When I think religious nutjobs, I think crazy people in America attending town hall meeting with their pitchforks and multiple wives. They get trotted out whenever there’s a national debate on abortion or homosexuality and occasionally when one of their cults are exposed widespread media attention. Although nobody really pays much attention to them, there [...]
One of the biggest dilemmas I had when I switched over from cartridge shaving to using a double edged razor was working out how to come up with adequate pre-shave preparation without having a shower. I cycle to work and I’m lucky to have shower facilities there so it didn’t make much sense to shower [...]
In one of those ‘this is clearly a hoax’ moments, a letter photoshopped by some guy David Thorne has been taken seriously by some people; enough so so that McDonalds even posted a response to the email on their website. The memo in circulation online and via email supposedly written by the Managing Director/Proprietor of [...]
When Michael Jackson died back in June I felt like I’d lost one of my biggest childhood heroes. Hell I even dragged my arse out of bed at 2am on a weeknight to go and see the memorial played live from Federation Square. While the sense of loss might have dulled, quietly I’ve been anticipating [...]
With the news today that all forty two surviving men off the boat that exploded in Ashmore reef earlier this year are being granted visas to stay in Australia, it’s easy to play to the notion that we’re looking after traumatised asylum seekers. Unfortunately in the world of people smuggling, the view taken is a [...]
Back in February this year I decided to tear down my existing filter+gravel substrate fish tank and attempt to run a Walstad planted aquarium with my goldfish. It’s been 9 months now and over that period of time and I’ve learnt a lot about running a goldfish tank using Walstad. Unfortunately due to relocating overseas [...]
I love my gears on a bicycle. Despite wearing the chain out faster and requiring a bit more maintenance, the ability to switch gears based on how I want to ride and the terrain I’m riding on far outweighs the weight saving gained by going fixed gear. Despite my objections though I can’t deny the [...]
Since they were first published, men’s magazines have served one purpose and one purpose only: To get guys, (and confused women), off. Editors fluff the photos with articles nobody reads jam packed with poetic license and written by guys writing what they think other guys want to hear. You know, on the off chance one [...]
With four boats full of people smuggler cargo arriving in just three days last week, as a nation we’re beyond pretending there isn’t a problem. Although obvious to most people, Rudd’s dismantling of the pacific solution and promise to fasttrack asylum seeker applications has sparked a massive increase in the number of arrivals here – [...]
After Magda Szubanski’s anti-cyclist rants the other week I was initially annoyed when I saw the first episode in season three of Californication. Tucked away about halfway through the episode was a short scene between David Duchovny’s character Hank Moody and Dean Stacey Koons (no I’m not making that up) played by Peter Gallagher. After [...]