Tattoos – a modern attempt to find meaning?
I find it startling how mainstream tattoos have become in just the last few years.
I remember that up until the late 1990s, tattoos were the choice tribal and identity markers for those on the...
‘Weather’ is not climate, stupid!
As I write, a massive cold front is sweeping its way across South Eastern Australia. Blizzards are expected in the Victorian and New South Wales Alpine Regions, and parts of Queensland may even get...
Labor no ‘U’
When Boethius was a much younger, and fitter, sage, he entered the workforce direct from spectacularly failing first year Arts at a well known University by obtaining a labouring job in an abattoir. The...
XYZ Weekend Arts: Why you should present music to your children in chronological order,...
In part 1 of this essay, I discussed how a child can absorb 600 years worth of "Classical Music," through from conception to the end of their blissful years of school-free life. In part...
Pop Princes in the Poop
Pop star Ariana Grande has sparked controversy in America after she licked a donut she did not buy, and was caught on camera saying that she "hates America" and "hates Americans." She offered a...
Greens defend political donation record…. So nobody else can hold it.
Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon has called for an urgent reform of political donation laws to ensure that the Greens continued to hold the record for the largest single political donation ever made in Australia.
Comrade...
Kyrgios calls Fraser a “Racist Dyke.”
The war of words between Nick Kyrgios and Dawn Fraser continues unabated. After Kyrgios tanked a couple of points in his fourth round loss at Wimbledon, Dawn Fraser said in a TV interview that...
Lies and statistics
Over the last few days in the wake of the Greek financial crisis, a great deal of confusion and misinformation has been injected into the public forum.
One of the most starling pieces of misinformation...
Why, why, oh why do Muslims hate dogs?
There are a lot of silly things, all sorts of idiotic ideas you can get caught up in, if you take the scriptures of your respective religion too seriously. Doing so when reading Leviticus...
Exhibit ‘A’
In a strong reaction to a speech by government leader in the Senate, Senator Eric Abetz, the two young children of a same sex couple living in hitherto unnoticed obscurity in Hobart have confirmed...
