I hate it when things aren't properly described. I mean, the other day, I heard that a light plane had crashed somewhere. Terrible, of...

IMPERIAL LEATHER SOAP - A letter Dear Mr/Mrs Leather, I like your soap in that, well, it's soap. It gets soapy. Decent lather. (More on...

Lot of brouhaha about 'redskins' and 'chicos' changing their names. I understand. If there's one thing that's important to me in this...

The biathlon at the Winter Olympics has got to be one of the stranger sporting combinations. I recall hearing Robin Williams describe it...

There can be no mistake; the luge is a very dangerous sport. The tragic death of young Georgian athlete, Nodar Kumaritashvili in training...

I recently noticed that a Western Australian football legend has officially been given the status of "legend" by the Western Australian...

It's probably axiomatic to say that television commercials do not have our best interests at heart. That I find many, many commercials...

There seems to have been a debate raging recently between those who declare an affiliation to a particular religion, and those who...

I'm proudly Australian. I'm not a flag-waving Australian, but that's more to do with a personal disdain for vexillology, rather than any...

I'd like to make it clear from the outset that I'm a big fan of the vuvuzela, if for no other reason than it brings some much-needed...

I'm displeased to report that Brut still stinks. As a product, it seems to possess no redeeming features of any kind, and the puerile...

This posting comes directly to you from Thailand. Why? Because I'm in Thailand. [Well, we were at time.] My wife and I have been here for...

I'll never forget the time my wife and I climbed a mountain. We were in Thailand, and it was 2010. (A lifetime ago!) We'd been told that...

I detest smoking. I try not to detest smokers, but I don't try that hard. Part of the reason for this, I think, is that I was once a...

On route to dinner with some mates last night, I noticed a new advertisement for a "toasted sandwich" that was being promoted by a...

I received some lovely gifts for Christmas. I'd tell you about them, but I'm wary of implicitly creating the appearance that I favour the...

I've just been reading about (and watching excerpts of) Ricky Gervais' performance as host of the 2011 Golden Globes. I have to say, it...

Whilst driving today, I noticed a sticker on the back a ute which simply read, "Extreme Motorbikes". Even now, I'm wondering what it...

I don't know if you've noticed, but when the worlds of swimming and running are held to mutual account, there are some disturbing...