Sometimes a Candle is Just a Candle

Awwww ...

Sometimes, even a cynic like me sees something and realises that people aren't so bad after all.

Vet or Angry Woman?

Fitzroy Falls

Always good advice.

Hope to What?

Appreciate What You Have

Forget about global warming, baseball playoffs, tsunamis, earthquakes and the financial crisis. This is really important.

I am down to my last 8 little rolls of Necco Wafers. And when they are gone, they are gone. Done. Finito. Nada. Nyet. The places I usually order or buy US foodstuffs from here in Candy Wasteland don't have them and won't be getting them. Drastic rationing measures have been put in place in a feeble attempt to stave off certain disaster.


You are right: this is not a matter of life and death. It is much more important than that.

HRH just laughed when I told her. How much sharper than a serpent's tooth is an ungrateful child. I'm going to put on my moose jammies and take to my bed in mourning.

Maine Bumper Sticker

Danger, Will Robinson!

And not just because they can't spell ... isn't that right, Jan?

Great Sale!

Perth Sign

So many questions ... thankfully, so few answers.

Banana Guards

I'm probably the only one who thinks that these look ... well ... rude?

Hilary Clinton Joke

I'm not sure where I heard this one, but still think it's funny. --MG

Bill and Hilary were driving through the backwoods of Arkansas and stopped to fill up the car with gas. Bill looked at the gas station attendant in his baseball cap and greasy overalls and said to Hilary, "If you'd married him, you be living in this little town, probably upstairs above this gas station."

Hilary smiled at Bill and said, "No, if I'd married him, he'd have been President of the United States."

Clever Sayings

Here are some of my favourite T-shirt sayings:

• Armageddon was yesterday. Today we have real problems. (From the book The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
  
• Beer. It's not just for breakfast any more
• I've used up all my sick time so today I called in dead
• One Tequila. Two Tequila. Three Tequila. Floor.
  
• I support Two Teams, New Zealand and anyone playing Australia (I used to have this one but gave it away to a Kiwi mate when I became an Australian citizen)
• How can I miss you if you won't go away?

And a couple for my fellow Rugby Tragics out there:

• My drinking team has a rugby problem.
• Who was that hooker I saw you with last night? (which, of course, means something different in rugby league)
  
• Ruck. Maul. Tackle. And that's just getting a beer. (From Global Culture who also made the Two Teams one
  

My favourite bumper stickers:

• So many cats ... So many recipes
• Frodo failed. Bush has the ring. (This one used to be on my car)
• Picture of Abraham Lincoln: It's my party and I'll cry if I want to
• Picture of the Pilgrims: 1st Illegal Immigrants
• Give me coffee and no one will get hurt
• My other car is a Porsche too. (I saw this one on a Porsche)
• Don't like my driving? Get off the sidewalk!
• Eat beef, you bastards
  

And a good site for political bumper stickers. And I like their political T-shirts as well.

And, finally, two of my favourite email signature lines:

• Animal testing should be banned. They get all nervous and give the wrong answers.
• Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia.

We Are All a-Twitter

If you've never heard of Twitter or don't understand what the big deal is, read on ... enlightenment awaits!

What is Twitter?
Twitter is micro-blogging, that is, you answer the question "what are you doing?" in 140 characters or less. OK, it sounds pretty geeky, but it is really lots of fun.

Sometimes tweets (what Twitter posts are called) can be pretty banal. But, when there was an earthquake out in California, how did word get out? CNN? Fox News? Internet? Nope. Tweets posted through Twitter beat them all by a couple of hours.

There was a Twitter contest to see who could get to 1million followers first, Ashton Kutcher or CNN Breaking News and Ashton Kutcher won. Though, for news, I prefer to follow The Onion, American's Finest News Source.

And, my favourite, Brett Spinner tweeted a whole adventure leading up to the premiere of the new Star Wars movie. It was a ripper!

How Do I Use Twitter?
There are a couple of ways ...

1. Sign up on-line: Go to the Twitter site and set up an account. As with most networking sites, you can then find other friends and start to follow them (see their tweets).
2. On your phone option #1: If you live in one of the 'special' countries (US, UK and India), then you can set up your mobile phone so that you get the tweets from those you follow sent to you as an SMS
   
3. On your phone option #2: If you have an iPhone, or other smart phone with internet access, there are a number of applications that you can download to make sending and reading tweets easier. I've used Twitterlator and am looking at trying TwitterFon. Both of these apps, and more, are available from the App Store
   
4. On the web: I use Firefox as my browser and downloaded TwitterFox which logs into Twitter as me when I'm online and pops up a window with any tweets that my friends have sent
   

Anyone that I don't know or who has a marketing focus also gets blocked from following me (seeing my tweets) straight away. I also block anyone who posts inane tweets. Life is too short for boring tweets. Depending on how public you want your presence on Twitter to be, you can choose who to follow and, more importantly, who can follow you.

There are plenty of interesting things happening in Twitter. Give it a go!