Kung Fu Fighting

I grew up loving martial arts movies. Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Chuck Norris, Sammo Hung and Steven Seagal being some of my childhood...

Reckless is a virtue?

I had an awesome idea for a post! And then it all went wrong … In Shelter From The Storm, Dylan sings: ‘Twas in another lifetime, one of...

Write every day?

Why am I about to attempt to write everyday? Doing something for the sake of doing it is not something we do much as adults. When we’re...

Why can't you just be happy ...

… being better than everyone else? Picture the scene: 1992 NBA Finals - Game 6 - Chicago versus Portland Chicago leads the series 3-2....

Resistance is not futile

I love Star Wars. Its latest episode, The Last Jedi, was polarising – but I loved it. Its nuance and subtlety seemed to be lost on many....

The End

The end – is always between beginnings. Everything ends: days, years, movies, moods, eras, careers, good times … and bad. And always...

Video games and life as a parent

My brother presents the contrarian view of video games as a counter point to a discussion on our mini-podcast, which you can listen to...

It's elementary ...

A report, commissioned by the NSW Education and Standards Authority, has found no improvement in maths and reading among students in a...

The story of C

There’s a story about a university campus that goes something like this: They constructed all the buildings but didn’t construct any...

Rise (Thank you, Millie)

Such is the way of the world You can never know Just where to put all faith And how will it grow I entered December with Eddie Vedder’s...

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