Patricia Hanrahan - FriendFeed

Services

Discussion

Comments

100 this week, 359 all time

Likes

80 this week, 233 all time

See both

Rooms

Adam's Question of the Day

Patricia Hanrahan

Subscribe to Patricia Hanrahan

published photos on Flickr

1 hour ago - Link

posted a message on Twitter

“World just got weirder. Just saw 2 tables filled with some of my brother's friends at breakfast. Brisbane doctors have invaded Berlin.”

4 hours ago - Link

RAPatton and edythe liked this

better behave well until the coast is clear - RAPatton

posted a link

The Local - Drunken Swede attempts to row home from Denmark

Tuesday at 2:32 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

Mahdi Ebrahimi, edythe, Russellreno, Casey and 15 other people liked this

"When the 78-year-old Swede was set to board a ferry from Danish Helsingör to Helsingborg on Sweden’s west coast, he opened his wallet to discover he’d spent all his money at the bar. Determined to make it home, the near octogenarian then stole a rowboat and set course for Sweden, which sits across the four kilometre wide straight separating Denmark from its Scandinavian neighbour." - Patricia Hanrahan via Bookmarklet

:) - edythe

Show 8 more comments

Admittedly, this sounds something I would do... heh. - Michael W. May

I don't even need to read the article to know I like this. - Carla Thompson

they are really a little bit strange ;) - Nicole Simon

But I thought it was the *Finns* who got drunk! :) - Adam Lasnik

My 86 yr old German father would not spend his last dollar in a bar, but he would cheer the Swede. - Russellreno

Q: How do you keep Denmark beautiful? A: Escort a Swede to the ferry. - Dave Roth

Q: What is the difference between Denmark and Sweden? The Swedes have nice neigbours! - Baard Overgaard Hansen

If he was a real man he would have taken a swim, right? - Johannes Henkel

He occupied his time with the "bottles of beer on the wall" song... - Chris Reed

@Adam ;))) - silpol

wow. ha. - edythe

posted a message on Twitter

“Bugger. Forgot to pack toothpaste. Knew there was something.”

5 hours ago - Link

and have been wandering around with dress on backwards. One of the days. - Patricia Hanrahan

bookmarked a page on del.icio.us

dabsters

Thursday at 11:45 am - Link

Geoff Schultz, Mitchell Tsai, Graham Garland, Baard Overgaard Hansen and 2 other people liked this

Nice image - RAPatton

Beautiful photos from a chap in Western Australia. If you want to know what *real* Australia looks like - not just Sydney - check these out. There are some fantastic shots of unique Aussie landscape, weather, wildlife, birds and odd funny looking critters. - Patricia Hanrahan

Show 4 more comments

I really really need to make it to Western Australia (specifically Perth!) - Adam Lasnik

Patricia, are you telling me that we have a false perception of Australia? That it is not a magical place where you walk your kangaroo on a leash, but carry your koala on your shoulder, where there are white opera houses at each corner, where progress must progress and the girls dance to ABBA, where transvestites roam the desert in buses, where everyone offers you a shrimp on the barbie and shows what a knife really is, where women glow and men plunder? If that is not Australia, I don't think I want to know. - RAPatton

Adam next time you're in Sydney you should catch the Indian Pacific (http://www.railaustralia.com.a...) across the Nullabor. I haven't done this (yet) but its very high on my must-do journeys. Oh but make sure you go to Noosa first ;) - Patricia Hanrahan

Robert, all of that is fairly dinky-di, true blue Aussie, hey. Except for the whole 'shrimp' thing. Bugger that for joke. Don't you try and come the raw prawn with me sunshine. 'Strewth mate, 'shrimps' aint proper tucker. Not like a pie smother in dead horse. There ya go cobber, get ya laughing gear around that. Bonza, hey bloke. Bewdy. - Patricia Hanrahan

Ok. That is good. As long as natives will join in singing Waltzing Matilda (I sing to myself frequently) when I visit, all is well. - RAPatton

+1 Robert LOL - Mitchell Tsai

Women glow and men chunder, at least in Melbourne after 2 AM... - Ash Nallawalla

posted a message

“Have come back to the hotel earlier than planned. Some moron in cowboy boots stepped back heavily onto my foot. Edge of the heel stomped my left big toe. Is now a mass of bleeding & the entire toenail has lifted off. Cannot move it & top of foot is starting to bruise & swell. Hoping nothing broken.”

19 hours ago - Link

Ironically this happened during former President Bush's speech. Bloody cowboys. - Patricia Hanrahan

bah... *comf* Have any peroxide handy? - Michael W. May via twhirl

Show 3 more comments

Oh, you poor thing! - Michelle Martinez

please go see doctor, *Please* - silpol

ouch!!!! - RAPatton

Lost in Translation keeps coming to mind - Michael W. May via twhirl

Michael, I still haven't seen Lost in Translation. silpol, thankfully two of the friends I'm catching up with here are doctors - they both said I'll live :) I trust them (despite their levels of sobriety - or lack thereof). - Patricia Hanrahan

Glad to hear you got it attended to :) Saddened to hear you haven't seen Lost in Translation yet, though, happy you have it to look forward to. - Michael W. May

posted two messages on Twitter

“@tinythoughts Just got in today. Leave on Monday. Be good to see you! Watched them from comfort of hotel room :) Not going out in that crazy”

15 hours ago - Link

“Watching the 4th of July fireworks be all bangy and sparkly over the Brandenburg Gate.”

16 hours ago - Link

posted a message on Twitter

“Trying to get a couple of extra nights at a hotel by combining dribs and drabs of points from various airlines and programmes.”

Thursday at 2:37 pm - Link

Mark Trapp, Michael W. May, edythe and RAPatton liked this

Success! - Patricia Hanrahan

Good show! Which chain was accommodating? - RAPatton

Starwood - Patricia Hanrahan

I like Starwood. This past year I used Hiltons, but for most of my life Marriotts - RAPatton

posted a message on Twitter

“Heading off to LHR to go to Berlin for 4 days. Life aint so bad :)”

yesterday at 12:14 am - Link

favorited a video on YouTube

Bryan Ferry - 2. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blue - Dylanesque DVD

Thursday at 6:41 pm - Link

posted a link

Legend no.2: Leigh Matthews - realfooty.com.au

Thursday at 4:30 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Baard Overgaard Hansen and edythe liked this

"It was that capacity to take a game by the scruff of the neck that marked Matthews' entire career, as late as the penultimate match of his 332-game career, when he helped lift his team over the top of Footscray and into the third of what would become a string of seven consecutive grand finals." - Patricia Hanrahan via Bookmarklet

added an event on Upcoming

Sep 27, 2008: BarCamp London 5 at eBay

Thursday at 11:48 am - Link

Adewale Oshineye liked this

posted a message on Twitter

“Figured out why feeling so bleh today. Took a sleeping tablet last night but still didn't get to sleep until around 4am. Feel all muzzy.”

Thursday at 2:29 am - Link

hope you shake it off - RAPatton

water, lots of water - Michael W. May

Thanks :) Took your advice Michael and it certainly helped. - Patricia Hanrahan

posted a message

“Amazing what impression you can form of an unknown person from what they leave behind in their desk and work area.”

Thursday at 1:49 am - Link

Casey, Geoff Schultz, Mark Trapp, Yolanda and 4 other people liked this

do tell, what are the clues and your theories? - RAPatton

RAPatton, 'Authors@google: Sam Gosling' - http://youtube.com/watch?v=dll... - i watched this recently, it's quite revealing. - Graham Garland

Show 7 more comments

It is an hour! It appears he is an office archaeologist. - RAPatton

I'm still digging through piles of stuff. All will be revealed this evening, when the house guests gather for for drinks in the library after supper. - Patricia Hanrahan

"Indiana Jones and the Condiment Packet Cache of Doom" - Karim

*peers about* coffee mug, eye drops, various pens, notepad, stickits, lens cleaner, toothbrush, nail clippers (w/ two tiny clippings), and a clothes pin - Michael W. May via twhirl

My desk and work area are a total mess. I like to view it as signs of a disorganized and eccentric intelligent person... ;) - Tad Donaghe via fftogo

If the person left behind porn, you can tell a whole lot more about him. :) - Morton Fox

If you listen to the youtube he talks about that. - RAPatton

if they left behind porn you may want to swap the keyboard and mouse out with someone who is out on vacation that day - Geoff Schultz

What Tad said. When I was still working for an actual employer my office was a fright. But I had every single bit of information right in place. Every time I cleaned it I was a wreck at finding anything for weeks. - Cyndy

karim: :D - edythe

posted a link

Bat Out of Hell musical to play in London first! | London Theatre Breaks

Wednesday at 3:31 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

Linda, Andy Roberts, Russellreno and RAPatton liked this

"Steinman says that the musical, Bat Out of Hell, will be based on the songs from the three-album cycle. Described as a Cirque du Soleil-type spectacle, Steinman wrote both music and lyrics. Steinman is really excited that Stephen Clarke (Stripped) has signed on to collaborate with him on the musical’s book." - Patricia Hanrahan via Bookmarklet

Not too sure how I feel about this. Come on - Bat Out of Hell musical?? Then again I did really enjoy Tanz der Vampire (http://inthestigs.blogspot.com...) and do have a soft spot for complex, bombastic, wall-of-sound and big squeally guitars. Think I may just go and see it ... maybe. *edited: Steinman wrote the music for TdV - Patricia Hanrahan

hmm... I've seen snips of Meatloaf's concerts and am left wondering why he isn't adapting this for the stage himself. The albums already tell the story and the concert theatrics are already halfway there. - Michael W. May

Steinman orginally choose to collaborate with Meatloaf due to his theatrical background - it is the original Wagnerian Rock. As long as Steinman is the key figure in this it should be a lot of fun. He had little to no input when they moved TdV from Germany to Broadway for the English remake Dance of the Vampires. It sucked! It still holds the record for being the biggest financial flop on Broadway. - Patricia Hanrahan

posted a message

“Playing with new EBSCO interface - I like it!”

Thursday at 3:10 am - Link

Really liking the citation/cited references (I do love my bibliometrics!) - Patricia Hanrahan

posted a message on Twitter

“@dessessopsid I still get the giggles about the suspicious package!”

Thursday at 2:22 am - Link

posted a message on Twitter

“Am just now starting to smile about going to BlogHer. Only two weeks away.”

Wednesday at 2:19 pm - Link

RAPatton liked this

Most strange that my first time in the US was only 2 and a bit months ago. Will soon be in San Francisco for the third time in 3 months :) - Patricia Hanrahan

i think we will have some chat about flyertalk stuff somewhere ;) - Nicole Simon

ah, flyertalk. a king amongst websites :) - Patricia Hanrahan

favorited a video on YouTube

Hercules Returns - Preview Video

Wednesday at 11:08 am - Link

Michael W. May, RAPatton and Mark Trapp liked this

SYNOPSIS: Brad McBain, a frustrated employee of Australia's largest cinema chain, decides to set up his own and re-open a palatial disused cinema to show classic old films. He chooses the last picture that the cinema featured, but when the print arrives at the grand gala opening, it is in unsubtitled italian. McBain, his projectionist and his publicist are forced to improvise voice-over themselves. (c)1993 Philm Productions Pty. Ltd. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt01... My favourite movie. Its just so silly :P - Patricia Hanrahan

I've never heard of this movie; this is pretty funny. Will have to find it. - Mark Trapp

Show 2 more comments

It sounds like Mystery Science Theater 3000 - RAPatton

Sounds like Mystery Science Theatre 3000 Oz style. I shall watch for it. I like the first IMDb comment title: "I Wet Myself!" hehe - Michael W. May via twhirl

*mutters at RAP* heh - Michael W. May via twhirl

Like most cult movies very hard to track down. I still quote it in the silly voices and then realise that no one gets it when I start crying out in a high pitched 'ocker' voice: 'Chlamydia? Chlamydia? Has anyone seen Chlamydia??' or even worse: 'Labia? Labia? ... Oh! Get your hands off my Labia!' - Patricia Hanrahan

Well, I just laughed at that at least lol - Michael W. May via twhirl

posted a link

BBC NEWS | Wales | Three Welsh politicians 'raped'

Wednesday at 10:16 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

"The survey of more than 700 students across Welsh campuses found 64% of respondents knew women whose partners had hit them, and 41% knew women who had been pressurised or coerced into sex. A third also believed a woman was totally or partially responsible for being raped or sexually assaulted if she was drunk or had been flirtatious, and a quarter thought she was in some way to blame if she walked alone in a deserted area." - Patricia Hanrahan via Bookmarklet

What gets me about this article is that there are ' ' marks around the word 'raped'. - Patricia Hanrahan

Show 2 more comments

Yeah, looks like a poorly executed attempt to include a quotation in the headline. Doesn't look like it happens again in the actual article. - Mark Trapp

I have know many women and one man who have been raped and it is not pleasant to hear. - RAPatton

you can't remove the ' s without a conviction - Phill Price

Ah, thanks Phill. Wasn't aware of that. - Patricia Hanrahan

Phill, how come it's not in scare quotes anywhere else in the article? - Mark Trapp

posted a message on Twitter

“One house mate moves out, a new one moves in and the whole dynamic of the place shifts. We miss you @Cennydd !”

Wednesday at 10:30 am - Link

RAPatton liked this

posted a message on Twitter

“Loving that my new job is at a design college. There is student artwork - in so many mediums - on display all over the place.”

Wednesday at 8:28 am - Link

Sheila Thomson, lisa-k and RAPatton liked this

posted a message on Twitter

“Interview starts at 9am, ends at 9.30.am. 10.00am missed call from recruiter. 10.15am return call - been offered job. Start tomorrow.”

Tuesday at 2:28 am - Link

John Samuelson, Frankie Warren, Mitchell Tsai, Yolanda and 5 other people liked this

hey, congrats, Patricia!! :) - edythe

Great! That was the first thing I wanted to ask this morning. You get to stay in London? - RAPatton

Show 14 more comments

Yea!!!! - Michelle Martinez

Congrats!! - AJ Kohn

This ruins the vacation, though, eh? (still, gratz) - Michael W. May

Wow, you must have really been good! ;) - Adam Lasnik

Congratulations! - David W

Thanks :) Complete surprise, hadn't even made it home by the time they called and I know they were interviewing at least 1 other after me. Its a 3mnth position (option to extend) in a more of a training/teaching role which I'm quite excited about (have been working in the systems/electronic/tech services side of things). As for holidays, still get to do a bit (not all though) - heading to Berlin for 3 days on Friday, hoping to change plans for Oslo to fit next weekend & will still be in SF for a week soon. - Patricia Hanrahan

Buggerbuggerbugger - cannot reorganise trip to Oslo :( Will have to go in August. - Patricia Hanrahan

August is not to far away, really. It gives you something to look forward to and time to anticipate. - RAPatton

Congratulations! - Mitchell Tsai

That's awesome! Congrats! This is how it should be done. No more 8-week background checks. :) - Harvey Simmons

congrats! - Amund Tveit

congratulations! - John Samuelson

Woo Hoo! - Russellreno

wait whats the job...first - Caroline

Thanks! This means I have technically been unemployed for 1 day. Old contract finished yesterday (I took a couple of days owed leave). Caroline, I'm a librarian and am working at an academic library in the Information Services team. Looking forward to it - its an area I've not worked in before. Gives a nice 3mnths breathing space to work on the 'dream' - or at least figure out which dream to chase down :) - Patricia Hanrahan

any particular plans for Oslo/Norway trip? - Amund Tveit

Amund, was originally planning to go to Oslo, Stavanger & Bergen. That got squished to just Oslo but now going to see if I can take a week leave in August, go to Oslo for a couple of days & explore somewhere else this time. - Patricia Hanrahan

posted a link

Oh wow. My new work place houses the Stanley Kubrik Collection. Will have to check that out.

Wednesday at 2:07 am - Link

Parth Awasthi and RAPatton liked this

that is cool! - RAPatton

the 2001 set looks very cool - RAPatton

Show 3 more comments

the wexner center is having a retospective of his work in July and I plan to take my sons to see Spartacus. Always best to see things for the first time on the big screen - RAPatton

There is also a Comic Book Collection (1950 - 2003) I'll have to investigate. - Patricia Hanrahan

Robert, you do the coolest things with/for your sons. They did well in the dad stakes. - Patricia Hanrahan

the comic collection would be cool too; what a great job - RAPatton

thanks, patricia. I am certain your dad did good things with you too. I like to share things I like with them, and being my sons they generally like the things I share - RAPatton

Yeah, I did well when choosing my parents. Big brother too - hes a champion. He took me to see Last Crusade when it distinctly uncool to be seen in public with your little sister. 20 odd years later he is still the person I turn to when in trouble :) Although he didn't let me touch his comic collection without supervision! - Patricia Hanrahan

posted a link

1950 Riley RMC Roadster For Sale on Car And Classic UK

Tuesday at 5:09 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

vidsaw, RAPatton, Mark Trapp, Julian Baldwin and 2 other people liked this

*sigh* My baby is still up for sale. Oh to have the money to buy, ship and restore this honey of a dream car. *sigh* - Patricia Hanrahan via Bookmarklet

a beaut. - edythe

There were only 507 ever made. Have a real weakness for old British cars. Another item to put on my When-I-Grow-Up Wish List. - Patricia Hanrahan

That car would look nice all fixed up. It exudes class. - RAPatton

favorited a video on YouTube

David Gray - Ain't No Love

June 28 at 8:32 pm - Link

Brandon, Michelle Miller, J. Phil, Mark Trapp and 2 other people liked this

Is this one of the Davids of David+David from Welcome to the Boomtown fame? Sounds like it... - Michael W. May

Man, I've forgotten about David Gray. Thanks for the reminder! *goes off to find his CDs* - Mark Trapp

@Michael W. May I don't think that is him. This guy does adult contemporary stuff and is married to a lawyer. Doesn't tour much, and it took a long time to build an audience. He had a couple of good singles. - RAPatton

Ah, danke. Rap. I just checked the wiki and the google; should have done that before. - Michael W. May via twhirl

Michael: *That* David is David Baerwald... http://dbinfosource.com/ has some cool extras, including a cover of I Won't Back Down. (DB is pretty much a god to me.) - Roger Benningfield

posted a link

Rising seas threaten west Antarctic (ABC News in Science)

Monday at 5:04 pm - via Bookmarklet - Link

silpol, elyse, Mitchell Tsai, Mahdi Ebrahimi and 6 other people liked this

"There's a 'big gorilla hiding the closet' whose collapse could have a dramatic effect on sea levels, according to Australian researchers. Dr Bradley Opdyke, a paleoceanographer from the Australia National University (ANU) believes the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) could partially collapse within 20 years, resulting in a dramatic jump in sea levels." - Patricia Hanrahan via Bookmarklet

we're doomed. - rambn

""We'll all be rooned," said Hanrahan" :) *ref: well known Australian bush poem http://www.abpa.org.au/Bush_Po... - Patricia Hanrahan

posted a link

Swedish church to offer drive-in weddings - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Tuesday at 11:21 am - via Bookmarklet - Link

Chris Baskind and Mark Trapp liked this

"The Church of Sweden will carry out drive-in weddings lasting about seven minutes at a car rally in a bid to make marriage more accessible, it said." - Patricia Hanrahan via Bookmarklet

More from those wacky crazy haired Swedes :-) - Patricia Hanrahan

Show 2 more comments

"Weddings are getting more and more commercialised and that is not something we have any interest in. We would like to make things simpler and more down to earth when people take the plunge and get married," he said. Nothing says tradition like a 7 minute wedding in a car! Does Devo blare in the background, too? - Mark Trapp

Ho hum... Live in Vegas and once almost pulled into a drive-thru wedding place by mistake thinking it was for the Taco Bell next door.... - Chris Reed

Not Devo - ABBA 'I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do'. On an aside the first time I visited some friends in Stockholm we were having supper - eating meatballs, sitting on Ikea furniture and ABBA started playing on their stereo. I lost it into a fit of giggles. Especially when you consider that I was picked up from the train station in a SAAB. - Patricia Hanrahan

Hahaha. I think your friends were messing with you. :) - Mark Trapp

How romantic. Reception to follow at the Burger King drive-through. - Chris Baskind

favorited a video on YouTube

Gummi Bears Danish

Monday at 6:33 pm - Link

Baard Overgaard Hansen and RAPatton liked this

posted a message

“Pooh? Paddington? Or even Rupert?”

Monday at 5:28 pm - Link

Mark Trapp, Michelle Martinez and RAPatton liked this

1.30am, have a job interview at 9am and I am pondering the question as to which bear has the better merits and qualities (and down right charm). - Patricia Hanrahan

Not Rupert - RAPatton

Show 2 more comments

You need to go to bed so that your mad skills shine through in the morning - RAPatton

No, not Rupert. Pooh is a silly old bear but you cannot deny that bears like Paddington are very rare. - Patricia Hanrahan

Sleep and dream of all three in a cutefest. - Michael W. May via twhirl

Will drift off softly singing the Bubbi Bjørne theme song (Gummi bears in Danish - very cute) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... and hopefully dream of crazy adventures in 100 Acre Wood. 'night - Patricia Hanrahan

My youngest loves all Bears. He has a bear room - RAPatton

Services

Discussion

Subscriptions

Rooms