So anyway…

Well, I decided to try my hand at growing some winter vegetables. I chose spinach, because you can grow it in a pot reasonably well and because I quite like spinach. So we got a couple of big pots (I’m going to stagger the planting so we don’t have a big harvest of spinach all Continue reading →

Parts are CGI, parts are not, overall extremely entertaining.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd explains the latest Economic Stimulus Package in Q&A format: Q. What is an Economic Stimulus Payment? A. It is money that the federal government will send to taxpayers. Q. Where will the government get this money? A. From taxpayers. Q. So the government is giving me back my own money? A. Continue reading →

I have a Gmail account that I don’t use any more, although it’s still there. The email to it gets forwarded to my everyday email account after passing through Spamcop‘s filters. I keep the account open because it’s got stuff in it that I want to keep, and I still sometimes get legitimate mail through Continue reading →

Far-right former lawmaker Pauline Hanson on Sunday declined to rule out trying again to re-enter politics despite suffering her sixth straight election defeat.   Hanson was once one of the best-known Australians overseas after bursting onto the political scene in the 1990s with an anti-immigration, anti-welfare agenda that split her country.   But a series Continue reading →

As Pauline Hanson waited at the tail of the queue to cast her vote for the Queensland election on Saturday morning, she well may have been wondering if this was indeed the end of the line.   She says if she’s not elected this weekend it will be the finish of her political career. Let’s Continue reading →