I have put up the photos that I took from Jimmy's and Debbie's wedding. I know it is a bit Old Skool to use Flickr but there you go :)

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I spent most of today unlocking my Merlin XU870 - which is a wireless broadband card - so that it would work with my SIM. I got it working on my laptop both when I am running Mac OS and when I boot into Windows. I am getting about 2.5 megabit downloads - which is OK. The strange part is that when I put the same SIM in my iPhone and use it right where my laptop is sitting the best I can get is about one tenth of that. Not sure what is causing such a difference - but it does suck - clearly the Optus network is capable of more than the iPhone3G is letting it realise.

I have done this so that I am set up and ready for my road trip that is coming up - on Monday I head down to Mums and stay there for a week or so [with my nephew Andrew along for the trip too] and then around Friday/Saturday I am heading off - I hope to drive to Adelaide via Melbourne and then return home via Parkes [visiting mattya]. Getting back around the 23rd so that I am in time for a bollege buddies wedding on the 24th.

SteveD has kindly lent me his 3 man tent and SatNav to take on the journey.

Should be fun - I'll have some kind of internet access along the way so keep an eye out for updates as I go.

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...
it's now 2009.
"Happy New Year" is, I believe, the traditional greeting for this time of the year ;)

As the sounds of fireworks echo dimly through my window - with the occasional near miss spinning by - I can't help but wonder what this new year will bring.

Mostly ... it will bring ... Change.

Now, unlike the comment regarding the new year being 2009, this comment - change - is not as captain obvious as you may assume. At least not up until the last two years anyway.

Here are the things that I know are changing God knows what else will be changing that I don't know about.

1. Bollege Buddies - that change has already begun but will just continue finishing itself off over the course of 2009 - losing contact slowly but surely until only the few remain.

2. Prawn - again this has already been underway for some time but with prawn getting married that relationship will go through another change.

3. Toongabbie - no longer being in any sort of leadership role will be a HUGE change for me at Toongabbie. I am hoping that will bring about some good changes in relationships with people as well as freeing me up to work out the answer to the question of "What Next?"

4. Work - three days a week at school work will be my only responsibility in 2009 - semi retirement I am calling it - and I am looking forward to it immensely.

5. Life - not sure what I am doing next with my life so assuming I work that out and make a decision on what it is I am have a feeling it will involve change.

6. God - I need to change my bad habits of not reading my bible and barely praying - it's true - I have really fallen out of that habit and now that the need to read for study has gone I am very unmotivated to read at all. At the moment it is the prayer I am more worried about. Not been praying anywhere near as much as I once did. I shall be reinstating my sabbath this year too. Those changes alone will bring about change in me as I open myself up to God the way I should.

And finally I am very happy to report that, once again, I have kept my new years resolution from about 4 years ago now - and have not made any New Years Resolutions for 2009 :)

May 2009 be a year where you draw nearer to God and follow Him more closely than you did in 2009.

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Today is New Years Eve - I shall hang out with some Tooney people as we wait for today to become tomorrow - for 2008 to become 2009 - whatever.

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After one semester full time and three part time I am pleased to announced that I have had a Graduate Diploma of Divinity conferred upon me by the Australian College of Theology. YAY!! I ended up with a Credit average, which is fine with me. Graduation is next March sometime.

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On saturday night I headed out to see Quantum of Solace with B2 and Christos. I had never seen a Bond movie at the movies before. I had seen a few at home on TV - mind you I don't think I have seen many if any since Roger Moore left the scene.

What did I think?
Well I rekon it was typical Bond, slightly modified for the 21st Century.

There was: the 'Bond look' in the face of Bond, in the cinematic finish; a Boss Lair which, of course, blew up!!; a chick, who had a bit of their own strength but in the end relied upon Bond for the real strength; wooden acting; the whole Bond is running wild who side is he on? thing.

There was not: silly names for the chick - did she have a name???; as much innuendo as I remember; gadgets - a phone that is somehow able to always track your suspect is not a gadget; a plot; much happening between each fight scene.

It sort of just wandered along with sudden jumps in the story line. Sort of like a comic book - turn the page and poW!!! something new is happening, leaving you flicking back a bit to see if you missed page.

There seemed to be references to people and things that I didn't know about - but that could be cos my last Bond was Roger Moore. Has much happened since then???

Overall a fairly average movie. I'm not a big fan of this Bond, but I think I can see that they are trying to change him a bit and bring him out of the Connery/Moore camp and into the feel of the 21st Century - whatever that may mean.

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Today I went out to buy a chair to go with my new desk.
I returned with a big pillow for my bed - something to lean upon when reading.
I just gave it a go and it is not big enough :(

Too much excitement.

I think I might need a nap.

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It's Boxing Day and I have issues ...
I have nothing that requires being put into boxes.
Nor do I have a ring or an opponent.
Nor a suitably attired Kangaroo.
What will I do??

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