It’s been an interesting week in the whirligig of fun that constitutes my understanding of feminism. Tony Abbott came out in favour of paid maternity leave! I get that he’s chasing the vagina vote, an...More |
Dear readers, what you are witnessing, before your very eyes, is the evolution of a writer. A few weeks ago I decided that I would try my hand at writing a political article, based around the backdrop...More | ||
PETA. I have heard that this estimable (excremental) organisation are calling for a ban on all animal sourced products, starting with wool from sheep, alpaca, and all the other animals whose fleece h...More |
Let’s, for argument’s sake, get a posse together and go back to 2004. We’ll track down Mark Latham and knock him to the ground as he walks up Garret’s front path. Someone can sit on him for a bit whil...More | ||
I am such a man. I am such a manly man. Surely I am the manliest of men to ever walk the Earth. Why you ask? What has caused this celebration of hirsutey goodness? Well, it takes a real man to admit h...More |
It’s gotta be an election year. One, politics is getting interesting again and, two; the talking heads are starting to populate our television screens with an increasing frequency. So far, as I said a...More | ||
Depending on which side of the fence you sit, it’s been a tough few months for those poor folk pushing the theory of climate change and global warming. First up some pesky hackers broke into the mail...More |
So, last week we had our National Day of celebration (or invasion if you are Aboriginal) and once again we’ve had an extra long weekend of bogons running around in Southern Cross / Australian flag ins...More | ||
Okay, you can thank me later. I, through nothing more than a willingness to help, have saved you people an hour or so of your precious time. How you ask? Well, I have read the entire draft Regulation...More |
Tony Abbott is a tool of the highest order, but I find myself in a position of actual defending the little prick, and I hate it.More |
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