Should I feel something?

I really should start off by saying that I’m an educated and employed white male from a developed economy. This means I really have no remit to have an opinion about absolutely anything, let alone gender, seeing as though my ilk is arguably to blame for the majority of the problems in the world (though [...]

The Insiders Blogs: Conroy Exposed, but lives to toad another day

I’ve started blogging on an external site, the Insiders Blogs based around the ABC’s Sunday morning TV political treat, the Insiders. You can check out my first post to the site here. Essentially it’s lamenting that the host of the show missed good opportunities to lynch a federal senator about his shenanigans. It might not be that accessible if [...]

The longer you leave something…

Alright. It’s been a seriously long time since I blogged. That doesn’t mean that I haven’t been thinking about it. In fact, on my whiteboard I have a list of titles for posts that I’ve been meaning to write. This is the list: iphone killed the electronic dictionary Alvin and the Chipmunks vs mixed race [...]

Never going hungry in December

It’s a pretty obvious time of the year to write about food. December is the one month of the year where I barely need to go to the supermarket. As long as I have some fruit or milk or muesli to have for breakfast, all of the other meals seem to take care of themselves. [...]

The NSW Premiers we didn’t vote for

The leadership spill in NSW last week which ended up with Kristina Keneally replacing Nathan Rees has brought up a problem that I have with Australia’s political system: someone can become the leader of a government without being voted for by the people. I know that technically, when we vote in a lower house election [...]