If you haven’t seen the Old Spice ad that this is parodying spend some time here. Then watch this.
Culture
The milieu through which we swim
Obligatory #FryOperaHouse report
Last night 2500 Sydneysiders provided the most charming theatrical moment I have ever been privileged to share as they gasped as one at the revelation that Stephen Fry was unaware of the existence, let alone the gustatory delights, of the noble Australian Tim-Tam
Because portraying violence against women is so edgy, doncha know?
Warning: the image in the linked article may be triggering for some readers. Stickers you can put on your luggage to make it easily identifiable? Good idea. Silly stickers like blocks of cocaine or dildos? Juvenile and likely to have… Read More ›
It’s All Jezza’s fault
Certain People in my family have a great fondness for the boofy turbo-boosted mayhem that is Top Gear. I confess the laddish antics occasionally make me laugh as well.
Memories: Norman Gunston November 11, 1975
despite how many people were highly perturbed and critical of the way in which Whitlam lost office as PM, the voters overwhelming preferenced Whitlam’s ouster, Fraser, at the subsequent election.
National Security Committee Meetings and past and present PMs
Seriously, just how many senior members of Cabinet really need to be present for every single NSCC meeting?
Baby kissing
Image credit: PM Julia Gillard and Treasurer Wayne Swan holding some babies. You know when you pick up someone’s baby you have that pleasedon’tcrypleasedon’tcry chant running through your head? I don’t feel it quite so much now that I have… Read More ›
Joyeux Quatorze Juillet! @oldspice guy should say something in French to mark Bastille Day
Go on, Isaiah. Talk to us in French. You know you want to.
Liveable House Design
A new voluntary building code on house design is being released today by Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities, Bill Shorten. (please note link is to the media article on the code, not the code itself). Some exerpts from the article (SMH 13.7.10 author… Read More ›
Threads of Doom and the lurch to the right
While my wonkish side is partly thrilled to see so many people critically engaged with public policy for once, for them to come to it from a place of disappointment, suspicion and resentment over a previous incomplete understanding of the system is far from ideal.
Hoyden About Town 