Dreaming of the day a PR issues a media release which doesn’t assert that their drab everyday announcement is “exciting”.
Newtown Square slow traffic flows http://post.ly/iPRF
King St open but only just. One southbound lane thru Newtown Sq, buses get priority. Northbound usual jam. Avoid.
Yes @vealmince, excellent new Sydney reservoir by flooding Randwick and Kensington. http://bit.ly/9Z0ZFu Bravo!
ABC and SBS board appointments via DBCDE http://bit.ly/9Do0Q0
En route back to the village, will give a Newtown traffic and fire update when I arrive.
@vealmince Oops. Let’s hope that isn’t your car floating there!
Erskineville flooded. About time that place was flushed out. http://bit.ly/9Foqda
@frogworth Can’t answer your bike question. I am now reporting from a city-bound train. No-one’s paying me to cover a pub fire.
SMH has a vaguely better photo of The Bank Hotel fire. http://bit.ly/afArzn
Oh, apparently all traffic is out of King St except buses. I misread that police gesturing. Welcome to the traffic jam.
King St traffic badly affected. Outbound lanes thru Newtown Sq mostly closed. One outbound lane open. Traffic even slower than usual.
Rapt, it’s Eurovision http://post.ly/iP94
I was wrong about the fire brigade packing up. They were just getting started. Four units at The Bank Hotel, Newtown.
The Bank Hotel burns http://post.ly/iP90
@BeauGiles You must have a suitably aquatic view from the Newtown Silos today!
@DrMiaow I’d wave back to you outside Happy Chef, if only you’d stop paying attention to that short person with the umbrella.
Fire at The Bank Hotel, Newtown. Fire brigade packing up but acrid smoke still emerging from front door.
Mobile (into the rain): Enmore Rd; King St; lunch & local errands; maybe Potts Point chiropractor, or not.
@Jinjirrie Yes, I expect to be lambasted for being some sort of Israeli puppet, when it’s just a lame conspiracy theory.
Of course the date was changed, @Jinjirrie. Normal Flickr workflow. Upload photos, fix broken data. http://bit.ly/dxzHdV
Me in Crikey: “Mavi Marmari photos faked by Israel? Probably not” http://bit.ly/afqA77
Guy Rundle: “Greater Israel, Greater Schmisrael - the zionist entity is mad as a bag of cats” http://bit.ly/d02J5z
@izevaka No I wasn’t fired. I don’t have a boos to fire me. I was talking about that topic. Their story.
At 3.30pm, 3 hours away, I’m on 2MCE FM’s “Homepage” talking, um, being fired for Facebook comments. Stream at http://bit.ly/b0QR
Also confirming, yes, word is Sydney is in the midst of a nasty cold epidemic an maybe it came from Melbourne a few weeks back.
Unexpected last-minute Crikey story filed. How I managed to write that with a head full of glue is beyond me.
Oh don’t get me started on this “soldier on” bullshit, @CassieST … People’s health is important.
Thank you @mtats @frogworth @confusedmachine @artywah seems like we have a plague. And @stusheridan you can slap yourself.
Sydney people, would it be fair to say there’s a nasty cold doing the rounds of the city at the moment?
@renailemay: Block by IP address from commenting on WordPress site? Yes. Settings, Discussion, Comment Blacklist.
I should point out that that “remix” is truly, truly appalling. The people involved should be ashamed of themselves. And congratulated.
RT @sylmobile: I was made for loving you baby. http://bit.ly/a5YbSa Disco Techno Remix. I blame @stilgherrian [And I happily accept.]
Osaba bin Laden, frequent flyer. http://bit.ly/cyWR0r Sadly, I suspect someone will get sacked over this little prank.
Prof Roger Clarke: Cyborg rights ‘need debating now’ http://bit.ly/d2p0MR
Emerges, almost.
Home.
Filipino creates ultimate SimCity 3000 city, Magnasanti. Roadless. 6M population. Scary. http://bit.ly/cJDlcv
ABC: “Man accused of Facebook defacing denied bail” http://bit.ly/b7wJvh
RT @duncanriley: I reckon bored housewives will make wonderful army recruits. Cougar tanks :) [Possibly says more about your fantasies…]
“TVC” is “television commercial”, for those who haven’t immersed themselves in media jargon.
Australian Army launches new recruitment site with “real stories”. http://bit.ly/aRbZN5 TVCs start Sunday night. Whaddyareckon?