Tomorrow Australia will find out if we get a break from the petty squabblings of the Labour Party for a few months or not. Both Gillard and Rudd are claiming that they are the ones who can lead Labour to Victory against Abbot in the next election, which is a complete lie. As long as either of those two is leading the Labour Party, the Liberal Party will win the next election with ease. If Labour is to have any chance of victory a crafty sneaky third bastard needs to put up their hand to run for leadership tomorrow as well.
Who knows, the surprise third candidate might actually be enough to get the votes needed to lead Labour for a few months until the petty squabbling starts up again.
But that's the whole problem with the Labour Leadership, isn't it? They can seem to go a few months before someone gets dissatisfied with his/her lot and starts causing trouble for the party, which then causes the Australian public to lose faith in Labour. Not to mention the annoyance that the people who are supposed to be running this country can't even govern themselves for a few months at a time.
There is a simple way that Labour can avoid all of this trouble and the complete loss of faith that it brings with it; every 18 months or so Labour holds a kind of tournament where anyone who wants to lead Labour can compete.
The events in this tournament will include a few games of Monopoly (to find out how well they can manage finances), Mario Kart Balloon Battles (to see how well they cope under stressful situations), an essay (which will be read by completely neutral judges) about why they think they should be the one to lead Labour, a general knowledge test (we don't want idiots running the country) followed by a round of Dodge Ball (which will be played at 5:30am and may or may not be done so while seriously hungover so that the men can be seperated from the boys, so to speak).
The winner of the Dodge Ball round will automatically go through to the next round, as well as the best performers in general from all of the other tests.
The next, and final round will be a game of Risk. Whoever wins Risk will be the leader of the Labour party for the next 18 months or so.
That should stop all of the childish and petty squabbling over who's turn it is to be in charge.
And remember, Australia, we're not America. We vote for the party not the person.
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Friday, February 17, 2012
OMG!
I'm some sort of magical person with special access to some powerful magical force within the universe! Or at least that's what Tara is saying ... and I don't know how this is supposed to help her convince me to pay for her pyschic services; why would I need to pay for something that I can apparently do myself?
Although, maybe I should give Tara some compensation for revealing my apparent Jedi powers to me. I doubt I would've figured that out by myself.
Maybe Jedi isn't the right term to use, since they seem to have an immediate result when they put their mind to something. According to Tara I have to have patience and let whatever it is I want to happen to happen in it's own time ... which is probably why I would never have figured out that I have some kind of awesome, albeit weak, Jedi powers.
But still, if I really do have a connection with the Supreme Vibration, which is apparently the real power in the universe, then it's not something to sniff at ... even if I wish it was a little stronger within me so that I could be a little more like a real Jedi and be able to perform mind tricks and lift things with my mind.
Although, there was nothing in Tara's email that said that I couldn't do any of this stuff. All she said is that I just have to focus on a realistic and attainable goal. I doubt that Jedi's are able to instantly lift things with their minds. So maybe I should give this a try and start small and gradually work my way up to throwing things across the room without lifting a finger.
After all, as Tara said, The Supreme Vibration is within me.
Although, maybe I should give Tara some compensation for revealing my apparent Jedi powers to me. I doubt I would've figured that out by myself.
Maybe Jedi isn't the right term to use, since they seem to have an immediate result when they put their mind to something. According to Tara I have to have patience and let whatever it is I want to happen to happen in it's own time ... which is probably why I would never have figured out that I have some kind of awesome, albeit weak, Jedi powers.
But still, if I really do have a connection with the Supreme Vibration, which is apparently the real power in the universe, then it's not something to sniff at ... even if I wish it was a little stronger within me so that I could be a little more like a real Jedi and be able to perform mind tricks and lift things with my mind.
Although, there was nothing in Tara's email that said that I couldn't do any of this stuff. All she said is that I just have to focus on a realistic and attainable goal. I doubt that Jedi's are able to instantly lift things with their minds. So maybe I should give this a try and start small and gradually work my way up to throwing things across the room without lifting a finger.
After all, as Tara said, The Supreme Vibration is within me.
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Things I Learned at Work This Week
Ok, so some of these things that I have learned weren't learned this week, but over the whole time I have been working. This week just drove home those things.
Firstly, it seems that people can grow hair anywhere; At least once a day I am surprised by where someone has hair growth. And that hairy chests isn't just restricted to men. Women can also have hairy chest! Although, it's an even less attractive look on a woman, and really disturbing to boot!
Then there's also the fact that the Ballarat City Coucil really should have better signage for their public toilets. No one seems to know where they are. I'm constantly being asked for directions to the toilets ... so much so that I'm sure I would make a nice little profit if I started charging people for directions (although they might be a little annoyed when I tell them that the toilets are just around the corner).
But it's not just the toilets I have to give directions to; people are starting to look for the educational book shop. It seems that they have a general idea of where to look but still can't find it and then get lost looking for it elsewhere. I could totally charge extra for directions to the educational book shop (but again, people may feel a little ripped off when I tell them it's up Sturt St and then a right turn at Collins Booksellers).
It also appears that news spreads fast. Whether it's good news or bad, it still spreads at the same speed; most of the people I speak to now have heard about the energy savers through friends and family and half of them have heard great things and want to get them also, while the other half have heard horrible things and just want to complain about them. So apparently it doesn't matter if it's good or bad news, it still spreads and creates awareness. And all this time I thought bad news spread way faster than good news. Apparently not.
Firstly, it seems that people can grow hair anywhere; At least once a day I am surprised by where someone has hair growth. And that hairy chests isn't just restricted to men. Women can also have hairy chest! Although, it's an even less attractive look on a woman, and really disturbing to boot!
Then there's also the fact that the Ballarat City Coucil really should have better signage for their public toilets. No one seems to know where they are. I'm constantly being asked for directions to the toilets ... so much so that I'm sure I would make a nice little profit if I started charging people for directions (although they might be a little annoyed when I tell them that the toilets are just around the corner).
But it's not just the toilets I have to give directions to; people are starting to look for the educational book shop. It seems that they have a general idea of where to look but still can't find it and then get lost looking for it elsewhere. I could totally charge extra for directions to the educational book shop (but again, people may feel a little ripped off when I tell them it's up Sturt St and then a right turn at Collins Booksellers).
It also appears that news spreads fast. Whether it's good news or bad, it still spreads at the same speed; most of the people I speak to now have heard about the energy savers through friends and family and half of them have heard great things and want to get them also, while the other half have heard horrible things and just want to complain about them. So apparently it doesn't matter if it's good or bad news, it still spreads and creates awareness. And all this time I thought bad news spread way faster than good news. Apparently not.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
EzyLine Might Be Onto Something
With this commercial of theirs:
I know that ever since I first saw it on TV at least a year ago I mocked it. "The tyranny of pegs"!
The absurdity!
But then tonight I realised that we are in fact under the tyranny of pegs!
It's not quite as absurd as it sounds ... although, that being said, I'm yet to experience the pegs all deciding to strike and just jump out of the container on the way to the washing line to hang out the washing (that would be absurd).
But I still have to listen to the wishes of the pegs if I want my washing to remaining hanging on the line. I can't buy those really cheap wooden pegs that seem to delight in letting your clean washing drop to the ground the minute your back is turned. And if you want your pegs to remain in good working order you have to bring them in out of the elements once your washing is dried (thankfully a demand the washing line doesn't make).
If you do risk incurring the wrath of your pegs by leaving them outside to the elements, you also run the very high risk of nasty spiders moving into them and making them their home and unfit to use to hang your washing (not to mention scary).
Ezyline is right. We are under the tyranny of pegs. So much so that we mock those who point it out to us.
I know that ever since I first saw it on TV at least a year ago I mocked it. "The tyranny of pegs"!
The absurdity!
But then tonight I realised that we are in fact under the tyranny of pegs!
It's not quite as absurd as it sounds ... although, that being said, I'm yet to experience the pegs all deciding to strike and just jump out of the container on the way to the washing line to hang out the washing (that would be absurd).
But I still have to listen to the wishes of the pegs if I want my washing to remaining hanging on the line. I can't buy those really cheap wooden pegs that seem to delight in letting your clean washing drop to the ground the minute your back is turned. And if you want your pegs to remain in good working order you have to bring them in out of the elements once your washing is dried (thankfully a demand the washing line doesn't make).
If you do risk incurring the wrath of your pegs by leaving them outside to the elements, you also run the very high risk of nasty spiders moving into them and making them their home and unfit to use to hang your washing (not to mention scary).
Ezyline is right. We are under the tyranny of pegs. So much so that we mock those who point it out to us.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Something's Wrong!
Can you spot what's wrong with this ad?
Apart from the obvious ... which is the little kid knowing why the bread is so good and better than the old bread there's something else that is wrong with this ad.
Maybe this will help;
Yeah, like a man (or a male giant loaf of bread) who wears socks and sandals would even have any hope of talking to, let alone having any kind of relationship with a woman except a horrible stereotypical she-nerd-geek.
But then again, going back to the point about the little kid and him not only knowing why the different loaf of bread was better for him, but also caring, maybe the "normal" looking woman in the ad is sercretly a horribly stereotypical she-nerd-geek but is fortunate enough to not look like one.
That's the only reason I can think of why the kid knows and cares about healthy food.
But more likely the woman is just a health nut who was smart enough to instil this into her kids right from the start.
Apart from the obvious ... which is the little kid knowing why the bread is so good and better than the old bread there's something else that is wrong with this ad.
Maybe this will help;
Yeah, like a man (or a male giant loaf of bread) who wears socks and sandals would even have any hope of talking to, let alone having any kind of relationship with a woman except a horrible stereotypical she-nerd-geek.
But then again, going back to the point about the little kid and him not only knowing why the different loaf of bread was better for him, but also caring, maybe the "normal" looking woman in the ad is sercretly a horribly stereotypical she-nerd-geek but is fortunate enough to not look like one.
That's the only reason I can think of why the kid knows and cares about healthy food.
But more likely the woman is just a health nut who was smart enough to instil this into her kids right from the start.
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