I bought a pair of shoes, Mizuno Wave Inspire 8′s, in a size 15. Quite comfy actually. I went for a jog, and when I had them done up too tight I got the terrible foot pain issues I’ve had in the past.

The next part of the shopping journey was to get my glasses prescription. Unfortunately they wouldn’t give it to me without re-testing my eyes, so I got them re-tested. It seems they’re still OK, woot.

I’ve been eyeing off a smallish frypan so I can have bacon and eggs for breakfasts. Shiny and PTFE-free. Baccarat Ceramix frypans look fairly cool, and I got the 20cm one for only $10 more than the 30cm one!

I got myself a cookbook which looks pretty freakin’ cool. 35% off was even better, so it was only $35 or so for a hefty book full of italian food The recipes are well laid out and have many photographs.

1. Go to My Documents – My Games – Oblivion and delete the file named Oblivion
2. Disable the display that the game is not running off (In windows, not the monitors power button)
3. Run Oblivion and it shouldn’t crash (for this specific problem)
4. Exit Oblivion and turn on the second display.

When you load Oblivion again, it should start fine whether you have one or multiple displays active. It seems to be an issue with the way it detects multiple screens – I’ve seen mention that they try to use both screens in a weird multi-monitor see-everything mode.

So yeah, there has been lots of flooding in Queensland, people lost their stuff and in some cases their lives, but as usual I’m sitting here experiencing it digitally. 9/11 was the televised disaster of the first world, and this time it’s via the internet. Facebook became a great outage-proof communication method for people and the authorities alike, with the Queensland Police, Energex and Brisbane City Council being shining examples of how to get information quickly to the most amount of people.

Facebook and Twitter were alive with posts of pictures, “I’m OK”‘s and all sorts of posts of thanks to deities and rescue workers alike. I was included in that – the real ones, not the anthromorphic ones – I’m amazed at the skill and endless energy that these people show in saving the unlucky and fucking stupid alike.

Now, I’ve been saving for a house deposit for a long time, and now there’s a going to be a glut of riverside properties ready for the renovating. Who doesn’t love a parking fairy?

Fuck explaining why I haven’t posted for a long time, just post it yale.

OK. So I went to the Powderfinger Sunsets Tour concert on 05/09/10 at the Brisbane Riverstage. It was amazing. It was emotional, I cried, I got soaked with rain, and I had a lot of fun seeing a band that I’d always enjoyed and I never thought I’d have a chance to see again – seeing as they are doing their farewell tour.

Another thing happened that night, my faithful wallet of the last couple of years got utterly soaked. I hate looking for wallets, they’re horribly personal things that are hard to find replacements for because you get used to the bumps and curves of the one you have.

Since it was a black leather wallet it was pretty much destroyed by getting soaked, so I ended up going hobo-chic style for a few weeks. This was done by grabbing only the bare minimum of cards and my usual amount of notes and sticking it in a bulldog clip. Problem solved! It was minimalist and easy to use.

I finally found a new wallet after giving up and trying an Oakley store of all places. Hugo Boss had a nice one, but for $300 they can stick it up their ass.

Link to the new one here.

Yes, I gave up on this post half way through. Fuck off.

“Saratoga Springs school district prohibits kids from biking to school, but a mom and her son defied the law. A state trooper was there to greet them.”

I’m completely and utterly gobsmacked at the nanny-state behaviour that’s happening more and more in today’s society. If a kid wants to ride or walk to school along a designated bike path with their parent supervising them no less, when does is it become the school’s choice to ban them from doing so?

I have to ask how the “State Troopers and an unhappy group of administrators” became involved, other than the fact that they had been pre warned or something else had happened to spark it.

One section of the school policy states: “The Board of Education forbids the riding of bicycles by students to and from Maple Avenue Middle School.” Another section also prohibits riding to elementary schools.

Why would they do this? What is the justification? There is mention that it has something to do with the bicycles being on the property – possibly sparked by parents making it the fault of the school for bikes being stolen in the past.

There’s a reader comment (that seems to have been written by someone with the spelling ability of a bucket of sand) which complains that if a child got injured, the town and school district would be sued.
The concept that a parent would sue the school or the town for a child’s injury caused by a motorist is nothing less than disgusting.

They go on to say that the mother is setting a bad example by teaching their child to break the rules. While I agree that while it’s bad for them to break the rules, being taught to question political decisions and perform peaceful protests isn’t such a bad idea. This is especially true in the face of a generation of children that will likely be buried by their parents because of their terrible nutrition and weight problems, poisoned by the culture that they want so badly.

I hope I’m not one of them – I am trying to cut back on the garbage and get a bit healthier these days. If at all possible my kids will walk or ride to school with me, reinforcing the message that it’s good fun to be outside and getting some road sense.

What do (or will) your children do?

Saratogian via Mother Nature Network

Looks like tasty-tasty unhealthy creamy soup indeed

I’ve been fearful of the wet because I don’t like the feeling of the bike being unstable under me. It reminds me too much of the feeling of the bike going down while heralding a expensive, annoying and boring couple of weeks.

Tonight it didn’t slip or shudder, sailing along as smooth as silk. I kept my speed to under about fifty and I was doing not much above walking speed for some of the corners, but it was smooth and that’s what matters.

Good times, now all I need to do is work on trusting the bike.

And convincing a mechanic I trust to service the engine and suspension.

me: “please do this specific thing to twenty domains.”
them: “ok, like this?”
me: “no, do it how I asked!”
them: “oh dear, we need someone smarter… I’ll send the request somewhere else”
[ 24 hours goes past ]
me: “hello?”
them: “sorry, ok, done”
me: “but you didn’t do it, and I had to create a new ticket to ask you to do it again, properly!”
them: “ok, done… I checked two.”
me: “… out of twenty? I’ll do it myself. DO NOT BREAK ANYTHING ELSE”

This may be slightly paraphrased, but it’s taken three days to go backwards on where I was at the start, and realise I should have just done it myself the first time.

I inserted the wp_categories table from my backups and then ran the sql query I found here:

update wp_term_taxonomy, wp_categories set description = cat_name where term_id = cat_ID;
update wp_terms, wp_categories set name = cat_name, slug = category_nicename where term_id = cat_ID;

“Very Complicated Request, Please Kindly Read!!! – m4mw – 35″

If you are groggy or stoned please do not read this, I need your complete and sober attention, for my request is uniquely detailed. I am a man, 35, white, black hair with brown eyes. Okay, first what I am looking for is a woman primary, but secondary it could be a woman and her man, but the man will have to remain behind the black curtain and only watch through the cut out eyeholes. The black curtain is inside the apartment that I reside in. This apartment is a fashionable studio in the hot part of town, and all my neighbors are graphic artists. So now please kindly listen to my request: what I require foremost in a woman with bushy eyebrows. And they must be TWO eyebrows, because one eyebrow is an abonination against Gaia. What I want is for the woman to become naked and pose herself before me. I have a carpeted pedestal so her feet will not grow cold. I will present her with a very well preserved Mesopotamian bowl. She will hold it and she must be careful not to drop it as it has to be back at the museum by 8am tomorrow (I am a worker there). Next I will hand her tweezers. Then she will pluck her eyebrows until her forehead is vacant. The eyebrows will drift into the bowl and then I will take the bowl from her and go to my kitchenette. I will then toss a salad into the bowl and mix the eyebrows in it. The woman can decide the dressing, but I have only vinegrette and thousand island. Next I will re-present the bowl to the woman, along with a utensil, and she will then consume the salad while I watch. I may masturbate during this part of the exercise. However, if there is a man behind the black curtain he may not masturbate, and I will know if does because I will hear him. However, he is allowed to fantasize, and then he write an essay on his fantasies before I release him. After the woman is finished with her salad, I will present her with a Qing dynasty teapot box, which she will open and deficate in. She must be careful with the box as well as it is also from the mueseum and it must be returned or there will be trouble. When she is finished she will return it to me, and I then I will bid her good-evening. That is all. Please send a photo, eyebrows only. I WILL NOT respond to any photos that include anything but eyebrows.

Please, serious inquiries ONLY. THIS IS NOT JOKE. So do not make funny replies to it. I have no patience for impertinence. Good day.

I’m not quite sure what to say. Wow.

“Tens of thousands of rubber ducks take part in the last Great Singapore Duck Race in Singapore Sept. 9, 2007. The race with 85,000 rubber ducks, which raises funds for seven charities in Singapore, will be the last one down the Singapore River before it is turned into a reservoir as part of the Marina barrage project.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)”

Oh, and kids… it’s not safe for work.

In one of history’s more absurd acts of totalitarianism, China has banned Buddhist monks in Tibet from reincarnating without government permission. According to a statement issued by the State Administration for Religious Affairs, the law, which goes into effect next month and strictly stipulates the procedures by which one is to reincarnate… Read More.

Nothing else interests me that people can afford, except for some little stuff… just band together, buy me a black 30gb ipod and allow me to inscribe something interesting on the back and I’ll be happy.

The end.

1 – Tell you why I friended you.
2 – Associate you with a song/film/tv show.
3 – Tell a random fact about you.
4 – Tell a first memory about you.
5 – Associate you with a character/pairing.
6 – Ask something I’ve always wanted to know about you.
7 – Tell you my favorite user pic of yours.

In return please spread this disease in your blog. Or not.

Pity you can’t save the game or get a generated password to go back to where you were up to in the game.

Golden Goose – A yearly talent show held at Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts. This video is a “live” performance of the first level from Super Mario Brothers.

A funny little song, and it applies to me! I was out in the carpark stretching my legs and getting some fresh air via my cigarette and found a shiny cold dollar on the ground – score!