I don’t have a problem with lesbians. I don’t mean that in a pseudo sleazy ‘eyyy wanna come back to my place with your friend?’ kind of way but rather that if two women love each other then best of luck to them. In an age of single sex gyms, toilets, schools and the precedent [...]

“We just want to be treated as equals”. We hear this old chestnut trotted out time and time again when the issue of Aboriginal welfare is discussed. Despite educational subsidies, health care subsidies, virtually no criteria for welfare payments, free housing and a whole host of extra support from government services, it seems there’s always [...]

After a restless night listening to Melbourne’s crazy winds ravage my bedroom windows and getting to sleep later then I should have the night before I arrived at work exhausted. Thirty minutes of trying to knuckle down later I decided to hit up 7-11 for some caffeine goodness. Usually I’d buy an iced coffee or [...]

Indonesian police have just released sketches of two suspects they are after in relation to the hotel bombings last week. Now I’m not trying to be racist but I couldn’t help but ask myself ‘is this really the best way to go about looking for these guys?’ If I’m walking down the street I’d like [...]

Lying to the media to sell a story is nothing new. Every now and then some deviant comes up with an unbelievable story, sells it to a publisher and then disappears into obscurity never to be heard from again. Upon realising they’ve been had, the publisher then usually apologises and retracts their story, presumably out [...]

Aldi started it off and it looks like Costco is going to finally rock the Australian market. Coles and Woolworths have been screwing us over for so long most Australian’s can’t even remember what true supermarket competition feels like. Costco opening up in Australia has been something I’ve been excited about for a long time [...]

From what I’ve read Astra Superior Platinum blades are supposed to be somewhat sharper then the Derby’s I’d previously used. Whilst this might be true so far the Astra’s have had the worst durability of any of the blades I’ve used. Astra Superior Platinum blades are platinum coated and made in Russia. If the platinum [...]

The number one cause of goldfish death in the aquarium hobby is due to ammonia and nitrite poisoning. Usually someone will decide to start an aquarium, buy all the equipment, set it up and then add the fish. What happens over the next few weeks is a natural biological process we call ‘fish tank cycling’. [...]

I’d previously never heard of a chocolate cafe. Usually I eat my chocolate involuntarily in bulk at home so the idea of actually going out and sitting down in a cafe seemed a little strange. I first read about the Melbourne Lindt Cafe on Melbourne Metblog, back in June Neil wrote; According to a job [...]

Apart from the actual type of bicycle you decide to commute on, be it a mountain bike, hybrid, tourer or racer the next biggest decision the bicycle commuter faces is what size tires to run. Tires can completely change the feel of a ride (for better or worse!) and should be appropriate for the type [...]