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Tuesday, June 07, 2005

As I have mentioned Big Brother Australia in a few posts, and have linked some NSFW material, readers are probably aware that I have been a regular watcher of the show. I am not one to criticize reality TV and complain about voyeuristic audiences, and the dumbing down of television. I would much rather watch the social interaction between people than programs which seem to allow audiences to be nearly titillated by the investigations of child murderers, sex offenders and the like, which seem to dominate television these days. While the participants on Big Brother may not be a typical cross section of society, it still leads to a very entertaining social experiment. I do apologize to U.S. visitors to the Raider, that I ramble on a bit about an Aussie show that you care nothing about!

So, I come to my point. While I have found the show extremely entertaining, I have an issue with Channel 10's choice of new "replacement" housemate, Rachael. It is pretty obvious that Rachael has some emotional health issues, and Channel 10 should have mental health professionals involved in the screening process. Anyone who spent even a short period of time speaking to this young woman, let alone evaluating her emotional state would have come to the conclusion that not only should she avoid being in a corrosive environment, such as a reality tv program, she should be seeing someone to help her through some of these issues. While everyone is in the house complaining about the girl, housemate Dean has decided to beat her down even further. Whether or not his arguments are correct, I can't imagine feeling the need to hurt someone who is obviously vulnerable. My father always told me that the highest form of intelligence is compassion. The only person portraying this intelligence is housemate Tim, obviously the network and the majority of the house are truly neophytes. My only hope is that she is voted out of the house in two weeks time, to avoid too much emotionally damaging interaction.
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Enough with my little rant. I recently received a random bunch of pictures in my inbox, of a saucy French news reporter. Will the Thighmaster consider her for the new Queen of Thighland? Maybe it's time to at least add a concubine.
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If I have learned anything from my fellow Australians, it's if something doesn't work, you can always bash someone with it.
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My beloved Apple is to convert to Intel chips. The days of the Power PC and Apple's partnership with IBM are coming to end.

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That's it for today... However, Ms. Highco would like to remind everyone that the deeper Ramekins work better for yesterday's Creme Brulee, as the sugar layer aint so dense, yo!
... Seppo 5:19 pm...