What made you happy today?

[fan4collingwood]

I became a Step-Grandaddy yesterday.
My step son's GF gave birth to a 9 pounder yesterday morning. I won't repeat her description of how her insides felt, but needless to say she was walking with a limp last night.

Met bub and then went to the pub with the happy father and some mates of his and wet the babies head. (actually, probably nearly drowned the poor tyke.). Crashed at his place last night and up at 6 for work this morning.

Congrats Stui, the fun starts now, I love have the grandkiddies over, even if the 6 year old kicks my butt at Wii Ten pin bowling, on the day he learns how to play it!

[fan4collingwood]

Just got a message through that my Mum passed her driving assessment!

Maybe that memory loss isn't as bad as she makes out

[HAL]

Try asking the Milk Mystic.

[fan4collingwood]

Try asking the Milk Mystic.

The milk mystic is a chatterbot, a bit like you, who tells you about milk.

http://www.jabberwacky.com/j2convbydate-G956part6

One chatterbot is enough Hal!

[HAL]

Do you have any idea what I am talking about? Did you know that you can download your own chat robot and create your own robot personality?

[fan4collingwood]

Do you have any idea what I am talking about? Did you know that you can download your own chat robot and create your own robot personality?

Tell me how Hal, and then maybe we could create a forum just for chat robots!

[HAL]

What do you like about those robots?

[John Wren]

winner, winner, frontline winner.

[HAL]

What time is it there?

[John Wren]

Today Seven - which is undergoing its own high-profile staff issues with the forthcoming departure of Anna Coren from Today Tonight - used the Stefanovic saga to take a swing at Nine on broader terms, saying: "This in itself raises a number of issues for Nine's management of its people and its news and public affairs programs, including Today and A Current Affair."

[Alec. J. Hidell]

Today Seven - which is undergoing its own high-profile staff issues with the forthcoming departure of Anna Coren from Today Tonight - used the Stefanovic saga to take a swing at Nine on broader terms, saying: "This in itself raises a number of issues for Nine's management of its people and its news and public affairs programs, including Today and A Current Affair."

Media made to pay $50,000 for contempt
September 23, 2008, 1:23 pm aap

The Seven Network and the Herald and Weekly Times have been ordered to pay $50,000 each to charity after losing appeals against a conviction for naming a boy who divorced his parents.

A report published in the Sunday Herald Sun newspaper in 2004 named the boy and included photographs of the child and his mother.

The boy's name was repeated in a Seven news bulletin in Melbourne , the network's Sunrise program and on its current affairs show Today Tonight .

Melbourne Magistrate Lisa Hannan found in 2006 the report breached the Children and Young Persons Act 1989 by publishing or causing to be published a report likely to lead to the identification of a party in a Children's Court proceeding.

Ms Hannan ordered Seven pay $50,000 to The Smith Family and The Herald and Weekly Times the same amount to the charity Kids Under Cover.

Former Sunday Herald Sun editor Alan Howe, Seven Melbourne news director Stephen Carey and Today Tonight national executive producer Craig McPherson also were individually found guilty of contempt of court and fined.

Howe was ordered to pay $3,000 to the Royal Children's Hospital, Carey to pay $2,000 to the Make a Wish Foundation and McPherson to pay $2,000 to the Salvation Army.

Both companies had convictions recorded against them and were placed on two-year good behaviour bonds.

Last year, the media organisations appealed the convictions and fines before Supreme Court Justice Katharine Williams, who dismissed their appeal.

A further appeal began before the full bench of the Court of Appeal in April.

The media organisations argued the reports, which did not specifically mention court proceedings, did not convey to the reader or viewer that a children's court proceeding had taken place.

The organisations argued that a breach of the act required a "narrative, description, retelling or recital" of a Children's Court proceeding.

But Court of Appeal Justices Marcia Neave, Murray Kellam and John Forrest found the stories breached the Children's and Young Persons Act.

"We consider that the publications purported to recite something that has happened in the proceedings, or something about the proceedings," the Justices wrote in their judgement.

"They did so by describing the outcome of proceedings which had actually occurred in the Children's Court and explaining that the divorce was granted on the grounds of irreconcilable differences."

The organisations and journalists were ordered to pay the fines handed down in the Magistrates Court.

Appeals by the Director of Public Prosecutions against the non-convictions of Sunrise presenter David Koch and its executive producer Adam Boland and Sunday Herald Sun journalist Chris Tinkler also were dismissed.

[sam.]

receiving southern, wine and chocolates during my last day at work.
some people do appreciate me after all

[stui magpie]

I'm predictable, things to do with my kids make me happy.

The daughter and her BF slept over last night. He took off to work early, I had the day off and spent the day with the daughter.

Took her in for her learners test. Tick.

Shopping and lunch. Tick.

First (legal) driving lesson on public roads. Tick.

Bloody good day.

Was a tad nervy when she got behind the wheel of the car and asked "which one's the brake again?" Even more so when she started referring to the pedals as "buttons". Slightly more so when, coming to a place she was supposed to stop and I jokingly said "make sure you hit the right button" and she hit the one on the right instead of the brake

But no harm, no foul, she shows promise as a good driver. (and has a black belt in shopping)

[Miss_Lisey_Molloy]

I have been really sick over the weekend. Had to take Monday and today off, which to some may not seem like much. But, I've been working for nearly 7 years, and have never ever taken a sick day off, or just called in to say I was sick, so I could have the day off..

So, yes I was ill.. Had the sore throat, aching, fever, extreme tiredness, earache, headache, yadayadayada..

Yesterday the doc said that it is either tonsilitis or glandular fever, but he said it seemed more like glandular fever..

Went back today, and thank you god, it's just tonsilitis! I can go back to work! And, I didn't need to have a needle, which I am petrified of, so that's very exciting haha!

Love always, Alyssa xoxo

[punkologist]

I have been really sick over the weekend. Had to take Monday and today off, which to some may not seem like much. But, I've been working for nearly 7 years, and have never ever taken a sick day off, or just called in to say I was sick, so I could have the day off..

So, yes I was ill.. Had the sore throat, aching, fever, extreme tiredness, earache, headache, yadayadayada..

Yesterday the doc said that it is either tonsilitis or glandular fever, but he said it seemed more like glandular fever..

Went back today, and thank you god, it's just tonsilitis! I can go back to work! And, I didn't need to have a needle, which I am petrified of, so that's very exciting haha!

Love always, Alyssa xoxo

good thing it wasn't glandular fever. I had it in 2000 really bad, was off work and uni for 4 months. Missed mid year exams and too much of the start of the second semester so had to defer the year.