Why Political Correctness Has Lost Me.
“If we do not believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we do not believe in it at all.” Noam Chomsky In the past 12 months I adherents of political correctness have labelled me at various times as misogynistic, homophobic, communist, Islamaphobic, Anti- Semitic, racist, anti- establishment, …
Hello America my old friend
It’s time we talked about the Disunited States of America G’day America – it’s me one of your bastard children from the colonies. Despite not being legitimate, I grew up loving you – all those movies with John Wayne, Audie Murphy and Gary Cooper teaching me about the history you …
How long does it take for Google to index?
How long does it take for Google to crawl my site? If there is one question I can’t give a definitive answer to on SEO related matters it’s the how long question. How long…. will it take for Google to index my site? before I’m on the first page? before …
Sports journalism is an oxymoron
Sports Journalism is a disgrace I love sport. It is a crying shame that it is reported on and commentated on by a group of people who have the analytical capacity of twelve year olds. There are exceptions to the rule. Examples of Good Sports Journalism I used to love …
Mars anomalies
Mars anomalies – what does it mean? There are a heap of YouTube video channels, social media groups and forums and UFO conspiracy theorist sites out there all making hay out of the term and thousands of people are poring over images beamed down from the Curiosity Rover and earlier …
Friendship and Sunshine
How do you measure friendship? Who can you count on? Genuine friends are hard to find – here’s a description of a man I’m proud to call my friend. Above: At a party somewhere – we would have been 18 It’s been a very long time since I’ve seen Dean. …
To be a man
I’m angry today. Part of it is because of this story that I’ve become aware of this morning about the story of the woman who was stabbed to death in broad daylight by her estranged partner in front of her teenage son Part of it is because I became aware …
Spiritual Man
I wrote these lyrics a long time ago. I had this cool harmonic riff which is still waiting to find a home and I built a song around it. Unfortunately it was way too clunky So the lyrics have sat unnoticed for a long time. I came across them …
Postcards from Hell
When is the right time to change? I nearly left it too late. This was kind of confronting to write. Its not easy to fess up to being as low and as reprehensible as I was. These are the snapshots I remember. This is for the people mentioned in the …
When Winning Isn’t Everything
I wrote this when I was President of Grampians Hockey back in 2005. I read it out at the presentation night and then filed it away somewhere. Grampians Hockey has been an integral part of my family’s life for close to fifteen years. Grampians were seen as the weakest country …