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#MEDIASTAN OR #HIGNFY
Have I got news for you? Well possibly not but I have enjoyed watching the BBC show lately in all its witty glory. I wish I could say the same about #MEDIASTAN. A documentary or perhaps...
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Food van a go-go.
“They’re like stray dogs. Nobody knows where they come from but still they turn up and hang around for hours before clearing off without so much as a by your leave,” said the tanned old man in the...
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Hip foodie tram drivers of the world unite.
I hadn’t planned on walking home this morning but the torrential downpour that was last nights precipitation forced me to to couch it out at a friend’s place. Not that I’m averse to getting wet but why...
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“I want to be the highest paid actor in Hollywood”……….. Dali.
T’other night I took t upon me self to watch Jodorowsky’s Dune. I was at a bit of a loose end creatively, you know – procrastinating and lazing around on the couch watching Game of Thrones and all that...
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Literary speed dating.
Last night, t’was a Friday night, I stayed in and kept the animals company and snoozed on the couch. Hardly the stuff of Trainspotting or The Bad Lieutenant but there was a reason, several in fact. The...
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Come here to me. Ah go on away with yourself.
Last night I watched part two of John Michael McDonagh’s as yet unfinished trilogy of films dwelling on his Irish ancestry, the third part will be set in London, with high hopes of cracking my shites...
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The topsy turvy world of Downunder land.
Welcome to the land Downunder where our ignorant leader daily makes a blunder. Even when he is visiting the neighbours he can’t help but embarrass us and make us look like a nation of extremist...
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The World Cup that was.
So the mighty Germans have done it again, and again and again. And why not? They are united, organised, efficient and they keep going like the Duracell Bunny. Well done and may the steins flow freely...
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The utopia of the mashed potato special.
Winter, winter, hail and binter…the telly is crap and the you’ve out drank the vintner. So there I am pacing the kitchen and poking an eye in the fridge for culinary inspiration. I’ve got a kangaroo...
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15 things everyman should have, according to Tom Ford.
Designer, style guru, rap muse and film director Tom Ford has given us his 15 commandments of sartorial, physical and mental must haves. I reckon he gets off to a good start but falters along the way....
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Crazy solutions for a crazy planet’s crazy problems.
In a bat shit crazy world like ours what can be done to make it all so much easier to get out of bed with a smile on one’s dial and greet the world with expectant joy rather than fearful anxiety and a...
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What’s on the telly.
A few thoughts on what I’ve been watching on the goggle box: The Knick-loved every minute of every episode, including the music by Cliff Martinez. Clive Owen ain’t bad either. Keep it up Mr Soderbergh....
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Fiddle dee dee Nazi spuds…you won’t believe how the Irish saved Hitler and...
Clickety click bait!!!! Yup, I’ve fallen foul of click bait journalism. Even someone of high ethical morals and modesty, such as myself, can succumb to gutter journalism techniques. Although it’s...
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The only diet worth doing: Nico-no.
I’m loving this new nico-no diet that I’m on. I’m not usually one for fad diets but this one is the shizz and has me hooked. It’s not for everyone mind you. It’s really simple and fun to do as well....
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Sticks and stones.
It’s been an interesting couple of weeks on planet Earth, or what’s left of it. Imagine if you were down the local boozer back in the 1960s and opining forth on the what the future might hold for...
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Pottery shards on the stage of life.
I’d like to continue on from my last post and talk about Hollywood for a bit. So there we have producers and movie moguls making films with happy endings, endings that always involve a spunky hunk...
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The countdown begins. An adventure awaits. The road is there. I am here. Soon we will be as one. Following …Continue reading →
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The Backstory
This last year has been a funny one for me and my relationship with the Grand Old Dame of Melbourne. Ever one of her staunchest supporters since we first met twenty years ago, I was beginning to grow...
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Day one
Some time after 8am I finally found myself on the on the road. I was going to take the Western Highway all the way to Adelaide, approximately 751kms or eight and half hours of driving. I’d planned to...
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Days 2 & 3
Adelaide, oh Adelaide! The city I don’t know so well. For those of you not in the know, the city of steeples and spires has a dark history which belies it’s sleepy appearance. Some of you may be...
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