The Power Of One…Idiot

Thanks to a madman who decided to pull a shotgun on police and sit in his car until hell freezes over my 20 minute, 20 kilometre, trip home took me exactly 120 minutes this afternoon/evening. 2 hours from Malvern to Newport – and it was only due to them opening a back route to the Westgate that I made it home in under 3 hours.

‘The Westgate Siege’ is still going, 6 hours after it began. One man has bought an entire city to it’s knees by sitting in a car, in a petrol station, with a gun that may or may not be loaded.

Madness.

Belated Thanks

Daniel’s Dr Who entry got me thinking.

To the poor person at the BBC whose job it was to mimeogrpah Dr Who publicity material and send it in big yellow envelopes to far away lands, thankyou. It may have been one more thing to do before smoko to you but for a 12 year old disciple, in days before the internet when England, the BBC and Dr Who all seemed a very long way away, it was a real link to something that was a large part of my life.

Thankyou, again.

I Need Someone To Stop Me

My name is Tony, and I am addict.

Seriously. The siren call of silver things which cost lots of money, have remote controls, flashing lights and that plug in to televisions is irresistible to me. We now have a digital set top box. Our aerial cord runs from the wall, to the digital box, to the Foxtel box, to the VCR and finally to the telly.

It’s fantastic to watch the footy in true widescreen, the sound is amazing and picture clarity astonishing. We can finally see the rude bits on SBS clearly (worth the price of the box alone according to my officemate). The only thing left to add is a Playstation 2, but I think if I push that one I’ll be playing it on my own in my own bachelor pad.

Too Cool

From Rob :

On the way to work today, I passed a Pet Shop which recently opened along
McIntyre Rd, and noticed they had a new large red and black sign in the
window which said :-

WESTEND
PET SHOP

I just wanted to share that ’cause I thought it was cool.

Hints #342

When at work if you are sick three times and the motion of your PC’s cursor is making your head spin you are probably ill and should go home.