Rule #268

Just because you've got a rockin' bod...

...doesn't mean you should wear transparent clothing. I do however dig what's going on above the shoulders: Lily, the electric-blue eyes and the hairdo are smokin'.

Buonanno's a fool, Burqini's rule

It is, perhaps, not surprising that French president Nicholas Sarkozy has slammed the head-to-toe burqa in his country: there seem to be more naked photographs of his wife on the internet than their are clothed ones. But given France is home to the biggest Muslim minority in Europe, one would think the nation's leader would be supportive of the various cultures and traditions held by those within its borders.

Sinking to a new low, a swimming pool in downtown Paris has banned the "burqini": a Muslim-approved women's swimsuit. Pictured here in Australia where they were designed, the outfits are hardly going to "disturb small children, not to mention the problems of hygiene," as was commented by Gianluca Buonanno, the mayor of Varallo Sesia; an Italian town who have followed suit with the burqini bannings.

It gets worse though, he goes on to justify himself by saying

"Imagine a Western woman bathing in a bikini in a Muslim country. The consequences could be decapitation, prison or deportation. We are merely prohibiting the use of the burqini."

How is wearing a glorified wetsuit worrying anyone? And the funny thing is, the outift looks strangely familiar...

To the Muslim women of the world, please feel free to wear your burqinis on beaches and pool decks across Australia: stuff those intolerant European politicians.

90's world...yes!

I just ordered this from We Love Colors...

...And I'm rather excited! Also got a sleeveless one in a slightly different print.

Hmmm...

Y'all know I dig my harem pants but... This is going a little too far for my liking.

That said, I do think that if someone puts thought into their outfit and decides to do something a little crazy, all the more power to them.

I don't know if I could date a man that wears espadrilles though...

Love you Sart.

Because she's bad, she's bad...

Anyone else think that Paris might be a bad kisser? Things aren't looking too lovely for her boyfriend Doug Reinhardt from this angle!

Ew. Thumbs down to gross PDAs.

Gettin' Motivated

“The people in my classes, including me, did not need to be controlled, managed, nor even taught. What we needed was to be encouraged, accepted & loved just for who we were. We needed not to be governed by a set of rules that would tell us what we needed to learn & what we needed to express, but to be given time in a supportive space to explore who we were & what we wanted, with the assistance of others who had our best interests at heart. I believe that is true not only for my students, but for all of us, humans & nonhumans alike. All we want, whether we are honeybees, salmon, trash-collecting ants, ponderosa pines, coyotes, human beings, or stars, is to love & be loved, to be accepted, cherished & celebrated simply for being who we are." — Derrick Jensen

And another from the same dude:

"Writing is really very easy. Tap a vein and bleed onto the page. Everything else is just technical."

Who is he?



According to Wikipedia, he's not just a dude that's fond of daggy sweaters. "Derrick Jensen (born December 19, 1960) is an American author and environmental activist living in Crescent City, California."

Pretty clever dude.

Cutest video on the internet?

Yes. Most definitely.

Today Tonight, Black-Eye Tomorrow

It's not like you should actually need a specific reason to not want to work for Today Tonight, but if ever you did, this could be it.



This is Brisbane-based TV reporter Damien Hansen after he was assaulted by a family that have been accused of squatting for the last six months in a multi-million-dollar mansion.

Surely it was only as matter of time until someone from the foot-in-the-door "investigative journalism" (yes purists, I'm using the term lightly) programs of today copped a beating. Not that anyone deserves it, but on a television show focused almost entirely on exposing scumbags, surely no one is overly surprised.

But if you're going to be assaulted, surely there's no better time than when you've BYO'd camera crew. Hopefully the psycho squatters can be brought to justice, with Gold Coast police superintendent Jim Keogh stating "detectives are examining footage of the incident filmed by Today Tonight and hope to speak to the alleged offender very soon".

CSI Granny Saves the Day!

So apparently someone else likes crime shows as much as I do... And she's an 89-year-old granny!

And not only does the Leeds-residing old-timer dig the show, she studies it - and helped catch her own rapist with her skills.

When a 31-year-old, 127kg bouncer (Mauro Lopes) entered her home posing as a policeman, our hero had the presence of mind to dig in her claws when things turned ugly.

"I have been watching CSI so I scratched his face so you could get DNA from my fingernails," she told the court.

And because evil Mauro was sprung drink-driving in 2005, police had his details on file and he's since been jailed for nine years.

How good is that! Go Granny!

Guess What? Guess What? Guess What?

Today I got a new MacBook!

So expect some hilarious images like these until the novelty wears off a little...

And I also found out I'm moving into the cutest and coolest house in Sydney - a revamped tea house in Balmain.

So expect some stuff about my all new adventures from next weekend onwards - after we cart all my clothes and shoes to the other side of the Anzac Bridge!