By Tim Eakins | Published:
Thursday, 30th April, 2009
The Lord Mayor Campbell Newman was on the TV news last night having a whinge about abandoned shopping trolleys.
It showed the man walking through a graveyard of shopping trolleys looking forlorn and concerned. He would not of looked out of place at a mass disaster site.
He mentioned that he was considering bringing in by-laws to [...]
34 years ago today, a steel arm rammed down the gates of the Reunification Palace, NVA soldiers rushed inside to fly the victory flag from the building, and that was the end of South Vietnam. All of Vietnam was reunified after the fall of Saigon, and today the country celebrates the Liberation Day holiday.
The party’s [...]
By Brett | Published:
Wednesday, 29th April, 2009
Once dreamt, within an infinite dream
Sprouted from seed an everlasting tree
Its branches stretch from here to nevermore
Casting darkness across and abroad
You are in this dream
Dreamt by the dreamer
Given the gift
A leaf from the tree
You are the light to shine on forever
This is but a dream
This is but a dream
Oh [...]
By Brett | Published:
Sunday, 19th April, 2009
Geelong Cats celebrated Gary Ablett’s 150th game in style last night with a comprehensive 48 point victory over the Adelaide Crows at AAMI stadium.
The Cats held off a tough fight back from Adelaide to kick a 6-0 goal final quarter, sealing Geelong’s fourth consecutive win for the season.
Steve Johnstone opened the account for the Cats [...]
By Brett | Published:
Tuesday, 7th April, 2009
The circus was in town again. Red and white striped tents, wall to wall posters of the coming attractions, old ladies with cake stalls and a man who greeted me at the gate with a secret handshake, “go The Greens” he said, “go The Greens” I replied.
Voting day for the 2009 Qld state election was [...]
Ten days before I joined Jschool, I arrived here in Brisbane. I have never been overseas for any longer than 20 days before this trip to Australia. It was raining on the day I got there and I wandered around the Queen Street Mall to find the places I had to visit for my ten-month [...]
By Tim Eakins | Published:
Thursday, 2nd April, 2009
Are Toyota drivers the new Volvo drivers?
I ask this because when I first started driving in 2001 Volvo drivers were easily the worst drivers on the road.
Not very fond of their indicators but very fond of their fog lights I found Volvo drivers to be the most inpatient, annoying drivers on the road.
These days though I find [...]