Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
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3:53 pm - 47
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So, yeah. I turned 47 on Monday. Many thanks for the cards and wishes, and a book. I love youse all!
I had an early afternoon and saw Get Smart. Not bad at all, and I giggled stupidly through the movie. It was a delight to see elements from the old TV show, and one cameo made me cheer.
I bought myself a new computer: Intel 2.5GHz quad-core cpu, 2GB RAM, 512MB Nvidia graphics card the specs if which escape me right now, Antec 300 case with 800watt PSU. MMMmmmmm Renderiffic!
OOOoooooh! I'm 47 and I don't give a shite.
current mood:  cheerful
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3:04 pm - Skyrates?
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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
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11:11 am - Petrol
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Thursday, July 10th, 2008
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3:00 pm - Bugger.
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The owl had to be euthanased. She had a cataract in one eye and was not releasable.
The kookaburra spent a week in a large flight aviary on the farm, and was released this morning. The peewee has grown all his lost flight feathers back, so I can release him on Saturday. 2/3 isn't too bad.
current mood:  blah
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Monday, July 7th, 2008
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3:32 pm - Lightning!
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It's been quite a while since we've seen storms like this.
Mmmmm rainy smells.
current mood: happy
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Saturday, July 5th, 2008
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10:45 pm - Currently In Care
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An unhappy, uninjured but quite ill Barn Owl. I think she picked up a poisoned mouse last night. I'll keep her in the hospital cage for a few days until her health improves, then move her into the flight aviary.
I get to experience the joys of force-feeding lightly killed mice to a bird that hates me. Again.
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Friday, July 4th, 2008
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10:36 am - Words you'd never expect to hear.
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10:03 am
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
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7:08 pm
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Saturday, June 28th, 2008
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11:26 pm - Last light of the day.
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
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4:30 pm - Chicken Run
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A run through the streets of Dubbo to get some lunch-time chicken franchise chicken.
Look at that dreadful mid-Winter weather!
Okay, that's enough of the playing around with the time lapse. I'll post some proper photos soon.
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
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10:29 pm - Speaking of cover versions
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
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4:15 pm - Gah!
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Saturday, June 21st, 2008
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8:02 pm - Time Lapse
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Playing with my Canon Ixus 80S.
A time lapse of the little crested pigeon eating. And sparrows.
Which answers the question of where all the seed goes.
current mood: happy
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Sunday, June 15th, 2008
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10:32 am - Pies
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The takeaway shop near me has started selling Beef Stroginoff pies. mmmmmm
current mood: happy
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Saturday, June 14th, 2008
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5:28 pm - Pansies
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Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
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7:58 pm - Dasyurid News
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Spotted quolls have been, well, spotted less than 40km from town. Their range is expanding!
current mood: happy
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Sunday, June 8th, 2008
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2:03 pm - Quite Interesting
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QI, hosted by Stephan Fry, with Alan Davis and various other guests. (YouTube, each episode broken into 3 parts.) A panel quiz show where the most interesting answer gets as many points as the correct answer. (Not for the easily offended.)
I like it. It's my early evening watching when nothing is on the telly. I got through series A in a week.
Stephen Fry: Chocolate is quite toxic. For us the lethal dose is about 27 pounds.
Jo Brand: 27 pounds? That's nothing!
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Rich Little: What's the national bird of England?
SF: I- I don't know!
Jo Brand: The national bird for women is the thrush.
Alan Davis: And for men it's the cock.
Phil Kay: Cock and thrush? That sounds like the name of a pub.
current mood:  amused
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Saturday, June 7th, 2008
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5:37 pm - Dear Amazon.com
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"Will there ever be an Amazon.com.au in Australia? There are a lot of products I want that will not ship outside the USA. I have the same problem buying from amazon.co.uk"
Thanks for writing to us at Amazon.com.
Please accept my sincere apologies for any inconvenience you may have experienced and I do understand your concern. We're always glad to learn of new opportunities to grow our business internationally. As you may know, we now have websites throughout the world. You can see a full list at: http://www.amazon.com/international At this time, however, we have not determined a marketing direction in "Australia".
I wonder if they thought I made up the country's name. And their list of international sites doesn't help; I already knew that and it doesn't answer my question at all.
current mood:  disappointed
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2:35 pm - Currently In Care
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The smallest pigeon dies during the week. It had some sort of bone disorder that caused its leg to break really easy, and it never really flew properly. I think it just gave up. The other baby and the concussed pigeon that were moved into the flight aviary were released this morning. The concussed bird was no longer concussed, and went as soon as the door was opened. The little pigeon is walking around the cage, occasionally walking into the yard to pick at seed, and doing short flight excursions to the house and back through the open door.
Peewee has been moved from the small hospital cage to the big one to give him more flapping room. The flight feathers are starting to grow on his wing.
Kookaburra is still in the same cage and it thoroughly pissed off at me. He won't eat so I have to force his beak open and slide a thawed mousicle over his tongue and into his crop, where I then have to 'tamp' it down with a finger so he has to swallow instead of spitting it out. He hates this and I'm not too keen on it either. My hands are covered with a myriad of little cuts and nicks inflicted by his sharp beak. I'm allergic to liquid antiseptics like Dettol so I have to wash with a diluted bleach solution, and it stings a bit. And then it's time for Savlon and bandaids. I'll move him into the flight cage when little pigeon has abandoned it as a night roost. The good news is that he is throwing up the occasional cast of fur and bones, therefore his digestion is working properly. The flight cage is over-run with mice looking for spilled pigeon seed, and I hope he starts to hunt them.
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