Lazy Sunday! (Sunshine Coast wineries road trip edition)
I know I said I was taking a break from blogging ‘n’ all (and I still am!), but this is such a nice feature, and no one else seems to have put it up, and I’m in such a happy [...]
What does an atheist do for Christmas?
Christmas time can have a tendency in the US to highlight the cultural battle grounds of religious belief. Commonly there is the pathetic sight of the powerful and privileged indulging their persecution complex by claiming there is a âwar on [...]
Christmas wars in hiatus, check back in 2007
We noticed here at LP that the Xmas Wars were pretty tame this year. But, don’t worry, according to the LA Times, they’ll be back!
Just checking in
… to say I hope everyone survived and even enjoyed the Christmas festivities. I’m not planning to resume regular blogging til after new year, so I thought I’d also wish all our fabulous LP readers all the absolute best for [...]
For your last minute steel guitar David Bowie cover needs…
I’m almost ashamed to admit, given the mad incitements and enticements to buy buy buy and thereby send kid(s) from Guangzhou to uni from “Caroline Overington Blog”, that a large part of my week has been focussed on the ever [...]
I won't add my condemn to your condemn (Christmas edition)
I’ve just been out doing some Christmas shopping and I wish to condemn Christmas carols muzak. I also condemn the culture warriors for dropping the ball on the “War on Christmas” front. Rarely has a festive season gone by in [...]
Your Christmas singing and dancing productivity challenge…
…is over at Jo Jacobs’ place. Evidently the silly season has arrived. Jo and I did something clearly unseasonable yesterday and actually had a business meeting. Few others around working. But we did have cointreau ice cream. So – in [...]
Best Australian On-Line Butter of 2006
Black Incâs annual collection Best Australian Essays is out again. This year Drusilla Modjeska has replaced Robert Dessaix as editor but if Delia Falconerâs review in The Age is any guide, itâs still the same old same old: Over its [...]
Gift Ideas for the Cheap and Grossly Insensitive Husband
I don’t know whether to be cross with the University bookshop for actually stocking this item I purchased on Friday, or to cheer them for marking it down to 50c and throwing it unceremoniously into the Sale Bin of Shame. [...]
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