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(…)
Jschool 2009
Thumbs down to public holidays
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(…)
Face masks for Aussies
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(…)
Ten Things Learnt From Parliament House
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(…)
Hot Pies And Meat Pies
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(…)
Cure For A Bad Case Of Can’t Be Bothered
Experienced court reporter Peter Gregory has a simple piece of advice for budding journalists when covering the courts of Australia: “Show up.” Speaking to Australia’s best looking journalism students from Brisbane’s Jschool, Gregory recalls the trial of convicted triple murderer Peter Dupas: “I was able to see him (Dupas) winking at the female journalists.” If(…)
Are Toyota drivers the new Volvo drivers?
Are Toyota drivers the new Volvo drivers? I ask this because when I first started driving in 2001 Volvo drivers were easily the worst drivers on the road. Not very fond of their indicators but very fond of their fog lights I found Volvo drivers to be the most inpatient, annoying drivers on the road. These days(…)
Election, party pies & footy
For very selfish reasons I was disappointed in the LNP’s lacklustre election result on Saturday. I had cleared my night to sit in front of Kerry O’Brien and the ABC and they called the election at 7:10pm. The night was over and the sun still hadn’t gone down completely! Fish & Chips was the most(…)