Today is ANZAC Day.
While I don’t have a particularly strong national identity, or perhaps because of that, ANZAC Day always leaves me feeling extremely annoyed. My respect and admiration for troops in general is overshadowed by frustration at the sheer stupidity of a military leadership which would send those troops into a bloodbath by carelessly [...]
A new study has been performed by the University of Michigan, which proves conclusively that any old idiot can get a research grant at an American university. If you like, you can read the full article [archive].
Dr Frank Stafford, the researcher responsible for the study claims that women do indeed do more housework than men. [...]
Continued from: Celebrity Crush - Part I
This story is about a good friend of mine. We’ll call him Ross (because that’s his name).
Please bear with me while I set this up.
Ross is unquestionably Australia’s biggest fan of the Idol franchise. Not only does he own all the merchandise, but he’s moderated the Australian Idol forums [...]
The celebrity crush is an interesting phenomenon.
Celebrities often have particular talents which drive their fame, but that’s not why we love them so much. The reason we cross the line from enjoying their work to building a shrine for them in our bedroom has nothing to do with fame and everything to do with the [...]
Today, Kevin Rudd is going to offer an apology to Indigenous Australians for the misdeeds perpetrated upon them by the nation of Australia.
At a time when there’s public outcry over the mistreatment, abuse and rape of Aboriginal children within their own societies, Australia is inexplicably going to apologise for taking their children away.
I realise that [...]
Our government’s #2, Julia Gillard has assumed the role of Acting Prime Minister of Australia while Kevin Rudd is on sojourn to Bali for the climate change conference. She is Australia’s first ever female to assume the role, but I’m not convinced it’s as big a deal as everyone says it is.
The media is making [...]
Eating several bananas today has left me with a question. Why do only Americans think the second ‘a’ in the word ‘banana’ should sound any different to the first or the last?
Of course me actually asking it leads to yet more questions about the effect they have on the brain, but that sort of talk [...]
I little while ago I posted about a contemptible misuse of language commonly heard in America. This time, the rest of the English-speaking world is at fault too.
We’re all accustomed to hearing this phrase used to indicate loss of self-control — perhaps reckless abandon of one’s sensibility, particularly with regard to love.
Head Over Heels
Interestingly, the [...]
If you don’t care at all, how could you care less? That’s right, you couldn’t.
A dollar isn’t worth anything anymore, and if it takes 20 pieces of shrapnel to make one, then what’s the shrapnel worth? Nothing!
If you tried handing over 20 five cent coins to pay for something, you would:
a) Look like a dick
b) Still not have enough money to buy anything
c) Look like a big fucking dick
I [...]
This post is a precusror to all the posts I’m ever going to make about things I love that are considered uncool.
There’s a subculture in every generation that believes it has been chosen to adjudicate on what is or isn’t acceptable. These people like to prescribe rules for social advancement and individual expression, which if [...]
