My Manifesto: The Incoherent Ramblings of a Madman

Things I've learned today on reflection:

My dad was right all those years back when he said he liked to keep his clothes until they came back into fashion. He picked cufflinks; he picked flairs; he picked 80's sunglasses; he's picked it all! As unfashionable as my father is - he's actually like an absent minded fashion guru ahead (or behind) of his time!

I accidentally downloaded Radioheads' entire new album for free. I thought it was just the one song, which i was happy to get for nix. However, it was the entire album! The webpage is set up in flash and you couldn't actually work out what coding was behind it all without delving deeper into it than I cared to.

I kind of felt bad at first; but let's face it - it's their own fault for being typical brittish arthouse radiohead wankers. So, i will continue blaming them entirely.

According to Popular Mechanics, these are the 25 skills every man should have:

1. Patch a radiator hose [i can see this would come in handy]
2. Protect your computer [from what?]
3. Rescue a boater who has capsized [the fuckers should have learnt to swim before they got on the boat]
4. Frame a wall [handy for making a quick buck on the property market]
5. Retouch digital photos [i never have a bad photo]
6. Back up a trailer [ok - so i'm lacking here; but i get there eventually]
7. Build a campfire [yup - with petrol and lots of it!!]
8. Fix a dead outlet [hmm...would be handy; but somewhat illegal without the qualifications]
9. Navigate with a map and a compass [i love orienteering - does that make me a nerd?]
10. Use a torque wrench [who doesn't?]
11. Sharpen a knife [not a knife fan - but the knifes i have are sharp]
12. Perform CPR [especially on bikini models']
13. Fillet a fish [i can - but not a fan of fishhands']
14. Maneuver a car out of a skid [i struggled in the ice]
15. Get a car unstuck [with goo remover?]
16. Back up data [yup]
17. Paint a room [yup]
18. Mix concrete [is this really an essential skill for life? i kick arse at planning concrete mixing at least]
19. Clean a bolt-action rifle [ummmmmmmm........this must be an american/third world country thing]
20. Change oil and filter [i like the idea of doing this - but not the impracticality of doing this]
21. Hook up an HDTV [easy peasy]
22. Bleed brakes [again...i like the idea of doing this - but not the impracticality of doing this]
23. Paddle a canoe [by using an oar? or am i missing something?]
24. Fix a bike flat [yup]
25. Extend a wireless network [this is essential why?]

Today was a bad day. I forgot to mark up something pretty damn obvious on a plan and the guys on-site managed to cock up $60,000 worth of stuff because of it. The scary thing is - that I still am not sure that if I had marked it up properly whether they would have still cocked it up or not.

BUT tonight was grand. I am the pedestrian crossing king! All of them turn to green with my golden touch! Long live the king!

Drunken people should not type into blogs.

The end.

One of my flatmates if from the Philippines and we've been trying to explain to him why, even though there's no other NSW or Sydney team left in the competition you still cannot go for Manly! He just doesn't seem to understand at all.

It's like the old adage: I go for (insert random team name) and who ever is playing Manly!