November 7th, 2003 at 10:33pm
I think I had a sex dream about Kelly Osbourne last night. I rarely remember my dreams, but this one just came flooding back to me about 2 minutes ago. I think working crazy shifts is somehow starting to affect me psychologically. Odd…
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October 31st, 2003 at 7:31pm
I answered the door this evening. Two fat, bratty little snots yelling “Trick or treat!”
“Neither.” *slam*
Well, what do you want from me? A patient, reasoned explanation of the fact that we don’t live in America? A frank exposition of the bullshit marketing ploy the whole notion of “Halloween” is in the first place? I’ve been up since 4am working all day for chrissakes. I have the right to be Scrooge for 3 seconds every now and then. Trick or treat… what’s the world coming to? Bloody kids.
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September 19th, 2003 at 3:12am
Posted yesterday:
Police seek to identify far north SA remains
South Australian police say they cannot rule out the possibility that part of a man’s lower torso found in a dam in South Australia’s far north is that of missing British tourist Peter Falconio.
Police say an extensive search of the dam 35 kilometres south of Marla, which started this morning, has so far failed to turn up any clues to the man’s identity or cause of death.
Inspector Peter Batley says South Australian police have contacted Northern Territory police about the possibility of the remains belonging to Mr Falconio.
“Look, nothing’s ruled out and we’re coming into this with a very open mind, so we’re not going to discount one thing or another straight away,” he said.
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See where media hyperbole gets you?434 words, reading time ~ 1:44 mins
August 6th, 2003 at 1:16pm
The Prime Minister, John Howard, has expressed his opposition to gay marriage, saying the institution should be about ensuring the survival of the species.
Mr Howard says his comments are not an attack on gay people but are a strong statement in support of the central role of traditional marriage in Australia.
Mr Howard says marriage is one of society’s bedrock institutions and he does not want to see anything weaken it.
“Marriage as we understand it in our society is about children, having children, raising them, providing for the survival of the species,” he said.
“And I think if the same status is given in our society to gay unions as are given to traditional marriage we will weaken that bedrock institution.”
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PM opposes gay marriage328 words, reading time ~ 1:19 mins
July 13th, 2003 at 1:57pm
I really should read the Times (of London) more often. That way I’d find out more aout things like this:
[A] local council is employing staff to take fathers on dry-slope skiing trips to help them bond with their children and make them less “sexist.”
The post, based in Knowsley, Merseyside, is one of a welter of dubious jobs being created by the vast sums of taxpayers’ money that the government is pumping into the public sector.
Details of the job emerged during a four-month undercover investigation by The Sunday Times in which applications were made for 60 jobs involving “facilitation”, “evaluation”, “co-ordination” and “monitoring”. They included:
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Dry-slope skiing trips330 words, reading time ~ 1:19 mins