Censor Something and They Will Come!

Dubbed controversial, this painting called 'Bush Monkeys' caused an exibit of more then 60 pieces of art with animal themes to be closed down.

The painting by Chris Savido shows George W Bush's head made up by monkey heads.

Anonymous donors have now chosen to post the picture on a billboard that will be placed over the top of the Holland Tunnel in Manhattan. It is now expected to be seen by over 400,000 drivers every day.

Who Says Australia's Hands Aren't Dirty?

During the 10th UN International Convention on Climate Change, Greenpeace protesters clashed with police resulting in many arrests.

The activists were protesting the proposed agreement with Australia that would permit the transport of nuclear waste on Argentine territory.

High on the list at the convention, Australia and the United States combined produce one third of all carbon dioxide emissions. Too this date, of all the industrial nations, only Australia and the United States have failed to sign the Kyoto Protocol

Just a heads up for terrorists

Right wing media billionaire Rupert Murdoch just bought the 14th, 15th and 16th floors of 834 5th Avenue for $44 million, the highest price ever paid for a place in Manhattan.

I'm Back!

Yes that's right, I'm back but before you get too excited I will probably not be posting very often. I would like to post once a week but please don't anyone hold their breath, I would hate to be the cause of anyone passing out.

If you were a reader of my blog before you would have already noticed two big changes. 'It Sucks to Be You' is no more, replaced by the new upgraded version 2.0 title 'Don't be Afraid of Your Anger'. Secondly I have a new 'blogger copywrited' template.

All the old content is still here so anytime you feel like re-living your favourite 'Sucks' moment just click on one of the many listed months in the Archives section located to the right of the page.

Hopefully content on 'DBAOYA' will be varied like 'Sucks' was at the start (before I got all political and moody) so stay tuned, I might even bring back the very short lived section 'Blogger Doctor' once I sift through some of the many questions the Doctor has received in the past few months.

So for now, sit back, relax and let your scroll bar do the walking.

The Debate Heats Up

U.S troops stop fighting in Iraq for almost two days as debate rises from the question "Is cache pronounced 'Kash' or 'Kash-ay'?"

A Plea Against Terror

Gerry Adams makes a plea to 'Terrorists' everywhere. "Please don't blow up Number 10 for the next few weeks. I wouldn't want anyone thinking I planted anything here!"

Bad Ass Santa

The Latest Weapon in the War on Terror. Santa will go to Iraq to teach young Muslim kids the meaning of Christmas

A Post To Reinstate November

This whole post is a lie. Its a lie because its not November thirty, its April thirty. I am lying to the whole world in order to put November 2004 into my archives section.

I know its lower then low but I just can't help myself, I'm addicted.

It all started this morning when I received a post from my blogging friend PocKet who you can find at Crap And Fish Sticks demanding a post from my neglected site. Inspired a wrote a post titled A Post To Save April.

Slightly amused by this I felt the need to fill in the gaps in my Archives.

So thank you for looking though the archives and reading this post but if its actual quality you seek I would start here.

Is This The End?

Due to the depression I am suffering brought on by the crushing Labor defeat I feel that I can no longer contribute anything worth reading at this site for a while.

You can still read my bus blog at Transit WA

Don't forget to checkout my friends at May Contain Traces of Nuts, Too Many Losers and The World According to Jimbo.

Make sure you also check out some of my Homeland Security links. You wont be sorry, you'll be alert!

Back To The Lighter Side

Well with the election over I thought I would get back to sharing other things as well.

Too start it seems that the Madrid Masters tennis tournament starting this weekend will replace the usual ball boys and girls with 25 female models.

Is tennis really that boring in Spain that you have to sex it up?

It Sucks to be Australian

It seems that I am living in a town of Rednecks! Not only did the Labor Party loose the election but they lost big time. Worst thing is the Liberals will also control the Senate effectively turning Australia into America.

Right now I'm so lost for words. My wife has signed us up for the Greens as a gut response to the news.

After seeing our election I don't think there is much hope in getting Bush out.

Wanna Lift?

Does Pauline Hanson believes in the un-written rule of the road?

Where do you go when you speak you're mind?

During the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City over 1800 people were arrested and sent to a detention centre at Pier 57.

While people were searched numerous times, pictures and video of the event were able to surface on the internet.

To view pictures and video go to The Memory Hole

To read an account of what happened that day visit 2600 News

Little Girls Don't Lie

Latham Gagged while getting his new child care policy out

John's a hit with the ladies!

Young...........



......and old!

Birds in Politics?

Deputy PM John Anderson tells the voters what he thinks of them

YAY for Worms

Cast you're vote if you must on October 9 but the decision has been made, the worm has spoken. Latham has come out victorious according to channel 9's worm during the only televised debate of the campaign on 'Sixty Minutes'.

As you all know, I am all for a Labor victory in October but I don't think the worm is very reliable. All it takes is a few people to always agree with Latham when he's speaking and disagree with Howard when it's his turn. Besides the worm has only got it right 51% of the time.

The debate went on for over an hour, nothing new was said and the environment was never mentioned. You could call it an add maybe but never a debate!

At least Chaser Decides starts on the 23rd.

America has you covered

Ever worry that terrorists have struck you're home town with Gamma rays but no one has told you? Do you find that you're skin goes green when you get mad but you don't know why? Well here's the answer to all you're fears, NukAlert™ Personal Radiation Monitor and Alarm.

With NukAlert™ by AlertsUSA you can increase your threat awareness without all the hassle and aggravation of regular radiation monitors and at only $160US it makes sense to buy one for each of the family.

So don't wait click the link and feel safer today!

Media make overs

I just visited the Australian News site News.com.au to find the banner AUSTRALIA DECIDES 2004: Campaign on hold | Full coverage.

Full coverage? Of what? Isn't the campaign on hold? I find its just like watching a Test match listening to Richie Benaud waiting for the rain to stop.

"Yes were here at Parliament house on a day that Australia will never forget. It's day fifteen and the Liberal party is 2 for 67, unfortunately Labor still haven't had a chance at the bat but all that may change on Sunday."

Mark Taylor adds his two cents, "Yes Sunday looks to be a real nose breaker with the two captains tipped to step onto the pitch in a showdown that could change the shape of the match, which brings me to today's poll. Do you think the worm has a place in television debating? Call 1902 PACKER RULES and we will have those results for you a little later on. Don't forget, every caller goes into the draw to win this fantastic block mount picture of the Liberal squad from 2001, autographed by all the front benchers!"

"Yes what a marvelous prize that it! Great for the games room or above the T.V! Infact I think that would suit any room in the house"

"Yes your not wrong there Richie! I have one in my bedroom next too my framed picture of Kerry Packer."

"Marvelous!"

It's the AEC dude!

You can now check your Enrolment Details at the Australian Electoral Commission. The electoral rolls close on the 7th of September.

Make sure you're ready on October 9 to tell the Liberals what you think.

Hail to the bus driver, bus driver man!

"To use the proverbial expression, if I went under a bus I believe, I'm sure, the party would choose Peter and probably without opposition."

That's a statement that PM John Howard made referring to the leadership of the Liberal Party on Brisbane radio station 4BC today.

Quick to take up a cause the Transport Workers Union has issued a call out to all its members stating 'Any member who can successfully run over Mr Howard with a bus will have their home loan paid to the value of $150,000.'

In a statement to the press the TWU said "It makes sense to get rid of the old guy. With him out of the way Labor has more of a chance of winning the next election and that would be great for us. Labor is much easier to push around!"

John Howard prays in the lead up to election '04

It was reported today that Australian Prime Minister John Howard is 'hoping and praying' that a terrorist attack wont occur during his campain to keep the top job, *wink wink*

Could it be that if Australia was to suffer at the hands of terrorists what better time for it to happen then before an election. The Australian Labor party wants to remove troops from Iraq, Howard doesn't. A terrorist attack would back him very well on October 9.

Terrorists, for the sake of the nation stay away so we can get rid of John.

Six Weeks and Counting!

The Federal Election has been called for October 9. Time for Howard to be given his notice.

With Liberty and Justice for all.

Don't worry Don, the FLAG will protect you. Rumsfeld will NOT have to testify at the trial determining the abuse at Abu Ghraib prison

The Hypocrisy of Government

Yes. I have smoked marijuana. No, I will not decriminalize the use of marijuana!

A John Who Listens?

The Caring PM at work. Someone forgot to tell him that agencies like World Vision who provide aid to 'third world nations' also provide aid to some aboriginal communities forgotten by the government.

Why???

Today I watched the Australian woman's soft ball team beat the Canadian team. Why did I do that? Its soft ball, who the hell cares?

What magical power does the Olympics posses that makes normal people sit down in front of the T.V and watch sports that you wont see again for another 4 years. What's more is that you get so caught up with the action that your on the edge of your seat, willing your team to do well.

Where do the people in these events come from? In my house growing up it was you either play the national sport, Aussie Rules Football, or you watched the national sport. Preferably while doing the national past time of drinking yourself silly.

I can just see it now. "Urr Dad, I'm taking up Badminton. I'm going to be an Olympic Badminton champ and hopefully one day beat the Chinese to win a gold medal."

"What are you?? Queer?"

Why is it that all men of my fathers generation and older say that. Queer? Is such a bad thing? I always wanted to say yes but never had the guts!

The T.V show Seinfeld only made people like dad worse because now 'What are you? Queer?' is now followed by 'Not that there is anything wrong with that!' For some reason I think dad thinks if he says that then he's not homophobic.

Are there national Badminton playoffs where Olympic selectors hang out hoping for the next champ? Do people grow up wishing to be a future Olympic Table Tennis player?

I'm tired. I would go to bed but I think the Fencing is on.

In the Name of God

But I'm just a poor boy and nobody loves me-
He's just a poor boy from a poor family-
Spare him his life from this monstrosity-
Easy come easy go-,will you let me go-
Bismillah! No-,we will not let you go-let him go-
Bismillah! We will not let you go-let him go
Bismillah! We will not let you go-let me go
Will not let you go-let me go
Will not let you go-let me go
No,no,no,no,no,no,no-

Bush Shuns the nation

Bush Officially turns his back on the people

Bush Lovin

Bush, not happy on telling the people who they should marry he's now telling them how to carry out 'relations'

Blair turns to Bush for answers on Iraq

"In bed with the United States is not all that it's cracked up to be"

Powell Gives His Take on the War

I'm sorry but you just can't spell Powell without P.O.W.

PULL!

U.S determined to win gold in shooting at the Athens Olympics

Webber Gets a Chance

YAY and its about time!!!

Australian Formula 1 driver Mark Webber has signed a deal that will move him from his middle of the road team Jaguar to front runners Williams.

Hopefully now we can expect a champion!

Strangely enough Webber finished the last Grand Prix in Germany in 6th place in front of the Pizzonia Williams and one place behind the Williams of Juan Pablo Montoya.

If you're interested you can read about it at the Formula 1 website.

Bush Goes Mountain Tumbling

Yes he's done it again! Bush Senior was wrong when he told Dubya to take the training wheels off because George W took another tumble while on his mountain bike at his Texas ranch. That brings the presidential tally up to two falls in two months.

It's about time that his Daddy put the trainers back on.



My mom taught me how too count up too 5 using my fingers....my daddy says that if I win the next election I can learn how to count up to 8!

Bullet In The Head

I have had this in my head for about a month so I hope if I share it it may make space in there for something else.


BULLET IN THE HEAD
-Rage Against the Machine


This time the bullet cold rocked ya
A yellow ribbon instead of a swastika
Nothin' proper about ya propaganda
Fools follow rules when the set commands ya
Said it was blue
When ya blood was read
That's how ya got a bullet blasted through ya head


I give a shout out to the living dead
Who stood and watched as the feds cold centralized
So serene on the screen
You were mesmerised
Cellular phones soundin' a death tone
Corporations cold
Turn ya to stone before ya realise
They load the clip in omnicolour
Said they pack the 9, they fire it at prime time
Sleeping gas, every home was like Alcatraz
And mutha fuckas lost their minds


Just victims of the in-house drive-by
They say jump, you say how high


No escape from the mass mind rape
Play it again jack and then rewind the tape
And then play it again and again and again
Until ya mind is locked in
Believin' all the lies that they're tellin' ya
Buyin' all the products that they're sellin' ya
They say jump and ya say how high
Ya brain-dead
Ya gotta fuckin' bullet in ya head


Just victims of the in-house drive-by
They say jump, you say how high


Ya standin' in line
Believin' the lies
Ya bowin' down to the flag
Ya gotta bullet in ya head

Nickelodeon says turn off and go play!

It was reported today that US network Nickelodeon will stop regular programming on the second of October for three hours and instead show a message that reads 'It's time to go outside'. The Break in programming is to remind kids that play and exercise away from the television is important.

This is not the first time a major network has encouraged people to turn off. Network Ten Australia has employed a technique over the past three months that has been getting viewers to turn off at least four hour a week. The initiative titled 'Big Brother' is due to finish Monday.

E stands for End Mandatory Detention

Labor has Garret. Greens have Merlin Luck?

In a thirty second clip that can be found at the Australian Greens Website Merlin Luck and his 'Free th Refugees' sign team up with leader of the Australian Greens Bob Brown to show that the greens feel strongly about mandatory Detention.

In the ad Bob comes onscreen in a scene that was shot in a park and says
"Hey Merlin! I found your E" before placing it on the sign after the th.
Merlin replies by saying "Mate, your always picking up the pieces!" Bob suggests that the E stands for "End mandatory Detention!" which I thought suggested that he thought Merlin could have had a better statement on his sign but that the sentiment was there.

Its ads like this one that makes me think twice about joining the Greens. Do I really want my membership money going into producing adverts like this one? Go check it out and tell me what you think.

Fahrenheit 9/11 Review

Well I viewed 'Fahrenheit 9/11', stopped, composed myself, waited another hour and then decided to write a review. I must admit that watching it is really draining on the emotions so if you have any heart at all you are going to need some tissues near by.

Moore has had a lot of trouble finding the humor in his latest offering. While he can normally make a joke about most things the jokes in 'Fahrenheit 9/11' died in the arse. Unlike 'Bowling for Columbine' and 'Roger and Me' there is no humor here, although Michael did make several attempts.

I remember watching 'Bowling for Columbine' for the first time and laughing out loud followed moments later by fits of crying. Watching 'Fahrenheit 9/11' I was just happy for a few moments when I wasn't crying.

Moore did get a little bogged down in the boring detail in the first half of the film but rightly so. There is no need for a film of this nature that doesn't lay it down on the line for you but if Mike had wanted to make the film light hearted this would have been the place. Instead he looks for jokes in mundane details like countries that are a part of the coalition of the willing but have no army. Sorry Mike but you know having a country just sign its name on the dotted line is all America needs. America doesn't need man power, it needs backers.

Another example of where Mike lost the plot trying to make a joke was again in the coalition of the willing section where he lists the Netherlands as a member but plays them down as being useful to the coalition because they are a nation of pot smokers. Up until this point I assumed that Mike would be on the side of decriminalization and legalisation of drugs. Goes to show that you should never assume with people like Mike.

The second part of the film deals with the war in Iraq. This section is of an extreme graphic nature. If you were for the war but had never been to a war zone I can safely say that after viewing this section that if your still for the war you are a first class drone. Michael was right to show the horrors of war and did so perfectly. Showing content of this nature is he only way to drive home what is really going on in the world.

I should clarify though that when I say extreme graphic nature I don't just mean kids burnt to death or missing limbs or parts of their face. That stuff is in there but there is more. 'Fahrenheit 9/11' was able to capture an American woman's story in two parts. First we meet a woman who comes from a lower class neighborhood who does right by people, works in an employment office and gives jobs to the needy. She has come to realize that the military are the only way for her children to escape the poverty that they are in as the military pays for higher schooling in exchange for service. She has promoted the Army to her kids for most of their life and flys the American flag everyday outside her house.

Mike was able to visit her again but not in good circumstances. When we meet her again she recalls the story about the day she found out her oldest son had died in a Blackhawk crash in Iraq. Just writing about it still brings a tear to my eye. Finally we follow her to Washington where she has finally realized that all her beliefs about her country and her countries leader do not fit with her reality. This is the extreme graphic nature of the film.

I can understand why the American censors gave the film such a harsh rating and I think Mike is bias in wanting it changed. People who want to see the film will see it no matter what the rating. Kids and teenagers can still sneak in or go with an adult, people can still download it online and when the DVD comes out anybody and everybody will have access to it. I think the censors where right to give it an R because anyone who goes to see this expecting a Michael Moore blackly comic masterpiece will leave the theatre too depressed to drive home.

Over all I will see this film again and I think it deserves the attention it is getting. Don't go into this film expecting all the answers, infact don't go into the film expecting any answers. Only fence sitters will be swung by this film, any long term republican voters will shake it off and go back to what they were doing before the start of the film.

While 'Fahrenheit 9/11' doesn't offer anything new, it does put it into a package that is in your face. If I was going to give it a vote out of five I would give it a three and a half.

The War Is Over!

Finally after the loss of many men, women and children the war in Iraq has reached its final destination, McDonald's.

Thanks to new franchise owner Suleiman Qassab, MaDonal is now on the main street of Suleimaniyah.



You can't escape the golden arches!

KFC gets one over crackers

Crackers the Corporate Crime fighting chicken done over by KFC

Something That Should Have Been Brought to my Attention Yesterday!

As you may or may not know, my family and I spent the last 5 months living in Esperance on the coast of Southern Western Australia.

Initially we were going for 2 years but between the reception from the townspeople, my wifes lack of job prospects and the isolation our sentence was reduced considerably.

While talking to another bus driver it came out that he had lived in the town for about 30 years. He excused the bad language he was about to use and told me that Esperance is full of "Fucking Ass Holes!" He then went on in great detail to tell me why a man who lived there Most of his young life and all his young adulthood thought this way. He got so into his story that he left on his next bus trip a few minutes late.

It seems that my wife and I are not alone in our view of Esperance.

The Trip

Well I made the trip. I left at 7.30am and arrived in Perth at about half past three.
Ofcourse this all happened two weeks ago but finding a computer that was able to post was impossible.

With only myself and my trusty car to keep me company I set out across country in search of a new life, leaving a stormy Esperance behind.


My stormy past


The road was long and not even the trees would come out to say hello. Could it be that years of farming has used the salt to scare the trees away?


Hello.........trees, cars, anyone?


Eventually I made it half way, Lake Grace. I even got the proof!


O.K So its just over half way. Give me a break. There is nothing at the half way mark.


With only 348 km to go nothing had happened. The hills rolled by, the CD player blared and the sheep trucks smelt! Just out of Lake Grace I found this sign I thought my wife would like to see.


Optical Fibre Cable in the middle of no where but not in our street!


I didn't stop in Dumbleyung but I thought about it. It seems that the locals wanted to talk to me anyway......


The locals about 10 km out of Dumbleyung



'Off Duty' Acting Seargent of Dumbleyung. His parents must be so proud. Here he is giving me a $100 ticket and one demerit point.


Finally I made it...well sort of. Just over seven hours after I left Esperance and only 20 minutes left in my trip I found my first set of traffic lights and their red!


An equally stormy Perth


Eight hours later I had made it. My wife and daughter were still in Esperance but I was too be re-united with them a week later when they FLEW up to Perth Via Skywest.

For the next week I stayed with my parents in their home. Here is my mum and brother, welcoming me as I start counting down intill I can excape their house!


The Welcoming party!


I'll leave you with A picture of my trusty red car. After all It did all the work.


I can't believe it made it. Let alone a speeding ticket!

And the winner is......

Nobody played the final round.

The answer to Round 10 is Melanie Griffith
Round 11 is Sarah Michelle Gellar

The Competition winners are mscynic and PocKet both on 2 points.
They have won the valuable prize of bragging rights. May they use them well.

Thankyou to everyone who participated

As most of you know, I will not be able to post as often for the next few weeks. Check back regularly for new stuff. You can also check out the new site I am starting called Sit Down and Shut Up! I will be updating that one regularly starting next week.

Still bored? Vist my friends at Too Many Losers and The World According to Jimbo

Final Day!!!

Well, while not many people cared about my attempt at getting people to visit my site more then once a few did. Firstly I would like to thank Sponky, PocKet and mscynic for having the courage to have a go.

Secondly I would like to thank tealou for not telling the world the answers after she cheated at the start of the week.

Everyone is still in the game. PocKet unfortunately being on the other side of the world could possibly miss out as I will be revealing the answers later this afternoon. Although I'm sure she would say that the stars look like her brothers girlfriend.

Finally here's the results to yesterdays rounds.

There is no winner of Round 8. It seems American Idol's Kelly Clarkson has already had her 15 minutes of fame.

The winner of Round 9 is PocKet guessing Kirsten Dunst, the star of Spider-Man 2.

The tally stands at Sponky 1, mscynic 2 and PocKet 2



Round 10



Round 11

Rape, Best Way To Meet Mr Right?

It has been revealed that Turkish law currently allows reductions in prison sentences for rapists who agree to marry their victims.

This has been such a popular option that in 2002, 546 men took advantage of the loop hole and married their victims.

This law comes to light after reports of a 13 year old girl was married off by her family to her rapist who paid them 10 billion Turkish pounds ($9600) for their daughters hand.

The young girl was married off by her farm-working parents last month in a ceremony at the local prison after they, and two witnesses, testified before a court that she was three years older than officially believed.

In a statement, the little girl said "They sold me for 10 or 12 billion pounds. With it, my father wanted to buy himself a truck."

The parents now face charges of lying to public officials about the girls age and face a possible sentence of three to eight years.

The Turkish parliament is in the process of amending the law to close the loophole.

Before they were stars Round 8 and 9

WOW. I think this is the first time I actually get to give out points for both rounds.

The winner of Round 6 is mscynic guessing Jennifer Aniston. We also found out during round 6 that PocKet's brother is either just a kid or a cradle snatcher.

The winner of Round 7 is PocKet who guessed that chick from Dawson's Creek. So assuming she didn't mean Michelle Williams, PocKet gets the points for guessing Katie Holmes.

The Tally now stands at Sponky 1, PocKet 1 and mscynic leading the way with 2!



Round 8



Round 9

US Mad Cow Free

Agriculture authorities in the United States have finally been able to announce that the US is now free of the Mad Cow disease.

Sources in Agriculture say that its great. "Mad Cows Great! We have finally been able to convince the American public that there is something they should be worrying about more then E. coli 0157:H7!"

He continued to say, "I can't believe that while the CDC (Centres for Disease Control and Prevention) can tell us that everyday roughly 200,000 people are sickened by foodbourne disease, 900 of those are hospitalized and fourteen of them die, we are able to make Americans worry about a god dam Mad Cow! I love America!"

Americans have now gone back to worrying about what Oprah tells them too.

Britney Arrested

Britney Spears was arrested today after an interview she did with US magazine 'People' revealed that she has been kissing a "bunch of frogs."

The American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was quick to petition to have the 22 year old singer arrested on charges of animal cruelty.

When asked about the seriousness of her crime she stated "I'm not pregnant!"

It is not confirmed when Ms Spears will appear in the courts.

Before They Were Stars Round 6 and 7

Well rather then abandon this competition due to lack of interest I'm going to keep it for the rest of the week in an effort to increase hits at the site. Hopefully someone will google the stars in the competition and stay to read something.

The winner of Round 4 is mscynic guessing Catherine Zeta Jones. You can find mscynic at Watchdog of the Wankers

No one guessed Round 5. It seems we forgot the star of The X Files, Gillian Anderson.

The tally now stands at Sponky 1, mscynic 1 with six more chances to get points the game is still open to anyone!



Round 6



Round 7

United Kingdom of America

Blair makes it official. UK to adopt the US flag and policies.

Mother reincarnated as Lice?

A Buddhist monk has won compensation for itching caused by lice in a Hotel he was staying at.
A court in Western Japan ordered Hot Springs Inn to pay 100,000 Yen to compensate for itching caused by over 100 louse bites.

The judge dismissed the Hotel's claims that the lice were actually the Monk's deceased mother who wont stop hounding him even in the next life. The Hotel filed a counter claim for unpaid rent from the plaintiff's mother.

Aussie Big Brother Scum!

After the launch of my competition 'Before they were stars' last Friday, Australian Big Brother has stolen my idea launching their own this week with Big Brother house mates!

When asked to comment on this travesty the response I received from Southern Star stated that the,

"Baby photo trivia has been scheduled for the period after week 8 since before production began. No members of Southern Star or Channel Ten have viewed your site or stolen any of it's content."

This is not over Big Brother!!!

Before They Were Stars Round 4 and 5

And the winner of Round 2 is......unfortunatly nobody recognised little Brad Pitt so no points there.

The winner of Round 3 is Sponky guessing Britney Spears. It seems that little Britney is as recognisable as the big one because everybody knew it was her, Sponky was just lucky to be the first.

So far the tally stands at Sponky 1, Tealou 1.

Tealou has been disqualified due to cheating so Sponky has the lead by himself.

Here is Round 4 and 5



Round 4



Round 5

FUXTEL DIGITAL

Téa and I got Foxtel Digital as soon as we were able to because we were excited about the extra features thatweren'tt available on the original Foxtel service.

Foxtel Digital boasts extra channels, Sports Active, News Active as well as a Box Office pay as you use service.

Too use the Box Office feature you mush have a phone line near the television because every so often the set top box reports back and tells Foxtel what I have watched and bills you appropriately.

The Foxtel installer puts in an extra phone line near the T.V as a part of the Digitalinstallationn, all costs are covered by the fee you pay to upgrade.

My installer (Scott) did a fantastic job. Hes now installed Foxtel in two of my homes and did a great job with both installations. His extra phone line works great. I have plugged my home phone into the extention and had no problems.

For some reason Foxtel don't agree. My set top box is connected but it wont ring through. I can hardly see why this is my or Scott's fault but Foxtel said that "Scott has stuffed up and lied to me about my connection." I'm sorry Foxtel, the connection works fine this end!

A phone call with Foxtel brought no joy and they told me that I would have to wait a week or so for either Scott or a Foxtel representative to get in touch with me. I waited and waited, almost 8 weeks beforereceivingg any word.

Correspondents arrived in a form of a letter addresses to my wife. I scroll though the formalities to find this,

"At the time of installation the technician was unable to connect the FOXTEL Set Top Unit to a fixed phone line at your address."'

Well that establishes that they still haven't looked at the problem in my home. Worse is yet to come. They take this time to tell me about DIGIPATH(trademark),

"DIGIPATH allows you to connect the FOXTEL Digital Set Top Unit with your fixed phone line using wireless technology"

"DIGIPATH is available today for only $69.95, which will provide access to enhanced features such as FOXTEL Box Office. DIGIPATH remains the property of FOXTEL."

$69.95 to fix something that isn't my problem? $69.95 to buy something that isn't mine?

FOXTEL if I didn't know better I would say you are trying to rip me off on purpose. You left calling me back so you could get me to buy one of your DIGIPATH units! You avoid the real problem with my connection (which must be a problem on your end) to upsell me!

Australia, pay T.V. has you by the balls!

100!

It's amazing what boredom can do. I only got a blog username so I could comment on Téalou's May Contain Traces of Nuts... now 100 posts later I'm still bored.

It's been a good hundred, 764 hits and 77 profile view.Unfortunatelyy the only person that comes back is Sponky.

The blog will slow down as from next week as I am back to work 12 hours a day, six days a week but I will still publish from time to time. 'It sucks to be you' will hopefully morph into a funny stories from a pissed off bus driver blog. The world (or at least Morley and surrounding areas) will now be my muse.

So enjoy 'It Sucks To Be You' for the rest of the week and make sure you check back regularly. You never know when I'm gonna post.

Do It for My Country

Bush: Yeah, let's do it for my country, the red, white, and the blue.
It's Uncle Sam who's asking, so your mother will approve.
Tomorrow I'll be fighting, and I'll win this war for you.
Let's do it for my country, my country wants us to.

Before They Were Stars Round 2 and 3

And the winner of round 1 is.......Téalou, guessing Eminem

Ok it seems that people weren't trying very hard in the first round but I am still persistent.

I am coming to Perth on Saturday so I'm going to increase the amount of pictures per day and have the competition finish a week early. You now have two pictures to guess each day for the rest of the week.

Here is Round 2 and 3


Round 2



Round 3

It's now official

'Fahrenheit 9/11' was the United States biggest Weekend Box Office earner this week at $21.8M for the weekend.

It only just beat out the Wayans Brothers film 'White Chicks' which also opened last weekend. 'White Chicks' came in with $19.6M.

I'm now holding our breath to see if 'Fahrenheit 9/11' enter the list for the top 50 grossing films of all time.

It also goes to show that if Director Kevin Smith wanted a big box office hit he should have been writing movies about stoners in the White House instead of stoners in New Jersey.

Old fart builds plane in garage

It was reported today that a Slovak pensioner has spent three years building his own plane in his garage, using only a model plane as guide.

Milan Friso (67) said it cost him about 750,000 koruna ($32,000) to build the ultralight aircraft, which weighs 280km.

Mr Friso also noted that it would have only taken one year but it was hard to find a lacky band big enough to power his aircraft the same way as his model plane.

Neighbours spoilers for the week

Monday

Karl wants Susan to keep all their assets, but Izzy has other ideas.
A guilt-ridden Tom is unable to give Susan the comfort she needs.
Steph is scared to take a pregnancy test in case the news is disappointing.
Toadie and Sindi try to find new ways to curb Stingray's manic energy.

Tuesday

Olivia compromises an unsuspecting Stuart.
Despite their problems, Susan and Tom are unable to stay away from each other.
A cheeky Darren toys with Libby in order to win her heart.

Wednesday

Jack’s lack of sleep lands him in danger at work.
Olivia plays the double game of good cop by day, bad girl by night.
Steph’s hopes that she has fallen pregnant are shattered.
Stingray saves Sky's reputation by secretly adding his own touches to her artwork.
Serena wins Stingray back by dressing as a bogan.

Thursday

Jack nearly loses his life.
Lisa goads Summer into skipping school and doing a runner at Grease Monkeys.
Lyn and Valda hijack Steph and Max’s wedding plans.
Connor steals beer from the rival pub and Valda clocks the secret ingredient.

Friday

Susan makes a shocking confession to Lyn.
The street rallies in support of Lou.
Connor digs-in over the fight to make Lou’s place the best pub in the district.

For more visit Neighbours.Com

My New Competition!

Today marks the first day of my competition 'Before They Were Stars'.

Monday to Friday for the next 2 weeks I will place a picture of a current celebrity from when they were young on the site. The first person to guess who the celebrity is from the picture will get a point. The person with the most points at the end of the two weeks wins. If all goes well I will be able to announce a winner sometime after the final picture is posted on the 9th of July.

There is no prize, contestants will win the ability to brag to all their friends that they are the best.

In the event that I get called to work before the 10th of July you will all have to find something else to occupy yourselves.

So I give you the first of eleven pictures, the answer will be posted on Monday when the next picture is posted.



Who is this?

A judge with a handle on things!

If it wasn't on the Reuters site I would have dismissed it as a joke. Apparently Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson filed a petition on Wednesday with state judicial authorities seeking the ouster of Sapulpa District Judge Donald Thompson, 57, for wanking while court was in session.

Judge Donald Thompson claims that some people that don't agree with some of his verdicts are trying to get rid of him.

The petition reads "On one occasion, Ms. (Lisa) Foster (Thompson's court reporter for 15 years), saw Judge Thompson holding his penis up and shaving underneath it with a disposable razor while on the bench,"

Several witnesses, including jurors also claim to have heard the swooshing noise of a penis pump.

Fahrenheit 9/11 Review

I found this review of Fahrenheit 9/11 in CNN of all places.

'But the question isn't whether "Fahrenheit 9/11" is a fair and balanced look at its subject matter. Of course it isn't. Rather, is it good filmmaking?

The answer is yes.'

You can read the whole thing here.

Puppy Power!

"I am the angel of Death, the time of.......ohhh geez that's a nice dog! Urge to kill, Falling, falling, gone!"

It was reported today that a man in Toronto who was on his way to a murderous rampage had a change of heart at the eleventh hour.

The man's car was loaded with a shotgun, bolt action rifle, a semi-automatic weapon a machete and more than 6000 rounds of ammunition.

It was while at a park in the west end of Toronto that the man met a dog. Deciding that it was a very nice dog the man decided to turn himself in instead of killing as many people as he can get his sight on.

The man then drove around the neighbourhood until he found a police officer and handed himself in.

Before they were stars

I'll let you guess who this is

I was just looking at my stats

I just wanted to say hello to all the people from Australia, Mexico, United States, Philippines, United Kingdom, Canada, Singapore, Germany, Netherlands, Brazil, New Zealand and Paraguay. You have all represented your countries and visited me.

Too all the perverts wondering when Emma Watson is turning eighteen, get a life. I love getting page hits but geez you guys make up most of them. Atleast stay for some of my other articles! You all just leave as soon as you work out I don't have a countdown clock. Oh no, I have used Emma Watson and countdown clock in the same sentence again. They wont stop coming!!!

Equal Punishment?

Yesterday a woman who 'accidentally' ran over a child got a $1200 fine and was suspended from driving for a year.

It would seem that the break pedal is too close to the accelerator.

Its not the first time something like this has happened, usually relegated to the mature driver, mistaking the accelerator for the break usually happens when people who are too old to be behind the wheel get rushed into making easy maneuvers without taking care. The 'I've been driving for years and never had an accident' mentality takes over and someone is killed.

Paraskevi Kafetzis does not fall into this category as she is only 39. So what happened that afternoon? The day Six-year-old Constantine Politis died outside his school while standing on the footpath. He was not playing on the road, he was not playing in amongst parked cars, he was on the footpath!

So was it a crime worth $1200? Should it be seen as an accident? I promise you that if you go out in your car today and drive to a place where you are all alone and try to accidentally hit the accelerator it is more then likely that you will not travel more then a few feet at best.

"But I'm trying to stop the car Jason, I'm taking care!" What, Paraskevi Kafetzis wasn't taking care while driving a car. An instrument that we are all told on the first day we go out to learn to drive can kill and kill with ease!

I'm sure if I was allowed to delve into Mrs Kafetzis's driving record I would find a heap of small accidents. Probably nothing much in the way of traffic fines but a heap of small accidents with other motorists and the occasional pole or fence.

Another way too look at it would be in the case of my father-in-law. He had the habit of driving drunk. Yes, I believe that he deserves everything he gets for driving drunk but I want to look at the other aspect of his punishment. He would drive drunk, get caught and end up with a 3 month suspension. So what does he do, he drives without a license, he drives drunk. Basically back to normal. Once again he gets caught. Eventually he ends up with a 10 year suspention. He did finally give up driving for the most part.

My father-in-law never killed anyone. As far as I know he never caused any damage to other peoples property, he's just a guy with a drinking problem that he needs help with and the ability to drive a car.

Why does a man who has never hurt anyone but himself and his family have a greater punishment then a woman who should never be behind the wheel of a car again? Arn't both potential threats to the well being of the people around them?



The childs parents, didn't even recieve an apology.

Tea kills seven children

That was one of the headlines I woke up to this morning. My wife's name is often written as Tea instead of Téa so you can tell I was worried. My daughter is now in hiding until this matter can be sorted out!

It seems that the article is actually about Tea the drink but for the sake of my child I can't take that risk! The article says that seven children died after drinking a cup of Tea at a wedding celebration in the eastern Indian state of Bihar. I'm sorry for that family if that actually happened but that has got to be the weirdest thing I have ever heard!

As for my wife. Téa you have go a lot of explaining to do!

Crap and Fish Sticks

I stumbled on this Blog by accident one day and now I visit everyday. Crap and Fish Sticks is written by PocKet, a 500 billion year old prophet who lives in my zits apparently. Its worth reading. You can always find her link in my links section so don't bookmark, every time you want to read her site you can use my links. I like to hoard my precious page hits into tiny piles! They are so cute and I need more, lots more!

My next wife.

With Jack Ryan, former wife of Jeri Lynn Ryan, running for a US Senate seat from the state of Illinois details of their divorce are now coming out.

In the divorce filings, the 36-year-old actress complains of being ambushed with trips to sex clubs during supposed "romantic" getaways to New York, New Orleans and Paris and asked to perform sex acts on Mr Ryan in public. Mr Ryan also specifically asked other people to watch.

It is good that the media hounds celebrities through every detail of their life. Through it I can learn what Jeri likes and dislikes, making it easier to win her over!



My next wife!