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dg asks who would play each of us if there was a movie about ourselves.

I’m still thinking about who would play me - I’m open to suggestions (here we go…).

When I was younger, I’d occasionally get a comparison to Jim Carrey, but I really don’t see it. Perhaps it had more to do with my expressions, rather than looks.

I think Edward Norton could play Ben. Maybe, Ed Norton’s and Steve Buscemi’s lovechild would be perfect for Ben! Not the exact looks, but it just seems right anyway.

So, what about you? Who do you look like? Who would play you in a movie about you? An exercise in vanity perhaps, but fun nonetheless.

When I was in my late teens, living in a sharehouse on the southside of the Brisbane, one of my house-mates used to make this untasteful, cider-like drink from tea. He would brew black tea, and put in in the cupboard in a sealed container. Apparently it was healthy for you, or something - I didn’t pay much notice.

Any, one of my other house-mates jumped on the bandwagon, and decided to make some of his own. But he decided to add sugar because he thought it would taste better. And than he forgot about it and left in the cupboard for about three or four weeks too long. When he cracked it open, it tasted better, and had in fact fermented, and was mildly, but noticeably alcoholic. Just what a couple of lads with not much money were looking for!

We drank it for a while, but soon tired of it, and just stopped making it.

Anyway, I noticed that BoingBoing has a post about this tea here (the ‘proper’ variety anyway - none of this alcoholic stuff!). Enjoy!

As noted below, I am engaged to be married. I am seriously considering wearing a kilt made of Hamilton tartan to my wedding. I found a free e-book that explains lots abot kilts and tartans. You can get it here, and it is worth a read if you’re interested in this sort of thing.

There is a joke I heard a while back that springs to mind:

Q: Why do Scotsmen wear Kilts?

A: The sheep can hear zippers!

[Extra] The bloke who wrote the e-book mentioned above also runs an online Kilt store, which is here.

[Update 11th August 2007] I have also had recommended to me the folk at Highland House, right here in Brisbane. I dropped in to see them, to discuss kilts etc, and they are very friendly folk.

My friends Garth, Andee, Karlee, Danny and Jason are in a band called Goze. They do hardcore-inspired rock ‘n’ roll. Good stuff. Check it out here.

Yes, it’s true - I am getting married. I asked Julia last night to marry me, and she said she would.

Wow. I’m so happy right now it is all a bit unbelievable.

This explains my sporadic posting here; I’ve really been far more concerned with sending time with Jules than writing here. That may change in the future, as living arrangements change etc, but the honest truth is that I neither really know or care what happens with this site right now. I think Jules is the most beautiful, warm-hearted woman in the world, and I am the happiest bloke in the world because she’s going to marry me!

Woo Hoo!

I had a ‘gut-feeling’ about the Mohamed Haneef case at a fairly early point that something wasn’t adding up. I wasn’t sure, and wasn’t even able to articulate why I felt that Mr Haneef seemed to be getting a raw deal. And I still can’t. It just smelt fishy to me.

But in a turn of events that seems to vindicate my completely inexplicable and unscientific method of opinion forming, it seems as though the poor bloke really was getting the rough end of the pineapple. Apparently, prior to his arrest and detention here in Australia, he made efforts to contact British police, in what could only be an attempt to assist with their inquiries. Hardly the actions of a terrorist in my opinion.

One scandal surrounds Mr Haneef’s unjust detention and subsequent cancellation of his working visa. However, the other scandal that has reared its head is the way this has been used as a political device in an election year. Various politicians, of all stripes, and in both the state and federal arena’s have used this situation to score political points, and to push various ‘ideological’ carts. In particular, the Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews has inserted himself into a police matter, and made what was a criminal investigation a political campaign. I have little doubt that if the police had been able to do their job without political interference, this would have been resolved correctly, and quickly. Mr Haneef certainly had questions to answer, but the way his rights were trampled on is a shame, and it makes me wonder just how safe are the rights the rest of us Australians take for granted?