Blogging V2.0

Much thought has transpired over the last week and I have decided to once again embrace the blogosphere for a while. No real explanation for my extended absence, just a lot of work to get done on the PhD. The house has been completed for a while now, so given that, I will pretty much be blogging about the slow demise of myself, as I try to write this PhD, as well as the demise of the world in general...

Time will only tell how long this lasts, I will however, endeavor to use this as an outlet for all frustrations... Consider that your warning!

Entertainment?

It appears as though some crave entertainment, which may indicate just how sad and depressing there lives have become. To yearn for such entertainment from a blog, in fact demand it, leaves one concerned for their general well being. Perhaps someone may end up being like Britney Spears, who may I add has proven over the last few days to be more entertaining than ever before...

In response to "you know who's" query, by far the most irrelevant, insubstantial comment ever posted, No...

As per request for entertainment... The street is boring, nothing to report, the house is stalled, although I probably should upload some more pictures... so in the mean time have a look at a Bugatti Veyron race a Eurofighter over a mile... with suprising results...

Long Time...

No Post...

Bit of an embargo has been placed on my posts by certain people, but rest assurred I shall be back in the New Year, if not before... I am relatively certain that very very few people visit this site anymore, if there are, any suggestions on the direction it should take?

The renovation is almost over, landscaping taking place, dog fenced in...

So that won't work anymore, I could write about PhD or teaching shenanigans, such as the student who opted to give me a bottle of "Chivas" this year...

Let me know, I guess if there are no suggestions, I'll just ramble on...

Tis the Season so here's a video!

Update Non-Existant

For some reason the location of my camera cable escapes me and I am unable to download anything from it...

As soon as I can, I will...

2007 Election

Hey look at that, I didn't update... Now there's a shocker!

Just a quick note, 2007 election comments are being made on the Misguided Trio blog...

If you are interested at all check out here...

Update

All technical issues should now be resolved. Meaning I should finally be able to place a post on this thing... I've been trying... Let's hope something happens with this one, and I will be able to post a proper update tomorrow...

Day 269

As the incredibly unoriginal title of this post suggests, today is the 269th day of the 'Slow Demise' which may seem odd being that it's been well over a year since the whole thing started. For the record, I only included the days that someone bothered to show up and do some work.

Unless you've been completely ignorant of things on the Gold Coast lately (and I can't blame you for that) you would be aware of the tumultuous weather we have had over the last few days. Not surprisingly the house was hit pretty hard, apparently when you pull up a driveway, and then it rains before you manage to replace it... things don't go to well...




Had a visit from the legal division to the City Council the other day... Apparently someone in the street made a formal complaint about a tree being illegally cut down. I was informed of my rights not to implicate myself or others, which was pretty funny anyway. Slightly concerned they were referring to one of the trees we had removed the hairs on the back of my neck started to stand on end, until he asked me about a tree next door...

The conversation went on, and the remarkably candid officer from the Council informed me of the Council's dislike for many members of the street, he also informed me of the fines payable to council for illegal tree removal, $120,000 for an individual and $750,000 for a company... Seems a little extreme for a tree...


So I went to do some investigating of my own, I hadn't seen a fallen tree for a while, sure plenty of branches, there were 80km/h winds after all. I looked closer at one of the branches and realised it was a tree, that had fallen over, no cut what-so-ever! The MWACS need some cause really really quickly...

In MWAC news, one of the most annoying of them all, "The Virus" has left the street! She has sold the house and moved away, not before her dead beat sons had a 21st Birthday Party (once the house was already sold mind you). It is reasonable to suggest that many of the guests at said party may have been responsible for knocking down the above pictured branch with there vehicle whilst trying to leave... Anyway, Virus' parting comments clearly explain her attitude "I don't like progress" or something like that. Her presence on the street will not be missed by me, or others...

That's about it at this point in time, the other side of the house is now ready for paint, so that is exciting, I will try to post pictures this afternoon with what it looks like... Oh and if you are wondering, no the rain tanks weren't connected so we didn't benefit from any of the aforementioned rain...