For a long time I have loathed the concept of young women dressing in skin-tight scraps to hand trophies to male sporting gladiators. This is from 27 Jul 08: “When I’m not throwing empty tinnies at the TV, I’m also lamenting the amount of men’s sports that are supported by grinning women wearing very little [...]
I was going to post some pics of birthday cake and other goodies from last week, but I checked the office mail today and discovered some catalogues. Seeing as I’ll be acting CEO (I’m laughing my pants off just thinking about it) for the day job company next month, I’ll have full financial delegation [...]
Hey, I was offered and accepted a job, but I have to discuss something else first. What the fuck happened to feminism? Sorry for my swearing of late; all I can say is that I’m glad my mum doesn’t know how to operate a computer because she’d be after me with a bucket of water [...]
I was hoping for a few more years of familial independence before adopting the role of the child who will be parenting the parents, but I’m in a bit of a pickle.
My mother has always been a ‘if you want something done properly, do it yourself’ kind of woman. That’s great when things need to [...]
Today’s column in The Age by Michelle Grattan on politicians’ performance scorecards had a pearler of information I missed earlier in the week:
‘WHEN Julie Bishop made a cat’s claw gesture at Julia Gillard in Parliament this week, the shadow treasurer was giving one insight into why she’s struggling politically. Bishop explained subsequently: “It is just [...]
The people at Fairfax respect Layne Beachley almost as much as I do, and have given her blog space to write about motivation, health and success. Here’s the intro blurb:
Regarded as history’s best female surfer, Layne Beachley is a seven-time world champion. But her drive doesn’t stop at the water’s edge. She’s had success with her [...]
I’ve been reading The Face of Another by Kobo Abe from the contents of the A shelves at the local library. Abe wrote the book in the 1960s chronicling a man’s mission to create a mask after his face was grossly disfigured and he was ostracised by his wife and society.
His theme linked with a positive news story [...]
A woman called the office yesterday and had a long conversation with one of my staff. I picked up enough crumbs from one side of the conversation that I remained glued to the chair.
She wanted to visit our site to show her daughter around, who is applying for a government job and wants to [...]
