So, as a little background, for those not in the know, Australia's Federal election is due to occur some time later this year. For the past twelve years, we've had a Liberal party government under John Howard as our Prime Minister. The Opposition was the Labour party, under Kim Beasley. Last year, Kim Beasley was replaced as leader of the Labour ( Read more... )

Seen on willnobilis, U.S. Congressman Dennis Kucinich submits resolution for impeachment of US Vice President Cheney.

I am personally no fan of Cheney, and honestly wouldn't mind too much if large parts of the current US administration got abducted by aliens, but I have to ask... does he honestly expect this to do anything ( Read more... )

aureliapriscus and I are Horrible Horrible People. And Boyer is adorable.

That is all. Return to your work schedules.

So, on a whim, and realising that it'd been several versions of Wine since I last tried, I downloaded Semagic again to see if it'll run under Wine without crashing every five minutes.

Turns out? It does. Astonishing.

At least, if this post gets through it does. We'll see.

ETA: Win.

( This is not the first time I have had this conversation. )

I have discovered a new Australian series of love and wonder. Media Watch. Exactly what it sounds like, with bonus snark. To understand the following excerpt, know that Media Watch airs at 9 PM on Mondays, and re-airs throughout the week.

In reference to horoscopes in the newspaper: We really were led with the chin though, when we asked the ( Read more... )

I've been avoiding doing this for some time, but it's gotten to the point where it would honestly be easier to arrange it all here. If my current Motivator obsession does not interest you, skip past.

( And lo, the motivation spread upon the Earth, and the people were afeared. )

And now, yanked from catalase, an interview meme.

( Booya? )

Today's Special: Facepalming Lemming (of the Very Very Bad variety), with Motivational Content and a side order of Doom.

So. Um. I just remembered why it's a bad idea for me to get involved with anything. A perfectionist streak that approaches psychotic ( Read more... )