britney spears, no knickers

I’m trying a little bit of an experiment, based on this article: Aussies think knickerless Britney is pretty flash .
Apparently the most searched-for topic on the Australian bit of the web was about Britney Spears sans briefs. Strange folks. Very strange. Having seen the film clip for her latest song “gimme more” in which she [...]

Fraggle

Yesterday’s posting on the topic of Buffy Saint-Marie failed to produce the deluge of correspondence I was expecting.
Young people today - they just have no taste in music: no taste full-stop. I put it down to a diet of Britney Spears, Big Brother and Botox rotting our brains. The three Bs.
While I’m talkin’ trash - [...]

where’s my course map?

Anxiety levels are somewhat lower today, for some reason. Though, god knows, there’s enough to be anxious about.

I have to run a marathon in 2 and a bit weeks
They haven’t even posted the course online
I haven’t received my race pack
Paris Hilton might not go to jail.

I suppose it doesn’t really matter - the marathon will [...]

celebrity jailbirds

An odd moment on the Age website this afternoon - the front page completely dominated by celebrity jailbirds.
On the left, Melbourne’s own babyfaced-assassin, Carl Williams, and on the right, Paris Hilton complaining about her judge being “both cruel and unwarranted”.
It’s much easier to laugh about ms Hilton, as she’s marginally less likely to take a [...]

more sydney

I’m still in Sydney, or as it apparently likes to be called - “The Emerald City”. Well, la-de-dah… I’m beginning to lose count of the times I’ve been told the Harbour Bridge is “affectionately known as ‘the coathanger’”. Whatever….
Apologies if that sounded a little Valley-girl/Paris Hilton.
In my defence, Ms Hilton herself is in town at [...]