Tag Archives: australia
Well, looks like an Umbridge
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
Interlude: Meanwhile, in Australia
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
Huh (3).
(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
Gutless
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
Interlude: 994
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
I can remain silent no longer
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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