Well, actually it started before the last post, but I have had a dearth of witty titles lately, so will use them when I can, even when not strictly true (see also 'Saddam helped out with 9/11', George W Bush - if it's good enough for the most powerful man on the planet, it's good enough for me).
Azaria Chamberlain has been found. Apparently. She was repressing all the time the last twenty five years when her 'mother' was being charged and jailed for her murder, and all sorts of stories were doing the rounds. Let's see what a DNA test brings up - I am sure Woman's Day Weekly New Idea Cleo one of those ones will pay for the ten minutes of fame it brings. Unless, of course, it is Azaria and she was locked away in an NT commune for most of the passing time. Surely they could have waited for her to get a better pic though, surely.
Before going onto the Ashes game, just a quick word about New Zealand's tour of Zimbabwe. Of course we flogged the Zimbabweans in the test series, and we were within reach of a world record total for a one day game (if only it had been the full fifty overs in the match, rather than rained down to 44), flogging the Zimbabweans again, but last night, Oz time, we had a match against the Indians, and Shane Bond had them reeling at 44/8, before recovering well to only lose by fifty runs. Bond ended the match with 6 for 19, wow, good bowling.
But, of course, it is only against the Zimbabweans and Indians, the latter away from home. Can't hold a match to the excitement being generated, at least in the non Australian world, by the Ashes.
Australia got gutted in their first innings - 99 for 5, after the English had compiled 477, Flintoff getting a century. They need 180 odd to avoid the follow on, and though Gilchrist and Katich are still there, the Australian's luck in the last match to avoid the follow on surely has to end sometime soon. Was watching the English innings last night, was rather sedate and err boring, so I headed off to bed early, the Australian's just didn't seem to have any penetration with their bowling. No, not even Warnie.
Dubya is still 'under siege' in Crawford - LOL if he is actually there or in Idaho or where ever he is at the moment. There are pro-war protesters divided by a piece of police tape from the Cindy Sheehan anti-war lot. After Dubya does go back to Washington at the end of his 'holiday', Cindy will be upping roots and doing a bus tour of the country, leading to an anti-war protest in Washington DC on September 24. Surely the Federal Government, aka the Republican Party will close any mass protest down? Unless it is pro war perhaps. interesting times, and still the deaths in Iraq go on.
Have a bit of a weekend lined up - had drinks with JOC and SWA last night, just three jugs to catch up with the ex-workmates, was nice to see them (to see them nice, oh no Bruce Forsythe LOL), not too much news to tell. Today I am going to see Kung Fu Hustle, and then follow it up with the rugby, South Africa v New Zealand from Dunedin, kick off at 5.35 Aussie time. Tomorrow there is a soccer match, Brisbane versus New Zealand, in the new A-League, Australian soccer reshuffling itself to try and be a crowd puller. JOC is off to that so if I go I won't be a Nigel No-Mates about it all. And when do you manage to see top class footy in this neck of the woods, with a round ball I mean?
So yeah, it sounds a busy weekend, if only I had friends to go see movies with and watch rugby on TV with LOL.
Spot ya later
Pauly
Azaria Chamberlain has been found. Apparently. She was repressing all the time the last twenty five years when her 'mother' was being charged and jailed for her murder, and all sorts of stories were doing the rounds. Let's see what a DNA test brings up - I am sure Woman's Day Weekly New Idea Cleo one of those ones will pay for the ten minutes of fame it brings. Unless, of course, it is Azaria and she was locked away in an NT commune for most of the passing time. Surely they could have waited for her to get a better pic though, surely.
Before going onto the Ashes game, just a quick word about New Zealand's tour of Zimbabwe. Of course we flogged the Zimbabweans in the test series, and we were within reach of a world record total for a one day game (if only it had been the full fifty overs in the match, rather than rained down to 44), flogging the Zimbabweans again, but last night, Oz time, we had a match against the Indians, and Shane Bond had them reeling at 44/8, before recovering well to only lose by fifty runs. Bond ended the match with 6 for 19, wow, good bowling.
But, of course, it is only against the Zimbabweans and Indians, the latter away from home. Can't hold a match to the excitement being generated, at least in the non Australian world, by the Ashes.
Australia got gutted in their first innings - 99 for 5, after the English had compiled 477, Flintoff getting a century. They need 180 odd to avoid the follow on, and though Gilchrist and Katich are still there, the Australian's luck in the last match to avoid the follow on surely has to end sometime soon. Was watching the English innings last night, was rather sedate and err boring, so I headed off to bed early, the Australian's just didn't seem to have any penetration with their bowling. No, not even Warnie.
Dubya is still 'under siege' in Crawford - LOL if he is actually there or in Idaho or where ever he is at the moment. There are pro-war protesters divided by a piece of police tape from the Cindy Sheehan anti-war lot. After Dubya does go back to Washington at the end of his 'holiday', Cindy will be upping roots and doing a bus tour of the country, leading to an anti-war protest in Washington DC on September 24. Surely the Federal Government, aka the Republican Party will close any mass protest down? Unless it is pro war perhaps. interesting times, and still the deaths in Iraq go on.
Have a bit of a weekend lined up - had drinks with JOC and SWA last night, just three jugs to catch up with the ex-workmates, was nice to see them (to see them nice, oh no Bruce Forsythe LOL), not too much news to tell. Today I am going to see Kung Fu Hustle, and then follow it up with the rugby, South Africa v New Zealand from Dunedin, kick off at 5.35 Aussie time. Tomorrow there is a soccer match, Brisbane versus New Zealand, in the new A-League, Australian soccer reshuffling itself to try and be a crowd puller. JOC is off to that so if I go I won't be a Nigel No-Mates about it all. And when do you manage to see top class footy in this neck of the woods, with a round ball I mean?
So yeah, it sounds a busy weekend, if only I had friends to go see movies with and watch rugby on TV with LOL.
Spot ya later
Pauly
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