What Is In A Name

One of the human races greatest gifts is language and we use it as a way to understand and recognise the world around us and our place in it.  In most cases this is a reassuring process, how children grow to understand what they see as they learn to speak.  However there is a danger …

Asylum Seekers & Australia

By now you may or may not have heard about the tragic turn of events on Manus Island that left one person dead and 77 injured. We don’t yet know if this new tragic low marks a turning point, if it’s part of Australia’s new status quo, or if it will finally be enough to …

Oh We’re On A Roll Here

  Just received this update from some friends at Guardian news and let me tell you if I was mighty riled before I’ve shot straight past angry into the land of spluttering WTF.  So wait for it – dummm da dummmm Victoria’s anti-protest laws pass lower house by one vote These controversial new laws give …

Another One (civil liberty) Bites the Dust

Well I’m just a little on the cranky side – actually I mighty riled to tell the truth.  How is it possible that at both a State and Federal level for our representatives can be such complete assholes  (in general there are a few who try to keep things going)   During WWII ID cards were …

Whole New Take on End of Days

It’s so hot here at the moment that when I saw this I went ‘I knew it‘ Tony Abbott (our prime minister) is evil and he’s going to get us boiled alive. I mean if you believe that God created the earth (I’m not saying he did just if) he might be a bit put …

Writing to Recovery

My true skill in life is writing, not as in novels or short stories (although I do have some talent there) but as someone who can take the information given to them and give shape and clarity to it through the written word. I’ve worked in PR and Marketing for many years but now find …