To celebrate the fact that I officially became old this month [1] I decided to lash out on a new computer and a shiny new game to go along with it.
Because my previous PC could barely run Solitaire, I had let mainstream PC gaming pass me by for a few years. My only real contact [...]
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Welcome to our African Hellhole – leave only footprints, take only memories; also, could you please stop killing the civilians?
Published by November 8th, 2008 in Burnt Offerings. 0 Comments
I like reading complicated maths blogs. I don’t understand them, but it’s fun when one extremely intelligent person fires a broadside at another extremely intelligent person. It’s like Rock ‘N Roll Wrestling, where I don’t understand who anyone is or what anyone is talking about, but it’s polite. How cool is that? (Murray @ Midnight | 0 Comments)
The Sun-Sentinel, South Florida’s most infotainious newspaper, is running a poll on the worst album cover of all time. Anyone who has been connected to the internet for more than 10 minutes has probably already seen most of these before, but if you consider yourself to be a connoisseur of truly awful album covers, you [...]
Okay, so Krispy Kreme has finally come to Brisbane, but I’m confused.
What the hell is it about these deep-fried rings of sugar and dough that drives people so berserk?
I mean, don’t get me wrong, it’s not that I’m not a fan of the donut, per se, it’s just that I don’t quite understand the religious [...]
“Wrongy-wrong” is the opposite of “Finey-fine”. I’m just saying, that’s all. (Murray @ Midnight | 0 Comments)
Meanwhile, in Brisbane’s financial district…
The building at Five Riverside Plaza was widely regarded as the city’s tallest and least sensible structure. Towering over the rest of the CBD, its upper reaches lost in clouds, the building boasted the most insanely exclusive floorspace in the city because it actually only had 5 floors, all jockeying for [...]
We have a winner: "Cats in the cradle" caption slugfest
Published by May 13th, 2008 in Caption SLUGfest Championships and Uncategorized. 1 CommentThe votes are in, the ballots have been counted, the returning officers have been soundly flogged and locked in the Voodoologic dungeons for the kind of corruption that would make a private contracting company in Iraq blush, and yet it still appears that Darren Saturday has emerged as the winner of the “Cats in [...]
Oh, man. I just realised it’s almost State Of Origin time again and I still haven’t finished not caring about last year’s State Of Origin. The hell do people find the time to not care about all this stuff? (Murray @ Midnight | 4 Comments)
"I’m a Filthy Early Adopter!" — a rebuttal
Published by May 9th, 2008 in Incoherent Ramblings Of The Enraged Mumble Mumble. 2 CommentsOkay, so normally I’d bury this post where it really belongs, somewhere in the reply section of Saturday’s original rant about all things technically attractive and attractively technical.
However, there was something about Darren Saturday’s post that demanded a little extra attention. Maybe it was the implied threats? Maybe it was the explicit threats?
Or maybe [...]
Time to vote for your favourite "Cats in the cradle" caption!
Published by May 7th, 2008 in Caption SLUGfest Championships. 1 CommentYes, that’s right, it’s time for another fantastic caption slugfest to come to an end!
As always, we’ve had some entries this time around, and some of them even made the judging team smile, and on one remarkable occasion, even say, "Heh."
You can have your say on who should be crowned the undisputed Imperial Ruler Of [...]
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