Archive for the 'Politics' Category

Is It Mental Illness?

Saturday, June 5th, 2010

I’ve been thinking a lot about Conroy and his beloved clean feed, and I am rapidly approaching an obvious conclusion.
Senator Conroy may in fact be suffering from mental illness.
Hear me out on this.
Delusional disorder, as defined by the DSM IV, involved holding onto plausible delusions without the typical impact on mood or functioning.  These delusions [...]

Wedding Invitations

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

I can certainly understand why some people elope!
T and I have been going over the guest list for the wedding.  I know there will be people who expect an invitation, but won’t receive one.  There are two main reasons this will happen.
The first is that we are trying to keep numbers somewhat limited, so it [...]

Hooray for South Australia!

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006

It’s not perfect, but at least it’s a step in the right direction. A bill is to be introduced into South Australian parliament giving rights to “domestic partners”.

Where’s the damned outrage?

Saturday, July 15th, 2006

Okay, Israel are cuting Lebanon off from the rest of the world, they’re targetting civilian targets, all in the name of defending themselves. And little johnny and Curious George are condoning what they’re doing!
If there is outrage in the rest of the world over Israel’s actions, it’s not turning up in the media here. [...]