laina down under

lessons from the university of melbourne and the school of hard knocks.

Friday 8 February 2008

they're always after me lucky charms

this is the type of media coverage that, on a certain level, makes me long for my home country. at the same time, it also makes me glad that i am no longer subjected to fox news even though i am living in the country that spawned rupert murdoch. while the story seems to be from a quaint local news station (sans the southern twang we might expect), it smacks of something fox news would have pulled from its proverbial asshole.

i'd also like to point out that the amateur sketch bears a striking resemblance to james carville, albeit if he lost the glasses and donned some sort of bowler hat.

many thanks to the wodie for discovering this fine example of journalistic integrity.

and on a related note...

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Tuesday 5 February 2008

reasons why i am proud to be a pseudo-australian

i have been meaning to discuss this article for quite a while but, as usual, life and working for The Man have gotten in the way. (alvin purple also stood in my way for a few hours last night, but that was an entirely pleasurable detour as i'm all about campy 70s sex romps). 

my ideas are barely in the blastula phase of development, but i am thinking about somehow molding this proposal into the topic of the research project that will be consuming my life for most of 2008. the link between population control and climate change is certainly politically timely, and i love the idea of tax and carbon credits for contraception. it may turn into a bit more of a philosophical discussion than i'm willing to tackle, and may make me yearn for the simple days when gonorrhea or anal sex were more likely to be the topics of my research, but i think this is an idea that i need to gestate for a bit before deciding whether or not to abort it. 

i need to stop writing before i am tempted to include any more ill-advised puns in this post.

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