6 Die From Brain-Eating Amoeba in Lakes 
By CHRIS KAHN, Associated Press Writer
(AP) -- It sounds like science fiction but it's true: A killer amoeba living in lakes enters the body through the nose and attacks the brain where it feeds until you die.According to the CDC, the amoeba called Naegleria fowleri (nuh-GLEER-ee-uh FOWL'-erh-eye) killed 23 people in the United States, from 1995 to 2004. This year health officials noticed a spike with six cases - three in Florida, two in Texas and one in Arizona. The CDC knows of only several hundred cases worldwide since its discovery in Australia in the 1960s.
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I got a job at the Post Office.. . i dont think i like the job, its a cold and sterile environment.. and old ladies aren't as adorable as i thought they would be. It's all so bureaucratic, bills mostly. also the business course that i wanted to do just started and it seems i cant do both, so im thinking about leaving the job and doing the course instead. I know it could be trouble with centrelink, which scares me, but the job feels wrong.. on my first day this guy Walter walked into the lunch room and said something to me..
'So, youre the new guy, yeah.. you better get to like this job, gotta keep yourself busy, dont look at that clock, 21 years mate, in a flash, theyre gone, you better keep your head up, ive been here 21 years, you think i have security, hah, those unions are out mate, all going private *maniacally laughs to himself* yeah, 21 years goes fast, if youre gonna be here for a while you better keep busy, hah.. yeah" *laughs to himself some more.. walks out*
He left me scared.
Everyone there is over 50 and none of them are going to be my friends.
I wrote these reviews over a few beers with Steve. The first review I sent in wasn't accepted because I didn't actually review anything, I just wrote about winning bingo, getting drunk and blowing up balloons.
Turns out you actually need to write about the place you're reviewing and not just your experience.
Man, this journalism gig is tough.
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'Imbibe' Review
Imbibe is cool. They serve Cuba Libres (Lime, Bacardi and Coke, popular in Mexico) and they have games of Bingo on wednesdays. It's close to my house (Brunswick) and Dan the owner is a real friendly dude, I guess the thing I like the most about this bar is you can make it your own. There's three large rooms, the main bar, the lounge by the fireplace and the shisha smoking floor room, covered in pillows and the like. There's also a beer garden. Every time I have been to imbibe one room has been free, which means my friends and I can go in, hang out, and take over. Did I mention there's Jenga? and Guess Who? Guess Who! When was the last time you played that? To make the game a bit harder we play by our own rules ("Does he look like Richard Branson? Is she likely to have been impacted by the recent social security changes for single parenting payments?"). I've also met lots of nice girls at this bar. I guess it's the lighting, its soft and warm and makes you feel superior. Good prices, friendly staff, nice mellow people and an atmosphere that makes you feel like you're in your own home having a drink with friends. Steve likes it too. What more could you want? 4/5 stars.
Purple Duck at Melt Bar, Kings Cross, Sydney. 4/10/07
Purple duck is the best mc in the world. So he stated at the beginning of his set and so I came to believe. Honestly, nothing quite prepared me for the uncontrollable spasms of laughter that i had to endure. If you don't already know, Purple Duck is a performer from Melbourne who vacillates between soul ballads and psychedelic hip hop delivered in a humorous way.. His set moved between a plethora of musical styles including reggae, funk, hiphop, rnb, eighties style love ballads, britpop and even vaudaville (not to mention the best air guitar solo i've ever had the pleasure to watch). Despite a couple of technical difficulties (which he managed to make seem deliberate) the set was spectacular, and I don't use the word lightly. People were rolling around on the floor in fits. This genre defining MC seemed to cross the line between insanity and genius, no take that back, he managed to stamp all over that line and cover it in the sickly sweet goo of sarcastic magnificence. He performed songs like 'Love Tampon', 'Dog with Worms' and and 'Put your finger up your bum' and made them, and himself, transcend from puerile potty humor, into true artistic irony. Oh if only it were just that, but the encore was a moving, truly moving, rendition of 'Part of their world' from the Little Mermaid. I don't believe there was one dry seat (or eye) after that. 5/5 stars
'..don't tell Tom' on Sydney Road, Review
Now i don't know if this is a reference to myspace, and i hope not. I certainly wouldn't tell Tom anything, and he's probably swamped with too many messages from emos (not to mention bathing in fox money) to notice. But maybe its a good comparison. Like the denizens of myspace users migrating to facebook, the punters at 'don't tell tom' must be also migrating somewhere else, and its a shame really. It's just that every time I visit the place it seems empty. Where are all the people? I don't know. What i do know is thats its really big, and there's a sandpit. With toy tractors and everything. The menu is thorough and they seem to put on musos every once in a while, ive just never been lucky enough to catch a performance, i hear it's usually local acoustic folk and the like, which would fit the atmosphere of the place perfectly. To be honest, this is a really nice bar that is too big for its own good. Were it better situated i could see it cracking, but for now, it's just a nice place to have a beer and a meal in the beer garden, listen to some old soul hits, have a talk with your friend or partner and maybe bring the kids to play with the aforementioned tractor. 3/5 stars.
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