June 16, 2003
Forwarded Without Comment
(Though I'm having to restrain myself.)
From the CD Japan J-Pop mailing list:
Sugizo, the former guitar player of the super rock
group Luna Sea, has been active with his solo project
Sugizo & The Spank Your Juice since the summer of
2002, and the upcoming single will be the third.http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=CRCP-10046
At the same time, the lead singer of Penicillin, Hakuei
will be releasing his second solo single.
Hello Polly Heater
The sky is blue, the sun is shining; there's a gentle breeze playing with the leaves in the trees. It's cool enough to wear that new jacket if you want to look stylish; warm enough to wear a t-shirt if you want to be comfortable.
Yes folks, another typical Winter's day in Sydney.
Last night, though, it was cold. Not cold cold, I admit, but still cold. So I turned my little heater on for the first time this year.
Ah. Blessed warmth. The smell of burning dust. Splut.
Splut?
No warmth. No anything, in fact. Click off, click on. Nothing.
The best heater in the district. It's so clean. Well, at least the dust is all burnt off.
So today at lunch time I went to Grace Bros. (for readers who remember that show, yes, it's real) and bought myself Poodle Hat, Spirited Away, Lilo & Stitch, and the new Bond flick, Halle Berry's Navel. Oh, and a heater.
This heater cost me $25. Now, late last year, just before Christmas, I gave up on my old air conditioner (which was also going splut, but would at least unsplut itself if you gave it a chance) and bought a new one. My new air conditioner works very well and I'm quite pleased with the purchase, but - how shall I put this - it cost a little more than $25. Not quite two zeroes more, but in that general vicinity.
So my question is - I did say there was a question, didn't I? No? Well, there's a question. My question is, why can't I buy a compact, efficient, portable, $25 device that cools my house rather than warming it?
Well, OK, apart from the Laws of Thermodynamics, why can't I buy such a thing? It's almost enough to make me want to move from the comfortable sub-tropics to one of those nasty places where frozen water falls from the sky at certain times of the year and no-one thinks it odd.
But only almost.
You Feel A Sense Of Loss
George Goble's web site is gone. Gone!
Curse you, people in charge!
But blessings be upon the Wayback Machine, for they have the true web site. Or most of it, anyway.
Don't do this at home. Unless you have someone filming you.
Tiger: Raggin' & Rantin'
Blog of the Day is Tiger: Raggin' & Rantin', for his fine sense of grammar and his judicious use of language, as approved by 7 out of 10 alien species:
Anyone who is offended by my review of their entry, remember I am merely stating my opinions and they may not necessarily be the opinions of any other single person [on this planet, as I have been contacted and told that my opinions were officially adopted by an entire alien sub-culture in the Ming Sector and most of the species in the Gamma quadrant.]Tiger has a fine review up of the entrants in N.Z. Bear's New Weblog Showcase. If you're interested in Blogging (as opposed to just individual Blogs), or if you're looking for new Blogs to read, it's well worth the time to read Tiger's review and take a look at the Bear's showcase.