10 My eye bags are particularly offensive this morning.
9 I have coffee breath and dropped my toothbrush in the toilet.
8 I have highly contagious explosive diarrhea.
7 I can Facebook and Twitter from home now.
6 My iPhone applications can cover me for a day
5 Office email porn is slowing the network down.............this gives me motion sickness.
4 I need to get the qualifications I lied about on my resume.
3 My little iPhone is ill.
2 My real life doesn't involve group urination.
and the number 1 reason that I need to take tomorrow off work.......
my 5 Minute Abs machine is taking longer than previously thought
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
Brodie Panlock
This week we have all been disgusted to hear of the death of a young lady, killed by a pack of dogs, not in wild but at work.
Brodie Panlock was a happy healthy 19 year old, excited about shifting into her own place, her first job and saving up to travel with her brother. Then what probably started as a good humoured ribbing of a new employee turned into vicious torture by the people who should have been her protectors.
Over the months Brodie was employed at Cafe Vamp in Hawthorn, she suffered a constant series of bloody animalistic attacks. Unable to leave as she felt a growing need for approval from the lead tormentor, her boss. This abusive work relationship extended over into her home life giving her little chance of relief.
Tired, cornered and having sustained much abuse Brodie Panlock threw herself from a building and died.
Today four men responsible for the relentless abuse of the teenager, cafe owner Marc Luis Da Cruz, 43, manager Nicholas Smallwood, 26, Rhys MacAlpine, 28, and Gabriel Toomey, 23 pleaded guilty "to failing to take reasonable care for the health and safety of persons" and were fined a total of $115,000. In addition MAP Foundation Pty Ltd, the company that ran Cafe Vamp, was subsequently found guilty and fined a further $220,000 in the Melbourne Magistrates Court.
The charges were issued by WorkSafe Victoria
Brodie Panlock was a happy healthy 19 year old, excited about shifting into her own place, her first job and saving up to travel with her brother. Then what probably started as a good humoured ribbing of a new employee turned into vicious torture by the people who should have been her protectors.
Over the months Brodie was employed at Cafe Vamp in Hawthorn, she suffered a constant series of bloody animalistic attacks. Unable to leave as she felt a growing need for approval from the lead tormentor, her boss. This abusive work relationship extended over into her home life giving her little chance of relief.
Tired, cornered and having sustained much abuse Brodie Panlock threw herself from a building and died.
Today four men responsible for the relentless abuse of the teenager, cafe owner Marc Luis Da Cruz, 43, manager Nicholas Smallwood, 26, Rhys MacAlpine, 28, and Gabriel Toomey, 23 pleaded guilty "to failing to take reasonable care for the health and safety of persons" and were fined a total of $115,000. In addition MAP Foundation Pty Ltd, the company that ran Cafe Vamp, was subsequently found guilty and fined a further $220,000 in the Melbourne Magistrates Court.
The charges were issued by WorkSafe Victoria
Friday, February 5, 2010
Take a Penny Leave a Penny
We were told this week of the sad ending of a missing person search, with the news that that the missing millionaire had been murdered.
Herman Rockefeller died after a fight broke out when he turned up at a swinger's house without his wife. Apparently he was hoping the other couple would not notice that he had no partner with him.
It would appear however that the 'Swinger Scene' works on a similar concept as a library or the take a penny, leave a penny bowl at the corner shop. On discovering that Herman was hoping to just 'borrow' the guys partner he was beaten, killed, dismembered, burnt and buried.
I no longer think that the return policy of the local library is harsh.
Herman Rockefeller died after a fight broke out when he turned up at a swinger's house without his wife. Apparently he was hoping the other couple would not notice that he had no partner with him.
It would appear however that the 'Swinger Scene' works on a similar concept as a library or the take a penny, leave a penny bowl at the corner shop. On discovering that Herman was hoping to just 'borrow' the guys partner he was beaten, killed, dismembered, burnt and buried.
I no longer think that the return policy of the local library is harsh.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
The First Emo?
I saw a Emo today that looked like a 15 year old Hitler.
Well a Hitler wearing an Ipod and listening to depressing music.
Then I started wondering..... "Was Hitler the first Emo?"
Anti-social, depressed, suicidal...hated more than he liked and of course a stupid haircut.
Well a Hitler wearing an Ipod and listening to depressing music.
Then I started wondering..... "Was Hitler the first Emo?"
Anti-social, depressed, suicidal...hated more than he liked and of course a stupid haircut.
Monday, February 1, 2010
Climate Change Policy Time to Choose
I am not a climate change skeptic, nor am I an alarmist. I read a lot on climate change and the resulting economics of carbon release both on economy of today and the Australia of the future.
What is definite is that The Labor Party's environmental policy designed to put Australia in a global leadership position on the world stage will cause enormous pain for all Australians without having a measureable effect on global climate change.
You see there are a lot of obstacles to Australia saving the world from climate change. We are a mere 3% of the global population and whilst it would be wonderful for us to take a leadership role we are simply going to go through great financial pain while heading in a direction which may well be at odds with the greater global community.
Climate change will be reversed through improvements in technology and practices not through adopting costs prior to world's major economies ratify reduction targets.
A tax on 3% of the globes populations, the direction the Gillard Government is keen to take us is the disastorous direction. Almost similar to the 80's Sony Betamax, ".... hey we got there first but the world figured another solution cheaper and more popular."
The Coalition Policy appears to be a staged approach to climate change based on incentives to change behavior rather than the indescriminate damage of The Labor government which will have a great financial cost today, without recognising our need to follow the major global emmitters of greehouse gases.
What is definite is that The Labor Party's environmental policy designed to put Australia in a global leadership position on the world stage will cause enormous pain for all Australians without having a measureable effect on global climate change.
You see there are a lot of obstacles to Australia saving the world from climate change. We are a mere 3% of the global population and whilst it would be wonderful for us to take a leadership role we are simply going to go through great financial pain while heading in a direction which may well be at odds with the greater global community.
Climate change will be reversed through improvements in technology and practices not through adopting costs prior to world's major economies ratify reduction targets.
A tax on 3% of the globes populations, the direction the Gillard Government is keen to take us is the disastorous direction. Almost similar to the 80's Sony Betamax, ".... hey we got there first but the world figured another solution cheaper and more popular."
The Coalition Policy appears to be a staged approach to climate change based on incentives to change behavior rather than the indescriminate damage of The Labor government which will have a great financial cost today, without recognising our need to follow the major global emmitters of greehouse gases.
South Australia Internet Censorship
In what can only be seen as a draconian law, South Australia has become one of the few states in the world to censor the Internet.
The new law will see South Australia joining a group of countries including Iran, China and North Korea in attacking the fundamental tenements of free speech. Additionally when viewed along side the Australian Federal Governments Internet filtering policy Australia is now a country that has a flexible approach to basic freedoms.
Since its origin the Internet has quickly developed as the greatest bastion and protector of freedom and democracy that has ever been known. Australia is now eroding that freedom.
The law, which came into force on January 6, requires anyone making an online comment about next month's state election to publish their real name and postcode. The protection from fear and intimidation provided by anonymous comment is fundamental in allowing whistle blowers, the weak and oppressed to provide commentary without the fear of reprisal. In this one move Australia has taken a very dangerous step away from free political comment.
The new law will see South Australia joining a group of countries including Iran, China and North Korea in attacking the fundamental tenements of free speech. Additionally when viewed along side the Australian Federal Governments Internet filtering policy Australia is now a country that has a flexible approach to basic freedoms.
Since its origin the Internet has quickly developed as the greatest bastion and protector of freedom and democracy that has ever been known. Australia is now eroding that freedom.
The law, which came into force on January 6, requires anyone making an online comment about next month's state election to publish their real name and postcode. The protection from fear and intimidation provided by anonymous comment is fundamental in allowing whistle blowers, the weak and oppressed to provide commentary without the fear of reprisal. In this one move Australia has taken a very dangerous step away from free political comment.
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