Tag Archives: australia

Well, looks like an Umbridge

Posted on August 24, 2018 by

Day 31. 88 pages, 39,492 words. Good denizens of the Hatstand, allow me to introduce Australia’s new Prime Minister-designate. Unfortunately, it looks like this bloke is far more of an Umbridge than a nice harmless lunatic. More a Pence than … Continue reading →

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Farewell, Lee Lin Chin

Posted on July 31, 2018 by

Day 7. 67 pages, 30,089 words. Over the weekend we bade goodbye to an Australian icon. She’s not dead (don’t you dare!), but she has resigned[1] from the SBS news desk after thirty years bringing the most important news to … Continue reading →

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Interlude: Meanwhile, in Australia

Posted on April 28, 2018 by

Lazy bit of screencapping for my Saturday blog post. I give you “Screenshots That May Or May Not Be Taken Out Of Context”. Hint: Not taken out of context. I mostly wanted to throw this into the vaguely public eye … Continue reading →

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Huh (3).

Posted on November 15, 2017 by

(Wednesday of Huh, Part 3) This site has a cool interactive map showing the same-sex marriage survey results in more detail. I was pleased to see that my old stomping grounds, Fremantle (heh, and Rottnest) and Perth, beat the overall percentages … Continue reading →

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Gutless

Posted on September 19, 2017 by

From now until the first week of November or so, I might occasionally check in with the 1940s, also known as Australia. In the latest in a long line of spineless, utterly un-Australian and yet definitively Australian political moves, the … Continue reading →

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Interlude: 994

Posted on March 6, 2016 by

Day 59. 186 pages, 91,211 words. Australia is still dicking around with marriage equality. Here’s an amusing video on the topic. I didn’t go to YouTube for this, but this Australian take on The Daily Show is well worth a … Continue reading →

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I can remain silent no longer

Posted on July 20, 2014 by

Day 28. 61 pages, 28,320 words. Let me ask you this. How did we, as Australians, manage to do such a great job with the whole platypus hoax that the entire world believes it, but nobody believes us when we … Continue reading →

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