Posts Tagged ‘The Greenists’

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 [...]

 
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There’s a time and place for everything I’ve got to get it through

Easter’s not really my thing. It is, by it’s very nature, a religious holiday and not being a religious guy Easter falls a bit flat for me. I think Jesus had a lot of really good things to say. Shame, then, that so many of his followers are more interested in keeping women from having [...]

 
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Now I see the bogans at the motor race.

This advert made me laugh out loud when I saw it in the local “newspaper” today:

It’s kind of an inside joke – Australians will definitely get it. For you non-Australians, let’s just say that if I were so inclined, I could quite easily produce a Mullets of Adelaide photoblog with daily updates. Without even venturing [...]

 
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This life is sweet. You’re dancin’ in the street.

To those of you shoveling snow or scraping the ice off your windshield or grieving the meteorological predictions of an amphibious rodent I have one thing to say:
Suck it, Northern Hemisphere losers.

February rocks!
Now when you manage to get out of your parkas and your fingers thaw, go and check out my post on The Greenists today. [...]

 
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I bide my time kicking up the sand

There is a possibility that I am becoming obsessed about food. My guest post for The Greenists is about food. Again. Still, I think it is pretty good so you should go and check it out.
The research for this one freaked me out a little bit. I try to trudge through life looking pretty much right [...]

 
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Congratulations to me, many happy returns

I’m finally starting to get the odd smile from this young fellow. And vice versa. I feel like we’re starting to make friends.
Time is tight as the semester comes roaring to an end and I’ve used up all my blogging time talking shit over at The Greenists. Quite literally. Enjoy.
I hope to be back toward [...]

 
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