More mistaken racism on Australian TV

I mentioned earlier in the week how touring rapper Xzibit seemed to have grabbed the wrong end of the stick when accusing an Australian TV show of racism. Thinking about it brought to mind a classic moment from Australian TV in the 70s as I recount in this video:

Annoying habits

I have a few habits that people at work tend to notice.  I’m a bit of a fidgeter.  In meetings I tend to doodle (I always tell people it’s a sign I’m thinking).  And when I walk along I tend to tap on surfaces to see what noises they make.  In other words, I’m fucking [...]

We’re from the government, we’re here to help

How would you feel if you lived in a remote community in the middle of nowhere, you had no money, no prospects and felt pretty much ignored and forgotten by the rest of the country.  Your life expectancy was about 2/3 the national average; unemployment, alcoholism and abuse were endemic.  Then one day, completely unannounced, [...]

A secret message for long-time readers

I’ve been thinking about something this past week since hitting my brief moment of internet stardom.  This is only of relevance to my really long term readers so if this isn’t you, stop reading now.
Seriously.
This is a secret that I’m only letting long term readers in on.  If you’re a recent reader you won’t even [...]

Xzibit plays the race card on Rove

I wouldn’t have even known US rapper Xzibit was touring Australia if he hadn’t caused a little stir by labelling the staff of one of the highest rated shows on Australian TV as racist.  He was slated to appear on a show called “Rove Live”, a “tonight” style show named after the host Rove McManus.
The [...]

A psychological experiment

I’m going to teach you something about the power of suggestion now.  This is basically how hypnotism works, if you’re open to suggestion a hypnotist can have a considerable influence on your behaviour.  However, one doesn’t have to be a professional hypnotist to see this in action.
Have you ever noticed how if someone yawns in [...]

Cheeeeez!

Life is full of little pleasures and small victories. I was very excited recently when I found a vey special product. I hadn’t been able to find this since the last time I was in the states (which was far too long ago) so when I found it in a local supermarket, I [...]

Road Conversation #1 – MC NoseJizz

The conversation is started by Adrian twanging on his nose. I’ll have to leave “twanging” to your imagination as there are no sound effects to go with this post. Essentially he was flicking his nose rhythmically while making a vaguely musical sound in accompaniment.
“That’s really special. Just the thing to make the [...]

Road trip!

I’m about to head out on a big road trip.  About 800-900km with my friend Adrian to attend a retirement party for our favourite lecturer from the old college days.  This is likely to be a fairly insane party weekend so you may not hear from me for a while.  Then again, I’m taking my [...]

You’re all a bunch of sick little monkeys!

So that’s what it feels like to get the top post on reddit and front page of Digg in the same 24 hour period. Now that my genius has been recognised more widely I guess all that’s left to be said is “What the hell took you people so long?” Seriously, the encouragement [...]