The Aussies were seriously lacking in skullduggery at the Adelaide Test last weekend. But that didn’t stop us from having a good time at the Adelaide Oval. Even if it did seem to involve a full day of watching England’s mercenary South African batsman Kevin Pietersen spend the whole day smacking Australian bowlers around the [...]
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Find the heat over a bay or in the scraps of someone’s plate.
This will be our third summertime Christmas and I must say that I’m warming to it. I don’t know if it is having young kids to enjoy it with or whether the seasonal reversal removes the S.A.D. component of my typical holiday dread, but I find myself looking forward to Christmas this year. If you’ve [...]
Everything’s gonna get lighter, even if it never gets better.
Forget all your politics for a while.
Let the color schemes arrive.
I knew it would happen eventually. The American Left and the American Right have moved so far apart that they’ve backed into one another. I heard both MSNBC ranter Keith Olbermann and talk radio screecher Mark Levin shouting about new safety regulations at American airports. [...]
I pull myself under the warm and soft blankets, this Australian winter
For their grandparents basking in an American sumer.
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One of my favourite albums of 2010 so far is Sun Kil Moon’s latest “Admiral Fell Promises”. Unreal acoustic guitar accompanied by Mark Kozelek’s plaintive vocals, perfect for the Australian winter. Buy it from .
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Coup d’etat in Australia?
Without an election, or even much drama, we have a new prime minister today. Julia Gillard, who will be Australia’s first female prime minister, took over from Kevin Rudd in a “bloodless coup“. Not as exciting as it sounds – it was actually a planned leadership vote in the Labor party, and Rudd stood down [...]
Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
It is winter in Australia which means that it is football season it Australia. And by football, I don’t mean steroid stuffed giants in full body armor standing around for three plus hours, nor overpaid Brazilians kicking a round ball around for an hour and a half in the quest for a nil-nil draw. No, [...]
You and me baby ain’t nothin’ but mammals
I’m in Whyalla and I’m thinking about Neandertals. There’s a joke there somewhere if you’re a South Australian, but it isn’t actually a very fair one, or a very good one for that matter. So far, my day in Whyalla has been chock full of bright friendly people and even good food. That being said, [...]
And if life is really as short as they say, then why is the night so long?
I’m becoming a big fan of Adelaide’s Independent senator Nick Xenophon. He’s one of those rare politicians who is thoughtful and deliberate and votes not along party lines but for his convictions. He’s staunchly anti-gambling, an unpopular position in a nation that’s been overrun by ‘pokies’ and multi-million dollar lotteries. I’m with him 100% on [...]
No I’m never, no I’m never, no I’m never gonna let you down now
I’m in Mt Gambier. I suspect that 99% of you don’t know where in the world Mt Gambier is, I didn’t until I looked it up on Google Maps a few days ago. I’ve flown down from Adelaide for the day to teach the first year nursing students about the skeletal system, part of my [...]
“You’ll never take me alive”, said he.
Saturday was our two year immi-versary, the anniversary of our immigration to Australia. I stumbled off of a 24 hour flight into to the blazing South Australian with Dr. O’C and a seven month old Boy Z. I’d never been to Australia and despite befriending several natives (including the one I had lived with for [...]
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