Oh shit!

"Melbourne Victory striker Archie Thompson scored five goals as his side destroyed Adelaide United 6-0 in the A-League grand final at Telstra Dome tonight."

Raymond Carver - Your Dog Diedit gets run over by a van ( Read more... )

This is cute.

Now this is a good idea: Maine City Bans Smoking in Cars With ChildrenI think Melbourne prides itself on being a relatively progressive city, but what are we doing? Banning smoking outdoors? Well I'm not entirely opposed to it, if the "outdoor" area is actually an enclosed one. But even then there's a big civil liberties issue that hasn't even ( Read more... )

Two things worth watching:

* "If I ever saw an amputee being hanged, I would just yell out letters." (Demetri Martin I love you.)

* The real Mel Gibson's Apocalypto.

As anyone who's spent any time with me in the last, say, month or so would already know, on New Year's Eve, Honkytonks closed its doors for the final time. Apparently the owner is "looking into" other venues to open up a new club, but nothing'll come close to the glorious coalescence of glam and trash that came to define the place ( Read more... )

Who's going to Summadayze? I got a free ticket, so - against my better judgement - I'll probably be there.

Sao Paulo lawmakers are banning advertising billboards everywhere.

What a great idea.

It's raining outside, and immediately I thought of my favourite smells. Rain after hot weather is just amazing. Most smells are great because they remind you of something. The beach, and Rye, and summers when I was a kid. Leaves and Autumn and Kilsyth and my mum and dad when they were (sometimes) happy ( Read more... )

I know everyone's caught up in Rudd fever at the moment, but I just wanna say, Julia Gillard, fuck yeah!

Been waiting for this for a long time. It's a shame she didn't get the actual leadership, but if she bides her time, and steps ever so softly, maybe Rudd'll get hit by a bus then everything will be sweet.

For anyone actually interested, Rudd's ( Read more... )