The Winter Olympics

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Well of course the 2010 Winter Olympics are on again, this time in the picturesque city of Vancouver. That’s in Canada. Now I love a good spectacle and with high-definition tv it makes it feel like I’m right there, staring at Eddie McGuire’s increasingly red face. The heat generated from his scone alone is the [...]

Pardon Me

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Burke and Wills and Statues

Friday, February 5th, 2010

The basic two tenets of European/Australian history seem to be racism and incompetence.There is no more prime example than the story of Burke and Wills. For those of you who are fortunate enough to reside in Melbourne, you can see a giant erection of the two pricks and the corner of Swanston and Collins.