Monthly Archives: January 2008

In response to my post below about Australia Day, I received a few great comments, though one exchange I believe warranted front page attention: Comment by andrew (not G) @ January 28, 2008, 1:45 am That date may well be … Continue reading →

How Australian are you? Do you wave your flag as a symbol of patriotism or as a shield to hide your bigotry behind, no matter how subtle? If you arrived in Australia (by birth or otherwise) any time after 1770, … Continue reading →

Please, oh please. With all the will of my heart and mind, I beg and plead and hope for our society here in Australia that we don’t descend into the hate and bigotry that engulfs many parts of the world. … Continue reading →

As I assemble flat pack Ikea furniture (it’s lego for grown-ups I tell you!), I contemplate the enormous loss of Heath. Shit. Damn. The press really could have waited a few days (months) before showing pictures of his body being … Continue reading →

Electronic music is fun to dance to. It’s really tricky to make well. It’s really, really, REALLY easy to make basically. So make some. Bear in mind that this little thing is fifty million times more advanced than most of … Continue reading →

In the words of William S. Burroughs, what are your “Words of advice for young people”? Here’s two brilliant ones that I got from Bob LaPointe, the man responsible for KFC, Pizza Hut, and Lone Star Steak House in Australia. … Continue reading →

People often look at me funny because I’m vegan. They contemplate me as some sort of idealistic nut job who is trying, in futility, to change to world one bite at a time. I sometimes think that if I told … Continue reading →

Here’s two genius clips on how life really, truly, actually is in my line of work. Very brave, very good.

Hit full screen and dig on this for an hour. Fabulous..