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NZ Biker Chicks

August 21st 2008 08:43


Now New Zealand definitely have the right idea! Why can't we have a Boobs on Bikes parade here in Melbourne? If the one in our sister country can bring its people together with one common goal, then that sounds like a pretty positive outcome to me. Even if that common goal is to look at topless women, who am i to judge?
I personally don't mind the odd boob, and i'm pretty partial to even ones too, and i'm sure there are a great deal of men, and women, who would back me up when i say that it isn't pornography, in fact, it is rather sexist to allow men to parade around topless and not women. In this day and age, i would have thought that equal rights would prevail when it came to showing skin. Agreed, in most places around the country it is illegal to walk around town with your tackle hanging out and that goes for womens genitals as well. But men are allowed to be topless in most public areas, and i feel that women are getting a raw deal when they are legally not allowed to do the same.

I can understand that many women would prefer not to do it because men leer enough at women even when they have tops on, but it's more the mystery than anything else. If all women walked around confidently sans shirt, then i'm sure we'd all get so used to it that it wouldn't be an issue. But at the moment it seems that they are not even given that option, which i think is appalling!
Surely if a country like New Zealand can have a court ruling allowing such a fine display of flesh, then what is really stopping us? We, as a city, are slowing distancing ourselves from each other and i believe something like the Boobs on Bikes display would give us all something to enjoy, together. Isn't community involvement important to strengthen relations between the different groups of people within our society? What would provide greater interest to most sections of Melbourne? i can only think that the gay male community would get the least out of it, but still may turn up out of curiousity. We have all seen boobies before, and we all like boobies, so let them be free to roam where they want and at the same time, bring our great city together in celebration. Where's the harm in that?
Boobs on Bikes applies to all!
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Bring back the Fat!!

August 20th 2008 08:16
Now, that gets the juices flowing!

Is it just me or have McDonalds completely changed the recipes for their burgers? I hadn't had Maccas for a while and last night for dinner i had a craving for a Big Mac, imagining the taste of their special sauce tantalizing my tastebuds. I know that they are now cooking all their burgers fresh to order but i had no idea that a fresh burger would taste so different to the usual tepid one



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Truly Olympic.

August 18th 2008 09:13
Ooh, i've got this rash all over my body... i thinks it's called Olympic Fever!! I didn't think i would be that into the Olympics this time around but i have found myself watching it at every chance i get. Fortunately the other free to air channels aren't offering up much competition, so it makes it easier to choose the Beijing Olympics. Mind you i have quite a few dvd's i have yet to watch, but i end up watching Beach Volleyball, Rowing or Swimming. I haven't seen a Soccer match in years but i still found myself watching a couple, late into the night. What is it about the Olympic Games that attracts people to watch sports that they wouldn't give the time of day to otherwise?
Handball, Synchronised Swimming and Diving are a few that come to mind that don't receive much tv time in between Olympics and i don't mind a game or two of ping pong, but i never see it on the box! It must be the feeling of pride that i get when i see one of my fellow Australians up on the podium, receiving their medals. It doesn't have to be Gold either! I am getting a little bit tired of the media hanging crap on athletes who get a Silver or Bronze. It has got to the point where the athletes are berating themselves for not getting a Gold medal. What ever happened to good sportsmanship? Surely coming second or third in a global event is still an incredible achievement. Let's be proud at what they have achieved, even if they don't get anything.
Australia isn't as competitive as many other nations. We don't feel the need to condone drug use and pull our children out of kindergarten to groom them to become the next Olympic champion. I'm sure some countries are working on cloning cells of past champions or even genetically engineering their own super-athlete. Aussies ought to be proud of their natural athletic ability and support those who go against others who are not so 'natural', but at the moment remain undetectable


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Mac & Hayes...The End of Days.

August 11th 2008 12:42
The reporting of dead celebrities is always a sad affair. Whether it be from morbid curiosity or being a genuine fan, we think about celebrities as being immortal. The life of the rich and famous seems blessed, something that we would all like to aspire to, but unfortunately, it happens to few, and believe it or not, they are just like you and me. This weekend we lost 2 more who had provided millions with laughter and song, and while i was not fanatatical about either one, i did enjoy their entertainment.
Bernie Mac was not a huge star in Australia, but many people knew of him. His most famous work here was probably starring in the Oceans 11 trilogy, playing Bosley in Charlies Angels: Full Throttle and being the crazy car salesman in Transformers. If you're a night dweller you may have seen The Bernie Mac show, which won him heaps of awards in the States. I remember him making me laugh when i first saw him in House Party 3. Playing Uncle Vester, his style of comedy was unique, with his big round eyes creating as much laughter as his dialogue. His star was on the rise, allowing him to consider leaving his stand up comedy and concentrate on making movies. He was only 50 when he died and he had a lot of laughter still to give, he will be missed!
Isaac Hayes was a pioneer of soul music in the 70's and was an Academy Award and Grammy winner. It is said he was rapping before Flavour Flav was wearing nappies and his deep, sexy voice gave The Theme from Shaft the gravitas it needed to take home an Oscar. While a cultural icon in America (he was inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame in 2002) his popularity soared in Australia with his voicing of 'Chef' on South Park. Chef was a cool dude, and his swinging laid back lifestyle was the envy of many young men. I can remember asking many if they'd 'seen my balls, they're big and salty n' round'. From the 1970's he took part in many Tv shows and movies, always adding something cool to every character he played, be it The Duke from one of my favourite movies, Escape from New York, to Asneeze in Robin Hood: Men in Tights. He too will be missed, 65 is still too young, although having 12 kids probably didn't help


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Road to Ruin

August 7th 2008 22:00
Surprise! Surprise! Since the first week of tolling the number of people using Eastlink has halved! Surely the State Government is aware that people are under a great deal of financial pressure at the moment, with the price of petrol forcing many people to use Public Transport instead. It naturally had a surge in use for it's first toll-free month, but that was surely just a lot of curious people who wanted to see the results from all the roadworks that had inconvenienced them over the past 3 years.
I must admit, having been one of those curious monkeys, the tunnel under the Mullum Mullum creek is truly a great feat of modern engineering. But are people going to fork out their hard earned dollars to go through it every day? I also had the joy of cruising down towards Frankston, perplexed at the many strange pieces of 'art' adorning bridges and also standing lonely on the side of the freeway. What is up with the mini hotel in the middle of nowhere? And those tall green, leaning 'things'! What the hell are they, and how much did they pay the 'artist' to create them? All in all it wasn't a really picturesque drive. And in terms of saving time, sure, it serves it's purpose, but only by creating bottlenecks where, before it was open, didn't exist. Is the idea to create the illusion that you're going somewhere quicker when really, once you're off it, you find yourself backed up in traffic anyway?
Maybe i'm cynical, maybe it will benefit many, but will it be taken up by those who can't afford the extra dollars to travel on it? I'm not sure if it was widely known, judging by the number of people who use it now, but you could purchase Breeze tags and can have up to $60 of your tag value put back onto it after 120 days. Now they have a different deal which may still be of interest to some. I think it's a $20 tag for free


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All Tied Up

August 6th 2008 21:39
Ok, so a woman is in court at the moment charged with manslaughter, after her husband died during a bondage session. It must be a tricky predicament for the jury when you have to decide the fate of someone who had no intention of harming their partner, but by all intensive purposes, caused his death by her own actions. Sure, he allegedly wanted her to do it and apparently they had done it a thousand times. So where do you draw the line? Did she really fail in her 'duty of care' when the deceased boasted to her that he could get out of any way she tied him up. What she thought she was up to was something that turned him on, so could she be jailed for doing something to him out of love for him?
It is obviously very hard to police actions that go on behind closed doors, and it's a good thing too! And if you are aware, there is some pretty extreme stuff going on in many homes around the world. Many play it safe, but with anything out of the ordinary there are usually risks involved. I have certainly seen some stuff online that you just couldn't imagine people would enjoy, but they do! Some women apparently like being tied up, naked, in an awkward position, hoisted up and used as a ceiling fan! Some guys enjoy having their genitals squashed by a vixen in high heels. But just to clarify things, i am not one of them.
We have all done some crazy stuff in our times, but bondage is not something that floats my boat. I can't understand why people are so willing to give themselves to another human being and allow themselves to become so vulnerable to that persons wants.Trust is obviously a very big issue when it comes to such an act, but when limitations are crossed, who is responsible


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Here's something i found on my hard drive. I wrote it for a Broadcasting course i was doing in Adelaide at the time. Boy was i way off. Enjoy.

Me – In 5 years time


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Life 101

August 4th 2008 12:26
What is it about life? It has it's ups and its downs, it can be unpredictable and it can be surprising. We like to think that we are in control of our own destiny, yet we have no actual control of anything around us. People hope they'll win the lottery and never win, only to live a long and fruitful life. Others can win it first time they play and suffer sadness and misery and even a premature death because of it. Life itself is a unique blessing yet only a handful of people truly embrace it for what it is. Why can't we all?
While we are are most intelligent species on the planet, i believe it is that which will cause our downfall. Greed, jealousy and hate are emotions that bring to the fore, actions that create negativity amongst the entire population. Rich people want more and poor people want the basics yet both are prepared to go to great lenghts to get what they want or need. While the animal world surely suffers from the same problems, we as human beings seem to let our intelligence and emotions control our actions instead of pure instinct.
I am probably only preaching to the choir, everybody knows this, but yet it doesn't get acted on.
There is really no option but to live life one day at a time because, as we've all heard, the most unlikliest of people have died in the most unlikliest circumstances. Regardless of our social standing, wealth, living conditions or lifestyle, we are all at the mercy of life. A young, healthy footballer can have a heart attack, a princess can have a fatal car accident, a promising actor can accidentally overdose, i could have an aneurysm as i write this, anything is possible


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Un-PC or BS!

August 1st 2008 13:00
It seems not a week goes by that Sam Newman isn't making headlines. The AFL Footy Show star, after having been exiled from the show for a short period of time is back in top form. Apparently a guy who has been a part of football since the mid sixties, surrounded by hard-assed footballers and female admirers, has become a caricature in these days of Political Correctness. In the early days of football, people and ideologies were a lot different and i imagine it would be difficult in his later years to change the way he perceives women. I'm not saying that is an excuse, but i think things are getting pretty bad when someone who has contributed a great deal to football, and still lives the football lifestyle has to defend himself every time he opens his mouth, just because of a few 'misunderstood' comments. He has many admirers but he also has many dejectors who will jump on anything he says or does that is slightly un-PC. How is he expected to act in the media under that kind of constant scrutiny?
When you watch the Footy Show, you have to realise that, like it or not, you are experiencing the views of a male dominated sport. These guys live and breathe footy and believe it or not, when a bunch of blokes are in a locker room together, in fact when you get a group of blokes together for any reason, they often talk about women and sex. It doesn't make them mysogynists, it just makes them human. So when they try to take this acquired attitude and turn it into general entertainment, some of that 'brotherhood' mentality is sure to come with them. Hey, the network could always get people who have never played sport to compere the show, but i'm sure it wouldn't have lasted more than a few episodes. People who love footy, know and respect the players and can also respect their comments on the game. Personally, and it may be un-PC but i have a hard time listening to women comment on football, even though they seem quite knowledgeable. I'm not sexist, but i'm quite happy to leave childbirth to women, if they can leave football to us. I love the game and there's a reason why there is not a womens AFL league. That is, it's a tough game played by tough guys, sure they're not all brain surgeons, but it's not like they are rugby players either!
What the media fires up over is Sam's attitude to women, and my suggestion is, if you can't take it, don't watch. I don't like seeing people being cut open in medical shows, i find it offensive to show on tv, so guess what... i switch over. We all have the ability to censor for ourselves, so if you don't like what he says, get over it! Everyones getting so sensitive these days, in the future i can see that you won't be able to speak unless you're invited to. Us Aussies use to be pretty easy-going, and i don't know why it is changing to the point where everyone feels the need to whinge about everyone else. Everyone has an opinion, and i believe it's their right to express it. I can either take it on board to bolster or change my own view, or i can discard it and move on. What's the fuss


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The Weed War

July 31st 2008 11:45
I'm talking about these weeds

'Weeds are my worst enemy!' I remember some gardenening bloke make that statement on an ad when i was a kid. And every time i saw it i remember laughing thinking how ridiculous that was. How could something so harmless and small be someones worst enemy? Of course when you're young, gardening is the last thing on your mind, it was a mum and dad thing and you assumed that they enjoyed it since they were out there almost every weekend. How wrong was i


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