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  • Damn, should have taken the kids to the beach yesterday

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    Not to swim, though. Just to look at the big, huge swell that came around Sydney beaches due to a concentrated low pressure zone further south. And at the mad bastards out riding it. SMH Photo: Dallas Kilponen A photo… Read More ›

  • Am I being too much of a snob?

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    Am I saving myself as much time and possible grief as I think I am when I refuse to read their blog if I click on a commenter’s profile and find that they’ve listed The Da Vinci Code as a… Read More ›

  • Strange Men, children and hysteria

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    I know that there are many men who don’t feel safe to go up to a distressed child and try to comfort them for fear that other people watching might take them for paedophiles.

  • Defiance, horror stories and rape report rates

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    Despite the immense wave of public admiration for Tegan Wagner’s decision to allow her name to be used in the reportage of the trial of her gang rapists, and her widely reported defiance toward them in court, it has to… Read More ›

  • Pollie childcare, Family Benefit B reform, and emergency contraception

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    Two Australian stories this week indicate some shifts in political thinking about balancing career and family life: Care for federal MPs’ babies at last POLITICIANS have finally won their campaign to have a childcare centre in Parliament House, just as… Read More ›

  • dreaded lurgy blogging

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    So, this week autumn has come to Sydney. The waterbed heater has been turned on, and the winter doona is on the bed. The kids are sleeping in long-sleeved-long-legged pyjamas. The skies are that brilliant autumn blue that only comes… Read More ›

  • Town v Gown

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    There’s a gang-rape case in the States that’s being much blogged about – 3 players from Duke University’s champion lacrosse team allegedly raped/strangled/sodomised an exotic dancer who had been booked to perform at a party while over 40 of their… Read More ›

  • Best. Hoyden. Evah.

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    Y.T. Skate-Kourier thrasher teen superbus. (The following book report is ending-spoiler-free.) Quite a few people told me I should read Snowcrash because I love science fiction. Why did none of them tell me I should also read it because one… Read More ›

  • What’s better than

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    going to see the anarchic stylings of a surreal, almost dadaist, comedian in the art-deco surrounds of the Enmore Theatre? Seeing the anarchic stylings of a surreal, almost dadaist, comedian whacked out of his brain on horse-tranquiliser strength painkillers after… Read More ›

  • Why oh why?

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    There’s been another shooting incident in Granville, in the same street as last week’s double murder. Police are calling for residents to come forth with any information, especially those in the Middle Eastern community. So far, not a sausage. The… Read More ›