Anniversary

Well Alex and I had our two year anniversay on the 15th, but the celebrate we ended up going to Oreily's guest house at Lamington National Park!

Lovely spot as the mist started to roll in and envelop the mountain.

It was a very romantic setting although you cannot book a table for lunch or dinner or breakfast as you may have to share with someone else if the other tables that you were after are not available. In other words, if there are two of you and there are no tables of two then you have to share with either another couple or you are placed on a larger table and may be sharing with a family or a group of people from smaller groups. It is to promote communication between strangers. The good thing up there is that they have no televisions and no telephones in the rooms either!

Nice! But I suppoe when you go there the last thing you are really wanting to do is a session in front of the television. There are plenty of walks and the like that can keep you occupied. Like the one that Alex and I did that goes up the tallest tree climb! Not very good for people who do not like heights at all! A bit of a challenge to get Alex up there and he did not like the climb to the second platform as you are leaning backwards as you are climbing upwards. There is a cage around you though so that is okay!

But once up there I think he enjoyed the view! I ended up leaving him up there! Maybe it was a case of his fear for coming down being greater than that of getting up there???

There is also the chance to feed the birds when you are up there and as this was not something that Alex particularly wanted to do I thought that I would go by myself and have a look. The good ting with this is that you don't really have to have bird seed in you hand to be able to "feed" the birds. They will come to you quite willingly without there being any seed in your hand, just to check out if you do have any intention of feeding them.

When I was there, there was this little girl and her brother who decided that they would show off to me the birds that they had hanging arouond them eating their seed! Each kid would have been no higher than a meter but they had about several large birds hanging from them as well as sitting on their heads!

Crazy! So I thought that I would take a photo of the bird that was on the little girls hand, eating the seed she had been feeding them. Yes, well, did not really want to take a photo of the girl as I did not know her or how her parents would react to the photo and it was the birds that i was originally going for in any case.

Ah! Lovely!

On the way back home the following day, Alex wanted to go on a walk, so we went to Moran Falls. 4. something kms later and we reach the falls that Alex so wanted to see...So here is the photo -:

So there you are!! But here are a few other photos that I took and Alex may have taken along the way.

Oh and there is one for Tarnya !! Can you guess which one it is???

Something Funny for the Week!

Once again, The Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its yearly neologism contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words. The winners are:

1. Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one coughs.
2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have gained.
3. Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
4. Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk.
5. Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent.
6. Negligent (adj.), describes a condition in which you absentmindedlyanswer the door in your nightgown.
7. Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp.
8. Gargoyle (n.), olive-flavored mouthwash.
9. Flatulence (n.) emergency vehicle that picks you up after you arerun over by a steamroller.
10. Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline.
11. Testicle (n.), a humorous question on an exam.
12. Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified bearing adopted byproctologists.
13. Pokemon (n), a Rastafarian proctologist.
14. Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.
15. Frisbeetarianism (n.), (back by popular demand): The belief that,when you die, your Soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.
16. Circumvent (n.), an opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men.

The Washington Post's Style Invitational also asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are this year's winners:

1. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.
2. Foreploy (v): Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.
3. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.
4. Giraffiti (n): Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
5. Sarchasm (n): The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
6. Inoculatte (v): To take coffee intravenously when you are runninglate.
7. Hipatitis (n): Terminal coolness.
8. Osteopornosis (n): A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
9. Karmageddon (n): it's like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it'slike, a serious bummer.
10 Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.
11. Glibido (v): All talk and no action.
12. Dopeler effect (n): The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
13. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a grub inthe fruit you're eating.

And the pick of the literature:

14. Ignoranus (n): A person who's both stupid and an asshole.

Something Funny

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2 . "Experts Exchange" is a knowledge base where programmers can exchangeadvice and v iews at www.expertsexchange.com
3. Looking for a pen? Look no further than " Pen Island " atwww.penisland.net
4. Need a therapist? Try "Therapist Finder" at www.therapistfinder.com
5. There's the "Italian Power Generator Company" at www.powergenitalia.com
6. And don't forget the "Mole Station Native Nursery" in New South Wales, www.molestationnursery.com
7. If you're looking for IP computer software, there's always www.ipanywhere.com
8. The " First Cumming Methodist Church " Web site is www.cummingfirst.com
9. And the designers at "Speed of Art" await you at their wacky Web site, http://www.speedofart.com

Christmas Pendant

hey all ....hope everyone had a really good christmas and new years!

thought that i would show you one of the items i made for christmas and sent to my sister in london. i would have shoed it earlier but she only received it the other day and this time of year is crazy with things to do so here you have it. it is one of the pieces i made for the exhibition but i have changed it and placed it on a chain with black onex and red coral!!