Entries Tagged as ‘australia’

29 July, 2008

so many questions, and ones to which i actually DON’T want answers.

Read in this week’s The Week:
A Tasmanian man has avoided jail after being caught with hard-core octopus pornography.
Rodney McLagan, 48, had a collection of some 31,000 images and video clips, most of which depicted humans engaging in sex acts with snakes, tigers, and octopi. The judge suspended his sentence, citing a psychologist’s finding that McLagan [...]

10 September, 2007

mooks, maoris and .357 magnums

hi kids.
it’s been a tick since i last checked in with you, but i have been up to quite a bit.  i dropped into hong kong for a kip, caught on movies via qantas in demand, went to very many meetings, got a new roommate, took a bus tour up to northland and a boat [...]

13 August, 2007

stab! bang! aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh

well, kiddies, it’s happened.  i’ve finally gotten over the first hump: i acutally feel better.  my physical therapy has begun to have a lasting, measurable effect.
i noticed this going in to stab therapy on thursday.  i was walking in, and while not pain free, the pain was less pervasive and less severe than normal.  despite the utter teddy bear debacle [...]

21 March, 2007

I have good news and irrelevant news OR Even in Australia, Law & Order is always on

First, the good news:
Flying to Australia is not too traumatic.  Granted, I was in business class on both legs- New York to LA and LA to Sydney, but that’s not really the key factor.  The essential thing is two-fold: a) break it up.  Fly to LA, hang out with Howard (or whomever your local LA [...]