Bums in the subway...

Will the REAL Taz please...um, sit and drink water....

There's Always Something Happening...

I can't believe I missed the whole thing...

Time for Timer...

In case you're too tired to do the math, you can see what time it is for me in all my likely scenarios by looking at this page...

V For Venial...

...venial, in that the movie "V for Vendetta" was bad, but not unforgiveably so. I decided to pop into the local cinema and watch it. It had action, popcorn, bad acting and heavy melodrama. Read my review: Blinded by preconceptions

Maybe Soupy Sales And White Fang Run This Store...

...but since that old story is just an urban myth, maybe I'd better leave it alone:

Pat and Vanna they ain't...

Catching up...

Yeah, so it's been a busy week at work. I've now driven a total of four times in Australia. The first was the white-knuckled trip from the airport to the hotel on my FIRST trip out here, and the second was a slightly-less white-knuckled trip from the hotel to airport on my SECOND trip out here.

My third and fourth ventures were work-related; I had to drive out to a co-workers house in the suburbs, and meet up with them for another trip down to Canberra. They trusted me to get there - but then insisted on doing all the driving to and from Canberra (in MY rental car - but I can't say that I blame them). Once we returned from Canberra, I was allowed to drive my rental car back to the hotel that evening - oh, goody.

I did do a little walking around the city this week. I spent some time walking around the Darling Harbor area, and snapped a few photos.

Déjà Tragique... (also: NOT Sophie's Choice)

When I left Australia over a week ago, the breaking news was about three miners in Tasmania that had been trapped. When I returned yesterday, they were STILL in the news. I had to check the date and make sure that the last ten days had really happened. Two of the three were still alive, but STILL trapped. Amazing.

Speaking of déjà vu, the CURRENT breaking news has a heartbreaking example of it. A little 5 year old girl named Sophie, recovering from horrendous injuries she sustained in 2003 when a car plowed into her daycare center, was injured again yesterday when she was struck by a car. She was being pushed in a stroller through a crosswalk when a driver carelessly tried to pass another vehicle that was STOPPED at the crosswalk. Amazing.

UPDATE:

In case you hadn't heard, the Tasmanian miners were rescued in relatively good health, and it appears that little Sophie Delezio may pull through this latest catastrophe.

Non-Australian Sport Centered Around Rednecks...

So, after 30 hours of traveling, and then heading straight to the office, I crash HARD once I hit the hotel. I'm entitled, right? I closed my eyes around 7pm, and never opened them again until 8am.

Maybe I crashed TOO hard. I open my eyes, and turn on the TV. It's on Fox Sports 2, which usually shows things like rugby, cricket, Australian rules football, etc. However, THIS is what I see:

I had to run to the window and look outside, to make sure where I REALLY was...
	So, I come back in time to see the end of the race...but when it was time to show the winner's circle,..."
...they cut away to an Australian Rules Football match, and then I was sure where I was again:

Where In The World Is Cartman's Winnebago?

As some of you have figured out, my brief hiatus from posting was due to a somewhat untimely return back to Va. It started as a personal trip, quickly became a business trip, and I'm now sitting in LA awaiting the flight back to Sydney. A kind fellow traveler clued me that United uses their Red Carpet Club as a lounge for international business class travelers - so I'm enjoying a nice cold complementary beverage as I endure my 5 hour layover...