Chilean volcanic ash means your aeroplane can't fly, unless.... it can. Some airlines are flying and some aren't. Go figure
Tuesday, 14 June 2011
Monday, 13 June 2011
80s music
http://youtu.be/G1-NrrXVLag New Order - Blue Monday
http://youtu.be/hd6riYfLPXk Simple Minds - Promised You A Miracle
http://youtu.be/R8ntIv3XGFk Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken?
http://youtu.be/hd6riYfLPXk Simple Minds - Promised You A Miracle
http://youtu.be/R8ntIv3XGFk Lloyd Cole & The Commotions - Are You Ready To Be Heartbroken?
Sunday, 12 June 2011
Amazing animal metamorphoses! - You won't believe your eyes!
Another Bee!!
Saturday, 11 June 2011
Abandoned Pod City
Friday, 10 June 2011
Pot calls kettle black
US right-wing blogs and radio hosts are apparently up in arms at a report in The Guardian stating that Margaret Thatcher won't meet with Sarah Palin. The report quotes Thatcher's "handlers" saying things like "Lady Thatcher will not be seeing Sarah Palin. That would be belittling for Margaret. Sarah Palin is nuts."
Ha ha ha
Ha ha ha
Thursday, 9 June 2011
Tuesday, 7 June 2011
Monday, 6 June 2011
Where to sit in meetings
For some reason I always sit in the same place at meetings - I probably have 7-8 semi-regular meetings, and regardless of the venue, I always sit in the same spot. I don't think there is any similarities between the different venues, just that where I sit the first time I attend that specific meeting seems to set the pace for... well, forever. This was recently pointed out to me by a colleague who attends two of the same meetings as me. It made me think (and SHE sits in the same seat too, by the way), it made me think back to a traumatic event in my past...
When I was at university there was a regular morning meeting which my student group attended for a semester. There seemed to be an unwritten rule about where everyone sat, and it basically depended on where you fitted into the hiearchy, which was: Head of Department and Professor, Professor, Associate Professor, Senior Physicians, Fellows, Registrars, Residents, Interns ...and students (yes, it was a fairly small, crowded meeting room, and we were crammed in like sardines at the back of the room). It was impossible to contemplate sleep as there was always the possibility of being asked a random question, so you needed to stay alert.
One morning I arrived early, on purpose, to sit where no student had ever sat before - where the Head of Department sat. My fellow students came in next and sat in their regular lame seats, laughing and knowing that I wouldn't stay there for long. But soon the entourage arrived and I kept my seat. Everyone wordlessly sat down in their regular seat-but-one, and someone fairly important in the hierarchy was pushed off to the side. I ended up thus sitting between the two professors, with everyone staring at me, and my friends shaking their heads in embarrassment.
Unfortunately sitting between these two intellectual collosi, and everyone staring at me with disbelief... my mind drifted to other thoughts (my own Professorship, receiving the Nobel Prize...). Suddenly I noticed that the room had gone silent and all eyes were on me. Too late I realised that one of the collosi had asked me a question, and my mind until that moment been dreaming about what I was going to do to the Swedish Princess after being toasted for winning the Nobel... I stuttered "could you repeat the question?"... the question was "well, what investigations would you like to perform on this man?". Blank, blank, blank (sound of bullets piercing my skin).
Suffice to say I died a little that day, and ever since I have always sat in the same spot in meetings.
When I was at university there was a regular morning meeting which my student group attended for a semester. There seemed to be an unwritten rule about where everyone sat, and it basically depended on where you fitted into the hiearchy, which was: Head of Department and Professor, Professor, Associate Professor, Senior Physicians, Fellows, Registrars, Residents, Interns ...and students (yes, it was a fairly small, crowded meeting room, and we were crammed in like sardines at the back of the room). It was impossible to contemplate sleep as there was always the possibility of being asked a random question, so you needed to stay alert.
One morning I arrived early, on purpose, to sit where no student had ever sat before - where the Head of Department sat. My fellow students came in next and sat in their regular lame seats, laughing and knowing that I wouldn't stay there for long. But soon the entourage arrived and I kept my seat. Everyone wordlessly sat down in their regular seat-but-one, and someone fairly important in the hierarchy was pushed off to the side. I ended up thus sitting between the two professors, with everyone staring at me, and my friends shaking their heads in embarrassment.
Unfortunately sitting between these two intellectual collosi, and everyone staring at me with disbelief... my mind drifted to other thoughts (my own Professorship, receiving the Nobel Prize...). Suddenly I noticed that the room had gone silent and all eyes were on me. Too late I realised that one of the collosi had asked me a question, and my mind until that moment been dreaming about what I was going to do to the Swedish Princess after being toasted for winning the Nobel... I stuttered "could you repeat the question?"... the question was "well, what investigations would you like to perform on this man?". Blank, blank, blank (sound of bullets piercing my skin).
Suffice to say I died a little that day, and ever since I have always sat in the same spot in meetings.
Sunday, 5 June 2011
Saturday, 4 June 2011
Favourite TV Theme Songs of the 60s
http://youtu.be/YnJbA0xz5GM Thunderbirds
http://youtu.be/Kn7z_byIDJw Kimba The White Lion
http://youtu.be/YH6j63lhAAc Lost in Space
http://youtu.be/J1G-TsdNWGg It's About Time
http://youtu.be/azEOeTX1LqM Flipper
http://youtu.be/Kn7z_byIDJw Kimba The White Lion
http://youtu.be/YH6j63lhAAc Lost in Space
http://youtu.be/J1G-TsdNWGg It's About Time
http://youtu.be/azEOeTX1LqM Flipper
Kids Quotes
A little girl was watching her parents dress for a party. When she saw her dad donning his tuxedo, she warned, "Daddy, you shouldn't wear that suit."
"And why not, darling?"
"You know that it always gives you a headache the next morning.
It was the end of the day when I parked my police van in front of the station. As I gathered my equipment, my K-9 partner, Jake, was barking, and I saw a little boy staring in at me. "Is that a dog you got back there?" he asked.
"It sure is," I replied.
Puzzled, the boy looked at me and then towards the back of the van. Finally he said, "What'd he do?"
A little boy got lost at the YMCA and found himself in the women's locker room. When he was spotted, the room burst into shrieks, with ladies grabbing towels and running for cover. The little boy watched in amazement and then asked, "What's the matter, haven't you ever seen a little boy before?"
A woman was trying hard to get the ketchup out of the jar. During her struggle the phone rang so she asked her 4-year-old daughter to answer the phone. "Mommy can't come to the phone to talk to you right now. She's hitting the bottle."
Driving with her three young children one warm summer evening, a woman in the convertible ahead stood up and waved. She was stark naked!
As the mother was reeling from the shock, she heard her 5-year-old shout from the back seat, "Mom! That lady isn't wearing a seat belt!"
"And why not, darling?"
"You know that it always gives you a headache the next morning.
It was the end of the day when I parked my police van in front of the station. As I gathered my equipment, my K-9 partner, Jake, was barking, and I saw a little boy staring in at me. "Is that a dog you got back there?" he asked.
"It sure is," I replied.
Puzzled, the boy looked at me and then towards the back of the van. Finally he said, "What'd he do?"
A little boy got lost at the YMCA and found himself in the women's locker room. When he was spotted, the room burst into shrieks, with ladies grabbing towels and running for cover. The little boy watched in amazement and then asked, "What's the matter, haven't you ever seen a little boy before?"
A woman was trying hard to get the ketchup out of the jar. During her struggle the phone rang so she asked her 4-year-old daughter to answer the phone. "Mommy can't come to the phone to talk to you right now. She's hitting the bottle."
Driving with her three young children one warm summer evening, a woman in the convertible ahead stood up and waved. She was stark naked!
As the mother was reeling from the shock, she heard her 5-year-old shout from the back seat, "Mom! That lady isn't wearing a seat belt!"
Radiohead - True Love Waits
http://youtu.be/oB6btmu7sG4
And if you google "True Love Waits" you get : True Love Waits® challenges teenagers and college students to make a commitment to sexual abstinence until marriage. Created by LifeWay Christian Resources. Relevant for some I suppose... soory but I'm not right wing or christian, or anything!
And if you google "True Love Waits" you get : True Love Waits® challenges teenagers and college students to make a commitment to sexual abstinence until marriage. Created by LifeWay Christian Resources. Relevant for some I suppose... soory but I'm not right wing or christian, or anything!
Friday, 3 June 2011
I just want a ticket to the football 2
So I wait another 20 minutes on the phone to the ticket company. Then they say none of my clubs' barcodes are working - they'll try to sort out the problem and get back to me. To my amazement they do get back to me - but this guy says I do not have reciprocal rights to this venue with my club - I tell him I do! He says no! He tells me that this club (names a different club, in another state, 1000km away) does not have reciprocal rights with this stadium.... I say "but I don't belong to that club". He then says suspiciously then why do I have this bar code? So I repeat the barcode that I had previously given last time I rang and spoke to one of his colleagues... "hey that's not the number you gave me!" Um, yes it is!... well it still doesn't allow you access - yes it does... no it doesn't.... Ok we will ring you back.
Surprisingly an hour later there is a text telling me to call the ticket company.... after 30 minutes another (this is the 4th person I've dealt with from this company today)... "How can I help you?"... no, problem - in three minutes, game booked!
Moral of the story... people working in call centres and utilities have no f'ing idea!
Surprisingly an hour later there is a text telling me to call the ticket company.... after 30 minutes another (this is the 4th person I've dealt with from this company today)... "How can I help you?"... no, problem - in three minutes, game booked!
Moral of the story... people working in call centres and utilities have no f'ing idea!
I just want a ticket to the football
So I get on the website of the ticket company and enter my barcode and it doesn't work. So I spend 20 minutes waiting on the phone for the ticket company to answer. Then they say they're not sure what the problem is perhaps I need to ring the sporting club to which I belong, or maybe it's booked out (they don't seem to be able to tell me if it's booked out!). So I ring my club - there's not problem with my membership - maybe ring the stadium. So I ring the stadium - no, not booked out... so maybe try the ticket company again either online or call... tried online again (failed) now I can't get through on the phone (engaged signal)...... it's just a ticket for a football game! In the old days you turned up at the ground and paid at the gate and in you went.
Thursday, 2 June 2011
High energy
http://youtu.be/Jm3rHONOr9o
This demonstrates that (1) light travels faster than sound, and (2) why getting hit by lightning can be fatal!
This demonstrates that (1) light travels faster than sound, and (2) why getting hit by lightning can be fatal!
Pseudo-science
I wrote a letter this week to the Chancellor of an Australian University recommending they cease teaching a Paediatric Chiropractic course ... you can imagine the success rate of this!
There has been some interest in this topic from the newspapers, so hopefully will get wider publicity
There has been some interest in this topic from the newspapers, so hopefully will get wider publicity
Wednesday, 1 June 2011
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