You gotta watch this brilliant rant by Sam Kekovich for Australia Day.
Sam is a retired Aussie Rules football player who is a pitchman for the Australian lamb industry. This ad is brilliant! I can't help but want to go out and buy a rack of lamb and BBQ it on January 26, Australia Day. The Vote Lamb web site they made to go with this TV ad is great too.
I was rolling on the floor laughing by the time he started ripping into Ian Thorpe for living in Los Angeles. He rips into immigration testing, terrorism, bling, tree-huggers, everything. I love it.
This is not the first time he has done this. He has done similar rants, all equally as funny, in 2005 and 2006. Click on the links to watch them.
Monday, January 15, 2007
Stupid Aussie TV media news
Arrrgh! I can't believe some of the crap the editors of the Aussie TV news allow to get on the screen. I normally don't watch TV news because it is so self serving and bad. But it was on the background last week when they were covering a story about a guy who was arrested for selling stolen army rocket launchers to some local wanna-be Islamic terrorist.
What happened was that Taha Abdul Rahma of Sydney, who is unemployed, brokered the sale of a dozen rocket launchers that had been stolen from the Australian Army. He sold them to an Islamic terrorist cell that was busted in 2005 planning a series of huge attacks in Australia.
Last week he was arrested. He was denied bail. So what story gets reported in the TV news? His wife gets on TV and starts bawling about how it is unfair that he doesn't get to go home. She claims that their children are crying and upset because daddy isn't there to tuck them in at night.
I was stunned. What about all the children who would have lost one or both parents if the terrorist had not been caught? Did it cross this idiot's mind that perhaps dealing in stolen military grade weapons might involve some risk, such as being being thrown in prison? Did it occur to him that these weapons in the hands of his terrorist buddies in Melbourne might be used to actually kill a lot of people? What did he think they wanted them for? Props?
And this guy sold them for a lot of money.... like $60k each. So one has to ask where did these buyers get that much cash. What was he planning to do with all that money? While the hardworking tax payers of Australia were supporting him and his family with generous welfare checks. He spends his time dealing in stolen military weapons to be sold to Islamic nutters for a huge profit. Wow! Why work a real job?
I can't believe that the news allowed their bleeding-heart commie reporter to focus on how the children of this criminal were upset that daddy might not be coming home. Perhaps they should focus on the children of the brave servicemen who have died and who risk their lives fighting Islamic terrorist and fanatics from blowing up skyscrapers and nuclear plants.
I'm and so sick and saddened by the news reporters here. Perhaps his wife and children should go visit the surviving members of the victims of terrorism and find out what their daddy really did when he was not home reading them bedtime stories. Yup, daddy was getting rich by given terrorists weapons to kill innocent people, and children, in the name of Islam. What a great guy! Why don't you nominate him for father and citizen of the year while you are at it?
What happened was that Taha Abdul Rahma of Sydney, who is unemployed, brokered the sale of a dozen rocket launchers that had been stolen from the Australian Army. He sold them to an Islamic terrorist cell that was busted in 2005 planning a series of huge attacks in Australia.
Last week he was arrested. He was denied bail. So what story gets reported in the TV news? His wife gets on TV and starts bawling about how it is unfair that he doesn't get to go home. She claims that their children are crying and upset because daddy isn't there to tuck them in at night.
I was stunned. What about all the children who would have lost one or both parents if the terrorist had not been caught? Did it cross this idiot's mind that perhaps dealing in stolen military grade weapons might involve some risk, such as being being thrown in prison? Did it occur to him that these weapons in the hands of his terrorist buddies in Melbourne might be used to actually kill a lot of people? What did he think they wanted them for? Props?
And this guy sold them for a lot of money.... like $60k each. So one has to ask where did these buyers get that much cash. What was he planning to do with all that money? While the hardworking tax payers of Australia were supporting him and his family with generous welfare checks. He spends his time dealing in stolen military weapons to be sold to Islamic nutters for a huge profit. Wow! Why work a real job?
I can't believe that the news allowed their bleeding-heart commie reporter to focus on how the children of this criminal were upset that daddy might not be coming home. Perhaps they should focus on the children of the brave servicemen who have died and who risk their lives fighting Islamic terrorist and fanatics from blowing up skyscrapers and nuclear plants.
I'm and so sick and saddened by the news reporters here. Perhaps his wife and children should go visit the surviving members of the victims of terrorism and find out what their daddy really did when he was not home reading them bedtime stories. Yup, daddy was getting rich by given terrorists weapons to kill innocent people, and children, in the name of Islam. What a great guy! Why don't you nominate him for father and citizen of the year while you are at it?
Velux 5 Oceans Solo Challenge
Yesterday I went down to Fremantle harbor to watch the start of the second leg of the 2007 Velux 5 Oceans Solo Challenge. This is a round-the-world race starting and ending in Spain featuring solo sailors. There is only two stops on the race, Fremantle Australia and Norfolk, Virgina. The sailed non-stop from Spain to Australia. And yesterday they left for a non-stop sail across the Pacific, around Cape Horn, and up the Atlantic Ocean to Virgina.
The boats were amazing. They are very large for a single person boat. The living space is actually small, with most of the space being used to hold sails. We were not allowed on board the boats. But each racer was introduced, gave a little speech, and then left the dock for the starting line offshore.
One of the racers is from Japan. He was pretty cool. His English is poor, and he needed a translator. But he had the largest fan base there. There was a large number of supporters waving Japanese flags as he left. They said that he has become a celebrity and a bit of a hero in Japan for doing this race. Here is his profile on the race site.
The best way to see the boats and understand what these guys are doing is to go their website here. Looks like a lot of fun! Wish I was going!
The boats were amazing. They are very large for a single person boat. The living space is actually small, with most of the space being used to hold sails. We were not allowed on board the boats. But each racer was introduced, gave a little speech, and then left the dock for the starting line offshore.
One of the racers is from Japan. He was pretty cool. His English is poor, and he needed a translator. But he had the largest fan base there. There was a large number of supporters waving Japanese flags as he left. They said that he has become a celebrity and a bit of a hero in Japan for doing this race. Here is his profile on the race site.
The best way to see the boats and understand what these guys are doing is to go their website here. Looks like a lot of fun! Wish I was going!
Western Australia CUBs
At a wedding I attended this weekend I met a Qantas flight attendant who works the flights out of Perth that service the small airfields in the vast Western Australia outback and Kimberly areas north of here. Most of the passengers are men who work in the mineral, gas, and oil fields.
These guys make a lot of money. They fly to work and work on site for 3 to 4 weeks. They are usually out in the middle of nowhere. So when they come back to Perth for their 1 to 2 weeks off, they have a few thousand dollars in the pocket. Most are young, in their 20's or 30's, and raking in over $100k AUD a year. All of their expenses (food and lodging) are covered by their employer at the work site. So there is literally nothing to spend money on while they are working.
The flight attendant is single, in her early 30's. I was joking with here about how she must find it dealing with airplanes full of single men who are earning a lot of money. She looked at me horrified. She called them "CUB's", which is a slang acronym for "Cashed Up Bogans". A bogan is Aussie slang for someone who unsophisticated and lower class. She said that most of them spend their free time and money on their utes (Aussie pickup trucks) and getting drunk with their mates.
She was telling me about how they all dress in flannel shirts, boots, and dirty jeans, and scraggly beards. She said that they look like they are with the band ZZ Top.
These guys make a lot of money. They fly to work and work on site for 3 to 4 weeks. They are usually out in the middle of nowhere. So when they come back to Perth for their 1 to 2 weeks off, they have a few thousand dollars in the pocket. Most are young, in their 20's or 30's, and raking in over $100k AUD a year. All of their expenses (food and lodging) are covered by their employer at the work site. So there is literally nothing to spend money on while they are working.
The flight attendant is single, in her early 30's. I was joking with here about how she must find it dealing with airplanes full of single men who are earning a lot of money. She looked at me horrified. She called them "CUB's", which is a slang acronym for "Cashed Up Bogans". A bogan is Aussie slang for someone who unsophisticated and lower class. She said that most of them spend their free time and money on their utes (Aussie pickup trucks) and getting drunk with their mates.
She was telling me about how they all dress in flannel shirts, boots, and dirty jeans, and scraggly beards. She said that they look like they are with the band ZZ Top.
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
The Mac OSX Experience - Day 4
Optical Media Problem:
I ran into a "gotcha!" with Apple's elegant designs. I can't eject a bad DVD disk.
Macs, unlike PCs, do not have a CD/DVD tray that comes out. Instead, they have a slot that you stick the disk in to. Sort of liking sticking a piece of bread into a toaster. To eject the CD or DVD that is in the optical drive, you have to drag the icon representing the disk to the trash can. That tells the computer to eject the disk.
So what do I do when there is a disk in the drive and the OSX doesn't see it? Because it doesn't see it, there is no icon on the desktop to represent it. Because there is no icon, I have nothing to drag to the trash can to ask the computer to eject it.
I have no idea why it can't see the disk. I inserted a blank DVD-R disk that I planned to burn some files to. I suppose that I will have to reboot the computer in WinXP and hope that XP can see the disk. It should at least see the drive, which means I could ask XP to issue an eject command.
There is no manual override button to force eject a disk. What does Apple expect people who aren't computer gurus to do when it eats a disk and refusing to "see" it? Most people aren't going to install two OS's, like I did, to see if the other can fix the problem.
MacBook & OSX Help System:
While trying to solve the above problem, I discovered another problem. There is no comprehensive help system on the HDD. I had to go the Apple web site. What would I do if I was not connected to the internet? What if the problem that I was seeking help on was getting the computer to hook up to the internet? The OSX comes with a search utility called "Spotlight". But that did not find any sort of help data.
I did find a small Macbook user guide PDF. But it was very high-level and brief overview of how to do basic things. It was not comprehensive at all.
Strange... I would think that Apple would be sure to include a good help system. Perhaps they are so confident that their hardware and software are so perfect and easy to use that a help system is not needed. Well, they are wrong!
Bluetooth Mouse:
Yesterday I bought a small bluetooth optical mouse. The Macbook comes with a built in Bluetooth transmitter/receiver. This works great! And it works under both OSX and WindowsXP. So I now have a small little wireless mouse that I can use without tying up a USB port. I didn't buy the Apple mouse. They are over priced and do not have a right click. I'm not a Mac purist, so I refuse to give up my right click button. Personally, I find OSX easier to use with the right click.
I ran into a "gotcha!" with Apple's elegant designs. I can't eject a bad DVD disk.
Macs, unlike PCs, do not have a CD/DVD tray that comes out. Instead, they have a slot that you stick the disk in to. Sort of liking sticking a piece of bread into a toaster. To eject the CD or DVD that is in the optical drive, you have to drag the icon representing the disk to the trash can. That tells the computer to eject the disk.
So what do I do when there is a disk in the drive and the OSX doesn't see it? Because it doesn't see it, there is no icon on the desktop to represent it. Because there is no icon, I have nothing to drag to the trash can to ask the computer to eject it.
I have no idea why it can't see the disk. I inserted a blank DVD-R disk that I planned to burn some files to. I suppose that I will have to reboot the computer in WinXP and hope that XP can see the disk. It should at least see the drive, which means I could ask XP to issue an eject command.
There is no manual override button to force eject a disk. What does Apple expect people who aren't computer gurus to do when it eats a disk and refusing to "see" it? Most people aren't going to install two OS's, like I did, to see if the other can fix the problem.
MacBook & OSX Help System:
While trying to solve the above problem, I discovered another problem. There is no comprehensive help system on the HDD. I had to go the Apple web site. What would I do if I was not connected to the internet? What if the problem that I was seeking help on was getting the computer to hook up to the internet? The OSX comes with a search utility called "Spotlight". But that did not find any sort of help data.
I did find a small Macbook user guide PDF. But it was very high-level and brief overview of how to do basic things. It was not comprehensive at all.
Strange... I would think that Apple would be sure to include a good help system. Perhaps they are so confident that their hardware and software are so perfect and easy to use that a help system is not needed. Well, they are wrong!
Bluetooth Mouse:
Yesterday I bought a small bluetooth optical mouse. The Macbook comes with a built in Bluetooth transmitter/receiver. This works great! And it works under both OSX and WindowsXP. So I now have a small little wireless mouse that I can use without tying up a USB port. I didn't buy the Apple mouse. They are over priced and do not have a right click. I'm not a Mac purist, so I refuse to give up my right click button. Personally, I find OSX easier to use with the right click.
How To Make A Woman Happy
Robin sent me this cheat sheet on how to make a woman happy. Thanks!
How to Make a Woman Happy
It's not difficult to make a woman happy. A man only needs to be:
1. a friend
2. a companion
3. a lover
4. a brother
5. a father
6. a master
7. a chef
8. an electrician
9. a carpenter
10. a plumber
11. a mechanic
12. a decorator
13. a stylist
14. a sexologist
15. a gynecologist
16. a psychologist
17. a pest exterminator
18. a psychiatrist
19. a healer
20. a good listener
21. an organizer
22. a good father
23. very clean
24. sympathetic
25. athletic
26. warm
27. attentive
28. gallant
29. intelligent
30. funny
31. creative
32. tender
33. strong
34. understanding
35. tolerant
36. prudent
37. ambitious
38. capable
39. courageous
40. determined
41. true
42. dependable
43. passionate
44. compassionate
WITHOUT FORGETTING TO:
45. give her compliments regularly
46. love shopping
47. be honest
48. be very rich
49. not stress her out
50. not look at other girls
AND AT THE SAME TIME, YOU MUST ALSO:
51. give her lots of attention, but expect little yourself
52. give her lots of time, especially time for herself
53. give her lots of space, never worrying about where she goes
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT:
54. Never to forget birthdays, anniversaries, arrangements she makes
HOW TO MAKE A MAN HAPPY
1. Show up naked
2. Bring beer
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