Wow, the world has gone and got itself into a tangle again, things seemed to swing so far to the left just a couple of years ago and now they are pulling to the extreme right. With racism comes sexism and all the other “isms” follow. Once you divide a community on the matter of […]

Wow, the world has gone and got itself into a tangle again, things seemed to swing so far to the left just a couple of years ago and now they are pulling to the extreme right. With racism comes sexism and all the other “isms” follow. Once you divide a community on the matter of […]

When Melbourne sneezes, the regions get a cold, although the opposite could be said during the pandemic, as Melbourne sneezed and folks decided to flock to the country. Humans are like lemmings when it comes to trends. I remember the program Sea Change, which pretty much invented the “seachange” movement, that whole idea of ditching […]

The latest firebombings in Melbourne are a scary and real thing and threaten once again to push residents out of the CBD. A quick look back at history in America reveals the same tactics – firebombings to businesses with a balance in damage so they can still trade but know they are being threatened. And […]

In life there are a couple of things that give me the shits and this is just the place to air them out and create conversations around nitwits and head- scratching situations. But lately there are a couple of things that have boiled to the surface of my universe that have given me a rash-style […]

I am not usually a tin-hat wearing, anti-jab conspiracy theorist, however there’s a bit of stuff in the news that’s made me take a second look at history. Case in point is the latest fly-by the moon by the Artemis II, where they whipped by the piece of cheese looking for suitable landing spots, which […]

Here we go again with talk of a recession looming and interest rates predicted to go up again by August. And all this speculation leads to uncertainty in the market and you can’t trust speculation because that’s just what it is, a best guess. In fact for those who aren’t asleep at the wheel, you […]

After a long break of not going to the movies – something to do with a broken ankle – the other day we went and watched a movie over in the Palace Regent Cinemas in Ballarat. Now there’s not much I have to do to convince Donna to go. She thinks any movie is just […]