Archive for July, 2007

Ridiculous Scare Campaign From The ACTU

July 31, 2007

One of the most retarded campaigns I’ve ever heard of.
Three low paid American workers on an Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU)-funded visit are warning Australians of the dangers of non-unionised workplaces.
ACTU president Sharan Burrow said the three Americans were an example of what Australians could expect in the future.
One of them, Iris Flores, works [...]

But How Much Do You Loooooooooooose?!

July 30, 2007

This is mostly for the benefit of my mum, who is always worried that I’m going to go broke and starve to death.
This graph is money won/tournaments played. Notice the smooooth linearity. Over 5000 tournaments. Which is enough to be statistically significant, I think.

Note to ATO agents! Not To Scale! Windfall Earnings! Please Ignore!

We’ll Boo If We Want To

July 22, 2007

Australian Cricketers have been told to toe the line:
Don’t boo Murali, pleads Symonds

Andrew Symonds has implored Australian crowds to celebrate the feats of Sri Lankan spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan if he eclipses Shane Warne’s world record this summer
A quick summation of Muralitharan’s notable feats:
1.) Taken more wickets against Bangladesh than any bowler in test history.
2.) [...]

No Brain Necessary

July 20, 2007

The headline says it all.

World Of Warcraft Cost Me $8000

July 20, 2007

Here is my graph of tournament winnings over the last 10 months or so.

Notice the nearly linear relationship between days played + cash won, up until the graph suddenly flatlines? That’s when I started playing World Of Warcraft. Over the 4 month period I wasted killing Skeletons, I would have expected to make [...]

Pot Sings At Kettle

July 12, 2007

You Don’t Know Nothing About Hard Work
US Pop Singer Pink (with help from professional Lesbians “The Indigo Girls”), addressing US president George W. Bush.
Which reminds me of another great “Message Song” from a few years back…
Now look at them yo-yo’s, that’s the way you do it
You play the guitar on that MTV
That ain’t workin’, that’s [...]

Irrepressible!

July 11, 2007

This is possibly the best news I’ve ever heard. Words can’t even begin to express how fucking excited I am about this movie.
Jackie Chan, Jet Li unite for Monkey King tale

As long rumoured online by fans of both Chan and Li, the new movie is inspired by the ancient Chinese legend of the Monkey King, [...]

Voss, Black, Gehrig, Lawrence

July 11, 2007

For those of you who missed it on the news.

Disgrace

July 7, 2007

How do West Coast fucking dare to wear the WA State Of Origin jumper in heritage round? Who the fuck do they think they are?
I hope their plane crashes someday real soon. That is all.