We Should Live in a Yellow Submarine

A big THANK YOU to The Louminator for sending me some special presents.

My second beautiful Yellow Submarine envelope contained some wonderful things, like this bookmark...

and this postcard, combining my two favourite Beatles (as Lou so aptly put it, "George & John - it just seemed perfect for Logman"

And a rather funky John Lennon pick, which also happened to be the cause of an amusing blog of Lou's. All very wonderful items that have brightened my day. It is a nice reminder to know that I do some pretty awesome friends - even if they do all seem to live in London.

Also is a sad reminder that I seem to be lacking in people who fully appreciate the greatness of groups like The Beatles. Notice to anyone wanting to be my friend (I'm looking accusingly at you, people of Christchurch):

BE MORE LIKE LOUISE!!!

It's not that I want presents, but being able to discuss the finer points of George Harrison and John Lennon is a very special quality indeed.

In saying that, I did have a long conversation with Koia last night, where we discussed the latest offerings from the hip-hop community (and just how much the world needs a new album from Missy Elliott)

Resuming Relationships with My Old Friends...

Aaaaahhhh I love it when dear old friends come back. That's right, I'm talking about George Lucas and Paul McCartney

Firstly, the most amazingly brilliant movie ever - Star Wars: The Clone Wars. I accidentally saw the trailer yesterday. Seriously. It was tagged on the end of the latest episode of impact! that I downloaded. And for something made with "state of the art CGI", it sure looks like one crappy video game.

I thought the CGI in episodes 2 & 3 were bad, but I have to congratulate Mr. Lucas on making this look even dumber than I had thought possible. I honestly believe Lucas Films code these things using an Amstrad. I have a Return of the Jedi game for my Commodore 64 that looks better. Well, I HAD that... my mother through out my Commodore 64 and all my games when I moved to Melbourne. Not fun to come home and find out your mother killed your best friend.

And secondly, I was having a good laugh at the last Paul McCartney live DVD (it's kinda old, but I was bored in Whitcoulls this morning) when I finally realised - in the last few years he has only released live material from the US. Does that mean he doesn't play live in the UK? Or that people don't like to go see him in the UK? Or that people are just more willing to spend money to see him in the US and therefore prove to me that these people are dumber than George Lucas?

Hmmm... not feeling overly witty or creative today.
George Lucas and Paul McCartney are a couple of stupid heads

There is a Time For Giving...

Did anyone else notice that the week or 2 before ANZAC Day, many other charities started running collections as well? I mean, outside my office alone I saw people collecting donations for guide dogs, the deaf, and the Salvation Army (how rude of another defence force to seek donations at the time of remembrance - I don't know how many troops THEY lost in the World Wars)

Now I'm not saying ANZAC Day is sacred or anything, but since there are 52 weeks in a year, why would you choose to time your collections at the same time as another organisation?

Obviously I do see why they would do it; the general feeling of New Zealanders actually giving for ANZAC Day and hoping that while they are in a generous mood they will give to their cause too.

But my issue is, a lot of people don't really think like that. Most people are really only going to choose ONE charity to give to at a time, and therefore they are losing the real spirit of charity and putting themselves in competition with each other.

And before people say I don't know what I'm talking about, please remember that I worked for a charitable organisation before I moved to Christchurch - competition CAN manifest when seeking contributions at the same time.

And it's not that I don't think people should be generous. Not at all. But I do live by the Gene Simmons theory of 'You should give to charity, but don't give and then go around telling everyone because then you are just doing it for the glory'. It's why I've always had a real problem with churches and the whole keeping a record of your "tithes" thing so at the end of the year you can see how much you gave and then claim it back in your tax return. It's conceited to say the least.

So yeah, if you are looking for donations from Logman - or kid ego (because according to blogger we are two different identities) - then don't run your campaign at the same time as another charity. It is like when 50 Cent and Kanye West released their albums at the same time - you know one of them had to miss out.

Wow I actually just compared charitable organisations to millionaire rappers!

More of the Old News

Due to my lack of blogging over the last few weeks, there is a build up of things I was supposed to write about. I'm getting there, back off!

But I figure today is the day to do it; the person who sits behind me is away today, and my work is boring. So, with the King singing all his hits and some peanut butter toast on my desk, let's see what obnoxious things I can say today.

On a side note, after offending Louise, I finally thought about something I could write about that wouldn't offend anyone... but now I've forgotten.

How To Start Your Birthday Well

It was my birthday a short while ago, and thought I would share the two highlights of the evening before:

1. I bought a coffin

2. When getting on the bus, the driver called me "Young fella"


As you can imagine, the second one made me happy for the rest of the night

Some New Zealanders Don't Like Rugby

Note to Bluebird:

While I do enjoy eating your potato chips, I don't particularly enjoy finding a picture of a rugby player in the packet. Jerome Kaino may be "one of the most athletic loose forwards in New Zealand rugby", but to me that just makes him even more of a jackass.

I Am the One and Only LOGMAN

Yesterday I read about a promo Bret Hart gave a few years ago, in which he made a direct quote from the song "Bullet with Butterfly Wings" by Smashing Pumpkins. So, naturally, I spent the rest of the day trying to see if I could find a copy of it online for my viewing pleasure. And to show Brad once and for all just how awesome Bret Hart truly is.

Don't worry - this is going somewhere.

Anyways, I tried many different approaches, until I searched google using the term "bret hart + smashing pumpins". Try it, and then go to page 2 of the searches. And what do you see at the top of that page?

MY blog!

Crazy. The link it comes up with is to my May 2007 entries. It made me laugh, anyway.

So in that vein, I decided to google "Logman". Want to know how long it took before this blog appeared?

4 pages!!!

And even then it was at the bottom of the 4th page! My blogger profile came up before it, showing me how little hits this blog gets. I feel so insignificant.

But what was worse was seeing some guy on here called LogMan - because he build houses. Chump.

Oh what a sad way to end the day...


No wait. It's not over yet...