The Rodeo

I’m never really sure how to deal with the large number of homeless people abound on the streets of the Sydney CBD. Today I talked to a young lady who had a sign saying she needed help to get back to Nowra. I asked her if I could buy her a train ticket to get back there. She didn’t want it. I’ve offered to buy food for several homeless men, and I’ve been knocked back because they just want money (I’ve also met very grateful men who asked if I had any money for food and were more than happy for me to buy them lunch instead). Today I saw another homeless man turn down a feed from someone else.

I don’t want to give money directly, as friends who have worked with charity organisations have told me that it just makes their (both the homeless and the charity’s) problem worse. But I know God is definitely not happy with just ignoring the poor either.

What do you do?

RodeoClown: What should you do?

Two firsts today:
1 – First time Jesse broke down our bedroom door.
2 – First time Matty cried at the end of a movie.

RodeoClown:it was The Land Before Time. So it’s understandable.

I just got back from lunch with Ben, who described himself in an email to me this morning as a ‘painfully handsome hobbit with a chip on his shoulder’. That description made him extremely easy to spot when he came round the corner.

We had a nice lunch, ended up having a drink and chips at Sweeney’s, and while we were talking they came round with a plate of fruit for us. That was odd.

Anyway Ben, thanks for making the trip – I hope you didn’t get fired for getting back to work late!

RodeoClown: pensive pirate.

Does anyone else read “here, here”, and see a cry for sympathy?
There, there, it’s not so bad is it?

RodeoClown: hear hear!

The title says it all. These two videos are fantastic, and you should watch them.

First: Kseniya Simonova wins Ukraine’s Got Talent and when you watch this, you will see why.

So, you just watched Germany conquering Ukraine in the second world war. IN SAND. I got it from The Guardian.

Second: Stand By Me. Played by a bunch of street performers around the world. Much cheerier that video 1, but just as amazing.

From Gizmodo

RodeoClown: has talent?

… unless you are ready for it.
God will give you plenty of opportunities to learn once you ask.

RodeoClown: not there yet.

I’m a little conflicted as to whether I should be worried or proud that the first word Matty learnt to recognise was “Loading”…

RodeoClown: no longer loading.

I was reminded of this joke yesterday. It’s really quite good.

RodeoClown: thought that I posted this yesterday, but apparently I didn’t…

I’m not sure why, but your account details landed square in my inbox, password and all*. If you want them back, let me know. Otherwise I’ll just assume your identity, send disturbing pictures to your old Pelham High school buddies, get access to your credit card and go on a spending spree, living your life for you until a US government agency shoots me in the back, then dumps me in a maximum security prison where I’ll spend the rest of my days making humourous licence plates and avoiding large, lonely men archive the email and do nothing at all.

RodeoClown: wouldn’t do that. Would he?

* Oh, and I checked, the email/password combo works, the account is legit.

I have 4 wii controllers, two of which are brand new, and two are a couple of years old.

One of the new controllers stopped working, so I rang Nintendo about getting it fixed, and while I was on the phone, I asked if I could get some replacement straps for the old controllers.

Today I got a pack in the mail, and they had sent me 4 of the rubbery jackets that go over the controllers to stop people smashing other people and their stuff with them. I’ve already got 4 though, so if anybody with a wii needs a couple of covers, let me know.

RodeoClown: appreciates the thought…