April Fool’s Day
Posted: November 23, 2012 Filed under: ART, AUSTRALIA, WRITERS | Tags: April Fools' Day, Australian memoirs, Bryce Courtenay, Damon Courtenay, deaths from AIDS virus, heartbreaking books, ode to a son, RIP Bryce Courtenay Leave a commentThis is how I will remember Bryce Courtenay. His book about his son Damon is heartbreaking.
Bryce Courtenay – ABC Radio interview
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Whether it’s God or the bomb
Posted: November 23, 2012 Filed under: AUSTRALIA, SONGS, Thought For the Day | Tags: Australian artists, Australian musicians, Gus Till, Max Q, Michael Hutchence, Ollie Olsen, RIP Michael Hutchence 1 CommentIt’s only fear under another name
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Crikey! It’s Steve Irwin Day
Posted: November 15, 2012 Filed under: AUSTRALIA, Thought For the Day | Tags: Australia Zoo, Australian animals, Crikey, famous Australians, International Crocodile Rescue, jaws of death, Steve Irwin, Steve Irwin Day, The Crocodile Hunter, Wildlife Warriors 3 CommentsSteve Irwin was a modern day Noah. The man was as mad as a cut snake but he was also a conservationist who cared about animals and wanted to change the way humans treat the natural world. I remember the day he died so clearly. Phillipe Cousteau Junior, the grandson of Jacques Cousteau said of Steve Irwin,
“I think why Steve was so excited about it that we were looking at these animals that people think of as, you know, dangerous and deadly monsters, and they’re not. They all have an important place in the environment and in the world. And that was what his whole message was about.”
Thanks Steve, you are gone but not forgotten. Your work and your legacy live on.
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Re-blog: There’s nothing funny about rape
Posted: November 10, 2012 Filed under: AUSTRALIA, COMEDY, FEMINISM, Self improvement | Tags: I Totally Have A Blog, Melbourne bloggers, Miss Aleksia, rape jokes 1 CommentA great post
I’ve seen a few comedians pull off this seemingly impossible task from time to time. Louis CK has managed it (is there anything he can’t do?). Glenn Wool did it earlier this year at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, and he was one of my favourite acts.
However, the vast majority of the time, comedians who attempt humour around this particular topic get it horribly, horribly wrong.
This is the poster for a now-cancelled event that was due to take place at Station 59. And yes, you’re reading it right: it was going to be called There’s Nothing Funny About Rape: A Comedy Debate, and it was going to feature an all-dude lineup.
Social media existed, people pointed out how FUCKING OFFENSIVE THIS IS, and the event was cancelled.
Hallelujah.
Enter one of the aspiring comedians who was going to be on the bill: Alan Driscoll.
Station 59’s…
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He ain’t heavy
Posted: October 31, 2012 Filed under: AUSTRALIA, WRITERS | Tags: A friend in need, brothers, Lou Pollard, Roxbury Hotel, story telling, Tell Me A Story Leave a commentThis is a story I told in October at Tell Me A Story, a monthly event run by the fabulous Kathryn Bendall at the Roxbury Hotel in Sydney.
Lou Pollard – A Friend In Need
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Sisters are doing it
Posted: October 10, 2012 Filed under: AUSTRALIA, FEMINISM, Thought For the Day | Tags: anti women, Australian Politics, feminism, first Australian female Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, misogynist politicians, sexism, strong female leaders Leave a commentI was so happy to be an Australian feminist today, our Prime Minister held the political misogynists up to the light and called them on their rampant sexism. Change is coming.
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Happy birthday to me
Posted: September 19, 2012 Filed under: AUSTRALIA, Birthdays, Theme Songs | Tags: Dream A Little Dream of Me, Mama Cass, September 19 birthdays Leave a commentBrad Pitt and Johnny Depp still haven’t called me for my birthday, they must be sleeping
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R U OK?
Posted: September 13, 2012 Filed under: AUSTRALIA, LOVE, Self improvement, Thought For the Day | Tags: Gavin Larkin, Gavin Larkin legacy, important events on September 15, National RU OK day, Notable Australians, RU OK, suicide prevention 1 CommentToday is National RU OK? day. Please check on your friends, family, neighbours, loved ones and ask them: Are you OK? Let’s reach out to each other. We are so busy and so disconnected in our modern world. Together we can prevent suicide. If you have a neighbour who lives on their own, a smile and a chat could be what someone needs. I have rung Lifeline in my darkest hour and the woman who answered the phone was brilliant. May the legacy of Gavin Larkin live on and on and spread across the world.
If you need help call Lifeline in Australia: 131144
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Anzac Day
Posted: April 25, 2012 Filed under: AUSTRALIA, Theme Songs, Thought For the Day | Tags: ANZAC DAY, Lest we Forget, The Band Played Waltzing Matilda, The Pogues Leave a commentThey shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them
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Vale Margaret Whitlam
Posted: March 17, 2012 Filed under: AUSTRALIA, Self improvement | Tags: Aretha Franklin, Australian National Treasures, Community Service, feminism, Gough Whitlam, Great Australians, Margaret Whitlam, Respect Leave a commentToday Australia lost a great feminist, a funny, feisty, smart, witty woman who championed many causes during a life well lived. Margaret Dovey Whitlam inspired many with her service to community and country. As a modern Australian woman I am grateful to her for blazing a trail in the 70s.
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