This disgusting article was published in the Adelaide Advertiser and on AdelaideNow.com.au on the 16th of June 2014. It calls the culling of sharks a ‘sensible’ method of protecting human life. The author is Nicolle Flint who is cited as a PhD candidate at Flinders University. There are quite a few people who deserve a … Continue reading
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Note to Self: There’s Gold in Them Thar Belly Fires
Day noun \ˈdā\ A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent. -Ambrose Bierce Out of 24 hours in a day 7 are spent sleeping, leaving 17 hours. You go to your job for 8 hours plus a one hour commute each way, leaving 7 hours. An hour before work spent attacking the snooze button, showering, feeding … Continue reading
Why Do I Bother With Clothes At All? A Tale of Low Thread-Counts
I’ve noticed of late that female clothing has become more and more see through. It’s a disease that has spread to all articles of clothing and it seems I can’t walk into clothing stores and try on a top, dress, pants or skirt without some (or most) pieces showing my underwear. I’m not sure I … Continue reading
A Week Closing Rant on the Inherent Difficulties in Finding Employment
I have been looking for work for almost five months now. I have a job, but it’s very part-time and, as such, I have a lot of time on my hands. This time is filled with looking for jobs, spending hours completing individualised job applications with every essence of my heart and soul and being … Continue reading
A Week Closing Rant about the Importance of Closing Lids
Finally, after a long week of poops, pees and in betweens: my weekend begins 😀 To celebrate this special occurrence I would like to issue forth a public message of a somewhat taboo nature. I’m talking about poo. Now, sometimes people have problems with their poop and they need to have it tested. This is … Continue reading
The New World Order: Be The Change
While the truncheon may be used in lieu of conversation, words will always retain their power. Words offer the means to meaning, and for those who will listen, the enunciation of truth. More than four hundred years ago a great citizen wished to embed the fifth of November forever in our memory. His hope was … Continue reading
Weekends: F**king awesome
I’ve got a stag weekend coming up and I’ve said I’m not doing anything more than a few drinks. I won’t have it. I’ll go home and watch Antiques Roadshow. -Martin Freeman For almost 12 months before I went overseas, I was working three jobs. I worked 12 out of 14 days a fortnight, sometimes … Continue reading
The Minchin Nine: Waking Up to the Short-Term Future
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny, but in ourselves -William Shakespeare I read a spot-on article recently that summed up how I feel about life. I was relieved (or perhaps disturbed… no, it was relieved) to find out that others I know also feel this way. We’re the main attraction in … Continue reading
The Abandonment of Good Manners: Now It’s OK to be a Jerk
The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any. -Fred Astaire There’s been a lot of talk of late regarding the treatment of Prime Minister Julia Gillard by the Coalition and by some members of the media. One of the two major incidents of late was the menu created by the … Continue reading
The Art of Asking: Amanda Palmer’s Rainbow Connection
It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad. –C.S. … Continue reading
TARDIS Blue Eyes 