Love, Marriage and Terror in Melbourne’s Outer Leafies
Some memories fade too slowly. I was reminded of one such memory by the TV advertisement being aired in the lead up to White Ribbon...
Congratulations Magnus: Highest rated player in history gradually crushes the will of the previous Champion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_8WbDD2mmkw Rating: 2872. Closest behind, Garry Kasparov on 2851. Table of highest rated players ever, with date their best ratings were first achieved Rank Rating Player...
Happenstance offers a powerful critique of our boilerplate immersed world
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aUn-I_loNE
What have they got against us volunteers’ way of life?
Campaigners seem to be having some success in raising the profile of writers and others giving away the product of their labour for free. The first...
Nuanced Argument from an Unlikely Source
To defend free speech does not mean you cannot criticise how others exercise it. The very opposite, if anything. With weaker legal restrictions on, say,...
What’s on? A Troppo Initiative starting with the British Film Festival
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="557"] This image came up on a Google search for "What's On". It's from The Central Tavern at Springfield Lakes, wherever that...
My baby she wrote me a letter
Dear President Yudhoyono Or can I call you Susilo? We like to use first names here in Australia. It’s a sign of informality. It indicates...