Wednesday Whimsy
Today’s whimsy is brought to you by an elephant nicknamed Troublesome.
Please share any bits and pieces you have come across recently that have surprised, delighted, intrigued or otherwise positively engaged you.
2010 Melbourne Cup roundtable
It’s the day before The First Tuesday In November, so it’s time once again for an open thread where people can share with us their Cup tips, tipping systems, amusing anecdotes, withering critiques, fashion fascism, hangover remedies and anything else [...]
Victorian election called – and it starts with a dumb smear
With fixed four-year terms, I doubt reporters were exactly staking out Government House waiting for John Brumby’s visit to request that writs be issued for the state election on November 27th. Much of the early attention has focused on the [...]
Spotlight The Spin
Our weekly look at media spin tactics: let’s dissect the PR that aims to blow one’s own horn, bury one’s errors, resurrect the shambling zombie corpses of well-flogged deceased equines, and ooh look A Big Distracting Thing.




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