Archive for the 'Annoying Things' Category

We are all real women

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

I’m offended by the insinuation that thin women are not “real” women. That (all?) men “prefer” women with curves. Earth to the rest of the planet! We happen to come in all shapes and sizes, not just the “breasts and hips” model. And men happen to have varying tastes - some of them are actually [...]

Alleged Misplaced Journalistic Infatuation

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

What is happening to our journalists? They seem a little confused these days.
A man was “allegedly” stabbed in a department store.
Well, he was either stabbed or he wasn’t. (And it either occured in the department store, or it didn’t.) “Allegedly” is a legal term required when the perpetrator of an action hasn’t been formally convicted. So, “The [...]

Don’t cry for me TopGear Australia

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

I made it not through your first,
nor will there be further
viewings of your crap,
this viewer is leaving,
she’ll keep her distance
Oh what a heartache,
I dare to say,
When I think of the laughter,
the memories, and the banter we shared,
TopGear U-K
You will always be
Dear to me, I will miss you, of that you be sure
I hope that one [...]

Thank the fictional gods! JK Rowling has won her case against Steve Vander Ark of Harry Potter Lexicon, and RDR Books, who intended to publish a printed version of her material arranged into a reference book.
Vander Ark and RDR Books claimed Fair Use, but presiding judge Robert Patterson ruled that since the reference book contained [...]

There are better ways to promote your cause

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

…than to harrass already-edgy shoppers at a shopping centre.
Just today I was hurrying through the centre to get to the Post Office for the second time, having decided the queue was too long the first time and that I would do my other shopping first and swing by again afterwards. In that space the cause celebs [...]

Good riddance to bad Starbucks

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

So it appears we Aussies don’t like Starbucks enough for them to hang around. They’re closing 61 stores in Melbourne, and I, for one, am delighted to see them go. (My husband is another who feels the same way.)
Like all good coffee drinkers, we were curious when Starbucks opened here. We’d heard of the name, [...]

Bandwidth Theft

Monday, July 21st, 2008

I’ve been put out of business for two weeks. A number of lowlifes with MySpace accounts and some random ignominious bloggers decided to steal my bandwidth by illegally hotlinking to my images. They sucked more than three-quarters of my bandwidth in two days, and yesterday I went to publish something to my website only to [...]