Category Archives: melbourne

sydney is just silly

next week, sydney is shutting down. yes, in another example of govt not knowing how to deal with certain situations, they enact marital law. towards the end of next week, many companies in sydney are closing. roads are being closed. … Continue reading

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australia is really ohio

bizarre map that maps various countries’ GDPs to usa states. according to this, california would be the 8th largest country in the world – if it were a country. wow. didn’t realise that. the article says australia has the 16th … Continue reading

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excitement in melbourne this morning

there was a shooting in melbourne this morning (the age, abc, cnn/AP, ny times). this is a big thing in australia. a big thing in melbourne. the latest seems to be the guy with a gun is a bad guy … Continue reading

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ual to au

united has some good deals to au for our winter. from LA (one way … since WHEN have american airlines been quoting one way instead of r/t) 12Jun – 23Jul $753 24Jul – 1Aug $603 1Sep – 21Sep (this is … Continue reading

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flight of the conchords on hbo

about 4 years ago i saw these guys at the melbourne comedy festival and now they have a tv show on hbo! they were funny then. flight of the conchords are a new zealand group that sings funny songs. not … Continue reading

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helen lempriere sculpture award

about an hour away from melb is werribee. werribee is the brunt of many jokes because it’s very suburban and it’s where melbourne’s sewage plant is. but it’s also the home of the werribee mansion and the open range zoo … Continue reading

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ick

it’s the time of year here when everyone is passing around colds. and i’m battling one. haven’t been v up to date with checking emails.

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pick up the pace!

there’s been a study showing people in some cities are walking 10% faster than they were 10 years ago (another story here and main researcher here). they watched people on the street & timed how long it took them to … Continue reading

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c’mon over & funny web2.0 thing

it seems google can’t find enough qualified australians for their operation over here. they especially want engineers (duh). so they’re having a g’day google day to entice americans to come over. there’s lots of gigs listed (and they’re not all … Continue reading

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bad fashion and weird garbage

i posted a while back that the stores here are full of leg warmers (and yes, i have seen people wear them but haven’t been able to get a pix). the other day i saw this one. cracked me up. … Continue reading

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