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I attended a wonderful wedding recently in the Bunya Mountains between two friends of mine, and it was lovely. The ride to and from there was less than fun, however.

I can handle:

• A four hour bike ride, that’s easy.
• Five or six kilometres of fist-sized gravel on a sports bike.
• The seals on my front master cylinder deciding to refuse to  live up to their name.

What I can’t handle is the terrible state of back-country Queensland roads and ending up with incredibly sore wrists by the time I was half way home. 🙁

I’ve just finished listening to an audiobook version of Orson Scott Card’s novel “Empire”. It’s quite an impressive novel, bringing together action, science fiction, politics and some modern philosophy.

It explores the idea of a red-state vs. blue-state American civil war brought about by manipulating the media and the people through some interesting psychological ploys.

As stated by the author himself, it wasn’t entirely his idea - having been approached by the Chair Entertainment Group, an American video game producer - and offered the chance to develop the game’s storyline as well as a novel to set the series into action. This is not to say that it’s not an incredibly well thought-out story, with rich character development and the just the right amount of workout for your imagination.

From here on news.com.au

The 18-year-old youth was 17 and on a learner’s permit when he stole a Holden Rodeo ute at a party at Cheltenham in Melbourne’s southeast, the Moorabbin Kingston Leader reports.

Wait, was he eighteen or seventeen? Gah, you guys suck.

Dear User,

Repeat after me: The address bar’s history is NOT your bookmark folder!

Thanks,

yale.

Good idea: Walking for fitness to lose weight.

Bad idea: Walking to Sushi Train.

Good idea: Not wearing shoes as it’s better for your feet.

Bad idea: Not wearing shoes as I twist my feet when I walk and developed two nice fat blisters last night. 🙁

So, I just finished reading The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger.

Um, what? It was a nice story about a couple of days in the life of a kid in the big city who discovers some things about himself, but I’m still wondering where the last chapter or so is.

Sigh. On to the next book - $1 Million for Life, by Ashley Ormond.

As much as I’m not one to post religious things on my blog, I had to post this awesome final exam for your religion… here’s a taste:

• In the Judeo-Christian tradition, we always look to the Bible as a guide. In this example, your teenage son has returned home from the prom intoxicated. The Bible’s instruction is:
  1. Sit him down for a heart to heart talk
  2. Enroll him in AA
  3. Take away his driving privilege for one month
  4. Smash his head in with rocks
• In this example, your son-in-law, returned from his honeymoon, has just told you he suspects your daughter was not a virgin on their wedding night. Wishing to abide by God’s holy rules as laid out in the Bible, you should:
  1. Ask him if he was a virgin before you do anything
  2. Advise him to forgive her
  3. Talk to your daughter
  4. Go find those rocks

Boy I love spam some days, it’s just … weird 🙂 We had this one forwarded to us to block, I wonder if it’ll break something in our wonderfully crap filtering system.

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Apple-brie soup at Bistro du Soleil in Playa del Rey - Los Angeles Times

Looks like tasty-tasty unhealthy creamy soup indeed 😀

New boots for my trip to the snow 🙂 Got them for $69.95 - I can’t remember the last time I got shoes so cheap, I love having size fifteen feet 🙁

Found them at DFO up the back hidden in a pile of “seconds” in the corner - nothing wrong with them, just they were old stock!