The Kransky Sisters now have a website. That is all.
Quote of the Day, 23 August 2007
“If there’s a lemon in it, it doesn’t count as alcohol.” Discuss.
“Fully arsed!”
I told a friend today that it was common for clients to provide a half-arsed proposal. “Oh, no,” he said. “Last time they gave us a fully-arsed proposal!” Nice use of language! But is “fully arsed” a good thing, or not?
Herald falls for joke, will they withdraw?
This morning the Sydney Morning Herald tells us how an economist’s research shows that AC/DC’s Bon Scott wasn’t as good a singer as Brian Johnson. Alas, it’s been exposed as a joke. Will the Herald give as prominent a place to their “correction”?
Sorry for the lack of essays
I haven’t written an essay-length piece for a week. Sorry about that. I’ll try to do better this week. I don’t want this blog to be yet another “collection of random stuff I found on the Internet”. We have enough of those already.
Australian Social Trends 2007
If you want to know what’s really going on in this country — as opposed to the spin — dig through the latest stats in Australian Social Trends 2007. Another fine product from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, one of the very few truly independent national statistical agencies.