As readers of this blog may know, we are downsizing from a house to a unit, as in the former, we only use about half the space. Going through a…
The job of downsizing is an onerous one, and in our case has consisted of seven carloads of books to Lifeline, a charity which provides crisis support, suicide prevention services…
[TV Channel] Seven has stations everywhere - a massive platform with free-to-air into so many regional areas. And it has buggered things up comprehensively. I am not sure how viewers could ever again trust what's screened. This week showed us - again - that the best thing you can do to protect your reputation is not to be an utter arsehole. [https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8596279/jenna-price-the-sins-of-channel-seven-and-why-they-matter/?cs=14258]
Some weeks ago, some religious nutter argued online that the rapture* was going to happen on the 9th of April. I am typing this on the 10th of April so it seems…
The blog has been a bit quiet over the last few weeks. The reason is in part because we are downsizing. We are moving from a fairly large house we…
We went and checked the mail today after a few days of not doing so. Our post office box was pretty full, which is fairly unusual. The contents were stuffed…
Back when I was studying geology in Tasmania, I was involved in doing field work in the south coast of Tasmania at a place called Point Cecil. The only way…
I have just seen another Coalition vegetable (Ted O’Brien) on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s 7:30 show1. The reason O’Brien was on the show was in relation to nuclear energy, and…