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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
