We've all heard about how much of an issue single use plastic in particular is in terms of litter and the environment. But I think we're fairly well 'insulated' from the impacts of it in places like Australia where we clean it up pretty well, and hide it away from sight. So it's easy to [...]
Moments. That's all there is. Lots and lots of moments all joined together. Moments are there whether you recognise them or not. Most of them just slip on by because they’re 'ordinary'. We usually only notice the really good ones. Or the bad ones. (And boy are we good at that!) And for the most [...]
It’s easy to look at people’s adventures on social media and get all wistful and wish you could do this or that. And that kind of Wanderlust gets a bit fuckity if it makes you feel like you’re missing out on something by focusing on the shit you can’t do, rather than excited about what [...]
At the risk of sounding like a pompous twat, (more than usual, I mean), in recent weeks I’ve spent a ridiculous amount of time pondering this fundamental question: How the fuck do we find middle ground, how do we find harmony, whilst respecting another person's, or group's, right to have completely different opinions and beliefs [...]
(First published on Facebook on 23 December, 2016) My final ode to the notion of 'political correctness' (or as I like to call it 'being nice to people'), for the year. Sometimes, I think thoughts at the weirdest of times, like when I'm riding my bike or walking or running or in the shower or, [...]
We all know politics doesn't necessarily match up well with common sense. And the latest citizenship debacle here in Australia is an epic case of exactly that. The law that is in place, that politicians can't be dual citizens, is clearly no longer relevant in the way it was intended to be when first introduced [...]
This week we saw the 157th running of Australia's biggest horse race - The Melbourne Cup. Most years, statistically speaking, the day of celebration, the 'race that stops the nation', stops at least one horse dead in its tracks. Literally. And while this year was no exception with a horse being killed as a result [...]
Let me start by making it clear that my values don’t align with Trump’s. But this isn’t about that. This isn’t about him resigning because he’s a bad person or is doing shitty things. This is a purely strategic article about how he’ll ‘win’ by resigning. How it would be a strategic master stroke if [...]
In a time when there's all sorts of good causes vying for your attention, and our moola, it's always good to see people doing really cool stuff like Sam from Connie from Love Your Sister. They're out there raising money for Breast Cancer in their own, awesome way. As Sam says, "All this pink about [...]
With 2016 coming to a close it's time to set my sights on what the new year has in store. And it's starting to look like there's more than a few cool things brewing. There's a new book, for starters, a new Kindness project that I'm working super hard to launch in the first few [...]
