To celebrate Australia Day, here's an Aussie Meego just for you!

Now, I'm off to eat some lamb, before we Look Up And Smile

Lots of fun in the  backyard when Brice turned 7.

brice turns 7 - part one: setting up the pinata

brice turns 7 - part two: pinata time!

brice turns 7 - part three: roland likes chocolate

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The kids had some fun with Roland the puppy and Rigo caught it all on video.

roland vs his robe 04:09 From: Kurtsoft

[listening to: I Walk the Line - Joaquin Phoenix ]
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January 17:

• 1893 - The Citizens' Committee of Public Safety led by Lorrin A. Thurston overthrew the government of Queen Liliʻuokalani (pictured) of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
• 1929 - Popeye the Sailor, a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, first appeared in newspaper comic strips.
• 1946 - The United Nations Security Council held its first meeting at Church House in London.
• 1977 - Convicted murderer Gary Gilmore was executed by a firing squad in Utah, ending a four-year moratorium on the death penalty in the United States.
• 1995 - The Great Hanshin Earthquake struck near Kobe, Japan, killing over 6,000 people and causing over ten trillion yen in damage.

[listening to: I Walk the Line - Joaquin Phoenix ]
9:35:46 PM    comment []  trackback []  G!   • Geek • Random

Parents are very proud of their little ones when  they do well, or get some recognition.

Well our little Roland has hit a home run.

His image has featured in an article on New York Magazine, featuring Ten City Friendly Dogs

Check him out at #4!!!

[listening to: I Walk the Line - Joaquin Phoenix ]
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January 5: Twelfth Night (Western Christianity)

• 1477 - Charles the Bold (pictured) died at the Battle of Nancy, leading to the annexation of Burgundy by France.
• 1527 - Felix Manz, a leader of the Anabaptist congregation in Zürich, was executed by drowning.
• 1968 - Alexander Dubèek came to power in Czechoslovakia, beginning a political reform known as "Socialism with a human face".
• 2005 - Eris, the largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System, was discovered by the team of Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz using images originally taken in 2003 at the Palomar Observatory.

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Weird Al is touring

	Date:	Location:	Venue:
	Mar 10	Auckland, New Zealand	St. James Theatre
	Mar 12	Sydney, Australia	Enmore Theatre
	Mar 14	Wollongong, Australia	Win Entertainment Centre
	Mar 16	Adelaide, Australia	Thebarton Theatre
	Mar 17	Perth, Australia	Burswood Theatre
	Mar 19	Hobart, Australia	Wrest Point Entertainment Centre
	Mar 21	Gold Coast, Australia	Twin Towns Services Club
	Mar 22	Newcastle, Australia	Civic Theatre
	Mar 23	Melbourne, Australia	Hamer Hall
	Mar 24	Canberra, Australia	Canberra Theatre

10:25:23 PM    comment []  trackback []  G!   • Geek • Random

I ordered a really handy little gizmo online recently and it arrived today

OpenX^® is a new hand held tool specifically designed to safely and easily open plastic packages.

More info at the OpenX Home Page

11:10:16 PM    comment []  trackback []  G!   • Geek

I signed up for Foxtel's new service - Remote Record.

I can access the Foxtel EPG on my PC, search for programs I want to watch (up to 7 days in the future) and then send this to my Foxtel IQ system which will then queue the shows up for recording

Pity there is no information for Channel 10 and Channel 7 -- I guess we wont be watching anything on those networks this year (AGAIN)

Oh shit - all the AFL games are on Channel 10 and Channel 7 this year. I'm screwed

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January 3:

• 1521 - Pope Leo X (pictured) excommunicated Martin Luther from the Roman Catholic Church after Luther refused to retract 41 of his 95 theses.
• 1749 - Benning Wentworth began to issue the New Hampshire Grants on land which was also claimed by New York, and is now Vermont.
• 1958 - Ten former British colonies in the Caribbean joined to form a new self-governing West Indies Federation.
• 1973 - George Steinbrenner and a group of investors bought the New York Yankees for US$8.7 million.
• 1990 - United States invasion of Panama: General Manuel Noriega, the deposed "strongman of Panama", surrendered.

9:50:44 PM    comment []  trackback []  G!   • Geek • Random

We got a new member of the family over the weekend

He came to us from a place called Fluffy Puppies.

This is our second puppy - the last one didn't fare too well.

• LuLu the Shih-Poo joins the Arrigo clan
• Our puppy is sick
• Farewell LuLu the Shih-Poo - we hardly knew you
• A poem for LuLu

Good Luck Little Puppy - I hope you survive longer than a week.

[listening to: Transformer - Gnarls Barkley ]
10:06:39 PM    comment []  trackback []  G!   • Family

Santa brought the kids a Wii this past Christmas.

It just rocks.

The last time I saw all 4 of them playing together was when they all got a Nintendo DS

[listening to: Just a Thought - Gnarls Barkley ]
9:33:50 PM    comment []  trackback []  G!   • Family • Geek

I put in a small order on 27/12/06 on Amazon - some stuff to keep the family entertained over the holidays

The goods arrived today - that's just so cool.

I got a bunch of DVDS and books

DVDS

• An Inconvenient Truth (in environment friendly packaging)
• The Devil Wears Prada
• A Scanner Darkly
• Thank You for Smoking
• Who Killed the Electric Car?
• Little Miss Sunshine
• Animaniacs, Vol. 2
• Pinky and the Brain, Vol. 2
  

Books

• SkyMaul: Happy Crap You Can By From a Plane
• The Areas of My Expertise
• Ghosts of Onyx (Halo)

January 1: New Year's Day.

• 1801 - The Kingdom of Ireland merged with the Kingdom of Great Britain, adding St. Patrick's saltire to the Union Flag.
• 1818 - Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus, a novel by Mary Shelley (pictured), was first published in London.
• 1901 - The British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and Western Australia federated as the Commonwealth of Australia.
• 1959 - Cuban Revolution: President Fulgencio Batista of Cuba fled to the Dominican Republic as forces under Fidel Castro took control of Havana.
• 1995 - The World Trade Organization was created to replace the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.

3:12:18 PM    comment []  trackback []  G!   • Geek • Random

It's nice to meet you 2007!

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