I can help explain it to her, privately, if she wants.
Natalie Portman refused to play an emotionally conflicted nun in new movie Doubt because she didn't "understand celibacy".
Rock on
This is an article from the Herald about the car in Wgong that got hit by a rock.
Check out the car ad at bottom right which says "you'll fill it with more than just stuff". Yeah, like rocks.
Insane
The Burj Dubai on November 7, 2008 - the tallest manmade structure in the world, despite being still incomplete. The skyscraper stands at 707 meters (2,320 ft), with 160 floors and growing, and is scheduled to be complete by September of next year.
Film companies sue iiNet 'for allowing piracy'
"The Australian film and television industry has launched a major legal action against one of Australia's largest internet service providers for allegedly allowing its users to download pirated movies and TV shows.
haha - next they will be suing Telstra for allowing people to discuss crime on the phone?! Or Xerox for allowing people to photocopy a copyrighted book. What a bunch of dickheads.
The action against iiNet was filed in the Federal Court today by Village Roadshow, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 20th Century Fox, Disney and the Seven Network.
Mark White, iiNet's chief operating officer, said the company did not support piracy in any form but it could not disconnect customers just because the movie industry claimed they engaged in illegal downloading." Sourcehaha - next they will be suing Telstra for allowing people to discuss crime on the phone?! Or Xerox for allowing people to photocopy a copyrighted book. What a bunch of dickheads.
THE assorted thoughts of Gerry Harvey...
THE assorted thoughts of Gerry Harvey, as told to the fund manager Matthew Kidman in his new book Master CEOs.
On Archer Capital buying his Rebel Sports "The people who bought it paid a very high price for it. I think there is always a fair chance that it will come back on the market one day and I will be able to buy it back again."
On Coles "Now Wesfarmers has it and you would have to say it's not a long-term prospect in its current form as a conglomerate and it will have to be broken up. The expertise to run it is just not there."
On giving to charity v creating jobs "You could go out and give $1 million to a charity tomorrow to help the homeless. You could argue that it is just wasted. They are not putting anything back into the community. It might be a callous way of putting it, but what are they doing? You are helping a whole heap of no-hopers to survive for no good reason. They are just a drag on the whole community. So did that million you gave them help? It helped to keep them alive but did it help our society? No. Society might have been better off without them but we are supposed to look after the disadvantaged and so we do it. But it doesn't help the society. That is not to say we don't give money away to charities."
Harvey, with an estimated fortune of $1.6 billion, on going broke "I still have a fear about going broke. I always think about it. If someone retires and they have $2 million, I think: how could they retire? They would be in a nursing home with everyone treating them like shit. You see it all the time. I go to nursing homes and I see the people being treated like shit, and a lot of the time I think they deserve it because they must have known this would happen. They end up going on the old age pension. That scares the shit out of me."
On what happens if he goes under a bus "I could leave right now and go away for three months and realistically it would make no difference. If I disappear Kate [Page, his wife] takes over.
On owning a Chevy Impala as a 19-year-old "It showed to a degree that I was a bit of a show-off."
On former business partner Keith Lord "He was fanatical. [He was] a f---ing nut."
Source
On Archer Capital buying his Rebel Sports "The people who bought it paid a very high price for it. I think there is always a fair chance that it will come back on the market one day and I will be able to buy it back again."
On Coles "Now Wesfarmers has it and you would have to say it's not a long-term prospect in its current form as a conglomerate and it will have to be broken up. The expertise to run it is just not there."
On giving to charity v creating jobs "You could go out and give $1 million to a charity tomorrow to help the homeless. You could argue that it is just wasted. They are not putting anything back into the community. It might be a callous way of putting it, but what are they doing? You are helping a whole heap of no-hopers to survive for no good reason. They are just a drag on the whole community. So did that million you gave them help? It helped to keep them alive but did it help our society? No. Society might have been better off without them but we are supposed to look after the disadvantaged and so we do it. But it doesn't help the society. That is not to say we don't give money away to charities."
Harvey, with an estimated fortune of $1.6 billion, on going broke "I still have a fear about going broke. I always think about it. If someone retires and they have $2 million, I think: how could they retire? They would be in a nursing home with everyone treating them like shit. You see it all the time. I go to nursing homes and I see the people being treated like shit, and a lot of the time I think they deserve it because they must have known this would happen. They end up going on the old age pension. That scares the shit out of me."
On what happens if he goes under a bus "I could leave right now and go away for three months and realistically it would make no difference. If I disappear Kate [Page, his wife] takes over.
On owning a Chevy Impala as a 19-year-old "It showed to a degree that I was a bit of a show-off."
On former business partner Keith Lord "He was fanatical. [He was] a f---ing nut."
Source
luxo jnr
Now that Luxo Jr. is 22 years old, he's interested in more than just chasing beach balls around.
The real winners
Obama spent $239 million just on TV ads. McCain spent $132 million.
Wish I owned a TV network.
How much was spent on everything else?
How Bout Ghostt Mutt - now featuring the political opinions of ITF.
Historic Day.... Go Obama!
With a bit of luck, America and the world might see some real change with Obama.
"Those scrawny little arms"
Yes, Arnie really did say this:
"Every year in March I come here to organize the Arnold Classic, which is all about building the body and pumping," Schwarzenegger said.
"That's why I want to invite Senator Obama because he needs to do something about those skinny legs. I'm going to make him do some squats.
"And then we're going to make him do some biceps curls to beef up those scrawny little arms. But if he could only do something about putting some meat on his ideas.
"Senator McCain on the other hand is built like a rock. His character and his views are solid."
Arnold Schwarzenegger criticises Obama over his skinny legs
(Can someone find a video of this?)
"Every year in March I come here to organize the Arnold Classic, which is all about building the body and pumping," Schwarzenegger said.
"That's why I want to invite Senator Obama because he needs to do something about those skinny legs. I'm going to make him do some squats.
"And then we're going to make him do some biceps curls to beef up those scrawny little arms. But if he could only do something about putting some meat on his ideas.
"Senator McCain on the other hand is built like a rock. His character and his views are solid."
Arnold Schwarzenegger criticises Obama over his skinny legs
(Can someone find a video of this?)
