pushing the sky

What Happens in Vegas: Look, I know this is the kind of movie you’re supposed to hate if you’re any sort of movie buff, but I didn’t totally hate this. The plot: Kutcher and Diaz meet in Vegas, get hitched, win $3 million, are forced to wait 6 months for a divorce to split the [...]

I was having a look at recent posts and noticed I hadn’t really mentioned all the TV I’ve been watching lately. Years ago I was a total anime fanatic, and that occupied most of my time and attention span for stories. Over the years I fell out of love with the whole anime universe as [...]

So I’ve been watching NBA recently, thanks to the manna-from-heaven that is One HD, Australia’s first 24/7 Free to Air sports channel (NBA, IPL, AFL in Sydney… this channel defines awesome – clever move, Channel 10). And yesterday, the most amazing finish to a basketball game I’ve ever seen, or at least not through replays [...]

Obama is your new bicycle comedian-in-chief: part 1, part 2, part 3. (and follow-up: Wanda Sykes part 1, part 2)

An email doing the rounds at the moment – absolutely brilliant, especially in today’s context. It’s like Bill Watterson saw into the future. Here’s another brilliant one that’s all too prescient : (with apologies for the lack of posting – things have been… interesting.)