<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21198831</id><updated>2011-10-21T03:58:49.328+02:00</updated><category term='corruption'/><category term='Malta'/><category term='comedy'/><category term='politics'/><title type='text'>Out Loud And Proud</title><subtitle type='html'>Learning to Live Magically</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>seaside</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08365975684677809194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://paintmalta.com/images/sharkie.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>33</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21198831.post-1230696536976475915</id><published>2008-03-01T22:51:00.008+01:00</published><updated>2008-03-02T02:02:27.750+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='corruption'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='comedy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Malta'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>"...I whistle a happy tune..."</title><summary type='text'> Its General Election time in Malta right now...more like Comedy Hour Special. Bring on the popcorn! Its an open house fantasia moviethon which comes with a PG rating to ensure that every infantile can enjoy the show. It comes with intermissions which are wasted on those twisted cynical Floater Voters who'll already have pissed in their pants laughing. (...damn it, my bubblegum pink knickers </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/feeds/1230696536976475915/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21198831&amp;postID=1230696536976475915&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/1230696536976475915'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/1230696536976475915'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/2008/03/i-whistle-happy-tune.html' title='&quot;...I whistle a happy tune...&quot;'/><author><name>seaside</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08365975684677809194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://paintmalta.com/images/sharkie.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_I3mhJydKrYk/R8nQdwuHp7I/AAAAAAAAAAM/UKbEyAQoLcA/s72-c/looney-tunes-2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21198831.post-114898991454707258</id><published>2006-05-30T13:21:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-05-30T13:51:54.626+02:00</updated><title type='text'>The Book Burning Brigade is Still Alive and Well</title><summary type='text'> Paraphrasing one of Oscar Wilde’s many cynical observations on human nature, there’s only one thing worse than being talked about, and that’s not being talked about. Based on that premise, the Church should make the author of “The Da Vinci Code” honorary Chairman of the Board because he has done more to revive talk about the life of Christ among both believers and disbelievers than the Pope </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/feeds/114898991454707258/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21198831&amp;postID=114898991454707258&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/114898991454707258'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/114898991454707258'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/2006/05/book-burning-brigade-is-still-alive.html' title='The Book Burning Brigade is Still Alive and Well'/><author><name>seaside</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08365975684677809194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://paintmalta.com/images/sharkie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21198831.post-114321753963726915</id><published>2006-03-24T15:12:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-05-10T22:15:52.203+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome to Idiotsville!</title><summary type='text'> A while ago (I've been festering in my cave lost track of time),the Prime Minister of Malta Mr. Gonzi (not of Muppets fame but a good lookalike) got really rattled at a recent "Meet the Rabble" gathering. The rabble were grumbling about the recent huge price hikes (fuel surcharge up to 67%-petrol and diesel and gas doubled or tripled-airport tax which is now the highest in Europe if not the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/feeds/114321753963726915/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21198831&amp;postID=114321753963726915&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/114321753963726915'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/114321753963726915'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/2006/03/welcome-to-idiotsville.html' title='Welcome to Idiotsville!'/><author><name>seaside</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08365975684677809194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://paintmalta.com/images/sharkie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21198831.post-114306958122803822</id><published>2006-03-22T22:14:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-03-24T17:29:02.016+01:00</updated><title type='text'>I'm as Fookin' Irish as They Get!</title><summary type='text'>You're 85% IrishCongratulations, you're a shining example of an Irish lass.There's hardly anyone more Irish than you!(results from an internet poll)Weyhey! Its official. I'm a Shining Example and I've got the Rudolph Reindeer nose to prove it! What can I say. I'm a polished drinker! I didnt score 100% cos I didnt know what gaelic football was (an Irish euphemism for taking part in group orgies?) </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/feeds/114306958122803822/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21198831&amp;postID=114306958122803822&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/114306958122803822'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/114306958122803822'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/2006/03/im-as-fookin-irish-as-they-get.html' title='I&apos;m as Fookin&apos; Irish as They Get!'/><author><name>seaside</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08365975684677809194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://paintmalta.com/images/sharkie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21198831.post-114287768081922598</id><published>2006-03-20T16:50:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2006-03-21T12:17:36.310+01:00</updated><title type='text'>A Whole New Meaning to Being Bugged!</title><summary type='text'>Bolting straight out of the Hollywood stables: “Terminator 3.5 cm: The Bugged Version”. Soon to arrive at a comedy venue near you. The plot: Pentagon defence scientists attempt to create an army of cyber insects that can be remotely controlled to check out explosives and send transmissions. Ok, are you wondering when I’m going to call your bluff and holler “Ha! Ha! You Bin Bolloxed!”. Well, don’t</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/feeds/114287768081922598/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21198831&amp;postID=114287768081922598&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/114287768081922598'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/114287768081922598'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/2006/03/whole-new-meaning-to-being-bugged_20.html' title='A Whole New Meaning to Being Bugged!'/><author><name>seaside</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08365975684677809194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://paintmalta.com/images/sharkie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21198831.post-114286484682719727</id><published>2006-03-20T13:46:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-03-22T13:51:31.253+01:00</updated><title type='text'>In Bush We Trust</title><summary type='text'>Further to my highly intellectual and insightful analysis (see earlier post) of Bush's motives for going after Iran (after successful rape and pillage campaign in Iraq), some highly engaging campaign posters:And here's is an illustration of the term: OXYMORON (no, not quite "bovine idiot", but close!)source for some more inspirational Bush campaign postersmy "Give Us This Day Our Daily Gin" quote</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/feeds/114286484682719727/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21198831&amp;postID=114286484682719727&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/114286484682719727'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/114286484682719727'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/2006/03/in-bush-we-trust.html' title='In Bush We Trust'/><author><name>seaside</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08365975684677809194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://paintmalta.com/images/sharkie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21198831.post-114261769686708806</id><published>2006-03-17T17:43:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-03-17T18:48:16.966+01:00</updated><title type='text'>To laugh or Not To Laugh..that is an Incontinent's question.</title><summary type='text'>Knock knock.Who’s there?“I am the Grim Reaper.” – That’s an odd name. Are you Welsh? – “I am the Grim Reaper. I cometh to collecteth souls” – Hmmm, very archaic way of speaking. You must be from Wales. “ I have cometh to tell you your time is up..” – Wait! You’re not Ann Robinson by any chance? My you look very different on TV….Shorter. Yes, that’s it. Shorter. So, The Weakest Link is making </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/feeds/114261769686708806/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21198831&amp;postID=114261769686708806&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/114261769686708806'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/114261769686708806'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/2006/03/to-laugh-or-not-to-laughthat-is.html' title='To laugh or Not To Laugh..that is an Incontinent&apos;s question.'/><author><name>seaside</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08365975684677809194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://paintmalta.com/images/sharkie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21198831.post-114237499370323783</id><published>2006-03-14T21:35:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-03-15T19:52:00.070+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Sicily Malta Mafia Caravaggio Catholic Church…</title><summary type='text'>I’m currently reading “Cosa Nostra” which traces the history of the Mafia. Yeah, my kinda bedtime reading..why? Cos I'm a chronically violent psychopath ok? Idiot. Anyway, it convincingly demonstrates that the Mafia originated as 19th century Sicilian landowners seeking to monopolize via intimidation the island’s most valuable commodity of the time, that being the lemon orchards. Having found </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/feeds/114237499370323783/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21198831&amp;postID=114237499370323783&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/114237499370323783'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/114237499370323783'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/2006/03/sicily-malta-mafia-caravaggio-catholic.html' title='Sicily Malta Mafia Caravaggio Catholic Church…'/><author><name>seaside</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08365975684677809194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://paintmalta.com/images/sharkie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21198831.post-114193003737640384</id><published>2006-03-11T22:32:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-03-14T21:35:00.253+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Google search for “Maltese” produced interesting results</title><summary type='text'>I recently did a Google search for fellow Maltese Compatriots, Ex-patriates and Exiles (what can I say, I’m a terribly lonely f**ked up excommunicated Catholic part-Maltese sexual deviant) and after typing in “Maltese”, came up with thousands of links to…Cutting Edge Technology? Superlative Services? Competitive Clothing Industries? Oldest Temples in the World? Amazing Siege? World War II? George</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/feeds/114193003737640384/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21198831&amp;postID=114193003737640384&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/114193003737640384'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/114193003737640384'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/2006/03/google-search-for-maltese-produced.html' title='Google search for “Maltese” produced interesting results'/><author><name>seaside</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08365975684677809194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://paintmalta.com/images/sharkie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21198831.post-114191476908553742</id><published>2006-03-09T13:58:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-03-09T19:05:17.856+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Iran:Next target of U.S. Military Aggression</title><summary type='text'> Okayeee. Lets recap. The U.S. invades Iraq because of Saddam's conversion to the euro of Iraq's oil exports in 2000 which threatened the U.S. petrodollar...ooops, sorry, no I mean Saddam was a DESPOT! He had a nasty covert WMD operation which was deviously housed in milk factories. Blanket bombing followed and nothing was ever found. But Bush wasnt going to waste time crying over spilt milk. Ho </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/feeds/114191476908553742/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21198831&amp;postID=114191476908553742&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/114191476908553742'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/114191476908553742'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/2006/03/irannext-target-of-us-military.html' title='Iran:Next target of U.S. Military Aggression'/><author><name>seaside</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08365975684677809194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://paintmalta.com/images/sharkie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21198831.post-114174650531707111</id><published>2006-03-07T16:34:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-03-07T19:06:46.896+01:00</updated><title type='text'>I swear, I'm not taking the piss....</title><summary type='text'>Well, not completely. I do have moments of seriousness (usually in my sleep). You see, I’m obsessively interested in lexicology. No, idiot, not sexicology (which I might add I am supremely qualified in).Lexicology: the study of words. You know, those monosyllabic expressions you spit out when the Maltese utility bills with added 67% fuel surcharge arrive? So, I’m curious: where the heck did the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/feeds/114174650531707111/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21198831&amp;postID=114174650531707111&amp;isPopup=true' title='15 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/114174650531707111'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/114174650531707111'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/2006/03/i-swear-im-not-taking-piss.html' title='I swear, I&apos;m not taking the piss....'/><author><name>seaside</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08365975684677809194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://paintmalta.com/images/sharkie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>15</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21198831.post-114159509383347165</id><published>2006-03-05T22:01:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-03-07T17:11:39.310+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Them Whoring Spies on Reality TV</title><summary type='text'> What the blazes do people think they’re doing when they write daily blow-by-blow blog dairies?? Weblogs may have started as electronic diaries for the Lonely Heart Clubbers who were friendless cos everything that had a pulse would run for cover whenever they opened their gobs. But by now, with the plethora of highly talented highly amusing highly informative blogs (mine immediately springs to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/feeds/114159509383347165/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21198831&amp;postID=114159509383347165&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/114159509383347165'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/114159509383347165'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/2006/03/them-whoring-spies-on-reality-tv.html' title='Them Whoring Spies on Reality TV'/><author><name>seaside</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08365975684677809194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://paintmalta.com/images/sharkie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21198831.post-114141842008518853</id><published>2006-03-03T20:42:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-03-04T16:21:12.390+01:00</updated><title type='text'>First Cases of Cats with Bird Flu in Malta</title><summary type='text'> NEWS UPDATE NEWS UPDATE NEWS UPDATE NEWS UPDATE Malta's Minister for the Environment has decided to use the same strategy that last year was successfully implemented to catch out environmentally unfriendly cars spewing exhaust emissions, by urging citizens to (spy on each other) send images via MMS to a toll-free number to report sightings of cats suspected of suffering from Bird Flu. The </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/feeds/114141842008518853/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21198831&amp;postID=114141842008518853&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/114141842008518853'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/114141842008518853'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/2006/03/first-cases-of-cats-with-bird-flu-in.html' title='First Cases of Cats with Bird Flu in Malta'/><author><name>seaside</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08365975684677809194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://paintmalta.com/images/sharkie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21198831.post-114130212100250781</id><published>2006-03-02T10:44:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-03-03T12:04:07.436+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Hollywood Blockbuster:“Public Enemy No.1”starring 30 million Birds and Don Cheney</title><summary type='text'>In Germany, where the first case of a cat dying from Bird Flu has been reported, locals are concerned. “We’re scared for our cats”, said one scared for her cat woman on EuroNews. “How can we detect the symptoms in our cats?” Idiot. Isn’t it obvious? High fever, sore throat, sneezing, runny nose, flying about in disoriented circles…But what I am really curious about is how do these bloody birds do</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/feeds/114130212100250781/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21198831&amp;postID=114130212100250781&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/114130212100250781'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/114130212100250781'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/2006/03/hollywood-blockbusterpublic-enemy.html' title='Hollywood Blockbuster:“Public Enemy No.1”starring 30 million Birds and Don Cheney'/><author><name>seaside</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08365975684677809194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://paintmalta.com/images/sharkie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21198831.post-114115815405786027</id><published>2006-02-28T19:59:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-03-02T15:03:14.473+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Give a Sexually Deviant Maltese Blogger of Disrepute her due!</title><summary type='text'>Damn. I’m not getting a single vote for my blogrants on the forthcoming il-Karnalanti tal Bla-Bajt-Blogeranti (that’s Maltese for: Awards for Exceptionally Gifted Sex Maniacs Who Happen to Write Blogs) as part of Carnival Season in Malta. I’m hurt. No I’m not. I lie. I’m devastated. But no need to be concerned, I don’t throw knives. I prefer hatchet jobs. Power-tooled hatchet jobs. Turbo-charged </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/feeds/114115815405786027/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21198831&amp;postID=114115815405786027&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/114115815405786027'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/114115815405786027'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/2006/02/give-sexually-deviant-maltese-blogger.html' title='Give a Sexually Deviant Maltese Blogger of Disrepute her due!'/><author><name>seaside</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08365975684677809194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://paintmalta.com/images/sharkie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21198831.post-114097137571261328</id><published>2006-02-26T14:37:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-02-28T22:13:39.473+01:00</updated><title type='text'>PULEEZ I dont need sexual performance enhancing pills or penis enlargement for the simple reason...</title><summary type='text'>Why are Viagra spammers targeting me with this unending daily spew of spam? What did I do to deserve this unnecessary barrage of attention? Maybe I should have been a bit more specific when I prayed for recognition. I meant as a phenomenally talented artist, not a wanker! Is it the handiwork of a shithead vengeful ex-lover who's submitted my email address to every frigging pharmaceutical company </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/feeds/114097137571261328/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21198831&amp;postID=114097137571261328&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/114097137571261328'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/114097137571261328'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/2006/02/puleez-i-dont-need-sexual-performance.html' title='PULEEZ I dont need sexual performance enhancing pills or penis enlargement for the simple reason...'/><author><name>seaside</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08365975684677809194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://paintmalta.com/images/sharkie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21198831.post-114063899924871702</id><published>2006-02-22T12:56:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-02-22T22:22:47.830+01:00</updated><title type='text'>HOT X RATED MUST-WATCH MOVIE!</title><summary type='text'>...friend brings over DVD, says gotta watch! amazing stuff! unbelievable! Oooh has it got super special effects? No. Hmmm. Oh its an edge-of-yer-pants suspense thriller? No. Hmmm. Shame oh well as long as its not anything from the Disney stables. So me and the Home Alone crew get out the popcorn and watch. Fast forward ten minutes. Here's us watching.. Damn, no wonder Farenheit 9/11  is X rated..</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/feeds/114063899924871702/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21198831&amp;postID=114063899924871702&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/114063899924871702'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/114063899924871702'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/2006/02/hot-x-rated-must-watch-movie.html' title='HOT X RATED MUST-WATCH MOVIE!'/><author><name>seaside</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08365975684677809194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://paintmalta.com/images/sharkie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21198831.post-114027510063269254</id><published>2006-02-18T12:32:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-02-22T22:31:17.066+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Comic bastards make me weak at the knees.</title><summary type='text'>Being the humble sort, I do occasionally, very occasionally, admit to being a complete idiot (mostly to myself of course). One of these rare occasions occurred recently; the perpetrator of my winning moment of idiocy posted a link from her blog to mismatch.com where she supposedly had selected some potential (mis)matches for herself:  one being Da Bomber and another Not Da Bomber. After reading </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/feeds/114027510063269254/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21198831&amp;postID=114027510063269254&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/114027510063269254'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/114027510063269254'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/2006/02/comic-bastards-make-me-weak-at-knees.html' title='Comic bastards make me weak at the knees.'/><author><name>seaside</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08365975684677809194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://paintmalta.com/images/sharkie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21198831.post-114008512704755690</id><published>2006-02-16T10:55:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-02-17T19:27:29.660+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear Blogod (My new Agony Aunt column)</title><summary type='text'>Dear Blogod, (or is that Brrreeeport?)It feels like I don’t exist unless I’m noticed. *sniff* As if everyone else in the world is only there to act as mirrors to verify my existence. *sniff * That means in my world no-one is expendable. Definitely a world worth subscribing to, wouldn’t you say? I need EVERYONE and that gives EVERYONE a purpose for living, perhaps not to their liking but certainly</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/feeds/114008512704755690/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21198831&amp;postID=114008512704755690&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/114008512704755690'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/114008512704755690'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/2006/02/dear-blogod-my-new-agony-aunt-column.html' title='Dear Blogod (My new Agony Aunt column)'/><author><name>seaside</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08365975684677809194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://paintmalta.com/images/sharkie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21198831.post-113987381671962693</id><published>2006-02-13T23:22:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-02-15T19:30:09.766+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Top Ten Weapons of Mass Destruction</title><summary type='text'> MY TOP 1-2-10 WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION:1) My partner's Margarita Mixes2) My post-Indian Curry Night Out Farts10) DittoTIPS TO AVOID DETECTION AS A MERCHANT OF WMD:Dont kiss and tell on Google:Bedpan Heads: "..you have the right to remain silent...you have-"Hairy Head: "awww shuddup you F**ing Imperialist Idiots-I'm a dictator!  Dictators can't be silent!..If I wanted to be silent I would have</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/feeds/113987381671962693/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21198831&amp;postID=113987381671962693&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/113987381671962693'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/113987381671962693'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/2006/02/top-ten-weapons-of-mass-destruction.html' title='Top Ten Weapons of Mass Destruction'/><author><name>seaside</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08365975684677809194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://paintmalta.com/images/sharkie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21198831.post-113977903269492920</id><published>2006-02-12T21:36:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-02-16T15:35:25.250+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Bollocks to the MaltaSong Festival</title><summary type='text'>Ladies and Gentlemen, and Inbetweens........if you didnt choose to stay in last Saturday night and watch the GOt 2 be Kiddin! Malta Song for Europe festival, yeah okay you may well have a life, but darn you missed summin! Well let me tell ya...T'was a Spectacle of Poncers! A Festival of Flunkers! A Drama of Dive-Bombing Divas!...and now for the bad news...Its like, because last year the Maltese </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/feeds/113977903269492920/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21198831&amp;postID=113977903269492920&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/113977903269492920'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/113977903269492920'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/2006/02/bollocks-to-maltasong-festival.html' title='Bollocks to the MaltaSong Festival'/><author><name>seaside</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08365975684677809194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://paintmalta.com/images/sharkie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21198831.post-113952782232525236</id><published>2006-02-09T23:55:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-02-11T17:07:32.816+01:00</updated><title type='text'>The Butt Naked Bellies &amp; Balls of it!</title><summary type='text'>Stunning images of stunningly athletic Maltese athletes recently competing in the recent Games for the Small States of Europe -you can download the screensaver from the Times of MaltaMalta's GSSE Advertising Campaign Poster: "WE MAY BE SMALL BUT WE GOT BALLS!" ...........Maltese Bodybuilder Karen Caruana's physical appearance may have tipped off Games officials to her alleged steroids abuse......</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/feeds/113952782232525236/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21198831&amp;postID=113952782232525236&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/113952782232525236'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/113952782232525236'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/2006/02/butt-naked-bellies-balls-of-it.html' title='The Butt Naked Bellies &amp; Balls of it!'/><author><name>seaside</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08365975684677809194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://paintmalta.com/images/sharkie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21198831.post-113950828432142488</id><published>2006-02-09T17:54:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-02-11T14:56:06.473+01:00</updated><title type='text'>God must love stupid people-He made so many!</title><summary type='text'> During a visit to an insane asylum, a visitor asked the Director what were the criteria defining whether or not a patient should be institutionalized. “Well” said the Director, “one test is that we fill up a bathtub and offer a teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket to the patient and ask him/her to empty the bathtub”. “Oh I understand” said the visitor, “ a normal person would use the bucket because </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/feeds/113950828432142488/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21198831&amp;postID=113950828432142488&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/113950828432142488'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/113950828432142488'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/2006/02/god-must-love-stupid-people-he-made-so.html' title='God must love stupid people-He made so many!'/><author><name>seaside</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08365975684677809194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://paintmalta.com/images/sharkie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21198831.post-113923897344049939</id><published>2006-02-06T15:36:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-02-11T14:59:03.276+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Comedy is the Greatest Weapon!</title><summary type='text'> Isnt Comedy the truly Greatest Weapon in a Anarchistic Subversive's arsenal?? Or even in an Anarchistic Subversive's arse for that matter. I've been scouring the web today to keep tabs on the escalating furore about the Mohammed Cartoons and becoming increasingly alarmed. Until i came across a comment in an otherwise very serious intelligent commentary in the Scottish Sunday Herald which got my </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/feeds/113923897344049939/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21198831&amp;postID=113923897344049939&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/113923897344049939'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/113923897344049939'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/2006/02/comedy-is-greatest-weapon.html' title='Comedy is the Greatest Weapon!'/><author><name>seaside</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08365975684677809194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://paintmalta.com/images/sharkie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21198831.post-113923129367853942</id><published>2006-02-06T13:13:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-02-06T14:08:14.236+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Keywords: Dominatrix,Flatulence,Viagra</title><summary type='text'>To all my trusty floowers..followers even (!) who come back here for a reg'lar beatin' wid ma Blog stik, you may have noticed I've done a wee bit of redecorating. This is NOT to be taken as proof that I'm fickle, can't make my mind up, spend HOURS in supermarkets, change my wardrobe every month..i.e. typical female (oo-er *ducks at sound of approaching low-flying missles from the Feminist Front).</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/feeds/113923129367853942/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21198831&amp;postID=113923129367853942&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/113923129367853942'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/113923129367853942'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/2006/02/keywords-dominatrixflatulenceviagra.html' title='Keywords: Dominatrix,Flatulence,Viagra'/><author><name>seaside</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08365975684677809194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://paintmalta.com/images/sharkie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21198831.post-113892764356286508</id><published>2006-02-03T01:47:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-02-04T12:23:16.103+01:00</updated><title type='text'>The L Word..Lunatics..Lesbians..MDTT Learners?</title><summary type='text'>ADT's recently introduced Driving Theory Test must have been custom made for Malta. The multiple-answer test is peppered with classic samples of standard Maltese driving behaviour (I was going to say etiquette but that would be stretchin' it). Poor wee teen sods who've grown up in a world where obviously "Who Dares Wins" is the only road rule drivers respect, must have a helluva time trying to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/feeds/113892764356286508/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21198831&amp;postID=113892764356286508&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/113892764356286508'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/113892764356286508'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/2006/02/l-wordlunaticslesbiansmdtt-learners_03.html' title='The L Word..Lunatics..Lesbians..MDTT Learners?'/><author><name>seaside</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08365975684677809194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://paintmalta.com/images/sharkie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21198831.post-113866046792195151</id><published>2006-01-30T22:25:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-01-31T17:29:26.713+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Images for the Maltese Euro</title><summary type='text'> Suggested images for the Maltese Eyoorow coinsCategory 1: Emblem of National Sport:il-Fenech (endangered species, along with honest politicians). Feared by the Maltese who have watched "Monty Python's Search for the Holy Grail".Category 2 : Emblem of National Flower : Il-Pastarda (do not confuse with il-Bastarda which refers to lawyersi.e. 65% of the Maltese population.) Il-Pastarda is to the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/feeds/113866046792195151/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21198831&amp;postID=113866046792195151&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/113866046792195151'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/113866046792195151'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/2006/01/images-for-maltese-euro.html' title='Images for the Maltese Euro'/><author><name>seaside</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08365975684677809194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://paintmalta.com/images/sharkie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21198831.post-113827280065440685</id><published>2006-01-26T11:21:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-01-27T13:09:55.703+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Maltese are Such Happy Campers!</title><summary type='text'>&lt;--- Maria Borg Cardona Camilleri of Mjarr** singing: "The hills are alive with the sound of corruption,with the sound of MPs pocketing thousands of Liri. Though I've had no wage increase since I left college, I go to the hills when I am tax weary.As if the Eco tax and the fuel surcharge just werent enough,they add inheritance tax and petrol's increased by threebut I dont mind because we are such</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/feeds/113827280065440685/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21198831&amp;postID=113827280065440685&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/113827280065440685'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/113827280065440685'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/2006/01/maltese-are-such-happy-campers.html' title='Maltese are Such Happy Campers!'/><author><name>seaside</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08365975684677809194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://paintmalta.com/images/sharkie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21198831.post-113819097694474912</id><published>2006-01-25T12:21:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-02-01T12:23:07.060+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Mother of All Buggers</title><summary type='text'>Mr. Sodding Saddam was quite nifty at coining catchy phrases, his most famous being "Mother of All Battles". But he's had his 15 minutes of fame (more like 15 years of Infamy) and this blog has nothing to do with him. This blog is inspired by a bit of info I spotted in the scroll bar on the BBC World news channel this morning (which I always watch while having my system-kickstart cuppa coffee and</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/feeds/113819097694474912/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21198831&amp;postID=113819097694474912&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/113819097694474912'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/113819097694474912'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/2006/01/mother-of-all-buggers.html' title='Mother of All Buggers'/><author><name>seaside</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08365975684677809194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://paintmalta.com/images/sharkie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21198831.post-113806189572088029</id><published>2006-01-24T00:40:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-01-24T15:27:17.966+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Poem of The Week</title><summary type='text'>Fellow Bloggers here's my first brilliant Pome of The Week-its copyrighted so dont copy or I'll hunt you down and...and...demand you hand over all your chocolate...LIVING OUT LOUDisn’t it what we sometimes all get driven tothat edge where our back’s against the wallwe can’t see any way of returningso we run forward in spite of it allwe sublimely run for our livesand loudly embrace the fallIts all</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/feeds/113806189572088029/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21198831&amp;postID=113806189572088029&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/113806189572088029'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/113806189572088029'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/2006/01/poem-of-week.html' title='Poem of The Week'/><author><name>seaside</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08365975684677809194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://paintmalta.com/images/sharkie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21198831.post-113803964230431399</id><published>2006-01-23T18:33:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-01-23T21:32:54.246+01:00</updated><title type='text'>No Sex please, I'm Pondering</title><summary type='text'>Here's a ponder-inducing anecdote I just gotta use to introduce my Thought For The Day (hmmm its Monday and I actually am capable of coming up with a thought! Geez I'm on a roll this week!) Here goes:&gt;&gt;In Jerusalem, a female CNN journalist heard about a very old Jewish man whohad been going to the Wailing Wall to pray, twice a day, everyday, for a long, long time.She went to the Wailing Wall and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/feeds/113803964230431399/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21198831&amp;postID=113803964230431399&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/113803964230431399'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/113803964230431399'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/2006/01/no-sex-please-im-pondering.html' title='No Sex please, I&apos;m Pondering'/><author><name>seaside</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08365975684677809194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://paintmalta.com/images/sharkie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21198831.post-113778766007919854</id><published>2006-01-20T19:50:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-01-23T18:22:48.570+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Too Much Information can Kill Your Squabble Skills</title><summary type='text'>here's the thing...I think knowing too much seriously cramps your ability to hold a decent argument. Guess its the egalitarian in me, its that bloody maxim I read when I was Junior Me in some fortune cookie about there always being two sides to a story, Consequently whenever I'm faced with a debate (even when its only in my head) I look like someone on sped-up footage watching a tennis match. "</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/feeds/113778766007919854/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21198831&amp;postID=113778766007919854&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/113778766007919854'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/113778766007919854'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/2006/01/too-much-information-can-kill-your.html' title='Too Much Information can Kill Your Squabble Skills'/><author><name>seaside</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08365975684677809194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://paintmalta.com/images/sharkie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21198831.post-113767281465714808</id><published>2006-01-19T12:23:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-01-19T13:13:34.666+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Book of Out Loud And Proud Chapter 1 Verse 1</title><summary type='text'>All the merry spiders in my head are breaking open the bubbly after signing up to weave their merry mischief on the world wide web via Bloggers Inc. Being such an erudite philosopher, it would be selfish of me not to make the world a richer place by sharing my erudite philosophical perspective on matters of great metaphysical consequence...such as if God has dumped the human race, couldnt She at </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/feeds/113767281465714808/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21198831&amp;postID=113767281465714808&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/113767281465714808'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21198831/posts/default/113767281465714808'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://outloudandproud.blogspot.com/2006/01/book-of-out-loud-and-proud-chapter-1.html' title='Book of Out Loud And Proud Chapter 1 Verse 1'/><author><name>seaside</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08365975684677809194</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://paintmalta.com/images/sharkie.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry></feed>
