Noddy Goes Forth

We have finally sold our house, but it has seemed like a long journey.  I would give you a detailed account but you would probably end up with anxiety, depression, ADHD and Histrionic Personality Disorder.  I think you get the picture.  To take our minds off this and...

RIP Socks

Goodness how time flies.  I have been off-line for over two months but for good reason.  We are moving house and having not done it for 24 years I had forgotten the chaos that it creates.  Of course, this was not helped by the moving of the goalposts by her indoors. ...

Vote for the Greens

Comrades!  I am your Greens candidate for Medindie! The election is nigh, and we are close to power!  If you have money we want it! Party discipline is essential and subversives will not be allowed! Our SEVEN COMMANDMENTS are as follows: Goats not money will be the...

Whisky Sours

Recently I went with some friends to the Pink Pig for dinner.  The oldest wine bar in Adelaide, it is somewhat sneered at by the Adelaide bourgeoisie, but it serves the best steaks in Adelaide and therefore Australia.  I have said this to several people and upon...

Trigger warnings

A recent article in The Australian covered the trigger warnings given to the audience in a recent production of Macbeth.  Long warnings were given about ‘coarse language, explicit depiction of violence and blood, sexual references, discussion of warfare, discussion of...

A Town Called Ars

In Woodstock I recently caught up with two brothers of my age, who are family friends as our fathers were best buddies.  In our twenties we would endlessly make fun of our fathers after their reunions as they grumbled and griped about the modern world.  We now agreed...