Archive for August, 2006

Supersize Me

Thursday, August 24th, 2006

We had McDonalds for dinner the other day.
I think my average for eating at McDonalds whilst in Europe would be once every 6 months. And there is truly a good argument that this could be twice too much each year.
While eating I had the chance to consider the cost of the meal, both in [...]

Doing The Right Thing – Tampa 5 Years On

Saturday, August 19th, 2006

Amazing to think the Tampa refugee incident was 5 years ago, it can’t have been that long ago surely?
Well it turns out that the refugees in Australia still aren’t Australian citizens.
Is it just me or was the term ‘Pacific Solution’ a particulary bad choice of words on someones part?
It’s discouraging to see decisions based [...]

100 Written Goals

Saturday, August 19th, 2006

Write down 100 life goals.
I picked up this useful idea from a seminar I attended earlier this year. I believe the value with doing this is that you will be forced to step outside the box of every day thinking and come up with something creative just to reach number 100, I found it very [...]

The Dash

Thursday, August 17th, 2006

Worth a look: The Dash Movie

A Tank of Gas A World of Trouble

Monday, August 14th, 2006

I haven’t lived through a great depression, a world war, fought in a conflict, I haven’t even experienced a moon landing. So what will turn out to be the most important global event I experience?
The defining event of my lifetime could well be peak oil.
I would like it not to be so, maybe something positive [...]

Manners

Friday, August 11th, 2006

Yesterday whilst watching a movie, not one but two people answered their phone to conduct a conversation. Also there was the customary sms’ing during the movie and checking for messages, where the lit display and the clicking is also distracting in a cinema.
Kind of makes the whole movie going experience somewhat less enjoyable.
I would surmise [...]