What just happened? 24 hours ago, we had a government that was stable and working, but not doing so flash-hot in the polls… no dramas that can’t be sorted out by a general election. All of a sudden, we have a new Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister. I repeat: what just happened? I may… Read More Premiere album: J-Lard
This is a very controversial topic in Australia, and everyone seems to have an opinion on it: asylum seekers. I limit the scope of my rant here to people arriving in boats, so called “boat people”. Such folk are variously referred to as “illegal refugees”, “illegal boat people” etc, when they are doing nothing wrong and seeking… Read More Time for a party
Chips for the end of a long, stressful week (with a little help from Nigella): 4 or 5 scrubbed potatoes 60 ml vegetable oil Salt A freezer bag Place a potato in the freezer bag, place on bench. Take a medium saucepan and use its base to pound the crap out of potato in freezer… Read More Chips for stressed people
Media Watch has been documenting the foibles of the ABC’s Ignite production system for a while. I doubt this was Ignite’s fault, more likely human error: It actually happened twice in the same package. Maybe someone should donate a coffee machine to the ABC News production team.
Today marks the 349th anniversary of the day Charles II of England rode triumphantly into London and claimed the English crown. It was also his 30th birthday; as birthday presents go, that’s quite a good one. It was the end of the English Civil War, and the end of an era remembered for its overzealous… Read More Enlightenment