apologies for all the bike related posts. but theyre a nice change from the recent surfboard/running frenzies, right?
a new york times slideshow of people on bikes in NYC
i am loving my recent 2 wheeled aquisition not only because of the pure riding experience that it brings me, but also because it also doesnt compromise my lifestyle (meaning [...]
The longest smoke break of Nicholas White’s life began at around eleven o’clock on a Friday night in October, 1999. White, a thirty-four-year-old production manager at Business Week, working late on a special supplement, had just watched the Braves beat the Mets on a television in the office pantry. Now he wanted a cigarette. He [...]
between 8 and 9pm yesterday the residents of melrose place observed earth hour and turned all the lights off. it would have all been quite good and noble and everything, had there not been a televised afl match between carlton and st kilda (see previous post for importance of viewing game).
once all the lights were out, we found that light [...]
it’s the first day of the lunar year. out of one ear i can hear katy reading a list of words such as glug, whirls twirls, twit twoo, iguana, chameleon, pitter patter, icky and yikes (shes obviously about to do a reptilian storytime) and out of the other ear justin timberlake is bringing sexy back whilst throwning back [...]
The Google “Hot Trends” listing of the 100 fastest rising search terms for January 22 contains 25 relating to Ledger, including seven in the top 10.
Among the searches were many misspellings including Keith Ledger, Keith Fletcher, Heath Leader, Keith Legend and Heath Fletcher.
whilst the inner city melbourne suburbs are undergoing mass gentrification, the particular block where I live (melrose place) seems to be bucking the trend. in the course of a week, a tatto parlour called ‘the third eye’ has taken the place of the hairdressing salon to the right of melrose and to the left, what [...]
this is probably a bit nerdy, but no doubt some of you will find it fun. Free Rice is an alternative to aimlessly browsing through others’ facebook friend lists (and discovering bizarre degrees of separation) or spending a night watching random YouTube vids to find amusement in the discomfort of others (see Halloween violence post below).
Free Rice is a [...]
monster truck jump mania - just another weekend for me, really.
the highlight of the night was when the freestyle motorcross guy got down on his knees and proposed to his woman (who was wearing a white mini dress and black stilettos) in front of the crowd at rod laver arena. another rider then proceeded to spray a bottle [...]
i think i am going to be forced to join second life to check this out…
“The Project Factory is pleased to announce the launch of its interpretation of the architecture of Melbourne’s Laneways in the popular virtual world, Second Life. Commissioned by Multimedia Victoria and Acumentum, the project uses real-life images of graffiti, architecture and [...]
i shouldnt be talking about food on this site because it doesnt sit well with my anti-foodie ethos. however the dumpling challenge was more about food consumption in quantity, rather than quality.
the challenge was to, in Camy Shangai Dumpling House chinatown (note use of capitals = respect), eat dumplings. as many as humanly possible, with the guidelines [...]
 | Adaptor on sushi kitty |
 | Melissa on double pluggers |
 | donna on sushi kitty |
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Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
