A vignette of friendship This is only because I treasure friends, and always feel bad about not staying in touch. So: one friend reminded me of another I ...

Healthcare and fast networks I've written about this before in a different forum, but that was ages ago and it still holds true. People thinking that fibr...

Understanding the tremors, and thanks to Amy Gray Before I talk about tremors, I want to pay tribute to someone I know only on Twitter and through her writing: Amy Gray, @_AmyGray_ who penn...

Sex and chemo: don’t try this at home To echo a previous post, I write this with my wife’s consent and endorsement. Apart from shit, another thing you’r...

The abandoned copayment idea was stupid anyway The assumption that distorted the government's frankly stupid and now abandoned position on copayment is that GP visits are (a) discret...

Payback for a 2,000 litre water tank: about four years Update: I have a crow to eat. Playing citation hide-and-seek I find that the original benchmark included purchase, a pump, plumbing an...

Alice Springs is a pimple on a boil on the arse of a white hypocrite [Since I'm on the Western World's Worst Broadband Ripoff this blog post is worth about five dollars.] If I ever...

The ABC: the partner-commentary of my life About me and the ABC through the years: 1960s: The news programs I had to endure because of my parents. 1970s: I was getting a h...

Yet more MSM NBN politicking It's been a while since I had a chance to unpick egregious NBN commentary – not that the stories have gotten any better, but beca...