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Labor of lust

Australian newspapers today carried reports of the American journalist Doug Brown and his wife Annie who had sex for 101 consecutive days.
Here is a link to an American newspaper report.
Interesting story. The couple are the same age as my wife and I. I’m not sure about writing a book on the subject though. It seems [...]

[ More ] July 19th, 2008 | 3 Comments 1 views

Sex romp

I started in journalism 21 years ago but never had a sex romp until Friday. The front page of the Kalgoorlie Miner read:
“A Kalgoorlie man who assaulted his girlfriend with a sex toy during a sex romp foursome was fined $1000 in Kalgoorlie Magistrate’s Court and urged to seek counselling.”
The bloke whacked his partner with [...]

[ More ] May 3rd, 2008 | No Comments 3 views

Giving a sperm sample

I don’t know what prompted me to think of this subject today. Probably it was a repressed memory which must have been triggered by something. Certainly it was a memory I had banished from my conscious mind.
After Michael was born in 1996 Juliet decided to have no more children. It wasn’t something I agreed with, [...]

[ More ] June 27th, 2007 | 2 Comments 3 views

Bad news

Some people seem to think that newspapers delight in publishing bad news. As an editor I admit that bad news, tragedy and conflict often help to sell papers. That says something about human beings, I think, rather than newspapers.
From a personal perspective I prefer to focus on the positive but unless you're colorblind or wearing [...]

[ More ] November 22nd, 2006 | 1 Comment 0 views

Me and Jackie Weaver

I don’t have any celebrity tales to tell, except this one. Jackie Weaver is a moderately famous actress in Australia. She appeared in the classic film “Picnic at Hanging Rock” and many others. Her stage reputation is supreme.
Jackie must have a love for regional Australia, and I admire her for that. She recently came through [...]

[ More ] November 12th, 2005 | 3 Comments 4 views

Sex and the campaign

My election campaign steamed up this week, quite literally. Juliet pointed out accusingly this afternoon that my 8cm classified in the local paper appears underneath heavy bold type, which says:
LIVE SEX SHOWS AND LIVE STRIP SHOWS
Can anyone hazard a guess on the electoral implications of this juxtaposition? My ad is also surrounded by Melbourne Cup [...]

[ More ] November 9th, 2005 | 1 Comment 1 views

Peter Halloran released

The story of Peter Halloran disturbed me. I’m pleased to read that he’s now been released. From The Age:
Senior Victorian police officer Peter Halloran was last night cleared by the Sierra Leone Court of Appeal of sexually assaulting a teenage girl while working as a war crimes investigator for the United Nations.
Superintendent Halloran was facing [...]

[ More ] October 13th, 2005 | 1 Comment 1 views

Fate and circumstance

I went cycling up the Buckland Valley today. I don’t ride much in winter, but conditions were balmy today, more like September than July.
Going past the Lumsden’s dairy farm I noticed the newborn calves and pondered their existence. Never to know their dads, these little one have already been weaned from their mums.
Half of them [...]

[ More ] July 31st, 2005 | No Comments 1 views

Myrtleford Saints on the charge

I went to the football in Myrtleford today and saw the Saints pummel North Albury. Living in Porepunkah it’s considered a little odd that I follow Myrtleford, rather than Bright. I have an interest in Bright football, but not to the same extent.
I attribute this to my three years as editor of the Myrtleford Times. [...]

[ More ] July 30th, 2005 | 1 Comment 1 views

The Closet

I watched an excellent French movie on SBS last night called The Closet, starring Daniel Auteuil, Gerard Depardieu and Thierry Lhermitte.
The main character was a nice, dull accountant who learns that he’s about to be sacked and contemplates suicide.
A new-found friend persuades him to pretend that he’s a homosexual, thereby raising the spectre of discrimination [...]

[ More ] May 9th, 2005 | No Comments 1 views
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