Celebrating sinistrality.

Happy left-handers day fellow southpaws! Right-handed friends – navigating your world is not always as easy as you think. Sometimes it’s downright awkward.

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arts / self indulgence

Have you met the boys?

I know that I mentioned the notion of my ‘boys’ around Joe Strummer’s birthday last year. At the time I said they were a post for another day. Well, as another of Strummer’s birthdays has come and gone, it’s probably time to introduce them. First let me say that I am somewhat of a music…

arts / self indulgence

If it sounds like writing, it’s not Elmore Leonard

Just had to post something to note the passing of Elmore Leonard – one of the finest crime novelists ever to plonk themselves down in front of a yellow legal pad. Elmore Leonard’s characters have the ability to capture the interest of those who maybe wouldn’t think of themselves of fans of ‘guys with guns’.…

Ladies, we’re taking over!

Before I move on from the general topic of prejudice, and as much as I’m loathe to give Fox News any oxygen, this one is so bad it’s good. Here’s a hilarious and yet terrifying look at an (all male) Fox News panel discussing the ‘society-ending’ news that women are now primary breadwinners in some…

Whitefellas (are) dreaming

It’s been a while since I posted, so perhaps this is a bit strong a way to start things up again, but here we go. I’ve watched things play out over the past few weeks, thinking that I won’t comment because no one can speak with authority on something that they haven’t experienced. Yet it…

Hug it out!

Had an experience last week in the side streets of Bowen Hills – in the middle of a weekday morning – that has convinced me road rage is getting ridiculous. Either that or people are just looking for any reason to be a dick. We have probably all seen a road rage incident – yelling, swearing, aggressive tailgating,…

Joss Whedon: vote Romney, because zombies.

I have a long time love of all things Joss Whedon. The reasons are too many to count. But here’s one…

I know you are, but what am I?

Newspapers, TV & the interwebz have been saturated the last fortnight with the fallout from Prime Minister Gillard’s spectacular smackdown on Opposition Leader Tony Abbott. So much so, I was going to let it pass without comment. But as things appear to have kicked off again, I wanted to weigh in on one thing in particular. Apologies to anyone living…

Do we have to break up now?

Wow. Just, wow. I’m struggling to believe some of the things people have posted on Twitter the last few days. I know there’s often ugly exchanges and not just on Twitter – have you visited a newspaper comment section recently? But Twitter seems to be home to some of the ugliest cases – comments and…

About a boy

I’m going to be a little self-indulgent here because one of my ‘boys’ has a birthday today. Friends will know of my ‘boys’ – a small group of musicians that I so adore, and have adored for so long, that I’ve taken them on as part of me. But I’ll talk about these lovely lads…

Train wrecks and best in show: Olympic team uniforms

With the Olympics underway it’s time again for me to get my fix on sports I love but which don’t appear on the teev too often outside Olympics & Commonwealth Games. But I’m finding myself still distilling the opening ceremony (which, in the opinion of this history & arts loving Anglophile, was awesome) and the…

Five fave fictional leaders

After my post on fictional vs. real politicans, I got to thinking about my favourite fictional leaders. Note: I said favourite – not ‘best’ or ‘greatest’. Not all on my list are great leaders, or inspiring…or even nice. Some I love because they aren’t any of those things. So my five may have been different…