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 […]

In the automotive world, when science and technology overcomplicate things, you can find yourself in a world of pain if you unwittingly break the law. I mean what happens if you’re busted in a 40-area going 60 in good faith that your car knew the limit? Particularly out here in the country where public transport […]

As we scratch up an existence, grinding away for each dollar, collecting tax for a government that doesn’t appear to be doing much about things, we are entitled to ask questions. And the first question is WTF is going on with AUKUS? Embarrassingly and unresearched when it first hit the headlines, I thought it was […]

There’s a new advert on the TV about Medicare. The scenario is that a bloke walks into the doctor’s room and with lots of smiles exchanged, walks out. Obviously, he wasn’t too worried about the rash he had just reported or the fact that he had just contracted Covid for the 10th time or, even […]

Happy New Year to all, and it is fantastic that as we turn the corner into 2026 we have taken the Auld Lang Syne song seriously, which asks if old acquaintances should be forgotten, answering with a call to remember and share a “cup o’ kindness”.
But a sneak peek into the year reveals it’s still everyone for themselves in the broader world and the dirge might as well not have been trotted out for the NYE celebrations.