Monthly Archive for February, 2008
Ah yes, summer, some Coopers Pale Ale and the Cricket…Oh, I forgot, I’m in Chicago…
OK kiddies, don’t try this at home…
So, I decide to hit the hot tub not quite realizing it’s as brass monkeys as it really is when I get outside…Not to fear, I’ll be in the hot tub soon! I’m in the tub, reading my new copy of Wired magazine (which I luckily found, not remembering I had a new one) and sipping a great homebrew porter I made a while back when I notice that my glass of beer is starting to freeze. Soon I can’t read because I can’t keep my hands out of the water! Then I realize I can’t feel my ears any more! Time to go inside!! Then the cover of the hot tub (vinyl) is frozen solid and won’t close because it is a tad close to the house exterior. So, a few more nice moments in the bitter cold before I can go in. I get inside and notice the back of my hair is frozen!
Anyway, I must say this is definitely the coldest winter with the most snow I’ve experienced here. So, for the Aussies out there - please think of us when you’re having fun at the BBQ in the sun!:)
Well, I got up this morning and as Amelia was going to bed for her morning nap, I was ready to watch some premier league. Checked the DVR and was pleasantly surprised when I saw the first Aussie Rules footy game of the season already recorded. Cool! So, watching some footy this morning. Thought I’d post the highlights video from last year’s season I found on youtube.
Hi All,
It’s been and gone and we didn’t hold our normal Australia Day party. Will have to pick that up again next year. Anyway, here’s a very late post and video to mark that day.
OK, so for some people this video will be old as it has been around for a while. It is one of the most viewed videos on youtube with over 23million views!! This was from a true story from a guy in Sydney a year or so ago. Enjoy.
Here’s 2 recent pics:
OK, so today is Super Tuesday. Don’t ask me the details of what that means other than the fact a bunch of states are voting on the republican and democrat primary (leader) today. Through some convoluted mechanism, the 2 parties select their leader who will lead the parties to the polls to finally get rid of the current president. I think the leaders may be decided after today although if the Democrat race is really tight as it has been, it may go to some other states yet meaning the decision would not be today. All we can hope is that there are no more candidates ever to come out of the Bush family. There should be a “Two is Enough” limit on Presidents from a single family!!
So, what’s the ‘B’? It’s for Barack Obama. He is running against Hilary Clinton. Either way, I am fine with it, although I think I’d prefer Barack for a complete change and breath of fresh air, something badly needed. The good news is that either way, the Democrats ’should’ be a shoe-in for the next presidential race although they said that last time I guess.
Bottom line, just like Australia has just done with finally booting out the conservative government, it is well overdue that the US, the number 1 country in the world gets a modern, liberal (at least not conservative) leadership that is willing to make progressive decisions and changes that benefit both the US and the world. Perhaps then, some of these stats might improve.
- Spending $270 million _per day_ in Iraq
- 15% of the population had no health insurance in 2006
- Poverty levels ahead only of Ireland and Italy of the developed nations (note the UK and even Australia have some work to do here too)
OK, so a few were funny. This one in particular:
