Tag Archives: ranting

Checking in

Posted on December 10, 2018 by Hatboy

Not a lot going on this week, but I’ll be busy at work and busy editing Greyblade[1], and after my long weekend of shrill activism I’m pretty much done with politics for the time being – identity or otherwise. [1] … Continue reading →

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Hey. Old cunts.

Posted on December 9, 2018 by Hatboy

  Hey, old cunts. Hey, Marea (and Marea). Hey Bruce. Hey Glen and Janeen. Do you feel that? That feeble, silly little flutter of fearful bravado as you do your best to stare down the people who you know, in your … Continue reading →

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Interlude: If People Don’t Like You, It May Simply Be Because You’re A Fucking Arsehole

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Hatboy

Day 64. 114,550 words. This pointless little news story irritated me mildly last night. Director Kevin “Silent Bob” Smith had a big ol’ heart attack a little while ago, and was fortunately fixed up by his surgeons. Actor Chris “Star … Continue reading →

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My favourite jerky is kneejerky

Posted on September 20, 2017 by Hatboy

I don’t have much to add after yesterday’s post. I feel better for having gotten it down in writing and I regret absolutely none of it. The process of encapsulating my thoughts was important, and the resulting discussion was even … Continue reading →

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Gutless

Posted on September 19, 2017 by Hatboy

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: How to be Politically Correct Without being a Whiny Prat

Posted on February 2, 2016 by Hatboy

Day 26. 91 pages, 43,645 words. Here’s an interesting video that basically sums up my thoughts on opinions, conservatism vs. liberalism, and the whole concept of “safe areas”. As if this blog hasn’t made said position clear enough already, over … Continue reading →

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The Sour Grapes of Wrath

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Hatboy

The following is a fairly random and pointless rant that, as I continued with it, I came to recognise not as a specific and solid complaint, so much as something I needed to work out of my system in order … Continue reading →

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Militants

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Hatboy

Day 12. 32 pages, 14,598 words. Further preachy ranting ahead. Don’t say you weren’t warned. Okay, actually this time I’m not so much ranting, as nit-picking. Which, I admit, for me often amounts to much the same thing. It’s just … Continue reading →

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