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Rants of a Slakbarsted
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Film Review - Bangkok Dangerous
Posted: October 28th, 2007, 9:16am UTC by slakbarsted
Today was another lazy Sunday arvo and I decided to watch a film Tony had lent me. He told me to watch it coz he likes it and I’ll never forget his words.. “It’s about a deaf hitman, he’s not a victim in this one” or words to that effect. So I watched it and… I was not prepared for what I saw, I expected the film to be one of those usual action film flicks you normally see where the formula is as follows.. 1. Good guy (or the hero), experiences some traumatic loss usually involving the death of loved ones or some bad guys fuck him ... -
Movember
Posted: October 18th, 2007, 1:37pm UTC by slakbarsted
It’s that time of the year again.. in November I will be growing a mo to help raise money for the Prostate Cancer Foundation and beyondblue. The funds will be used to create awareness, fund research and increase support networks for those men who suffer from prostate cancer and male depression. Last year the initiative had raised over $7.3 million, let’s hope this year we can raise some more. If you want to sponsor me, there are a few ways you can do this. 1. (The easiest way) Click on the big black button on the top right hand corner of this blog. 2. sponsor me 3. Head over to [www.movember.com] and my sponsorship number is 62091. ... -
Motion No. 877 part two…
Posted: October 14th, 2007, 4:40am UTC by slakbarsted
For those of you who were interested in a potential senate inquiry into Deaf and Hearing Impaired’s access to film and television, I had written a brief post about Motion No. 877 Earlier this week I had received an email from Senator John Faulkner (because I live in the area he represents) giving me some information about what happened to Motion No. 877. Motion No. 877 had been withdrawn by Senator Natasha Stott Despoja because of an announcement by Senator Helen Coonan, Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts. Read about the announcement here. In a nutshell… The clear purpose of this investigation will be to stocktake developments in captioning and other essential access technologies ... -
Speed Dating….
Posted: October 9th, 2007, 2:13pm UTC by slakbarsted
Speed Dating Experiences Some of you may be aware that I’ve been going to a few speed dating events, for those of you who ARE not aware.. I’m telling you now! The first one was a poker night and I admit the REAL lure was the $200 prize not meeting women. Anyway I always approach these nights as trying to have a good time by being a silly larrikin and not taking anything seriously. To me it’s training.. nothing else. If, on the odd chance, I do meet someone when then it’s a bonus. If you’ve seen the movie Batman Begins there’s a scene that is on my mind at the moment where Bruce ...