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crossing live to gossip central come in howie.
yes i’m standing here in the middle of gossip central with some exciting news.
Robert howie and Jenny Gower are now an item.
Reporting live.
Robert Howie
BBC News
Special Guest Appearance
Well, here I am. I’m Tom and I thought it might be fun to drop in to say “G’day”.
What you see above is an exclusive photo of me with a moustache. It is the first ever released photo of my extended nasal hair taken at 7am on Tuesday morning. I think my mo makes me look sleazy, and my I say that I shaved it off about 10 minutes after the photo was taken.
Please don’t think I usually pose like that for photos. I look like a knob.
Is it rude to say “knob”?
I figure that Howie doesn’t usually talk theology on his blog so maybe I should spout a few Bible references around and talk about sanctification and pre-destination. I can show my biblical prowess and hope that people are impressed.
I have noticed that theological training isn’t really attractive to the ladies. I don’t think it’s really unattractive either. Perhaps it seems boring to some, but I don’t think anyone is all that impressed. I was told tonight that to attract women you need eye contact. “Damn!” I thought “All this time I’ve been impressing them with Bible quotes and I should have been just looking at them in the eyes.” I’ll tell ya, Bible college fees are a lot of money to pay just to impress the women. I should have gotten a car. I hear they impress women.
I mean what woman wouldn’t get excited by a machine that looks nice, goes fast, and is painted shiny red? It’s just like good finger nails but on a larger scale. I wonder how many guys find long finger nails attractive? I tend to find them a little scary myself. I’d rather keep away from sharp objects. Women are scary enough, but women with sharp pointy things on the ends of their digits… Yikes!
I’m running a “Love Advice” segment in church on Sunday night, so I guess I’m just warming up. I don’t really know much about the whole love thing, but I have learnt this: While giving a Mars bar to the object of your affection may be a nice gesture, giving half a Mars bar is just kinda gross.
And a bit embarrassing too I’ve realised. Like when they tell you that the caramel went all over their pillow while the chocolate melted waiting for them to come and find it.
Anyway, I think I’ll be off now. It has been fun visiting. Howie is a magical man, and it’s nice to play a small part in his magical blog.
Nothing in this world is free
Ryan and I have embarked on what seems to be quite a hard mission.
We have decided to stop being so Cynical for one month. To do this everytime we make a cynical coment we need to give a charity that we are normaly cynical towards 50 cents for each coment. We will kep a tally on a special website ryan is making and you can watch our progress.
My charity that i am awfully cynical towards is “World Vision”
And ryan has chosen “Fusion”
We are calling it: “OPERATION BETTER PEOPLE”
We began at 6:15pm and the tally at the moment stands at 19 cynbical comments by ryan meaning Fusion is getting $9.50 and I made 13 cynical comments meaning World Vision is getting $6.50
keep left unless overtaking.
The challenge:
Drive as far away from hornsby as possible and be back in hornsby by 10am tomorrow.
The time: 12:30am
The team:
Tom, David, Helen, Howie
bloody hell, i’m tired already.
(sorry jen)
The Great Cityrail Challenge
come young and old, meet at hornsby station at 7pm, split into teams, see how far your team can journey on the cityrail network, being back at hornsby station at 10:15pm. Documenting your trip with a digital camera and a group purchase at your destination.
email for more details and to register…
you can printo out the ticket too.
Its Official
No I’m not engaged.
No I’m not married.
No jo isn’t pregnant.
But yes jo and I do have a joint fly buys account as of today.
I’m sooo brown
Today is the last day of “Shirts off Summer” So to go out with a bang, I’m not wearing a shirt whilst making this entry.
Its quite cold so I’ll put my shirt back on as soon as its posted
real australians celebrating the real way
Its hot, sunny and we spent the day at the beach,
Coming up this month on “the couple” we follow our favourite couple to Armidale to meet the parents, in this 2 hour special we will find out what mum really thinks! And just how long will it be before grandma makes a reference to marriage.
Also this months mark the 5 month anniversary of the couple, join us as we rehash over the last 5 months, with never before seen footage and inside scoops, Along with special guest interviews and private chats with the stars.
Not only do we have these two big special event programs, but we are also now on air 3 times per week with a special live broadcast on Tuesday nights.
So stay tuned for “the couple season 17, hitting your screens this month.
Don’t forget to check them out on the web at josrandom.blogspot.com and howieshalfpipe.footboot.net
HOWIE’S CHRISTMAS MESSAGE
Dearly beloved,
As another year draws to an end, a year that has shown us tragedy and unrest, a year that has shown us triumph and success, we must remember each other.
A time where we need to take care on the roads, a time where we need to show love to one another, a time where we have to fake a smile and pretend we actually like bum bags and have been wanting one all year.
It is a time to be jolly (alcoholic assistance may be required) A time to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas with family and friends, and yes sometimes family can be friends as well.
This Christmas it is my advice to you that you go out and enjoy it to the fullest, be glad in the gifts you receive and leave the room when your gifts are being opened, this way you save embarrassment of them realising that you got them the same thing last year. Eat lots, forget your diets for one day, is your diet really working anyway? Who are you kidding!
Have an afternoon nap and dream of the presents you would have preferred, after you have woken up force yourself back to sleep because its only 3pm and you still have many hours before dinner and then eventually you can sit down in front of the television and watch ballroom dancing championships from 1987.
Be thankful that Christmas in only once a year, and rejoice in the fact that next year you will have fewer present to buy due to family rifts scheduled for mid 2004.
I urge you to take care this Christmas, don’t over exhert yourself on facial expression after receiving dodgy gifts.
Have a jolly and merry day.
howie
the killer butter knife
This morning in the office just after morning tea, I was playing with a butter knife twirling it and whirling it and stuff whilst chatting to jen. IY put it in my shoe so my shoe was like a james bond shoe with a built in butter knife. You never know when you’re going to need a butter knife. This next bit is a bit hazy but I think I was bending the knife or something, anyway the blade snapped in half and embedded itself in my hand. It began to bleed, it hurt a lot, went into the kitchen and I put my hand under cold water, then jen gave me a hand towel and I held it tightly, it was funny and we where both laughing but bloody hell it hurt.
We decided to walk across to Hornsby and go to a medical centre. I was a bit against the idea but I went along. Went into Westfield into the medical centre place down near coles. Jen went off shopping and I went and sat in the back room waiting for some medical attention.
The doctor came in and inspected my wound, he inspected it by prying apart the 2 sides of the cut and saying “its quite deep, will need some stitches”. I couldn’t help but think to myself, the only reason it needs stitches is because you just pryed it open.
He got me to lay down and he stabbed my hand with 2 needles, that hurt too. Then he began to prod and poke more, with metal things and swabs and stuff, every now and then it would really hurt, and he would say “did that hurt” and I said “yes it did” then the doc would reply with comments like “oh they must have given me the weak stuff” or “it must have just been tap water in the needle”….i didn’t want his jokes I wanted him to give me another needle.
He sewed me up with 5 stitches I cringed when it hurt in the un-anathematized section of the wound. Then I left.
He did manage to make my index finger completely numb, not that that’s helpful.
the foodcourt
the foodcourt is a place of community and you are welcome to join this community, every wednesday at 1:30pm for lunch and general chit chat.
bring a friend, bring your mum, bring your friends mum.
dont feel you need an invitation its an all welcome event.
hornsby westfield food court, level 3 westfield hornsby
