Archive for July, 2012

Lawyer Joke

Posted in Jokes with tags , on July 30, 2012 by Jarrod Boyle

Q: What’s the difference between a lawyer and an onion?
A: You cry when you cut up an onion.

Steve 'Superkick' Vick

Posted in Journalism, Kickboxing with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 30, 2012 by Jarrod Boyle

Steve Vick was one of the true pioneers of Australian kickboxing. He is best remembered for a fight that took place on the undercard of the infamous Dennis Alexio / Stan ‘The Man’ Longinidis undercard at the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Center in 1992. Vick fought Hector Pena for a world title over twelve rounds. Many believe it to have been the best kickboxing fight this country has ever seen. Continue reading

Magic Mike

Posted in Film on July 29, 2012 by Jarrod Boyle

This is exactly the kind of film I want to see when I go to the movies.  Continue reading

Lawyer Joke

Posted in Jokes on July 27, 2012 by Jarrod Boyle

 

Q: What’s the difference between a shame and a pity?

A: If a busload of lawyers goes over a cliff, and there are no survivors, that’s known as a pity. If there were any empty seats, that’s a shame.

 

'I Am The Joker'

Posted in Film, Observation with tags , , , , , , , on July 26, 2012 by Jarrod Boyle

The Dark Knight Rises is an above average-action film, and certainly enjoyable. The first thing that came to my lips was, ‘It’s not as good as the last one’, but  the truth is, The Dark Knight was something entirely different from the other films in the trilogy. Continue reading

Lawyer Joke

Posted in Jokes on July 22, 2012 by Jarrod Boyle

Q: What’s the difference between a lawyer and a vulture?

A: The lawyer gets frequent flyer miles.

Close Personal Protection

Posted in Fiction with tags , , , , , , , , , , on July 22, 2012 by Jarrod Boyle

I like Mr. Gianarelli. He’s a nice guy, but anyone doing my job tonight would be nervous. Paul was late coming back from the armed cash delivery, which meant I’d have to start alone. Continue reading

Lawyer Joke

Posted in Jokes on July 15, 2012 by Jarrod Boyle

Q: What do you throw to a drowning lawyer?
A: His partners.

John Pilger vs the American Psycho

Posted in Film, Observation with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 15, 2012 by Jarrod Boyle

John Pilger, journalist and documentarian, criticized the film [The Hurt Locker] in The New Statesman, writing that “it offers a vicarious thrill via yet another standard-issue psychopath high on violence in somebody else’s country where the deaths of a million people are consigned to cinematic oblivion.” He compared the praise given to The Hurt Locker to the accolades given to 1978’s The Deer Hunter.[42] Continue reading

Recidivist Footballer

Posted in Jokes, Observation, Reading, Ridiculous curiosity with tags , , , , on July 11, 2012 by Jarrod Boyle

“It is better to keep your mouth closed and be thought a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”

– Mark Twain