Monthly Archives: August 2005

Pressing on with the Les Darcy research and the things that you find out whether you wanted to know or not. I should have mentioned that the Park/Champion book is available in paperback from quality booksellers etc. The foundation for … Continue reading →

As Mark Bahnisch said to me having read a draft of this week’s Courier Mail column, “Getting pissed off is often good for one’s writing”. Well, I’m not sure, but it certainly works for this genre. I’m thoroughly pissed off … Continue reading →

"What was John Brogden thinking"? asked Miranda Devine, "Bob Carr’s resignation had just handed the NSW Opposition Leader the greatest gift of his career. But instead of capitalising on this stroke of luck, J-Bro let his hair down in rather … Continue reading →

One saying that I’ve never really understood is this one. “To err is human. To forgive is divine”. What I don’t understand about it is that I imagine that the forgiveness spoken about is forgiveness that is called for – … Continue reading →

A post on Crooked Timber links to an article about ‘reality TV’ catching on in Iraq. The mind boggles. After boggling, my mind remembered Vietnamese comedian Hung Le’s line about the Vietnam war. It really brought war into our living … Continue reading →

The internet is where you go for armchair theorising about the internet and Google. Here’s a tip and some armchair theorising about Google. Firstly I run two businesses – a discount mortgage broker and an economic policy consultancy. Neither couldn’t … Continue reading →