he he

For some reason someone found my website by searching this phrase, so I thought I’d have a look and see how I ranked on this obscure wee search. The results had me in stitches…

Coincidence! Yeah, whatever..

So Eric Schlosser of Fast Food Nation fame is here promoting the new film (opens Oct 26, I hear it’s very good).  Coincidentally McDonalds are running a ‘don’t worry our food is nice and healthy and the animals we slaughter to make it are killed really nicely and there’s no evil bits added into our food and if you don’t believe us you must be STUPID’ campaign.

Myspace is useful!

Jesus, I found something else to be nerdy about.  But I found out heaps of stuff!  Like the fact that Kora is coming to Melbourne soon.  YAY!!!!!

And Ben aka Blanket Man has his own Myspace.  Which is pretty legendary and brilliantly unbelievable

p.s apologies to those that saw the tie die look.  I was having a twisted moment.  It looks heaps prettier now.

Best joke EVER

Bono is at a U2 concert in Dublin when he asks the audience for some quiet.

Then in the silence, he starts to slowly clap his hands.

Holding the audience in total silence, he says in to the microphone…

“Every time I clap my hands, a child in Africa dies.”

A voice from near the front pierces the silence…

“Well, f***ing stop clapping then”

Radical quilters

The Herald is running a story today about some stonkingly cool women in Rotorua who have made a quilt that “will illustrate the “veil of silence”, images of children will symbolise revaluing the child’s status in society and a rainbow will represent a future of wellbeing.”

That’s some radical craftivism!  Wish I could see it..

Solidarity demo in Melbourne for Progressive Workers

Cool, how weird I can got to a solidarity with the kiwis demo

You should too!

The details for the next action are: 4-6pm Friday 22nd September outside the Safeway / Big W entrance corner of Lonsdale and Swanston Streets City. This action will continue every Friday until the dispute is resolved. Come along and bring your friends!

For more information contact the UNITE office on 9328 1555 or email info (at) unite.org.au
 http://www.unite.org.au

New pattern

I got this image from the SchNEWS site. Would love to credit the artist but they don’t so, oh well. The whole patterns on theother page if you want it. I’m going to try and get it done before the G20..

Heh

Thanks SchNEWS.  I love you so much.

No idea why

But I got a My Space.

Not because I actually want to use it, but I thought I’d explore the world and see if it’s in any way worthwhile.

Wanna be my friend?

Happy Suffrage Day!

Wow my first Suffrage Day in another country! It’s quite nice smugly strutting around pointing out that today is 113 years since NZ became the first country in the world to give (some) women the right to vote.

So to honour today I’ve got a bit arty with a wee image made including the white camelie which is the suffrage flower and a quote from “An Appeal to the Men of New Zealand” by Femina (Mary Ann Muller).

I’ve also done another cross stitch pattern of a camelia which you can find on the Radical Cross Stitch Posse HQ page, which has incidentally been added to quite a bit. Check it out.

Happy International Talk Like A Pirate Day

For all you pirate ladies!

Top Ten Pickup Lines for the Lady Pirates

By popular demand …

10. What are YOU doing here?

9. Is that a belayin’ pin in yer britches, or are ye … (this one is never completed)

8. Come show me how ye bury yer treasure, lad!

7. So, tell me, why do they call ye, “Cap’n Feathersword?”

6. That’s quite a cutlass ye got thar, what ye need is a good scabbard!

5. Aye, I guarantee ye, I’ve had a twenty percent decrease in me “lice ratio!”

4. I’ve crushed seventeen men’s skulls between me thighs!

3. C’mon, lad, shiver me timbers!

2. RAMMING SPEED!

…and the number one Female Pirate Pick-up Line:

1. You. Pants Off. Now!

Screw the lot of them

I’m just appalled at the dirty level being stooped to in the NZ media and parliament at the moment.  It’s just not relevant.

As Michael Franti said “I don’t want to know who they’re screwing in private, I want to know who they’re screwing in public!”

Bird of the Year

The Forest and Bird website now has the poll open for Bird of the Year. Now I woldn’t want to try and pressure anyone to

vote in a certain direction, but there’s a certain cheeky green parrot thats got my vote!

Vote now!

(and it’s spelt kakariki, in case you’re wondering)

Beware my seeditious needle!

OK Finally finished the Cross Stitch page.

Check it out!

Hedgehog Power!

Well I’m impressed.  Years of hard campaigning has finally paid off for English hedgehogs and they’ve forced McDonalds to change their packaging.  All we need now is to prove that sparrows are allergic to their logo and we might finally be able to make McDonalds take responsibility for the waste their company produces.  I remember doing a waste audit a few years back and about 80% of the rubbish we found was from McDonalds.  That’s just gross.