I read with much mirth the following in today's Sydney Morning Herald (28/01/05) - " 521,000 people in the financial year 2003/04 ...

Let's hear it for Australia Day. In one foul swoop Slammin' Sam Kekovic reminded us all exactly what it means to be Australian... to...

There's nothing worse than being Un-Australian; I should know, I've been Australian all my life and I'm sickened by the creeping...

When Prince Harry dressed up like a Nazi, there were cries in the media that he was being Anti-Semitic. Am I allowed to accuse the USA of An...

I think that BJD has drawn a different inference than I did from this article. Whilst I agree that the article was inexpertly written, I se...

Let's take a trip back in time to 1974. Colour TV is still at least 6 months away, cable TV is well... 20 years away at least. So then, ...

"We don't like you either" , is the slogan used by JJJ on and off since 1975 when the station basically gave commercial radio ...

What sort of person could possibly defend a scurrilously maniacal bigoted dictator? I'm not about to for a second, but what I find s...

You really have to love Japanese advertising sometimes. Pocky is one of those weird snacks that looks stupid but tastes yum. It's ba...

Hello Australia. Some 218 years ago, the English Government (before the Second Act of Union) decided that keeping prisoners on board ship...

One of my all time greatest heroes isn't someone who saved the world but an industrialist, a businessman who didn't take crap from a...

There are several kinds of clients that exist if you are an accountant. 1. Meticulous Record Keepers These are the bozos who keep every...

Sponsorship is a question that raised it's head in the world of sport in the late 50's. Nowadays it's not uncommon to see advert...

Conference Side Exeter City yes, Conference Side Exeter City held the great Manchester Utd to a scoreless draw in the 3rd round of the...

The Great Ice Age, a recent chapter in the Earth's history, was a period of recurring widespread glaciations. Mountain glacier s fo...

The beginning of every year always fills me with the same sorts of questions; namely what what my maker have for me to do in the next 12 mon...

...And then it just got a bit weird. It isn't a good idea to be giving me any more than about two days holiday, for then I start to get ...

Long before The Darkness started parodying glam rock, way before Chad Smith ripped his shirt in the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, long before ...

"The task we all have to face is the same; that is, to live a fulfilled life in spite of many unfulfilled desires" - Walter Trobi...

Soccer finally becomes football Date: January 1 2005 As of today, the game of soccer in this country will officially be known as football...