Interview With A Bully
Start a discussion about bullying and you will find any number of people willing, WANTING, to stand up and talk about how terribly they were bullied a...
Hey You! Stop being A Dick!
Some men do and say disgusting things to women because they can get away with it. It’s up to the rest of us to stop letting them. I’ve never experien...
Cluster Headaches
Chronic pain is more than just pain; it takes over your life and becomes your identity. At least there’s some hope for some of us.
The Lost Tribes
Drag0nista has hacked through the jungle of the Australian polity and found the Lost Tribe. Does any party have enough beads and blankets to lure them...
In Pleasure And Sorrow
The internet isn’t just about cats, you know. There’s sex there, too.
Down Among The Women
Violence is wrong, no matter who the perpetrator is and ideology is not the solution. A recent Twitter conversation about the differences between the...
Money Talk
Forget Hayek and Keynes and all those other clowns. An economy based entirely on the exchange of free range eggs and hand-knitted jumpers is the way t...
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Interview With A Bully
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Hey You! Stop being A Dick!
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Cluster Headaches
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The Lost Tribes
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In Pleasure And Sorrow
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Down Among The Women
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Money Talk
Henry Rollins: Fury Is Not Enough
- April, 2012   Henry Rollins has been angry for nearly thirty years. Now, as he tells Justin Shaw, he wields his anger like a scalpel, not a sword.Henry Rollins... |
Feminism & Religion: Oil & Water?
- April, 2012  Women have been fighting for basic human rights for generations now. In all the opposition they face, there has been one constant:... |
Damian Cowell’s Unreliable History of Rock
- April, 2012  Part 46b: Nick Lowe and Johnny Cash…Nick Lowe, one-time son-in-law of Johnny Cash, asks the great man for the secret of his success…I can see it... |
On Agreement
- April, 2012  Greens Senator Scott Ludlam explains how his party is working with the government to turn Australia into a Third-World country and steal all your... |
Real Women
- April, 2012  Magazines are not making teenagers girls anorexic.Helen Razer vs the Positive Body Image brigade. Again.Just a few days ago, I lost a regular job.... |
The Sound of One Keyboard Tapping
- April, 2012  Working from home isn’t all porn and cake — there are deadlines to meetI know where every single thing is in this apartment. Not in a vague ‘it’s... |
Why I Don’t Believe A Single Word Economists Say
- April, 2012  This piece will form part of an appendix in my forthcoming book, ‘How to save the whole damn world: A madly optimistic manifesto.’ Am I serious?... |
Looking for Leaders
- April, 2012  There is an unavoidable pitfall in our unending calls for “leadership” — good leaders tend to be bastards.Last month’s tussle for the leadership... |
The Story Of How Feminism Tried To Kill Me But...
- March, 2012   First Dog on the Moon was asked to give the keynote address at the International Women’s Day Forum at Cherchez la Femme. This is what he said,... |
How to Live in Australia: A Guide
- April, 2012  Do NOT be too serious unless you’re expected to be and never forget that all, repeat all the wildlife wants you dead.Don’t buy a house near both a... |
We’re Not all Artists
- April, 2012  You are not a unique and beautiful snowflake. Sometimes a job is just a job, not an empowering career.There are a lot of people who want to give... |
A Homunculus Grows in Mahala
- April, 2012  Journalists risk their lives in conflict zones, but when something goes wrong they should be able to count on support from the Australian people... |
The Big Picture
- April, 2012  I’m fat. Actually, if you want to go by the World Health Organisation’s Body Mass Index (and I suggest you don’t), I’m “obese class II”. And I’ve... |
Bush Lawyers
- April, 2012  Screaming “It’s Unconstitutional” may make people feel better, but has no grounding in reality.There is an old saying that a little knowledge is a... |
Why the Green Vote Will Rise
- April, 2012  Drag0nista said recently in these pages that the Greens’ vote will flatten or fall. Ronan Lee has another take on the future of the... |
Romance in the Emergency Room
- April, 2012  Some things are not designed to be put in certain places. Take note.I used to know a guy who worked as the admitting nurse in the emergency room... |
No Birth Story
- April, 2012  This is not a birth story. I don’t want to write what happened at the birth of my baby. I would rather forget.People, I feel betrayed. I spent... |
Coles: How Far Down Will They Go?
- April, 2012  It’s interesting that the guy called in to turn Coles’ fortunes around in the short term demanded cash, not shares, as part of his package,... |
Why The Liberal Right Should Embrace A...
- April, 2012  “Isms, in my opinion, are not good” - Ferris Bueller, 1986 Trisha Jha begs to differ and introduces us to several more.Last December I attended a... |
Unsafe Schools
- April, 2012  As homophobia is (apparently) lessening in the community at large, bullying of those at school who are, or even appear gay, is getting more... |
Rice & Smothered Cabbage Soup
- April, 2012  “Both the Greeks and the Romans thought cabbage a very healthy food, which it is: and a protection against drunkenness, which it is not.” (Alan... |
Cryptic Crossword - April 12
- April, 2012 As always, first correctly completed cryptic crossword sent to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript... |
In a Better World - April 2012
- April, 2012  + 2 + 2 tweetmeme_style = 'compact';tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.kingstribune.com/home/43-daily-shout/612-never-work-with-children-or-animals'; |
Editorial - March 2012
- March, 2012 Women haven’t had equal status to men in any human civilization — until the last 200 years.There’s been an awful lot of shouting about feminism on... |
Interview With A Bully
- March, 2012  Start a discussion about bullying and you will find any number of people willing, WANTING, to stand up and talk about how terribly they were... |
A Letter to the Aboriginese People
- March, 2012  The Australia Day race riot, in which, as you recall, hundreds of people died and Parliament House burned to the ground, got Ben Pobjie thinking... |
Down Among The Women
- March, 2012  Violence is wrong, no matter who the perpetrator is and ideology is not the solution.A recent Twitter conversation about the differences between... |
Hey You! Stop being A Dick!
- March, 2012  Some men do and say disgusting things to women because they can get away with it. It’s up to the rest of us to stop letting them.I’ve never... |
The Lost Tribes
- March, 2012  Drag0nista has hacked through the jungle of the Australian polity and found the Lost Tribe. Does any party have enough beads and blankets to lure... |
Canberra Correspondents Or Gossip Columnists?
- March, 2012  There is a parliament and a government and an opposition going on in Canberra, but all the media are giving us is a Brangelina obsession with Rudd... |
That One Time At Band Comp
- March, 2012  Everyone has a book in them, most of which should never see the light. Many of us also have a rockstar inside, nearly all of which should be... |
Money Talk
- March, 2012  Forget Hayek and Keynes and all those other clowns. An economy based entirely on the exchange of free range eggs and hand-knitted jumpers is the... |
What Happens If There Are No More Shops
- March, 2012  If we keep selfishly buying all the things online, who will shopping centre owners gouge?I was raised in retail. My Dad owned a service station... |
Cluster Headaches
- March, 2012  Chronic pain is more than just pain; it takes over your life and becomes your identity. At least there’s some hope for some of us. + 153 + 0... |
Views of Life-Death - Part One
- March, 2012  “You’re driving down a road in the desert, and the engine suddenly stops... no Pep Boys, no Auto Club to help. Whether the road continues is of no... |
I Think We Should Keep Absolutely Everything
- March, 2012  What will archaeologists think of our culture when all that’s left of it is dead iPhones?It is saidi that future archaeologists will assume that... |
Dying Rivers, Dying Towns
- March, 2012  The Murray Darling Basin Plan is far more complex, and important, than the “Greenies vs farmers” argument the media have been focussed on.In... |
In Pleasure And Sorrow
- March, 2012  The internet isn’t just about cats, you know. There’s sex there, too. + 13 + 0 tweetmeme_style = 'compact';tweetmeme_url =... |
Fundamentalist Curriculum
- March, 2012  Right you lot, stop fornicating and listen up. You’re doing a terribly ungodly job educating your children, here’s what we’re going to do instead.... |
Facebook to Offer Gambling...
- March, 2012  ...Australia to Re-ban Gambling OnlineCan the law keep up with, or even get close to, the online world? And even if it can, how can it be... |
The Bucket List
- March, 2012  Do, or do not. There is no “To Do List”. + 0 + 0 tweetmeme_style = 'compact';tweetmeme_url =... |
Tasmania: A Rising Star
- February, 2012 Many of the world’s winerati were floating around Hobart recently as the 8th International Cool Climate Symposium kicked off. It is a serious wine... |
Cryptic Crossword - Mar 12
- February, 2012 As always, first correctly completed cryptic crossword sent to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript... |
In a Better World - Mar 2012
- February, 2012  + 0 + 0 tweetmeme_style = 'compact';tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.kingstribune.com/home/43-daily-shout/612-never-work-with-children-or-animals'; |
Bush Lawyers
- April, 2012 Screaming “It’s Unconstitutional” may make people feel better, but has no grounding in reality.There is an old saying... |
A Homunculus Grows in Mahala
- April, 2012 Journalists risk their lives in conflict zones, but when something goes wrong they should be able to count on support... |
Why The Liberal Right Should Embrace A...
- April, 2012 “Isms, in my opinion, are not good” - Ferris Bueller, 1986 Trisha Jha begs to differ and introduces us to several... |
Looking for Leaders
- April, 2012 There is an unavoidable pitfall in our unending calls for “leadership” — good leaders tend to be bastards.Last month’s... |
Why the Green Vote Will Rise
- April, 2012 Drag0nista said recently in these pages that the Greens’ vote will flatten or fall. Ronan Lee has another take on the... |
On Agreement
- April, 2012 Greens Senator Scott Ludlam explains how his party is working with the government to turn Australia into a Third-World... |
Romance in the Emergency Room
- April, 2012 Some things are not designed to be put in certain places. Take note.I used to know a guy who worked as the admitting... |
Why I Don’t Believe A Single Word Economists Say
- April, 2012 This piece will form part of an appendix in my forthcoming book, ‘How to save the whole damn world: A madly optimistic... |
We’re Not all Artists
- April, 2012 You are not a unique and beautiful snowflake. Sometimes a job is just a job, not an empowering career.There are a lot of... |
The Sound of One Keyboard Tapping
- April, 2012 Working from home isn’t all porn and cake — there are deadlines to meetI know where every single thing is in this... |
How to Live in Australia: A Guide
- April, 2012 Do NOT be too serious unless you’re expected to be and never forget that all, repeat all the wildlife wants you... |
Damian Cowell’s Unreliable History of Rock
- April, 2012 Part 46b: Nick Lowe and Johnny Cash…Nick Lowe, one-time son-in-law of Johnny Cash, asks the great man for the secret of... |
Coles: How Far Down Will They Go?
- April, 2012 It’s interesting that the guy called in to turn Coles’ fortunes around in the short term demanded cash, not shares, as... |
Simulation
- February, 2012  Oh yes, I’m the great pretender |
A Homunculus Grows in Mahala
- April, 2012 Journalists risk their lives in conflict zones, but when something goes wrong they should be able to count on support... |
Gaming is for Grown Ups
- February, 2012  As a full-time technology journalist who has specialised in the critiquing of video games for over a decade, you’d be... |
Facebook to Offer Gambling...
- March, 2012 ...Australia to Re-ban Gambling Online Can the law keep up with, or even get close to, the online world? And even if it... |
A History Of Stupidity
- February, 2012  In 1796 a very special and very dangerous kind of idiot was born. Smallpox was running rampant throughout Europe until a... |
Never Work With Children or Animals
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The dogs informed me when I got home yesterday that, because the back door is broken, devils got in and possessed the big comfy cushion on the gay couch, so they had to kill it. A lot.
They assured me that these were different devils from the ones that possessed the bean bag last week.
This morning after son (Luke, 12) had bounded out of the car, Bella (9) told me this: "Luke put Spoor (sp? some kind of choose your own adventure internet game?) on my computer and I made a world called Bellatopia and I'm the Princess-Queen of Bellatopia and it's ALWAYS my birthday even on Luke’s birthday and I made some fluffy things to live there and they're called FluffyMuffs and Cuddlepies and they're sooooooo cute and when I'm finished building Bellatopia I'm going to make a world called Lukeville and there will only be one thing living there and he will be called Numb-Nuts"
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