On Snooki, Chelsea, The Borgias, & Big Tits

AS SEASON TWO OF THE BORGIAS IS ABOUT TO HIT OUR SCREENS, I THOUGHT I WOULD REPUBLISH MY MOST POPULAR ARTICLE EVER. ENJOY. Last night, relentlessly sleepless after a rather large piece of rib-eye steak that wasn’t, for once, washed down with a couple of bottles of good Shiraz (hence still being wide awake, I [...]

I take the leap

Apologies for the rough quality of the photo, but it was a dark and crowded pub on a dark and soggy night. After 20 years of writing poetry, publishing “Read Me”, (see below), and innumerable public speaking appearances, this was, believe it or not, the first time I have ever actually read any of my [...]

Don’t rest in peace, Davy Jones: get up to Heaven and rock the joint

How sad to hear that the Monkee’s Davy Jones has died of a heart attack at just 66 years young. I was a kid in the 60s and 70s, and the Monkees were simply part of my life. Discussions about whether they were a “real” pop group or merely a manufactured confection are surely irrelevant.  [...]

A really great pair of tits

I do love the internet. Well, I’m fascinated by it, anyhow. One of the great things about WordPress is it lets you see which Google searches (or other search engines) have led to people dropping in on your blog. I always give it a glance, to see whether my tagging of the 100 articles I [...]

Making a complete hash of social media

Hilarious story from the blind ivory tower that is Qantas, currently deeply mired in consumer scepticism and industrial relations issues following their recent grounding by Qantas management and lockout of their staff. Click below to see just how badly wrong a Twitter campaign can go when it is launched at the wrong time, dropped into [...]