Vice_Is_Hip “Turns out it was just some old sportswear wrapped up in a Union Jack” - Why British culture in the 90s never actually existed
jonkudelka I sometimes get the impression that you people think @firstdogonmoon and I are skiving off. #whiskytour
IainDale Another @LBC first. The Archibishop of Canterbury doing an hour long phone-in with @mrjamesob. Now.
Vice_Is_Hip 25 Reasons Why This Tweet Is Better Than The Glastonbury Line-Up
@sherro58 @alexkidman Now that’s a lovely twist! Enjoy the rest of the match, Sir.
RT @tavallai: @jayrayner1 Generally anyone using the word “curating” who isn’t involved with museums is full of shit. [Prize for this man!]
RT @alexkidman: @sherro58 Wait up. If the PDP-11 is Bablyon, what does that make the Colossus? Abraham perhaps? [Or Goliath?]
RT @benmelour: The Lego Movie is basically The Matrix told through blocks. [And Keanu Reeves’ acting identical in both.]
policescotland Person dialled 999 to advise they’d been given a top up card, but it was from wrong mobile provider <Not an emergency! *Sigh* #999PoliceScot
PrimlyStable Good to see Wikipedia maintaining its usual high bar for inclusion in the “notable births” list: pic.twitter.com/kXyvzR2jHd
Sp @firstdogonmoon and @jonkudelka are livetweeting watching “The Princess Bride” while drinking whiskey. This will end well.
@edyong209 Tell him to cut the red wire, every time.
edyong209 Email: “Hello Yong i am a medical student in Kenya and would like you to assist me on how to succeed,thank you.” And that’s it.
@sherro58 @alexkidman Dear God, man, this is… frightening and wonderful all at once!
RT @firstdogonmoon: Princess Buttercup! [You called?]
@alexkidman @sherro58 We’re really getting to the point where the PDP-11 is Babylon now.
@sherro58 @alexkidman Which makes VisiCalc the Holy Roman Empire? Or Charlemagne?
RT @alexkidman: So logically, Netscape Navigator is Archduke Ferdinand? [Well obviously! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?]
@RealNickHodge Yes.
@jeamland No.
Storify is Hitler.
@retrogrrl Thank you. I wasn’t an instigator of its use in certain Twitter circles, but an earlyish covert. It’s a good woody word.
SnarkyPlatypus SPY ON YOUR NEIGHBOURS, PROLES pic.twitter.com/3TDOypeOW0
I’m growing to like this avatar.
Thank you, @SeveralSuburbs, I trust that we shall never see such wrong mathsing ever, ever again, ever. severalsuburbs.com/2014/03/31/epi…
SeveralSuburbs In the interests of full disclosure, we acknowledge this note by @stilgherrian and apologise for any wrong mathsing: severalsuburbs.com/2014/03/31/epi…
@glengyron @mrgrumpystephen @SeveralSuburbs @s_bridges I never got that far. I was just appalled… APPALLED… by an outrage.
@mrgrumpystephen @SeveralSuburbs I’ve had my suspicious about @s_bridges for some time now. Untrustworthy.
Threat and response, @firstdogonmoon @oberonsghost pic.twitter.com/DrekeaD2Yr
@mrgrumpystephen @SeveralSuburbs @s_bridges It is not, but let’s deal with one outrage at a time. These people seem a bit slippery.
@JennaPrice @s_bridges Good point. I shall email @TheRealPBarry and get things moving.
@s_bridges It’s a good thing you’re not in NSW, otherwise ICAC would be hearing about this.
@s_bridges @tobiasziegler Good, because it’s important you realise my entire weekend has been reduced to rubble and emotional desolation.
“Thailand’s judicial coup” may be of interested to you, @SnarkyPlatypus lowyinterpreter.org/post/2014/03/3…
@s_bridges No rush.
@SnarkyPlatypus @kjmci My website keeps turning up as “questionable content” in one vendor’s filter. I’ll have to have words.
@PeteLawler @SeveralSuburbs @s_bridges Oh on the podcast website, FFS. The comment is ABOUT the podcast, if you prefer. Now kill yourself.
RT @mpesce: @Tarale DONT TALK TO YOUR BOOBS THAT WAY THEY CAN HEAR YOU [Shroom season is early this year, I see.]
I have just had to post a complainey comment on the @SeveralSuburbs podcast, @s_bridges, and I just can’t listen any more.
It seems @PeteDotAscian is taking a call from an “I’m from Windows” scammer, with predictable mirth.
RT @oberonsghost: @sylmobile No-one has lunches that long on school-days, now, surely? [HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.]
America finally gets fed up with @mikko (from an article on Nettavisen, in Norwegian) nettavisen.no/na24/det-han-v… pic.twitter.com/XLSnYVS4oI
Me at @zdnetaustralia earlier: “Cyber criminals are out-spending the defenders two to one: HP” zdnet.com/cyber-criminal… #cyber #cybercyber
LucasMight Sometimes nailing a single genre is difficult, but this chap maybe squeezed too many ideas into one book. pic.twitter.com/m15Fhxt9nd
JonesTarika LOLOLOL OH GOD! RT “@sylmobile: No… Just no…@PatriotsOfMarsMars: Say hello to the circlebearpic.twitter.com/XKAj6oTmgxTmgx”
@rashasman Well @DavidParis and I have previous expressed concerns about @SenatorLudlam’s burlesque shows. He will deny it though.
(I suppose @SenatorLudlam could squirm while he’s DJing. Some people might like that.)
Are you squirming, @SenatorLudlam, or are you going DJing again tonight?
“Deep desert XP-ocalypse averted”, thanks to @ssharwood, “PLUS: We learn how to cook BUDGIES.” theregister.co.uk/2014/04/04/wil…
Scumbolian About now, @SenatorLudlam’s putrid stench of desperation is slowly mutating into a deathly stench of fear. Squirm you communist maggot.
@ClintonDucas @JustinianNews I have yet to find a working lawyer who has anything particularly positive to say about the Attorney-General.
@drearyclocks @eldonnn Much recalibration was done as the day progressed, thank you. #roguesquadron
snare One more reason not to buy an Android phone: @m0nk_dot might set it on fire while it’s in your pocket #syscan
@drearyclocks @eldonnn Yeah I had to spend a day in the loo the other week. Very unpleasant. Get better soon.
@SnarkyPlatypus L’ICAC a cependant été encore plus spécial que d’habitude cette semaine.
ICAC-invader charged with assault on law enforcement officer inflicting actual bodily harm and offensive conduct. police.nsw.gov.au/news/media_rel…
@SnarkyPlatypus Bonjour. Aujourd’hui, nous sommes tous envahissons la commission indépendante contre la corruption. Et vous?
Brocklesnitch i tried being a metrosexual but the train security arrested me :(
CyberPrefixerAU Captive breeding cyberprogram hopes to help cyberweta’s cyberbattle for cybersurvival
@dananimal @dobes Yeah, it’ll never happen. Torrents are for Teh Pierutz. ABC would be too paranoid to play there now.
Listening to this week’s @DownloadABC, because I have no life. abc.net.au/radionational/…
I see that @drearyclocks is asking the questions that need to be asked about #roguesquadron.
@cheshireb Oh this sounds a fun trial!
@cheshireb True. I think I’d notice when it was the actual ketamine.
@cheshireb Yeah, an infusion. So what can you use in a double-blind? As an aside, what I just read at NPR seemed personally relevant.
@ClintonDucas Yeah, the more I see about this chap, the more I roll my eyes.
Fans of A-G Soapy the Ankle QC should scroll down to the second item, below the photo of the three chaps. justinian.com.au/featurettes/di…
“Ketamine … can act in a matter of days for some people who don’t respond to traditional antidepressants.” npr.org/blogs/health/2…
@firstdogonmoon 13 May.
@dananimal @dobes The CBC also did some BitTorrent work. stilgherrian.com/media/cbc_grok… I should follow this up to see what’s happened since.
@dananimal @dobes Sorry, careless wording in a hurry, and fuzzy memory. They do use BitTorrent. stilgherrian.com/media/nrk_grok…
@snhcdftt I am not miffed. No need to apologise.
@virag064 Yeah, the story has some pricing, and says this one will be worth WAY above usual market value.
WryHumor WATCH OUT FOR THE GL…..!!!
FAIL!
#wpwit pic.twitter.com/5ptygU6Act
@virag064 The original story at NRK has more detail on that. Nope, people are looking. nrk.no/viten/skydiver…
5at5daily Just published: “5at5 number 28 | 4 April 2014” tinyletter.com/5at5/letters/5… Subscribe at tinyletter.com/5at5/
RT @CyberPrefixerAU: Berry’s cyberfamily expected to cybersaddle up at Slipper cybermeeting [Really, Peter?]
phbarratt Paul Keating with Lao PM Khamtai Siphandong at official opening of Mekong Bridge, 20 years ago today. pic.twitter.com/24Bg2xZFaD
phbarratt Mekong River Bridge (Nong Khai-Vientiane) just prior to official opening, 20 years ago today. pic.twitter.com/L84VgnkYSX
Me at cyber @zdnetaustralia: “Cyber criminals are out-spending the defenders two to one: HP” zdnet.com/cyber-criminal… #cyber #cybercyber
@dobes I have spoken to NRK people before, and they are insane. Mind you, their equivalent of iView is a branded BitTorrent client.
“Skydiver nearly gets hit by a meteor - extraordinary world first! [VIDEO]” techly.com.au/2014/04/04/sky…
My cyberheadline has been cyberquestioned.
NewtonMark US releases first pictures of its new stealth fighter. pic.twitter.com/jx4OwIYbrD
@glengyron Boomers.
anamariecox This is code for something, right? RT @dallasnews: Willie Nelson’s armadillo returned after being kidnapped in Vegas d-news.co/vpeGs
I have sent @zdnetaustralia a bunch of words, a good number of which start with “cyber”. Because I’m a professional.
@R_Chirgwin Good to hear. It’s been dark since mid-lunchtime.
MT @NSWSES: Severe storms about this afternoon! Bureau of Meteorology has warned severe thunderstorms are forecast. fb.me/2LF5Js7RZ
The deluge begins, @R_Chirgwin! pic.twitter.com/tl7oUPcR9A
Uhoh. Intense rain. Lighting.
No. I am on deadline. This must stop.
RT @LOUDBOT: @stilgherrian OH SHIT THEY ARE TURNING ON THE LARGE HADRON COLLIDER [I AM READY FOR THAT. MORE THAN READY.]
RT @LOUDBOT: YOU WANT CUTE INDIE BOYS AFTER YOUR SWEET ASS [Goodness. Well, put like that…]
No, stop it. Stop it now. You people are terrible.
“Using a drone” is the new “in the cloud”, isn’t it. Everyday event now newsworthy because droneyness. How many must die to stop this?
Oh. Incitement to commit arson. Perhaps ignore that last tweet.
RT @glengyron: One day hundreds will perish in a JB HiFi fire. Rabbit warrens filled with fire hazards. [We can speed things up, you know.]
None of your suggestions are helpful, @crazyjane13 @scott_thewspot @wobster @mastersofdavid @misswired, but thank you.
Ah yes, here we go. Goodbye, Katoomba and places to the east… such as where I am. pic.twitter.com/j5n4Z9GXrm
So now that we all communicate via internets, what do we call a “back-of-the-envelope calculation”?
The radar indicates that the rain will be getting somewhat heavier quite soon.
The mist has descended. The gentle rain has begun.
@phbarratt I’ll definitely check them out as they go up. And I guess the 25th anniversary in 2019 is the one to aim for now.
@phbarratt (We’d spoken on Twitter about it ages back, when you were posting photos.)
lenoretaylor #ABCNews24 still quoting ‘reports’ of the Bullock speech, why don’t they listen to the speech in full??
@phbarratt My pleasure, Sir. Some time back I toyed with making a documentary about it, but one thing led to another etc. So just a tweet.
altmed_txt ALL SOY IS TOXIC POISON. ALL SOY !
“Greens Senator Scott Ludlam [‘AKA DJ S-Ludz’] DJing is the best thing you’ll see all week”, alleges @inthemix inthemix.com.au/news/57863/Gre…
altmed_txt agents stumbled upon a plan to kill 3 billion people. GMOs, FLUORIDE, ASPARTAME, MERCURY IN VACCINES, CANCER IN ALL BOTTLED WATERS and more
i0n1c Good news! The Dr. Web AV auto update is safe from SSL MITM, because it uses HTTP instead. #syscan
djackmanson Winston Smith started his thoughtcrimelike diary 30 years ago today, on April 4 1984. #fb
GreenJ I dunno, Joe Bullock looks like the face of the future to me.
@petstarr I’m not familiar with South Park’s reference to pachinko, so alas no prize.
“Per vino ad astra.”
BernardKeane So Labor’s core message to progressive WA voters appears to be “you should probably vote for Ludlam.”
CyberPrefixerAU Former ASIC cyberlawyer claims regulator too cosy with cyberfinance sector
RT @jdub: @stilgherrian Something to do with Stephen Colbert? [Oh well played.]
That assumes that anyone can remember what a pachinko is.
“Well, the Australian Labor Party is a giant pachinko. Thought bubbles, heavier than air, are fed in at the top, then the magic happens.”
@ABCmediawatch @politicspub @TheRealPBarry Is there anyone in that audience who’s under 70yo?
It’s OK, everyone. Labor has decided that Bullock is out and, to repair the damage, Peter Hore will now be leading their Senate ticket.
bkjabour “She’s a lesbian I think, although after her partner’s sex change I can’t be sure” Labor’s Joe Bullock on fellow WA senate cand Louise Pratt
Pollytics Someone needs to put a ring through the nose of that WA Bullock and take it back to the wilderness from whence it escaped
NewtonMark “Bill Shorten … said Bullock is ‘exactly’ the kind of person who should represent the Labor party.” He comes out of hiding to say that, huh?
lenoretaylor Link to WA Labor candidate Joe Bullock’s controversial speech - it’s all there… gu.com/p/3z6dj/tw via @guardian
RT @Beaker: It’s time to engage in some @riskybusiness - about to go full-on Ron Burgundy for the news. [May God have mercy ‘pon our souls.]
Why does Mr Rabbit keep seeking the company of and contact, even direct physical contact, with men in the military?
ellinghausen A pat on the back from the Prime Minister as Lieutenant General David Morrison’s term as Chief of Army is extended pic.twitter.com/P9uleJEyIT
@cheshireb And I’m just speaking about the rules, formal and informal, for reporting news, especially when there’s potentially a crime.
@cheshireb Christ. I’m doing it already. I have become one of Those People.
@cheshireb Mind you, “serial pest” describes the actions, and is reportable, without speculating that mental illness is the proximate cause.
“Labor’s WA Senate candidate Joe Bullock says his party can’t be trusted”, raises Abbott, writes @lenoretaylor theguardian.com/world/2014/apr…
@andrewdotnich In 1995-96, project manager made us all red cloth DND flags to display. Disturbing a flagged one got you a formal discipline.
Getting so much* work done.
@cheshireb Yeah I didn’t have room to add that, but that was my implication.
RT @juhasaarinen: Is there a @PolicePants Twitter account yet? [There is, and she is apparently a criminologist.]
alliecoyne Qld Police have to change their cargo pants to adapt to their new iPads, @parisbcowan has discovered. ‘Operational’ pant trials are underway
@andrewdotnich And it also reminds us that it’s all a spectrum, one that we move up and down, a little or a lot, according to circumstance.
@andrewdotnich Yes. Yes, it is. He would appear to be a pretty messed-up human being, which I find more sad than funny, despite myself.
Oh dear. This means that the nation’s worthy* talk show hosts and columnists will be on and on about schizophrenia for the next few days.
Kate_McClymont The man was screaming about the second coming as he made his way towards the bench where the #icac commissioner sat pic.twitter.com/5oYkLYRYIL
@katedoak Scroll back a few.
For those wondering who Peter Hore is, and the chap just invading ICAC claimed to be he, here’s a thing. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Hore
ICAC just gets better and better.
Boeufblogginon Comm Latham ever so politely has just told Stuart Littlemore to shut up, otherwise his conversation will be included in the trascript. #icac
Kate_McClymont Resident pedant Stuie Littlemore QC, has told ABC’s @brigidglanville the use of “the stand” re #icac is an unfortunate Americanisation.
@JohnBirmingham @marcuskelson @newscientist Did you know that @marcoostini is part of @lunarnumbat? HE MUST BE STOPPED.
@JohnBirmingham @marcuskelson @newscientist Either way, I think you need to warn the world about the threat of future robotic Oz fauna.
RT @newscientist Irrepressible robot kangaroo bounces around on flexible blades ow.ly/vpu23 pic.twitter.com/6NGFQD8wPw [It’s German!]
@aimee_maree Thank you. I couldn’t resist. My schoolteachers complained about this in my end-of-term reports.
@dobes @franksting Rebranding cannot help them. Or us.
bkjabour “There are a number of staff who are quite traumatised, there is an ambulance on the way” #icac commissioner calls adjournment
bkjabour A man claiming to be Peter Hore has interrupted #icac yelling “don’t assault me”. Has been wrestled out of room.
“I am the Ghost of Sinodinos’ Memories Past… come to haunt ICAC!”
JWhiteWildlife Swamp Antechinus, you don’t get to see these guys every day! Cape Otway on #deakinenviro field trip @Deakin pic.twitter.com/Qo4U09j23p
“Beserk”, am I?
Kate_McClymont A man has gone berserk in the #icac hearing room and one of the security guards is bleeding. Six people wrestled him pic.twitter.com/fOH9hWxOPA
davpope GST odds <Pat’s cartoon in today’s @canberratimes> canberratimes.com.au/photogallery/f… pic.twitter.com/8X4HFUgzsE
@franksting CHE and FIN respectively.
@jasonlangenauer You can look at this too. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1
@franksting Go your hardest. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1
@franksting Because it’s an ISO standard.
Speaking of editorial changes at @PandoDaily, @leslienassar @franksting… futureofpando.com/2014/04/01/sho… Have you covered these guys, @richardaedy?
@ABillionSuns I said that all wrong, I just realised, but I’m sure you know what I meant.
@ABillionSuns So would I… so would I. I’d also add in, tho, the senior journos who wrote for industry mags etc, very detailed knowledge.
@HarrisonPolites No idea.
LOUDBOT AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS CAN STILL PRODUCE WORLD-CLASS PRODUCTS
@ABillionSuns I’m doing a survey of tech journos’ tech skills later in the year for a personal project. More than you think, I think.
@posty @charispalmer I’ll check that out later, once I’ve sorted out certain bandwidth issues.
@ABillionSuns Yes, but we’re talking the tech media here. No-one else gives a shit about Mozilla or OKCupid.
There is some sort of rainbow lorikeet slutfest going on outside my window.
RT @jendudley: This. This is why you should never read the comments. gawker.com/npr-pulled-a-b… [Agreed. Brilliant prank, too.]
@sophbenj BTW, the Crikey home page is 404ing for me just now.
@sophbenj @jayrosen_nyu I suspect this outrage du jour will continue for a few more jours, however.
Why are people asking OKCupid if they use JavaScript on their website? Just LOOK at it. Ping @jayrosen_nyu #hesaidshesaid
@posty @charispalmer I was waiting for someone to do that.
petercoffee “Instead of failure, [penalize] opacity & info hoarding, which are far greater sins.” foreignaffairs.com/articles/14074… via @PabloQLee
RT @juhasaarinen: When did degustation become dego? [Never. You’re witnessing someone suffering a stroke.]
“Gawker bans ‘Internet slang’: We want to sound like regular adult human beings” poynter.org/latest-news/me… HT @charispalmer
RT @franksting: @stilgherrian Pando is getting pretty good. [Agreed.]
@leslienassar They’ve been doing great work for months, uncovering wage fixing deals etc. And this stuff. pando.com/2014/03/26/goo…
That was back when Australia paid for developing countries to build bridges rather than concentration camps. Ah, the days! @phbarratt
Happy Birthday to the Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge, opened by Paul Keating 20 years ago today. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai%E2%8… @phbarratt’s idea, yes?
@HarrisonPolites “Siri” is from Stanford Research International, who provide the natural language processing and understanding software.
So @PandoDaily finds evidence of fraud on @Indiegogo, and @Indiegogo just quietly deletes their anti-fraud guarantee. pando.com/2014/04/03/aft…
@jeffsonstein It’s Friday, so I may have wine later. But thanks, I get your message, and plans have already been made.
@johnthelutheran It’s pretty special, eh? I’d forgotten that had happened. People used to read and comment on blogs back then.
Fri plan: Cow (eaten); write for @zdnetaustralia; plan next week; prepare @5at5daily; quiet evening, probably, with reading and stuff.
officialmcafee Soon.
In light of the Mozilla thing, my “Is it really so wrong to mix business and politics (and religion)?”, Jan 2008. stilgherrian.com/politics/mixin…
@michaelneale Yep, all good thanks. A lot of rain, but it was steady. It was only the intense barrage that flooded us the other day.
Oh that’s right. I’ve got a lecture to do at UTS on Monday morning. An updated version of stilgherrian.com/conversations/…
@semibogan Yes, 18+ months in a Texas jail cell tends to [verb] the mind somewhat.
UrsulaWJ Possibly my favourite ever Warning Notice. pic.twitter.com/DuUizTqNjQ
@attritionorg @voodooKobra @DefuseSec @kaepora My experience in the first Dotcom Boom (not infosec) was NDA hid that Big Idea was vapour.
alliecoyne @marshontap also thanks to our pioneering efforts last year I hear there will be gin at the Lizzies again
It appears that @BarrettBrownLOL has agreed to a plea bargain. wired.com/2014/04/barret…
LaTrioli Twee. Always. RT @juliejclarke: Wondering if @mjrowland68 was really upset by Virginia @LaTrioli saying ARSE or was he just being twee?
“Culture wars ignite piggy in the middle-style bigotry”, writes @JustinianNews smh.com.au/comment/cultur…
JM77 At this rate, also #MH370. RT @guardian: Ocean discovered on Saturn’s moon may be best place to look for alien life t.gu.com/vp77Q
MotherJones The worst genocidal tweet of the year bit.ly/1scyc9F pic.twitter.com/jXr6k0IJTu
@kjmci @karinakeisler So you’re pretty much helping boost the plans for a Breakfast Alcohol Appreciation Society. Ping @semibogan.
“Cow”, @R_Chirgwin, shredded cow. pic.twitter.com/1ZEnF8KlGQ
TinaAmini Why are hamster butts so cute
@kjmci @karinakeisler Are these your dodgy wines, Kieran?
RT @karinakeisler: @kjmci @stilgherrian before insomnia perhaps… pic.twitter.com/BTSRZzwDSF [“An unsophisticated red…”]
RT @karinakeisler: @stilgherrian explain this one Stil pic.twitter.com/YAnXoYMine [Definitely a mid-afternoon wine for… sharing, Karina.]
Banksia in the mist at @bunjaree pic.twitter.com/g6hlpY21tu
@soundscaper @SnarkyPlatypus So pretty much what you’re saying i that we should be drinking red wine in the morning. I can do this.
@jeffsonstein The flight in the dream was not specified.
RT @jeamland: This is @stilgherrian’s fault: youtu.be/o9Gj8earX_w [No, it’s @lionel_bischoff’s fault. Il est totalement de sa faute.]
DougSaunders The US government (well USAID) created a “Cuban Twitter” to undermine the authoritarian state bigstory.ap.org/article/us-sec… (pretty good scoop!)
Fri plan, draft: Cow; write for @zdnetaustralia; plan next week; @5at5daily; quiet evening, probably.
wgwau In an article on the commemoration of the ANZAC landing one would have thought @theage would get the date right. pic.twitter.com/iKmwAeu3CX
@gusworldau I am familiar with United Airlines. But hey, UA870 is direct SYD-SFO, avoids LAX, and I should get Economy Plus.
Thanks, @soundscaper, yes there does seem to be some evidence for red wine, cheese and chocolate causing insomnia. Ping @SnarkyPlatypus
Hah! There is actually a red wine called Insomnia. bcliquorstores.com/product/676478 Ping @soundscaper @SnarkyPlatypus
@garystark @gusworldau This is scary. Scarier tho is the guy I was almost bf with who’s now with a guy born same hospital one year earlier.
jonkudelka *Arthur Sinodinos reading about ICAC in the papers this morning thinking ‘I don’t remember any of this happening.’*
@soundscaper Red wine is a factor? Really? Sorry to hear Mistress Insomnia is also your friend. She gets about.
@alexkidman That does seem to be the case, from that I hear, though I’ve not had to do much breast feeding. Yet.
@SnarkyPlatypus Sorry to hear. I haven’t had more than four hours sleep in… weeks.
Making coffee and not setting fire to the curtains, for the most part.
In the preceding dream we [who? dunno] had to make up some elaborate excuses about the man who drowned in the river and why we could fly.
@gusworldau I have never been to a Lizzies night, but this year it’s on my birthday and the night before I catch UA870, so there’s that.
StanCarey Rabbit slang: buy the rabbit = do business badly; have the rabbits = be v. stupid; rabbit-catcher = midwife; bunny hugger = environmentalist
So with this insomnia it’s wide awake, then sudden crash back to half-sleep, a bunch of dreaming, then blurry awake, repeated 4 or 5 times.
RT @SnarkyPlatypus: Better than being trapped with Singaporean gays, I guess. [Being shot? Yes, pretty much.]
RT @gusworldau: Seems oddly plausible. Also you could drag up and do Gina Rinehart re-enactments. [Save it for the Lizzies night, Gus!]
It was truly frightening. Their office was made from refurbished shipping containers inside a converted warehouse and was so hip it bled.
I was wearing a purple silk shirt, purple tie and mustard jeans. A guy threatened to shoot me. I said do it fast, before I get pointy shoes,
Fuck. I just fell back asleep again, sort of, and dreamed I flew to the US to be guest journo on a story about Australia’s mining industry.
The rain is getting heavier.
Not even 0500 and I’ve already read something that makes me want to punch people in the face. It’s always good to get off to a good start.
RT @jenniferwindrum: Seagulls in Target parking lot in #Omaha? instagram.com/p/mVihIFQd-v/ [It’s a new tourism initiative? For seagulls.]
@lionel_bischoff Mon dieu!
Ah the Bureau of Meteorology says that today I can expect “a few showers and storms” and a maximum of 16C. Excellent*.
So, Friday, then. And from the sound of it it’s been steadily raining for some time.
Wot?