Dear Mel, Mel, Melly-Melly-Mel,

You know I love Mad Max II more than food, and possibly more than Rachel (she can, and will, confirm this). I also love Mad Max I. I liked “Tim“, cherished Gallipoli and forgave you for Mad Max III, Lethal Weapons II-IV, and for you Dad’s appalling views on the holocaust.

I was all set to forgive you AGAIN for the drink driving thing (hey, everyone’s done it *). But WHAT IN SATAN’S NIGHTGOWN WERE YOU THINKING WHEN YOU WENT ON A JEW RANT?

Sadly, I can only assume YOU MEANT IT YOU BLOODY MORON. You really are an anti semitic, Jew hatin’ dickhead. You made “Passion of the Christ” to poke Jews in the eye. You are said to be working on a film about the holocaust- can’t wait to see how that’s going to pan out.

you now say you “are sorry”. SORRY FOR BEING CAUGHT OUT! In ALCOHOL LIES TRUTH AND TRUTH IS YOU ARE FNISHED IN HOLLYWOOD.

For the LOVE OF GOD MAN, give it up. The whole pre Vatican II Catholic thing, the listening-to-every-mad-thing-daddy-says-and-then-spewing-it-out-when-caught-driving-pissed.

GIVE UP. The whole thing. Acting, directing, producing. Move to Broken Hill and drive around in a V8 XB Coupe and the world will learn to love you again.

yours,

thomasr

* by “everyone”, I mean “everyone famous in hollywood”

Mel culpa: Gibson sorry after tirade – People – Entertainment – theage.com.au

I’m not certain, but I’m pretty certain the delectable Ms Marieke Hardy will not pimp her appearance on the ABC’s new book program First Tuesday Book Club on her own blog as… well, frankly, her blog is another persona. Of sorts.

So, I feel duty bound to talk it up ESPECIALLY AS IT FEATURES MY ALL TIME FAVOURITE BOOK as an opener. WHOA! SHOUTING! THOMASR!! Well, hell it’s “American Psycho” and frankly it’s the book that made me give up novel writing aspirations. (damn fury!

Brett Easton Ellis wrote the damn thing when he was but 25-ish and it’s constructed like the most perfect piece of engineering you’ve ever seen. I return to this book annually- and have introduced many people to it. Of note, two of the people who did read it were almost complete “non-readers” (one admitted he hadn’t read a book since high school. He read it in two days.)

So, if you haven’t read it, don’t be completely put off by the title. Ok, be slightly put off by the title. And strap yourself in.

Marieke Hardy – About Us – Celebrity Readers – First Tuesday – ABC TV

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I normally don’t respond to meme tags, I just pick the ones I like and go from there…:

1) Four jobs I’ve had.
Coles shelf stacker
Roadie
Windsurfing instructor
Chemist boy

2) Four movies I could watch over and over.
Mad Max 2: the Road Warrior
Clerks
Run, Lola, Run.
Apocalypse Now!

3) Four places I have lived.
North Balwyn, Melbourne, Victoria
Tarifa, Spain
St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria
Mt Martha, Victoria

4)Four TV shows I love to watch
Scrubs
Top Gear
Myth Busters
Lost

5) Four places I have been on vacation
New York, USA
Tarifa, Spain
Seisia, FNQ, Australia
Geralton, Western Australia

6) Four webshites I visit daily
Boing Boing
Reasons You Will Hate Me
Petrol Case
SlashDot

7) Four of my favourite foods
Lamb Chops/cutlets
Beef Stroganoff
Rachel’s Lasagne
Beef Wellington (mum’s!)

Four places I would rather be
With Duncan
In FNQ
In NYC
With Jake

9)Four fave CD’s
Yoshimi Battles etc- The Flaming Lips
The Wall- Pink Floyd
Electric Ladyland- Jimi Hendrix
The Real Thing- Faith No More

1) Five things in my bag
ipod
ipod battery backpacky thingamy
Robert Timms Coffee bag
Computer parts land catalogue
Triumph motorcycle fuel connector (broken)

2) Five things in my fridge
Tonic water (no Gin in the house, sadly)
Ice dispenser that Rachel shows every new visitor
Real butter (no butter tray)
3 X 750 ml Carlton Draught bottles
Some veggies I’m sure Rachel bought

3)Five things in my closet
My car racing shoes (thany you blue wiggle)
4 helmets
3 wetsuits
A suit or two
motorcycle leathers

4) Five things in my car
No CAR!