The readers that know me on Facebook are aware that a few weeks ago, I had to have my dog put down. Two days before Christmas to be precise. So, y’know, best Christmas ever! In hindsight, what I found most interesting about the whole affair is thing is the way that other people, when confronted with that sort of thing in their averagely happy daily lives, a) just don’t know how to deal with it; and b) really show how well they don’t know you.

I’m going to try to keep this away from being all about me. There’s LiveJournal for that bullshit. But there is some context that needs to be explained, because otherwise this seems like an angry, bitter rant… which I guess it kind of is, even if it isn’t intended to be.

Allow me to explain. That’s my dog, Particle Accelerator (Or Accel for short), there in the video… (more…)

As those of you that are regular readers of this blog know, I like to read news on a regular basis from what used to be a trusted and respected 4th estate establishment: Fairfax media, notably The Age, as it’s got my local news as well. However, due to syndication and the need to save money on actually creating content, as well as creating content that’s simply going to get reader’s attention and hopefully backlinks (like I am providing here), they often go for really mundane and stupid articles from time to time.

Here’s something that’s a shocker: Suddenly porn is the new porn! (more…)

So very shortly, it may seem that Wicca is going to be recognised as an ‘official’ religion within Australia.

At least by the Australian Taxation Office.

I’m sure many of you are jumping for joy over this, but if you are, then you really haven’t thought this through. (more…)

Sorry folks, no drink recipe today… More of a treatise on how, when and why I chose to drink.

To begin with, a lot of people tend to get the impression that I’m some kind of pisshead due to my obsession with the booze. As you’ve pro0bably noticed, there are a lot of cocktail recipes on this blog. At last count I think I’ve got 53 recipes. That’s enough to not only fill a book, but probably hit on something that people actually enjoy drinking!

Then there’s also my rather large collection of liquor miniatures (there are a lot more not photographed) and liquor cabinet that used to contain enough to fatally poison most of a football team, but now only contains enough to kill the girl they’re mass raping. At least she’ll not have to deal with the memories. Hooray! (more…)

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