The Herald Sun reports a Uniting Church cleric who believes Good Friday should be dumped as a public holiday in favor of something to do with reconciliation. That’s the sort of nonsense you come to expect from the Uniting Church. I have written before about how Australia’s public holidays need an overhaul, but I never [...]
Myrtleford murder mystery
It sounds like the remains of missing Myrtleford toddler Daniel Thomas may have been found today after human bones were discovered under a house in the North East Victorian town. Daniel went missing in October 2003. The house is the one Daniel’s mother Donna Thomas and babysitter Mandy Martin rented together when Daniel was reported [...]
Skimpy apology
I was going to write today about the dyslexic postman, but it needs a photo. I’ll save that for the weekend. Instead, I will update the story from yesterday about Jamie who bought a full-page ad beseeching his “Princess” to come back. The Kalgoorlie Miner’s romance reporter caught up with Jamie today and the tale [...]
Grumpy old man
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 [...]
Debutante balls
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.
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