Just kidding. There's nothing about animals in this book. It's all about torture, as the reader realises they have spent ten bucks on something that is at least over mercifully quick. A bit like a boyfriend I used to have,…
Category: life
Beer O’Clock
As I write these words, it is one in the morning, and maybe coffee would be a better bet than root beer, But I write for a global audience, and everywhere but Melbourne, soft drink lovers are awake and knocking…
Delter Dawn
Coming from Melbourne, you have to know that coffee is a serious business for me.I wouldn't call myself a coffee snob, but if it isn't espresso from one of the arcade cafes in Melbourne's centre, it's hardly worth drinking.I'm on…
Root Petite
Driven by the advice of the team at Tehben.com, who seem to spend their lives in a passion of soft drink and smut - not that there's anything wrong with that - I've been hunting for a sample of their…
The three antigraces
Yesterday I wrote about the three wisdoms (or graces, in the Eastern tradition). These are the sources of knowledge: the intellect, the teacher, the texts.There is a fourth grace. The self. Nothing happens without your involvement.Today, the three anti-graces. These…
The new Gabriel
For a while, it seemed as if the end of the Cold War had killed off an entire genre of literature.When the Berlin Wall fell - not that I cared at the time, being in kindergarten, with my reading mostly…
Camp Coffee
You may call me Muggins. It's Camp NaNoWriMo time and seduced by the Queen of Sex, Vickie Vaughan, I have signed up for another stint of self-flagellation and stress.I am committed - and I use that word advisedly - to…
Where does truth lie?
It seems that I am not just sighing into the breeze. A recent post on not just your Mum's favourite website but mine as well - the unique and merry site Tehben.com - references some of my philosophical thoughts.Go, read…
One red beach
My Work in Progress (WIP) is another research-intensive story. I guess I like looking stuff up and downloading books and getting immersed in details.Omaha Beach, then and now. Two very different places, and both very well documented. Maps, videos, photographs,…
When will they ever learn?
The term "concentration camp" has been thrown around a fair bit over the past week or so. Often by people who are paid to know better.Wikipedia points to history books noting that it was the British in South Africa around…
