Max's Miscellaneous Musings

Probably as a result of watching an episode of RPA, I decided to check out YouTube's repository of footage of grand mal seizures.  I wasn't sure at first if I'd be traumatised by watching somebody have a seizure, but decided to look at the footage anyway… more »

Is it wrong that I'm stuffing my face with KFC while watching The Biggest Loser? more »

You'll recall that some time ago, I wrote a post entitled "I am a judgemental turd", in which I questioned the Fat Cyclist's ability to start dating so soon after the death of his wife.  Fatty's latest blog entry addresses this issue, in a much classier… more »

I really enjoyed watching Rent the other night.  I ended up downloading a couple of the songs from iTunes.  I can't decide which I prefer, Seasons of Love, or Take Me Or Leave Me.  I think I'm going with TMOLM at this moment, but that might change in SOL… more »

Every once in a while, I check out my blog's stats to see how people learn about the site.  Mostly it's search engine hits, the most popular ones being people looking for reviews on Deuter backpacks (recall, I wrote a review a while back). But easily t… more »

I happened to catch Rent on Fox the other day.  Wow.  Just... wow.  I really wish I'd seen this thing when it was in Australia.  Now it's stopped showing (at least, the Broadway production.. now it's the turn of all the two-bit amateur productions), I gu… more »

Yesterday, I took my car in for a service.  The 100K service was $666.  Then, I got a call from them telling me the brake pads were fucked and needed to be replaced.  Add another $600, for a total of $1270-odd. I have never resented my car quite as muc… more »

The thing about iPhone apps is that the more you look, the more you find.  After a week of owning the iPhone, I've so far loaded: Google CommBank Convert Everything White pages Yellow pages Cyclemeter SitOrSquat National Public Toilet Map Toil… more »

Who gets the Egg There was once a Scotsman and an Englishman who lived next door to each other. The Scotsman owned a hen and each morning would look in his garden and pick up one of his hen's eggs for breakfast. One day he looked into his garden and saw… more »

Happy new year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   :D :D :D :D :D :D more »