Archive for July, 2008

Jul 31 2008

On Cynicism

Published by amber under It That Shall Not be Named, Rant

Whilst being stuck in a 2 hour Trade Practices lecture with a 3 foot wide woman in front of me, a 7 foot tall woman 2 rows in front of me and cameras filming the thing so I had to force myself to look at something I couldn’t see, I realised that everything I learned [...]

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Jul 27 2008

Notes while waiting for the football to start

I’ve entered into the world of speculative domain parking, in that I bought some .me domains, and will use them until entrepreneurs with moneybags come along to buy it off me. However, I don’t know what to do with them yet.
I went to Canberra for a day for a holiday. My history in that city [...]

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Jul 14 2008

Holding Pattern

Published by amber under It That Shall Not be Named, Rant

I’m currently on hold on the phone with Telstra, which means that I have been in Pan Flute Hell ™ for the last half hour. And now the woman has put me on hold again and told me to expect a couple of minutes wait, because they’re busy. When you get put on hold after [...]

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Jul 09 2008

Ode to Chemistry- A Manifesto in Illogical Prose

Published by amber under In Sickness and in Health, Rant

Oh Pharmacy,
I came to you with throat so sore,
And you did claim that you had the cure,
But not until at work I found,
The ingredients were entirely pure.
Now, I trusted your white coat and word,
And thought that drugs you would give,
Not hippy stuff of herbs and oils,
And warnings of effects laxative.
It’s made my whole mouth taste [...]

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Jul 08 2008

The world of tomorrow… today!

Published by amber under Uncategorized

I’m currently listening to Mel & Kim streamed from the internet via my mobile phone.
It’s a wonderful world we live in. Even if it does have no taste.

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Jul 03 2008

Oh, Crap.

Published by amber under It That Shall Not be Named

—–Original Appointment—–
From: PA to the MD
Sent: Thursday, 3 July 2008 12:44 PM
To: Everyone who is neither a pleb or a supervisor to a pleb
Subject: A Surprise
When: Friday, 25 July 2008 12:00 AM to Saturday, 26 July 2008 12:00 AM (GMT+10:00)
Where: TBA
Hi all
Please block this day out from your calendars. More information will be provided at [...]

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