Fatlo.af

That comment could be directed at a few places, be taken personally or just be directed at some faceless corporate giant who’s neglected something, someone or whatever. No, in this specific case, that comment is directed squarely at the manufacturers of the fortunes that go into the fortune cookies we all enjoy (I know you all do, everyone does) when we eat chinese food. Pick up your fucking game.

I know, it’s intense stuff to focus on the massive powerbase that the fortune cookie magnates have but I’m willing to blow the whistle on this one. I know there’s a risk, these people mean business, I mean how else can they corner the entire chinese after-dinner market without having some big influence?

Anyway, the reason I’ve entered into this longwinded diatribe about post-meal snacks is because the Sunday before last, after a bit of a photographic session (I’ll get into that later) in the botanic gardens, I met up with Kylie and PJ at Madame Wu’s on the Parade. I highly recommend the place I must mention, fantastic food, it really was. Anyway, we were sitting, contemplating our next move, which as it turned out was gelati, consuming the complimentary fortune cookies and lo and behold this gem of a fortune popped up in my treat:

You should be able to undertake and complete many tasks

I don’t know about you but that’s not much of a fortune, in fact, I’d call it good advice more than anything else. Not only did this appear in my cookie, it was in Kylie’s as well.

So, not only are they not predicting your future in a zen-like chinese manner, they’re also limiting the possible results to clearly one or two cookies. I feel that the Post Dinner Snack Council (PDSC, comprised mainly of the manufacturers of Mints, chocolates and fortune cookies) need to know about this, it’s our job to alert them. Who’s with me?

Funnily enough, this does remind me of an early Simpsons episode which goes along with this scenario pretty well. I’m sure the Simpson’s afficionado’s in the group will comment on this. And Bill will comment on that.

Photography

Since meeting my good friend Michelle’s boyfriend Toby and his seen ability with a camera, I’ve had my interest rekindled again. I’ve always loved photography but haven’t really had the means, ability, inclination, energy or some other excuse I’ve come up with at the time. So I took it upon myself to just go out and take photo’s of stuff. It was really that simple, I walked through the Botanic Gardens here in Adelaide for a good couple of hours just messing around with angles, apertures, etc and seeing what I came up with. I really enjoyed it, I’ll put some of them up on my flickr site eventually but most of them aren’t all that special. I’m still learning a lot about the whole thing but so far, it’s fun to do.

New Featured Article

Yes kids, a new one is up. This time it’s brought to you by the vivacious wordsmith, Sasha. Sasha should be well known to those who frequent the forums and to those who actually know the man in person. I appreciate the fact that he’s willing to put forward his opinion and then back it up with well thought out arguments. It’s a pleasure to argue with the angry man (clearly a victim of short man syndrome). So, with the newfound ability to digg articles for all the world to see, please do so if you think that others should read his words. Once you’ve finished here, then and only then, may you go across to Sasha’s article and read that. Finish here first. Here. Not there.

Heat, football and global warming

I’m sure in some fucked up way they are all connected but it’s slim, at best. However, in this case, right now in Adelaide, it’s fucking hot and will be that way until early next week. Funnily enough, dropping to the low 20′s (that’s Celsius for you overseas readers) right about the time when PJ gets his new air-conditioning installed. Good work PJ. So with the heat still being around, I’ll be looking forward to going to a football game on Sunday evening, specifically, Adelaide United vs Newcastle Jets. It should be a cracker as both teams need win’s to keep their seasons on track. Clearly, I’m gunning for Adelaide and as such, I’ll hopefully be joining my good friend Wayne in the Snake Pit for a lot of yelling, singing and general good fun. If you’re a Reds fan you should come along. Finally, the third part to the sub-heading, global warming. I’m putting together a bit of a piece on global warming and why I think the majority of it is bollocks and mostly a scare tactic run by the media at large. I may have it next week, I may not. You’ll soon know when it’s not the usual popcorn piece I usually put up here under the false belief that everyone who comes here hangs off my every word. My ego is it’s own power source, in fact, it’s a form of fusion, if left untouched, my ego would grow to uncontrollable levels. Consuming me and everyone around me, think about that over your cereal.

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