Random thoughts and observations
In the paper today we had a full-page color ad from some bloke saying sorry to his wife, girlfriend or significant sheila (but almost certainly not his mother). I have to confess that I missed the ad until tonight when I was reading at a more leisurely pace. The ad says: Sorry Princess. I’m sorry [...]
“Rotary supports bowel cancer” proclaimed the headline in the (now defunct) Golden Mail. They were writing about the Bowelscan program, which aims to detect and prevent bowel cancer. In the Kalgoorlie Miner this week we dropped a clanger by describing a vehicle which caught fire as a Holden when in fact it was a Falcon. [...]
Juliet was watching Grumpy Old Men on pay television tonight and invited me to join her. I declined, but conceded the title was me, especially at work these days. She kindly reassured me I wasn’t a grumpy old bloke and we discussed the program, which we had both seen previously. I said I thought One [...]
According to Wikipedia, Catherine Deveny is a comedian and columnist. It’s a shame she doesn’t make her columns amusing. Andrew Bolt ripped into her last year as the “hateful columnist” which probably won her a medal among the left. I think her latest piece on debutante balls was hateful, ill conceived, unfunny and inappropriate. Tweet [...]
I’m really proud that two Kalgoorlie Miner photographers were recognised tonight at the Western Australian Press Photographer of the Year Awards 2008. Mary Mills won the picture story category for her series on the Kalgoorlie Cup. Mary came second in the section for best country photographer and fellow Miner shutterbug Jodi Kingston came third. Photographs [...]
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