Thursday, March 29, 2007

Chappelli on Woolmer

There isn't much that Ian Chappell says that I find myself diagreeing with. His recent article in The Bulletin on the death of Bob Woolmer is no excpetion.

I have struggled to find anything to say about Woolmer, the World Cup, and the match fixing, betting scandals and dodgy dealings that continue unabated in international cricket.

Lucky there are those more qualifyed and articulate to say what I mean for me.

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Take your canvas bag, take your canvas bag...

I study at one university and work at another, and these two institutions could not be more different either geographically or ideologically. Yet, despite these differences, a fashion phenomenon seems to sweeping the student body at both institutions.

It is entirely unexplainable; it is… the country road canvas bag.

For those who are not in the know (ie. Me until a week ago), it looks like this…




Once the purview of Toorak gym-goers and weekend trips to Lorne, it appears the humble country road bag is now the hottest fashion accessory for the undergraduate set.

Why? Well, I’m not entirely sure.

All I can tell you as that it is not gender specific, that the most prevalent colours are ‘army’ and ‘deep lake’* and that they retail on ebay for a whopping 70+ bucks.

It may come as a surprise to you, but fashion has always been something of a mystery to me. And why anyone would pay that much for a canvas bag to carry their school books around in is probably going to remain a mystery, I fear.


*Yes these are actual colours (well, in the retail sense of the word 'colour'). Thank you to ebay for providing both the image and all of the information I could ever want about country road canvas bags.

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Genius

I just recieved an email from the Rights at Work campaign against the IR legislation. They have an innovative new way to get supporters to cough up some hard currency for their ad campaigns. I for one, think it genius.

Check it out at http://www.rightsatwork.com.au/campaigns/bbq.

I would personally love to try the 'Non-Core Promises Spicy Beef Patties'.

Monday, March 19, 2007

Honda's earth dream

I'm guessing not to many people watch the Australian GP yesterday. Thats okay, you didn't miss very much. When the winning driver laps pretty much every other car in the race, you can tell there is going to be yet another long and boring season of Formula One ahead.

One mildly interesting thing that I did notice during yesterday's race was the shiny new Honda paint job, entirely sans advertising. It looks like this:



There is a URL on the back of the car, www.myearthdream.com.

There was very little publicity about this as a part of the reaceday coverage, so until I went to the site I had no real idea what Honda was up to. Have a quiz and see for youself.

While I'm not sure if this campaign is the most effective way to change the world, it is interesting to note that environmental concerns are even making an impact on one of the most environmentally devastating sports around.

Monday, March 05, 2007

Quality Keating




"All tip and no iceberg."









"Desiccated coconut."








Thank you for brightening my day Mr Keating.