want … jellyfish tank
August 18, 2011 — cate3221
want … Streets of Monaco yacht
August 18, 2011 — cate3221
an extract from the Uncrate description:
This insane invention aims to recreate Europe’s most notorious billionaire enclave with scaled down clones of iconic structures like the Monte Carlo Casino, Hotel de Paris, Cafe de Paris, and even the Grand Prix course, functioning as a go-kart course on the deck of this 500-foot watercraft. Other features include multiple swimming pools, a multi-use court for basketball and tennis that doubles as a helipad, a submarine (!), an interior “oasis” area, space for up to 16 guests and 70 staff members, a spa, and, of course, a swim-up jacuzzi bar.
for a cool $1 billion. yes please.
want … Deus Odd Job SR542 Motorcycle
July 10, 2011 — cate3221
well, that was fun … not
May 6, 2011 — cate3221
hello, did you miss me?
i’ve been having a medical adventure — nothing too dramatic, but enough to keep me off the blogging circuit.
my gastric lapband — my second — went pear-shaped. well, not exactly pear-shaped, but it was buggered. that’s a medical term for No Fucking Use At All.
it slipped. well, it tore away and slipped, technically, as these things are supposedly stitched down to the outside of your stomach when they put ‘em in. And it slipped right to the top of my stomach, effectively meaning my stomach was reduced to a tiny little sac which couldn’t deal with the juices it normally produces, let alone anything i was trying to put in it.
result? constant nausea, constant vomiting, pain, bleeding, and ultimately dehydration. that’s what drove me to the ER a couple of sundays ago, and it all went from there.
i had surgery last thursday to remove the band and its port and since then i’ve been up at the Parental Units abode in Toowoomba recuperating.
back home now, back to actually, y’know, eating and back to work next wednesday.
please, my fellow fat folk. do not get a gastric lapband unless you have done the work in your head. it’s just a tool, not a magic bullet. don’t do it without having your attitude right first, or it’s a painful waste of time.
take it from me. two lapbands, two failures, many scars and several thousand dollars later.
put March 2 in your diary for release of iPad 2.0
February 24, 2011 — cate3221not in Australia, of course, because that would just be … insane. Boing Boing is reporting the March 2 date in the wake of a bunch of invites sent out to US techie reporters from Apple.
the debate is now on about just what additions will be included in the 2.0 — a more iPhone 4-ish look? the above graphic would certainly suggest that. A frontside camera? improved screen? more memory? a calculator?
i know one thing. if there’s no USB port, i’ll consider it a giant FAIL. seriously.
