- Melbourne, Moomba, March. Three of my favorite things. Birdman Rally. Make that four. Monday, March 14th, 2011
THERE’S nothing more glorious than Melbourne in March. Our beautiful city becomes so alive it shimmers. The nights get cooler and darker, the kids are in bed by 8pm and we get reacquainted with our Doona, our risotto recipes and our winter coats.
The loveliness of March in Melbourne takes me by surprise every year. But ...
Read more - Mental Health blow out. WTF? Mental health shamefully underfunded. Sunday, March 13th, 2011
It was about this time last year my cousin Jim, in his 50’s received the news he’d been accepted into university to study behavioral science. He’s taken to it like a luvvy to latte and got straight As in his first year.
When I asked Jim (who’s marriage breakdown lead him to psychotherapy to deal with ...
Read more - International Womens’ Day – Hookers, doormats and corporate bitches Monday, March 7th, 2011
Dear lady doctor, woman driver, female boss, beauty queen, drunk mole, daughter-in-law, prima donna, old maid, fag hag, debutante, femme fatale, gold digger, hostess with the mostest, nymphomaniac, Playmate of the year, local bike, Avon lady, innocent virgin, mail-order bride, jezebel, girl next door, ex-wife, cheap hooker, shrinking violet, single mother, spinster, trophy wife, headmistress, ...
Read more - International Womens’ Day – The Age Monday, March 7th, 2011
It’s International Women’s Day this week and I’m wearing camouflage after my seven year old son handed me a tampon and said “here’s one of your vagina bullets.” It’s still a battle of the sexes. Quilting conventions, goddess weekends, hen’s nights, book groups, chick flicks, women’s studies and scrag fights aside the gender war is ...
Read more - International Womens’ Day – Vajazzling Monday, March 7th, 2011
Note this moment. Because there’ll be a day when you’re asked, ”Where were you when you first heard of vajazzling?”
I thought if I alerted you to the existence of vajazzling here in the privacy of our one-on-one reading communion, the damage would be contained. It would mean your shock-induced coughing fit resulting in latte spraying ...
Read more - Two And A Half Men. It’s No Joke. Friday, February 25th, 2011
November 4, 2009
‘I’VE got two kids, 19 and 22, and they still live at home. And I want them there. Because if they leave it’ll just be me and my husband. And when I think about that, I taste a bit of sick.”
I’ve heard Melbourne comedian Christine Basil deliver that brilliant line a dozen times ...
Read more - Environmental vandals. Meanwhile the rest of us have bucket bong back.. Sunday, February 20th, 2011
IS IT just me or does anyone else wonder why they’re busting their balls to make a piss-weak contribution to saving the environment when most of the world, the Government and a fair whack of our neighbours continue to turn environmental vandalism into an extreme sport?
Don’t worry, I’m going to keep doing it, and so ...
Read more - All Australians Deserve Free Health Care Wednesday, February 16th, 2011
HOW can anyone not agree with free universal high-quality health care? How can anyone think that our current public/private marriage of political convenience is beneficial to all Australians both now and in the future? How can anyone think that our nation is getting value for money? It’s not.
Private health insurance is a rip-off. Public health ...
Read more - Private schools? Want em? Pay yourself. Every single cent. Wednesday, February 16th, 2011
I’VE wanted to write about the social apartheid and false economy of private schools for a while. And the Government’s “privatisation by stealth” of the education system. So a few months ago I hunted down the speech that writer Shane Moloney made to Scotch College. Reading it, I cheered, thumped the table and yelled “hallelujah” ...
Read more - Religion costs Australia $30 billion a year. Tuesday, February 8th, 2011
God is not only bullshit, his agents are tax cheats.
The expert scholars who have written the papers quoted below are happy to answer questions.
February 7 Q and A for those who missed it.
February 8 me talking on radio with Paul Bevan on 1223 ABC Newcastle
Are you okay with how much religion is gouging from Australia’s spending?
(Statistics ...
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Dear lady doctor, woman driver, female boss, beauty queen, drunk mole, daughter-in-law, prima donna, old maid, fag hag, debutante, femme fatale, gold digger, hostess with the mostest, nymphomaniac, Playmate of the year, local bike, Avon lady, innocent virgin, mail-order bride, jezebel, girl next door, ex-wife, cheap hooker, shrinking violet, single mother, spinster, trophy wife, headmistress, ...
