This Time it’s Personal
Look over here! Social media and distraction in the age of anxiety
I have this list of changes I want to make to my business and its website that’s grown very long over the last few months. It’s not that my workdays aren’t productive; it’s just that I find myself constantly distracted. (BTW This is a 1900 word post but I’ve put lots of bullet points, short [...]
Ain’t no party like a country L Word Party
You have to make your own fun when you live in the country. Fortunately we were aided in our fun-making this past weekend by one of our friends hosting an L Word Party. As a self-confessed tragic of the television show, I just had to attend. For those who may not orbit in the lesbian [...]
Who really is the biggest loser? Chewing the fat on the effectiveness of weight-loss TV
I wrote this little rant last week but didn’t get time to post before I chuffed off to the beach. Seeing as it was International No-Diet Day yesterday, I thought I’d belatedly celebrate by sharing my take on a part of weight-loss culture that continues to suck me in. I stayed up way past my [...]
Oh. My. God. I Love Noosa.
Caro and I had our 14th anniversary yesterday and decided to celebrate by doing what we do best: Nothing. But not just regular old Nothing. We chose Nothing in a Beautiful Place. And not just regular old Nothing in a Beautiful Place, but Nothing in a Beautiful Place on a Glorious Day. Yep, we slothed [...]
My Dream Home is For Sale
The house in question is known as Araucaria (or the Hammond Residence). It was built in 1994 and won both the Robin Dods Award and National Robin Boyd Award in 1995 for the architects, Kerry and Lindsay Clare. I fell in love with this house when I first saw it featured in the local papers [...]
Quantum love and the essence of life
I’ve never been a big fan of Valentine’s Day. Like so many other days that are deemed significant in our culture, it’s one that rattles me as perpetuating so many heteronormative myths and being nothing more than a cheap consumer charade. (Tee-hee. I’ve been itching to use ‘heteronormative’ for ages!) What that means is that, [...]
Squeal! The L Word returns for its final season
[Spoiler alert: Many rehashed internet rumours to follow] After much internet speculation, and frantic emails between dykes asking “Is it true?”, The L Word began its sixth and final season with a splash on Sunday night (US time). We’ve just finished watching the first episode where, yes as rumoured, Jenny meets her maker. (Although I’m [...]
Free your mind: The power of Unsubscribing from email lists
It’s that time of the year when I review what I’m doing and start re-visioning how I’d like my next twelve months to be. This year, I’ve decided that my future is going to have a lot less email. I use email a lot. It’s my main connection with the world. I like it so [...]
What not to do, or, what I learned (again) in 2008
Yay. It’s over. Let’s celebrate. 1st January 2009: I woke up this morning feeling quite odd. It wasn’t that I was in a strange house, exceptionally dehydrated, and trying to remember just what had transpired the night before. It was the queer feeling of optimism. You may have noticed that every second thing I’ve been [...]
On Reflective Practice, or, Why I write.
Using writing as reflective practice not only develops your communication skills but can also help you with those big (and little) life decisions. Reflective practice. Means nothing to you? No, it probably wouldn’t unless you’d trained as a teacher or a nurse or a psych or a management consultant. It’s a shame it’s not more [...]
