Thanks all of you for your lovely comments - you're right, we are Mushy MasonM! and silly, romantic and all those other things. Here's to the next five years (and the next, and the next....) cheers
It's been five years since Mark Link and I first dated - and 26 (or so) since we first met. Our special day is Feb 15 - so we don't really celebrate Valentine's Day. But then I don't really feel the need to celebrate that anyway, because I'm told I'm loved every day, without fail. And while I can't claim (who could?) tha
Doc I spent 10 days in an airport waiting for a flight OK you win..... And serenity - HOW do the airlines justify this? If you're offered a hotel stay - you should be offered a shuttle service to and from in time to catch the new flight! GRRRRRR....
I sure would like to see how Republicans can demonstrate that holding people first in secret jails and then in a territory on an island nation they have trade embargoes with, without trial, for unspecified periods of time, is helping THEM win this "war on terror". Which is a convenient term for keeping the US public terrified of everything now that the Cold War's over. As far as I can see it's just more ways to make the rest of the world view the US
I was just reminded of this story when chatting to a work colleague, and as it's slow this afternoon, I'll use my last hour to tell you why it's no fun to live on the other side of the world from most other land masses (Australia to the uninitiated). So, it was Christmas/New Year 1993/94 and I'd travelled to London to spend the holidays with my best friend S
And from (very-lefty) Salon.com... The right-wing blogosphere has gotten its scalps -- John Edwards has fired the two controversial bloggers he recently hired to do liberal blogger outreach, Salon has learned. The bloggers, Amanda Marcotte, formerly of Pandagon, and Melissa McEwan, of Shakespeare's Sister, had come under fire from right-wing bloggers for statements they had previously made on their respective blogs. So the
Doc, I'm afraid I can't verify this is what Amanda wrote because she's taken the entry down. And therefore I can't see if that comment was tongue-in-cheek. I can't really comment on the case as it's only received a small amount of coverage here. But I do object to people being quoted out of context. Sarcasm and comments made in a (sometimes mistaken) sense of dark humour can land you in a whole heap of hurt in the blogosphere. I'm not saying she'
I go into the meeting and we're down 16-14 at half time - I come out and we've LOST by a BIG LOT. Oh well, I'll watch Prince at the half-time show when I go home. Thanks Kelly and Serenity for your kind thoughts. Doc - I guess the Colts deserve a win after 30-some years! Da-Bears for '08!
The Super Bowl is also known for the commercials. I wonder if you get to see the same ones we do. Ahh... the commercials.... NO WE DON'T GET THEM at least not on the free-to-air or Fox Sports channels but I'm hoping ESPN (recording as we speak) will have them. Otherwise I'll have to watch them online
So I came late to American football. It was 1996 and we'd just gotten cable (hey, this IS the other side of the world, right?) and there it was in all its glory and Superbowl Sunday coincided with the Australia Day holiday (but not Australia Day itself) so we invited friends over to watch Dallas thump the bejesus out of Pittsburgh and I made Shake'NBake and chili do
Today I feel pretty good, because I've managed to score about $100 Australian worth of kind-of-free stuff. I'm journalist and spend an awful lot of time on my computer and I often answer those emails that say - "Get paid for your Opinions!" Well today not one but TWO of those sites came through for me - one with a $50 gift card for local department store Da
Ah Doc - you poor thing. But thank your luckies you're able to have favourites etc at work - up until about 6 months ago our network settings were such that we could have NO personal email contacts - all had to be approved through IT. And to date, every time I start up Internet Explorer, it's like the very first time you use it, with all those annoying little warning pop-ups. I can add favourites, but EVERYONE on my network will see them.
Kelly, I think almost every girl has a relationship where they wanted to "save" the other Yeah I'd seen my friends do it before and had been scathing towards them - but now I know how that feeling just sucks you in. Doc <TABLE cellpadding=8 width="95%" align=center bgColor=#FFF394 clas
So I was talking about the Twilight-Zone moment I had lately when six ex-boyfriends got in touch - over quite a short space of time. Some were way out of the box, so I thought I'd give you a run-down. Number one was Andrew - who I dated in high school and hadn't seen for 17 years. My first serious BF and he's the one I talk about in my previous article <
Tova - I kinda wondered why he sailed back into my life after so long with not a peep, and maybe he is beating the drum in a "wooh for me" kind of way. I know he's not lying tho - he got back in touch after seeing my dad's photo in a gallery he (my dad) designed. My dad passed on the msg and told me he spent a LOT of money there. Kelly - I am still waiting to see what kind of weirdness awaits me - but then as Maso said when I told him - som
Recently an old boyfriend got in touch with me, who I haven't seen for 17 years, and haven't dated for 27 (aaagh I feel old). Actually to digress a moment, he was was the first in a group of 6 exes who've recently made contact. By number 6 I was getting that real Twilight-Zone feeling, I can tell you! Anyway, we communicated by email for a while, a
Oooh one of my favourite topics! Have you heard "Fairytale of New York" by the Pogues? Link With one of my favourite (sadly departed) singers guest starring - Kirsty MacColl And I also love "2,000 Miles" by the Pretenders Link
A truly beautiful cat will be sorely missed by the JU community. I hope your heart heals soon, Mason, and you remember the love he gave you, and not the pain of his passing. A big hug from another kitty-lover.
I once knew a girl who didn't know until she was 6 months gone, she was travelling and thought the lack of menstruation and the weight gain was due to that! Luckily she found out before she couldn't fly any more so she could go home. true story, I knew her personally (and thought she was smarter than that!)
Thank you for your kind thoughts... serenity when I found out about Brendan I looked into it (I'm a blood donor so it seemed logical) but now I'm (oh horror) over 40 they won't even put me on the list! How much does that suck... And I'll pass on your kind thoughts and keep you up to date
I received some sad/happy news at the weekend - one of my oldest friends is spending January in Sydney (where we are) away from his Adelaide home (some 1400 kms away or 870 odd miles). That's the happy part - the sad part is he's coming with his wife and youngest son so the kid can get a bone marrow transplant. Brendan's been sick for a while and has Myelodyplasia S
I've previously posted about the fact I believe my mother has Aspergers Syndrome, and have been asked to open up a bit more about it. Here's something I'd previously written for my Yahoo Group (ASPAR - for adult children of Asperger parents) about it, and it's damn personal. I'm feeling a little weird about posting it, but one lady who's just joined has a s
Cactoblasta - I might try it that way and see if it grows on me. Nicky - I'm with you. Though dynamaso knows I'll join him watching the girls too!
I guess everyone in the US is asleep at their extended families' houses dreaming of turkey right about now. Pity me - working in a media hub where the giant TV screens are all tuned to the CRICKET. And it's not just the prospect of five more days of mind-numbing boredom - it's the fact that all the ads on TV are about cricket - there are behuind-the-team specials a
Thanks for the comments, everyone... Dr Guy - thanks for putting me straight on the Yam/sweet potato thingy. But do you have Yams or Sweet potatoes with marshmallows with the turkey at Thanksgiving? Always thought that sounded a little strange, but as a convert to syrup with my bacon and eggs, I have vowed never to trash US recipes again!
JoeUser Forums