I’ve a ticket to ride. Well sort of.
Today I went down to the Passport Office and put in an application for my very first Passport.
Yep, I’ve never left the country but if I’m ever going to I’m going to need something for them to stamp!

Tonight I’ll be down at the Espy checking out DJ Spooky.
He’s a facinating guy and it’s always worth listening to what he has to say.
Check this out for example.

It’s rare that I make it to a Drum and Bass show these days. It generally takes someone pretty big to get me on the dance floor (Roni Size, Andy C, Craze), but this makes me want to dance!

If you’re in Melbourne and interested in hearing me speak please come to this:
Lobbyocracy: The Hypocrisy of Democracy
With the Federal Government threatening to raise the limit on disclosed donations from $1,500 to $10,000 there as never been a greater need to expose the corruption of political donations.
The Australian Centre for Democracy and Justice are using [...]

Via CCH:
The Hells Angels Motorcycle Corporation has filed a suit in the US Federal District Court in California this week, alleging that Walt Disney illegally used its trademark name and skull logo in producing the upcoming comedy, Wild Hogs.
The Hells Angels are objecting to characters in the movie wearing trademark logos and being identified as [...]

Chuck Norris died ten years ago, but the Grim Reaper can’t get up the courage to tell him.
Chuck Norris is currently in a legal battle with the makers of Bubble Tape. Norris claims “6 Feet of Fun” is actually the trademark for his penis.
Whenever someone is constipated, doctors send them to Chuck Norris so he [...]

For those of you in Melbourne, I’ll be on Radio 3CR tonight at around 5:30 talking about the Australian Centre for Democracy and Justice’s Lobbyocracy Campaign.
I’m afraid I can’t see any streaming on their site so you’ll probably miss it if you’re not in Melbourne.

For reasons I’m not allowed to mention yet, but am dieing to talk about (and will as soon as I get the green light) I’ve been thinking a lot about motivation and love.
I’m an activist as you will all know. I’m completely consumed by my activism, if not in my actions then in my [...]

I think this blog is still supposed to be about motorbikes a little bit, and this particular bad boy does deserve a mention.
Seemingly trumping the Y2K’s Rolls Royce Allison 250 series gas turbine engine which churns out a mighty decent 320 HP @52,000 rpm, capable of clocking over 230 Mph, is the Acabion.
The Acabion [...]

It was 2 years ago today that Goonanism was born.
Please join in with me:
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday dear Goonanism
Happy birthday to you
It started off as a blog to track the development of my thesis, now it’s a full blown website with its own hosting and all.
I’ve finished my masters and launched [...]