so often I missed too many episodes to keep watching. Bugger them. I'll get it on DVD and watch it when I want to.

Then I came back to ACCU and perused the Magazines. Most of them I've read several times over.. except FHM. So I read FHM. People looked at me weirdly, but so what? Either way, there was a lot of articles on how to pick up girls, what schools you can send your girlfriend to so she can learn how to strip tease properly, how to make a model plane, how to have anal sex without your girlfriend punching you and an article on decomposing bodies in the pursuit of good fertiliser. It even had photos. They were really fascinating.

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The Australian: Ross Fitzgerald: In truth, Howard's often found wanting [August 05, 2004]: "TRUTH is often the first casualty of war and of politics, yet it is remarkable how often our Prime Minister gets away with not telling it."

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The Thudfactor Polygeek Quiz:

You are 37% geek

You are a geek liaison, which means you go both ways. You can hang out with normal people or you can hang out with geeks which means you often have geeks as friends and/or have a job where you have to mediate between geeks and normal people. This is an important role and one of which you should be proud. In fact, you can make a good deal of money as a translator. Normal: Tell our geek we need him to work this weekend. You [to Geek]: We need more than that, Scotty. You'll have to stay until you can squeeze more outta them engines! Geek [to You]: I'm givin' her all she's got, Captain, but we need more dilithium crystals! You [to Normal]: He wants to know if he gets overtime.

Take the Polygeek Quiz at Thudfactor.com

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Princess Bride Quiz Results:




Which Princess Bride Character are You?
this quiz was made by mysti

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Taste the Secret: "'...come and get a MeatShake, have one today...' "

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Hi-ho, hi-ho...

Bruce has a blog. W00t!

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Ben Salmon all hairy


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I have just been at a very long strategic planning day for the Folk Federation. I've now got a lot of work to do with membership, groups, sponsorship and festivals.


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Bob from the Folk Federation


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