Tag Archives: Jschool 2009

What your coffee order says about you

By Tim Eakins | Published: Tuesday, 21st July, 2009

A good friend of mine is going on a coffee date Saturday and is freaking out. Not because of any normal nerves but over her coffee choice. She drinks lattes and apparently that is the coffee of choice for promiscuous gals. Who knew? So naturally she is worrying about sending out the wrong message. Nerves [...]

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Thumbs down to public holidays

By Tim Eakins | Published: Thursday, 18th June, 2009

Public holidays irritate me. Please don’t hate me. If I was in the business of working Mondays I suppose I would be pro public holiday but for now they are a pain in the backside. Monday is my shopping day. Throw a public holiday Monday into the mix and all of a sudden my regular [...]

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Face masks for Aussies

By Tim Eakins | Published: Monday, 8th June, 2009

Being stuck at home last week with the flu (Not of the swine variety, just a good old, unsexy, unfashionable virus) got me doing something I don’t usually do when sick: Thinking about how to make money. Usually I’m pretty good at dreaming up ways to spend money when I’m knee deep in tissues and [...]

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Ten Things Learnt From Parliament House

By Tim Eakins | Published: Monday, 25th May, 2009

Ten things learnt from a week covering Parliament House. 1 – Make sure your fly is done up on the first day. 2 – Double check your fly is done up the second day. 3 – If you are wearing a suit, striking teachers may think you are the Government. 4 – If you tell [...]

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Hot Pies And Meat Pies

By Tim Eakins | Published: Wednesday, 6th May, 2009

A win last Friday night by the best football team in the land reminded me of my love of hot pies. And by hot pies I don’t mean the mighty Magpies but the humble Aussie pastry. I remembered a Queensland friend once told me about the pie mecca of Yatala Bakery: “Everyone in Brisbane should [...]

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