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Oh My god. 'Once Upon A Time in the West' is coming the Astor
OMG! OMG! OMG!
Once in my idle youth during a school break I accidentally turned the TV on at midday and happened to watch a weird spaghetti western which even on a small Television screen and with bloody ad breaks, the scope of the vision, music and sheer inventiveness (or is it slight strangeness) of amazing. I have been a fan of Once Upon a ( Read more... ) -
Public transport can save your life and kill you
Being a slight Public Transport nutter I get buried in a whole pile of PT news feeds in my email box every day, that seems to consume too much of my lunch break.
Today I got some really good news and some really bad:
Apparently using PT is good for your health because, strangely enough it encourages you to walk ( Read more... ) -
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Just read a really quirky article in the age about the car history of Monash. Apparently it turns 50 this year.
It is called: Public transport fails 26,000 students at the drive-in uni
A juicy quote:
TWENTY-FIVE years ago, I left Melbourne University for a job at Monash.
"What's it like out there?" my old colleagues asked. "Much the same," I
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Surviving the chemicals at work
Yesterday something strange happened at work.
I was walking to the restrooms which are located at the center of the building near the lifts. When I approached middle of the floor the strong stench of petrol/benzene/diesel suddenly enveloped me. Thankfully not powerful enough to force me back. As I walked back to my desk I noticed the smell was ( Read more... ) -
Tales of Coffee from A Non-Coffee drinker
As someone who doesn't drink coffee I find it interesting to hear the tales of my co-workers about the where the best capuchino is to be found. Some say go here for the best beans or there where they use the optimal amount of steam to heat the mixture of coffee and milk without burning it. As someone who doesn't drink the stuff it seems a bit of ( Read more... )