Owls.

Owls? Yes, owls.

My father-in-law loves them because he says they send their young off to discover life for themselves at an early age. Everybody knows he loves owls and as a result his house is filled with owl merchandise. My grandmother, who used to be a teacher, wrote a poem about owls. Last night, I read it for the first time.

OWLS.
They tell me that owls
Are intelligent fowls
Mine just sit around saying WHO
You wold think now and then
Either cock bird or hen
Would venture a "how", "where" or "when"?
I think it's their eyes
That makes us surmise
There's a great wisdom lurking within
But I think I'd much rather
Hear kookaburra laughter
I don't need an answer for him

M. Streader

Coffee & blog rolls

Working on a small video project with a local coffee roaster. In his bookshelf I saw a book entitled, "TEA SINKS, COFFEE FLOATS". Looked interesting- a good coffee table book perhaps.

I'm really enjoying Leigh Sales's (from Lateline on ABC) blog- Well Read-Head- especially her list of ten things to check out. Very interesting reading! They seem to be catered for me. Other blogs seem too shallow, or too deep. But Leigh somehow gets the balance just right.

Trebuchet

This is a trebuchet that my cousin made- he's in his early teens. On a slightly different scale there is another one I found on youtube: What is it about males and destroying stuff?

Cocaine traces found on 90% of US Greenbacks.

That's what the study says. And Washington comes in first with traces found on 95% of the notes. No surprises there I guess. What is surprising is that I read this story on the Sydney Morning Herald website, but couldn't find it on the NY Times site. If I was part of Gen-Y I'd say. "WTF?!" Stu Baker noted that most US$1 bills have a street value of $1.07.

Searching for Bill Trailer

I'm trying to help a friend, Jonas Tabi, from Vanuatu track down his old friend and boss, Australian Bill Trailer (pictured). He worked in the New Hebrides on boats for quite some time and Jonas is keen to catch up with him again. If anyone knows anything (I know it's a stab in the dark) please contact me.

Vulgar Aussies.

I've always known that Aussies have a much more laid-back approach to vulgar language. Now it has been confirmed by a university study.

Great Hoaxes

If you've seen the crazy waterslide leap you probably realised it couldn't be real. Well, this story confirms it. It looks realistic enough, but I have enough common sense and production/editing knowledge to know that this could easily be faked. Good job though- I'm sure many were fooled.

Blogroll?

Hmm, never had a blogroll. But here's a link that will do for the time being.

What a crazy week eh? Did you see the apartment block fall into the river in Taiwan? Lady's boxing has been given for the 2012 Olympics- but you'd have to be pretty deluded to think of that as progress.

I'm on twitter.

And quickly, try to check out Myles Barlow, as he would have to be the funniest newcomer to comedy. Absolutely hilarious. He reviews the parts of life that matter. In this most recent episode he reviews Paying for Sex, Free-Loading and Destitution. Very refreshing- you won't be disappointed.

See ya in the pit.
X

Redcliffe Freerunners

New Video Camera tests.

You know what I love even more than Australian Customs' media releases? My new camera! After running around with a glorified domestic camera for the last few years, having some manual controls is incredibly liberating. Watch this space because there is much more to come.

Yu and you.

If you are in the Queen Street Mall and want your name written in Chinese characters, Yu will do it for you for free.  What is his motivation?  He just wants to meet people.  

I just had two young ladies come to the door and ask me if I wanted to sponsor them for the forty hour fanime (sic.) to help starving kids in South Africa and that.

News Ltd. has adopted the village of Fote in the Solomon Islands. What?

Sydney Morning Herald reports that PNG mothers are killing baby boys in an effort to end long-running tribal conflicts.

Numerous newspapers reported a Japanese man being arrested for releasing insects on trains in Osaka. Apparently the terrified ladies' shaking legs was a turn-on for him.

another pic

side of a car in DenDen Town.

Blue Jump

Entering this in the WIRED photo competition.

New Documentary Coming

Official Press Release:
16:13 JST Osaka.

Big Kamo announced today, the commencement of a new documentary with the working title, "Boner".