Cassini Hovering over Titan

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So the target.com site got hacked...or did it!!?? 

My little boxer!

Had great time with felix this weekend. I bought a toybox for all his stuff and it has now become his favourite toy! He loves being towed around in it and one time he picked it up over his head but he overbalanced and fell backwards and enede up inside the box wondering what the hell was going on! ROFL! We went swimming on Sunday but the water was a bit cold. We had fun on the swings and went for a ride on the bike. Cant wait to see him in Sydney... 

A Year Of Blogging

Well, it has been a year since I started blogging... and you still keep reading this crap! Its been both the best and worst time of my life. Having f**k all has truely been the most liberating part of my life ever! Ive seen some friendships go but only to see others strenghten and many more being created. Ive gone from hardly winning any races to Australian Champ. The universe is a wierd beast but it has a way of making everything work out for the best. The only thing Ill never lose is... hope. Have a good one. c.

Jeeezuz Chriiist!!! An online casino said it placed the winning 28,000-dollar bid for a 10-year-old partly eaten grilled cheese sandwich, seen here, said to bear the image of the Virgin Mary, and wants to take it on a world tour(AFP/OFF)  

Went to Sunnys 5th Birthday on Sunday and had a flaming good time! 

The Orienteering Association Dinner was held on Saturday night. It was a great night and it only got better when I picked up the Rookie of the Year trophy and a 3rd place in the Orienteer of the Year ranking. I have been told in no uncertain terms to get the hell out of B grade... Looks like Ill be running red courses at the Xmas 5 days in Armidale! 

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Surviving 1000m plunge: 'I became strangely calm' - World - www.smh.com.au

I know this feeling... I had the same thing when I hit a car doing 70km/h on my bike in 1989. I remember resigning myself to the fact that I was going to die. Everything went black and silent. I remember sliding along the road and then immediately standing up. Then the next thing I remember was that I was in someones house with blankets wrapped around me, my feet in warm water. There is a photo of me somewhere with my twisted wreck of a bike and heavily bandaged body under the sign at Bundanoon: "Constitution Hill - Cyclists advised to walk". Surviving 1000m plunge: 'I became strangely calm' - World - www.smh.com.au

There is no caption required for this picture really! Had a great time with Felix on the weekend. He is the cheekiest little boy in the world. He likes to cuddle the girls at KidZone. We chased the ducks again on Sunday but his toothy-pegs were a bit sore so we had a lot of quiet time reading about animals and far away places in Daddys magazines. Ian came up with me and we all had a fantastic time together. It was great to have company this time. 

Did this person even *listen* to the album!?

I read this review of ...Atomic Bomb: http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,4-2004472286,00.html I dont think the writer has even listened to the album. I do NOT think that this is anywhere near U2's best. Most of this album is cliched radio trash. The album does not flow well, it has no memorable moments and vertigo sticks out like a jagged shard of glass in comparison to the rest of the boorish nonsense. The album takes me nowhere and gives me nothing. Wasn't even worth the bandwidth. However, I am not going to bash U2 for this album... They have 10 other albums that, in their own way, rock. We all make mistakes... I guess I just anticipated a better result based on the first release and the promise of more of the same from the marketing companies. Give me a week or two with this album... maybe Ill uncover some hidden meaning and develop a connection to this album. But for now this album is the runt child of Bono... and deserves to be kicked out of the nest.

MTBO NSW Champs Results

Here are the top 10 finishers... 2004 NSW MTB Orienteering Championships Results M Open Course 1 Approx. 36 km 1 Darr, Anthony BFN 1:32:13 2 Darvodelsky, Paul BFN 1:36:09 3 Manson, Simon -- 1:40:28 4 Dawson, Graeme GON 1:56:52 5 Cech, Jiri MDN 1:57:57 6 Schulz, Chris MDN 2:00:20 7 Staples, Wayne MDN 2:01:03 8 Haynes, Paul MDN 2:03:31 9 Love, Andrew -- 2:05:44 10 Clark, Stuart -- 2:07:55

Night sky spectacular

Night sky spectacular November 9, 2004 - 4:42PM A spectacular light show is expected to play across Australia's southern skies as a major geomagnetic storm rages above the earth's atmosphere this week. Many-hued shimmering and moving lights should appear in the night sky in the southern half of Australia over the next two nights, the Australian space weather agency, IPS Radio and Space Services, said. Since November 3, a massive sunspot has caused several explosions on the sun's surface, which have hit the earth's geomagnetic field and caused a major geomagnetic storm. "This storm is expected to continue for the next two to three days as material now in transit from the sun interacts with the geomagnetic field," IPS deputy general manager Phil Wilkinson said. "Reports of aurora have already been received from as far north as the Siding Spring Observatory near Coonabarabran in northern NSW." As well as creating a spectacular light display, the storm is likely to disturb the earth's upper atmosphere and interfere with technological systems including short wave or high frequency (HF) radio. AdvertisementAdvertisement "HF radio remains an important tool for communications and surveillance within Australia for defence, air and sea transport and emergency service groups," Dr Wilkinson said. Satellites may be damaged and aeromagnetic surveys could be adversely affected, he said, but the activity posed no direct threat to people on earth. http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Night-sky-spectacular/2004/11/09/1099781379931.html

Pirated U2 album hits Internet

Pirated U2 album hits Internet

Dumb and Dumberer

British newspapers carry the story of U.S. President George W. Bush's election win on their front pages. Thursday Nov. 4, 2004. (AP Photo/Richard Lewis)  

Awwwwwwwwww..... A handout image released on October 31, 2004 shows three torpid dormice, in the winning photograph of the BBC TV Countryfile photographic competition. The image was taken by Steven Robinson at Wakehurst Place in southern England as part of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew's monitoring program of this endangered species in conjunction with English Nature.