- An old-fashioned colonial hanging (31 Dec 06)
Saddam's crimes were loathesome but so is hanging and so has been the incompetence and cynicism of the "coalition of the willing". I'm close to agreement with Tariq Ali's invective ...
- Boooooring (29 Dec 06)
Today's TV program is hopelessly optimistic. England has been humiliated again -- this time by an innings and 99 runs in less than three days at the MCG bowled out ...
- I-Pod bulge (19 Dec 06)
When I opened my copy of the latest edition of a well known newsmagazine this picture was in my face across a two-page spread. More evidence (if one needed any) ...
- Sledging The Block (12 Dec 06)
An appeals court has decided that a Sydney radio station cannot argue in an administrative tribunal that anti-hate laws are unconstitutional. Broadcasters John Laws and Steve Price used the words ...
- Sweltering Messiah (10 Dec 06)
At a peak of 42.1 °C Melbourne yesterday endured its hottest December day for 53 years. Despite a change to cool winds fire fighters are bracing for conditions to worsen. ...
- The Poms and the Princess or the Pope (07 Dec 06)
Flicking through the mags checking the tsunami diet the asylum seeker's boob job and Terry Schiavo's horoscope I asked myself 'If Camilla can become Princess of Wales why can't ...
- Leadership and fully fledged intellectualism (05 Dec 06)
I agree with Phillip Adams who writes that "Owlish Kevin Rudd is the right man for the Labor Party leadership but his greatest disadvantage may well be his suspiciously high ...
- Not-so-emaciated dogooder (27 Nov 06)
More amusing nonsense. Do-gooder? I wish. Emaciated? Not at 15kg overweight! Which leader are you?What classic movie are you? ...
- A failure of Them and Us (27 Nov 06)
Commissioner Terence Cole QC has found no evidence that any Federal Government minister knew about AWB Limited's payment of $US220 million of kickbacks to the corrupt Saddam Hussein regime. In ...
- Donald Duck RIP (23 Nov 06)
The British Medical Journal has an obituary for Donald Duck.Donald Duck Former medical missionary and general practitioner. Mallaig (b. 1924; q. Edinburgh 1950) died from complications of Parkinson's disease on ...
- Tick, tick, tick ... (21 Nov 06)
Casey Smith who makes art technology under the label Junkfunnel Labs has designed this Suspicious Looking Device the only function of which is "to appear as suspicious as possible whether ...
- Smart move, Mr Thorpe (21 Nov 06)
In bringing his competitive swimming career to an end Ian Thorpe has shown his usual intelligent self-understanding. Perhaps it is this that makes him interesting to me. Jacquelin Magnay writes ...
- Claiming the bacon (20 Nov 06)
In the fiercest debate to surround the Dunmow Flitch Trials since their inception in 1104 the organisers in the small Essex town must decide whether same-sex couples may participate in ...
- No small gesture (12 Nov 06)
Summing up the US election result from an Australian perspective I think The Age has it about right in its editorial of 10 November.Only two years ago -- but it ...
- Collection chaos (27 Oct 06)
This made me chuckle; maybe I'm on too many church rosters -- sidesperson lay minister occasional preacher singer etc etc. I add that I do sit on the left side ...
- The skill of the putdown (27 Oct 06)
The rhetoric of understated disdain by Peter Bolt. The Australian Church Record Issue 1890 October 2006Sometimes the skill of the putdown lies simply in adopting the right tone. At other ...
- Documented incompetence (23 Oct 06)
The documentation of the US (and consequently the Australian) incompetence in Iraq continues to mount up. For example: State of Denial: Bush at War Part III by Bob Woodward. Simon ...
- The verdicts first, trial later, maybe (19 Oct 06)
"Let the jury consider their verdict " the King said for about the twentieth time that day. "No no!" said the Queen. "Sentence first--verdict afterwards." "Stuff and nonsense!" said Alice ...
- Waygook? (09 Oct 06)
In the midst of all the drama about the North's nuclear weapons Seoul newspaper Chosun Ilbo has the odd spot. It reports that the latest hot-selling tee-shirt in Seoul's in ...
- Paperwork (30 Sep 06)
The tribulations of reorganising my home office/study.Cartoons by Dave Walker. Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons. ...
- Footy flood (29 Sep 06)
This weekend brings the season grand finals of the Australian Football league and the National Rugby League. If pressed I will admit to being a supporter of the Melbourne Storm ...
- Personality peculiarities? (22 Sep 06)
Personality disorder testDisorderRatingParanoid Disorder:LowSchizoid Disorder:LowSchizotypal Disorder:LowAntisocial Disorder:LowBorderline Disorder:LowHistrionic Disorder:LowNarcissistic Disorder:LowAvoidant Disorder:LowDependent Disorder:LowObsessive-Compulsive:Low. . . Well that's a relief!Take the Personality Disorder Test My dating personality profile:Liberal - Politics matters to ...
- Agape? Powerful? (13 Sep 06)
You are 54% feminine 46% masculineYou are in touch with both your feminine and masculine sides. You're sensitive at the right times but you don't let your emotions overwhelm you. ...
- Mr Thorpe, privacy, and respect (20 Aug 06)
Melbourne's Sunday Herald Sun of 20 Aug 06 is just one of many papers to report at length a full-length interview given by Mr Ian Thorpe OAM in response to ...
- A sporting allegiance (11 Jul 06)
It's impossible to escape sport in this country and after a while you get to think that maybe it would be OK to at least notionally support a team or ...
- Diving contest (06 Jul 06)
With an Italy v. France final the World Cup has become a bore. The early rounds were intriguing but the finalists have been selected by cheating. Maybe this superb Canadian ...
- Robbed? (26 Jun 06)
With the last kick of the match Italy scored a penalty goal to knock Australia out of the World Cup 1-0. Were the Socceroos robbed? I have no idea. Michael Cockerill ...
- Green and gold (23 Jun 06)
Having risen at 4.30am to watch the game many Australians are happy but sleepy today as the Socceroos go forward to the World Cup round of 16 after a 2-2 ...
- not too much graphically (09 Jun 06)
Sala has devised a way of graphically representing the links in a website. Some of the most interesting results are displayed on flickr. The not too much graph is below. ...
- Quit! (31 May 06)
Today 31 May is World No Tobacco Day. not too much is tobacco free. Quit! However I cannot say that this site is entirely caffeine alcohol or calorie free. ...
- In good spirits and in great shape (26 May 06)
"In front of a bigger crowd than they'll see at the World Cup the Socceroos enjoyed the perfect farewell with a winning - and at times commanding - performance against ...
- Bouncing off the walls? (12 May 06)
My sole chemical vice 1 3 7-trimethyl-1H-purine- 2 6(3H 7H)-dione a psychoactive water-soluble purine alkaloid commonly known as . . . . Gotta cut down! ...
- Woes (01 May 06)
Last weekend after wrestling with the question of which of the world's too many troubles to mention in the intercessions at Sunday Eucharist I empathised with Phillip Adams' lament in ...
- Alphabet Zoop (20 Apr 06)
Hat tip to *Christopher who got it from ePiscoSours who got it from not a shrinking violet who got it from . . . Accent: 'educated' Australian with hints of ...
- Migration buggery (01 Apr 06)
I did not expect to see buggery in a cartoon in the conservative Weekend Australian newspaper this morning. Condemned by all and sundry the cartoon is apparently a response ...
- Howard: comfort before justice (01 Apr 06)
The Economist (9 March 2006) argues that the longevity of John Howard as Prime Minister has been partly luck "in the form of an economy that was starting to grow ...
- My Games picks and a question (27 Mar 06)
These some of my choices of interesting athletes at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne -- my home city. Despite all the hoopla however James and I found the opening and ...
- Yet another personality test (19 Mar 06)
Looking much like a row of military decorations this bar from "personal dna" purports to describe my personality. [Hat tip to Rebel Prince] As often with such tests it alleges ...
- Bloodless (09 Mar 06)
There are reports that Scottish activists will protest the ban by ScotBlood the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service on the donation of blood by gay men. Similar campaigns have taken ...
- Exit (08 Mar 06)
It's amazing the attention generated by the withdrawal of Ian Thorpe from Australia's Commonwealth Games team due to severe illness. (Grant Hackett is another popular figure unable to take ...
- Feathers or football? (06 Mar 06)
In the words of David Lewis writing in the Courier Mail and elsewhere "Forget the floats and feathers of Saturday night's gay and lesbian Mardi Gras the most eye-catching ...
- Well shriven? (28 Feb 06)
Shrove Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday which begins Lent. It is a day of penitence to clean the soul and a day of celebration as the last chance ...
- It's nonsense, but . . . (16 Feb 06)
I passed 8th grade Math[Just as well in my job!]"Congratulations you got 10/10 correct!"Could you pass 8th grade Math? ...
- Mr Thorpe and Mr Cowdrey (06 Feb 06)
The always interesting Mr Thorpe is back at work again. I wish him success in the Commonwealth Games. Meanwhile a real hero for the games seems likely to be Matthew ...
- Memed? (05 Feb 06)
Geek boi tags me with this so . . . [Read this to work out whether the following is a meme or not]Remove the blog in the top spot from ...
- Anyone offended? (04 Feb 06)
Ship of Fools has been running a competition for the funniest and the most offensive relgious jokes with the results decided by poll; 951 jokes were submitted of which 82 ...
- Salaried voting power (03 Feb 06)
The Sydney Morning Herald reports that the Anglican Diocese of Sydney will ordain 45 (male) deacons this week. Each will be appointed to a "living" within the Sydney church that ...
- Girt by beach, without identity (26 Jan 06)
It's Australia Day and I have to work later today a public holday. Many have long believed that 26 January the anniversary of the first white settlement in 1788 ...
- Colour me green? (26 Jan 06)
The crazy thing is it's close to correct. I'm an autumn colour person and prefer a darker emerald green! you are mediumspringgreen -- #00FA9AYour dominant hues are cyan and green. ...
- Eschatological imprecision (21 Jan 06)
I tried this quiz that's doing the rounds to answer "What's your eschatology?" As a supplementary 'tie breaker' I was asked which of the following is more true. Trouble is ...
- Gillawa (19 Jan 06)
The 9.7 metre Pittwater-based Canberra Yacht Club boat Gillawa was last across the line in the recent Sydney-Hobart yacht race taking 7 days 10 hours and 23 and 57 seconds ...
- Mental courage (18 Jan 06)
Dr Geoff Gallop the (Labor Party) Premier of Western Australia has announcing his resignation to seek treatment for depression. In a press release the (Liberal Party) Parliamentary Secretary to the ...
- Thinking blogging (17 Jan 06)
From Confessing Reader I learn of a post by Brad Drell who quotes Rich Tatum who in turn is discussing an article by Dr. Craig L. Blomberg professor of New ...
- The right gear (14 Jan 06)
There are many reports (such as this and this) about a Jackson Missouri High School senior who was barred from a school dance because he was wearing a Scots kilt. ...
- W.'s chicken curry (13 Jan 06)
From some friends of ours the secrets of W's Chicken Curry: For 2 kilos of chicken pieces. Bend to a fine paste: 2 large onions 2 candlenuts and 2 stalks ...
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