Recently the CEO of Polaris Media Group, Shane Krider came out and publicly admitted he was a Scientologist. Whilst Krider is certainly free to practice whatever religion wants, what concerned me was the large question mark looming over the involvement of Scientology in the business side of Polaris. In his statement to Polaris Media Group [...]
Ever since I wrote about my massage experience at Geisha in Melbourne I’ve noticed every Friday and Saturday night search queries for ‘happy ending massage’ popping up on my traffic stats. Happy ending massage wasn’t even mentioned in the original Geisha article but instead wound up being an offside comment left as feedback. Still, who [...]
In response to last weekends cycling post, reader Suzie left a comment asking if I’d “written a post on how to teach an adult to ride?” I hadn’t ever been asked this question so I wasn’t sure initially how to go about answering it. I was however immediately transported back to my own childhood. As [...]
Books have been around for thousands of years so you’d think no matter where you were in the world a well established, competitive and widespread market would exist. With the widespread use of the internet logic would indicate that a product that has been traded for thousands of years would have a strong marketplace presence [...]
One of the most intrinsic characteristics of young males is the pursuit of vagina. Despite thousands of years of social reconditioning, religious interference and feminism you only have to look at the media (and not just the news), to see that flogging sex appeal still works. It works because short of mass manufactured lobotomies and [...]
After months of silence, denials and accusations of rumour spreading Polaris management have finally admitted the link between Polaris Media Group and Scientology. In an email sent out to Polaris Media Group distributors today, Polaris CEO Shane Krider has finally broken his silence and publicly admitted he is a member of the church of Scientology.
Amidst the sea of celebrity gossip, sport and associated thrilling content (does anyone really care that Michelle Obama ordered some new boots?) that news.com.au serves up, the chance to brighten up my day is a special moment. News stories that make me chuckle are far and few between. News stories that involve children dying that [...]
Some of the garbage that comes out of the Australian legal system never ceases to amaze me. If judges aren’t handing out lollipop sentences then we’ve got judges blaming judges for being influenced by “populist views”. Western Australia chief justice, Wayne Martin, seemingly disturbed by the recent rise in jailing by the courts is urging [...]
When I started OzSoapbox back in January this year I had no idea where the blog would take me. There were a lot of decisions that had to be made, What was I going to write about? Would I stick it out solo or find a co-writer to take share the workload? WHAT IF NOBODY [...]
Along with deciding whether to go with a substrate or leave your tank barebottom, choosing a background is the next biggest impact you can have on the look and feel of your aquarium. A few weeks ago I converted my previously Walstad goldfish aquarium over to a barebottom tank. So that I wasn’t staring at [...]
