I don’t know about you but when I wake up in the morning I’ve usually got a bit of a raspy voice. For about the first half hour I’ve got an usually low register until the voice warms up and then speaking is business as usual for the rest of the day. This ‘condition’ probably [...]
Whilst we debate about asylum seekers, population growth, climate change, internet filters there’s a much bigger problem that’s been developing ever so slowly over the past few decades. For the most part it’s largely gone unaddressed and appears to have reached critical mass or very close to. In all honesty I don’t really see how [...]
If you’ve ever travelled into the suburbs of Australia you’ve no doubt run into the cultural phenomena of increasingly younger kids trying to pass off the ‘don’t mess with me’ attitude. Armed with nothing more then a mobile phone these kids like to hang out in groups of five or so down at your local [...]
It’s no secret that I’m not a parent. Partially because the one person I’ve met who I eventually thought could handle the crazy of little Oz’s vanished on me, but also because I don’t think I’m ready. If I was to become a father in the near future though I’d like to think I’d exhibit [...]
Tasmania has been the butt of Australia’s incest joke community for as long as I can remember. The island itself is pretty isolated and nothing much seems to happen there. For some Tasmanians this is a big draw card. A hearkening back to simpler times, living in an natural pristine environment and escaping the bustle [...]
Last Saturday night twenty three year old Justin Williams stole a Mazda 626 and proceeded to go on a high speed joyride with his girlfriend, eighteen year old Skye Webb. After speeding past a police patrol the police engaged in a high speed pursuit but called it off after Williams ran a red light. A [...]
Nothing much is sacred these days. By sacred I don’t mean sitting in a church praying about it but rather that there isn’t a lot of ideas we as a society won’t entertain. One of them that sticks out in my mind is the idea of designer babies. Currently a fledgling technology, we’re still obviously [...]
I’m a guy and when it comes to buying condoms, unless I walk into a store with a hot girl on my arm things are usually a bit awkward. Sure I might be exaggerating the situation in my head but I’ve never felt comfortable going out and buying a box of condoms on my own. [...]
Scenario 1: Jack goes rabbit shooting before school, pulls into school parking lot with rifle in gun rack. 1959 – Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack’s rifle, goes to his car and gets his rifle & chats with Jack about guns. 2009 – School goes into lock down, Star Force called, Jack hauled off [...]
On November 3rd 2007, Shellay Ward (also known as Ebony) was found dead at her family home in Hawks Nest. Her mother, thirty seven year old Sharon Ward discovered her body at around 7am and cradled her till 11am when her father, forty six year old Blake Ward finished his online morning gambling sessions found [...]