So where are we five years on?

I’ve had pretty little to say about this day over the years, The day after was a big long spiel. But I’ll go back to what I said a few days before 9/11 in 2002:

Has it really been a year? I can close my eyes and remember it like it was yesterday. And what has been accomplished in that year? Next to nothing… Sure, they’ve cleaned up Ground Zero and stormed Afghanistan but really, we’re no further on than we were on September 12th 2001. The main bad guys are still at large and attention has shifted to Iraq.

What are you going to do on Wednesday? I think I’ll have a few quiet moments at approximately 9am EST then get on with my life. I’m kinda glad I’m not in America for that event, as I’m sure it will be blown way out of proportion in a shower of red, white and blue. Don’t get me wrong, to each their own, but life goes on, all things must pass. That’s all I will say on that subject. For now…

A year on it was more like:

So, it’s been two years since the two planes hit the two towers of the World Trade Center. How much has been accomplished in those two years?

The Taliban were driven out of Afghanistan, but most of it remains a No-Go zone. Iraq was “conquered” but soldiers are still dying today on the lawless streets. Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein still remain at large.

And that’s it.

And apart from Saddam being captured and now currently tried in a show trial, not a lot has been done in 2 years. 2004 and 2005 passed without much thought and today I’ll probably do what I did every year since then, pause for a moment before 9am and then get on with my life

Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher will retire from Formula One at the end of the season. Love him or hate him… Formula One won’t be the same without him…

It looks like the Series 3 HD TiVo will be shipping September 17th and it’ll cost around $800. Hopes. Dreams. Wishes… All dashed… I was hoping for the $300 to $500 bracket.

Rockabye Baby! transforms timeless rock songs into beautiful instrumental lullabies. The delicate sounds of the glockenspiel, vibraphone, and other instruments will lull your little one into a sweet slumber. Yes, your baby can rock out in their sleep to the likes of Radiohead, Pixies, Tool, Björk and even Metallica. Plus the album art is funny…

I’ve added a new feature that comes via Twitter, a little notice of what I’m currently doing…

So far I’ve only posted two entries, but since it can be updated via the web or via SMS on the phone it should be a bit more frequent, at least until I get bored. If you’re a fellow Twitter user then you can find me here…

So tonight is the big kick off, and for the first time since 2003 it’s not taking place at the not-quite-frozen-yet tundra of Gillette Stadium, instead it’s at Heinz Field, Pittsburgh…

As the Pats aren’t playing I don’t really give a proverbial crap about tonight, and seeing as most of the Pittsburgh team is either injured, moved on or in the commentary booth, it’s hard to even care about them… Without Ben Roethlisberger, Jerome Bettis and Antwan Randle-El, that leaves, what? Hines Ward and Troy Polamalu playing ironman football against the entire Miami Dolphins, and judging by the Dolphins dire performance last year, Hines and Troy might just win…

And what’s with Big Ben? First a major motorbike accident, now a burst appendix, doesn’t this guy even care about his internal organs anymore? Instead they’ll have Charlie Batch at QB tonight, at least it’s an improvement over Tommy Maddox, but not much…

Well, I had my day in court today to answer the charges leveled at me after my slight crash with Robyn’s car last month…. And it pretty much was a full day, Sandy Springs, Inc. could learn a thing or two about queue management from the likes of Disney, it was truly awful…

After all the standing, waiting, overhearing some horror stories (like one woman who has essentially been banished from North Fulton County for 6 months, at least in the old west she woulda got a horse and a gun for her troubles) then shuffling in a slow-ass queue, I walked away with an unblemished record, they go easy on first time offenders apparently, but still $175 poorer, which kinda sucks… To top it off, I got a call from the nearby Honda dealership about the cursed Accord, they reckon $525 (not including tax) should fix it’s recent spate of ills…

But for how long?

Add in the other auto shop run ins and we’ve nearly paid the same amount that we bought it for, and the AC still doesn’t work.

Tony Blair has faced a wave of resignations by junior members of his government over his refusal to name a date for resignation as Labour leader. 7 resignations and counting…

Don’t you just love long weekends? We spent our’s down at Robyn’s parents house on Lake Sinclair, it doesn’t get more relaxing than that…

But before the weekend, I finished up at my job, which kinda sucked, as for the last day they were practically killing me with kindness, a goodbye cake and everything! But on the way home the now totally cursed car sprung another leak, but in a different place this time. This god forsaken car is trying my last nerve as time goes on, but I guess when you buy a near 20 year old car for under $1000 you get what you pay for. And right now we’re paying and paying… Today I plan on taking it to a Honda dealer as the local auto shop hasn’t exactly overwhelmed me with the job they’ve done.

So I forgot about all that crap while down at the lake, now I’ve got a big long list of things to do this week, my car, Robyn’s car too, job searching, portfolio updating as well as various misc tasks. Back to the unemployed life for me, it’s 11am right now and I’m bored senseless already, not a good sign. Anyone got any good job leads?

Capturing a Humming Bird

Originally uploaded by FLC.

Battlestar Galactica: The Resistance. A series of bi-weekly “webisodes” that should bridge the gap between season 2 and season 3 before the premiere on October 6th.

Australian naturalist and television personality Steve Irwin has been killed by a stingray during a diving expedition off the Australian coast. He died doing what he loved best, trying to get himself killed…