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I’m going to be there ;-) I’ll be arriving in Melbourne on Tuesday 20th December. I have a Visa interview on the 22nd and then I’ll be heading off to Adelaide on the 23rd, arriving some time around lunch. At some point along the way I’ll be in Loxton, probably for Christmas but otherwise I’ll be in Adelaide catching up with all you fine people back there. I’m going to try scheduling some golf, tennis, bowling and some other stuff with some of you guys back there I think. Also, Savvy is crying out for some attention, as is the Botanic and even Worldsend. Awesome. I can’t wait to get back there! ...

my birthday! Yay! Good on ya December 8th.

Some of you may know that I’m trying to get back to Australia for Christmas. To those of you who didn’t know, now you do. There are some major complications that have arisen which may prevent me from doing so, but just to let you know I’m trying to work through those and I’m also trying to figure out a stack of alternative plans. I really, really want to catch up with y’all there. ...

I’ve just confirmed occurs at 6:45am, or thereabouts. This has been a pretty good thanksgiving weekend, and although I didn’t originally plan on going out at many nights as I did it’s always good when things work out for the better. I’d like to thank Starsailor for getting me home this morning with their cranking new album. Guys, I didn’t like the second album too much - couldn’t get into the choones - but it’s nice to see that you’ve fully redeemed yourself with this third album “On the outside”. ...

You go and watch NASCAR! Which is exactly what I did on Sunday. I came away from NASCAR not really getting drawn into the whole thing that much. In fact, I left half way through because I was bored couldn’t get into it. The tickets that we got were free, thank goodness, because at $90 a pop I really would have felt ripped off slightly disappointed had I actually payed for them. ...

Now that I have the attention of half the people reading this, I will write hot *nerd* chicks. There is something about an attractive girl and maths equations that I find particularly alluring. I’d write a maths equation to describe the relationship but I think these equations are better.

First off, BIG PROPS to Johanna, who was visiting from Puerto Rico, for taking these pictures at the Ozomatli concert in South Beach recently. BIG PROPS to Arlene for passing them on to me. BIG PROPS to me for posting other people’s pictures!! But I know there are a couple of Ozomatli fans out there who read this little site-o-mine so I had to share them. Asdru shouting it out to the crowd. Take particular note of the shirt he is wearing… Yes, it says ‘Womadelaide’. I get bagged for harping on about Australia and in particular Adelaide all the time, but anyone who bags me hasn’t been to Australia yet and just doesn’t understand… Wil-dog on the bass. Jabu - awesome vocals… Shef with DJ Spinobi in the background… Raul and Jabu… This part was awesome: after the set had finished oZo came into the crowd and continued to play, battling with the DJ’s at the nightclub who were trying to spin some musak… Ende! ...

Back in February I made this post about a picture I had located from a night out in South Beach. That night was excellent and I’ve had other good nights out with people in that group since then. I learnt today that Azadeh, the girl in the green top, died in a car accident last night. A person driving under the influence (in fact he had been convicted of DUI 3 times prior) was driving the wrong way on an interstate highway ramp and hit her car head on. ...

Part 1: The flashing traffic lights. This has really been getting to me recently and in a lot of cases is making driving more dangerous than just after Wilma when we had virtually no working traffic lights. Some lights at intersections are still not working properly and as such the lights flash yellow for one flow of traffic (eg northbound/southbound) and flash red for another flow (eg eastbound/westbound). If you are travelling and encounter a YELLOW FLASHING traffic light you may proceed with caution. If you are travelling and encounter a RED FLASHING traffic light you must treat it as a stop sign, hence, you must ALWAYS give way to those drivers who are encountering a YELLOW FLASHING traffic light, who by the way should be travelling through the intersection with caution. ...

I was browsing through my computer and found some pictures from what seems like another lifetime. Ok, it’s actually only a couple of years ago and these pics are from one of the infamous social club nights my company had. This one had a blues brother theme and stars the Chief and CJB as my fellow fro-bros, da Boss, and Nav. I’ve only got a few pics and they are here. ...