“IT is what it is.” What bottom feeding, low-life, full of bovine excrement idiot came up with that saying? What does it even mean?Is it just another way of filling in the speech blanks like when you say “um”, allowing your brain to catch up on the next nugget of wisdom that your mouth is […]
“YOU should be a paralympian.” What?!There are two problems with that text, sent to me by one of my closest friends. One problem is that there’s no capital P for Paralympian. Nouns get Capitals. And you would automatically write Olympian. See? That looks right, without even thinking about it. P-P-P-Paralympian.The second problem is that just […]
LAST week I hired a post hole digger from the blokes at Kyneton Hire. The reason for the post hole digger procurement was as an easy way to plant a few plants that have grown too big for their pots. The cost was $90 for a 24-hour hire and when you are looking down the […]
The current Hepburn Hub at The Rex project may be cancelled. At its Tuesday, May 18 meeting, Hepburn Shire Council received a report on the proposed Hub as part of a commitment to provide a monthly update to the community and to be open and transparent about the project.At the meeting Cr Jen Bray said […]
I must admit to feeling a little twinge of paranoia when I heard this news, wondering as a 53-year-old man if I was being led down the garden path like a lamb to the slaughter or in my case a ram to the, well, you know.Maybe I have done my best work in society and […]
Black Friday has nothing to do with Australia but, like bunch of shopping sheep, Australians are now part of the whole Christmas procurement picture, following American dreams like Halloween and Valentine’s Day. Black Friday is an informal name for the Friday following Thanksgiving Day in the US, the day regarded as the beginning of the […]
After all, life is a series of lessons. You are born with a few instincts like where your mum’s boob is located and how to get attention, and the rest is learnt. Mannerisms and the way you handle stuff is nature or nurture but the big life lessons come about by practical learning.Mum always said […]
This breed of humankind are most definitely in demand for our local businesses as the roads open and there is some stiff competition for their dollar. I am talking about all the other regions that are enticing these folks back to their communities such as the Great Ocean Road, Yarra Valley and, soon enough, NSW.It […]
