1. You’ve probably never heard of it, and it’s good to extend your library.
2. It’s the prequel (of sorts) to Jane Eyre - one of the best books ever written.
3. Unlike contemporary sequels/prequels of classic books which tend to be terrible in quality, this book has gone on to forge a considerable reputation of its […]

You get incriminating finger smears over your ass, that’s why. Although don’t ask me, as a mum of two toddlers, why I’m wearing white pants to begin with!
wordless wednesday

“They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the eveningwe will remember them.”– From the Anzac Day Service

I’ve been reading/hearing a lot lately about this underground trend in men’s hygiene. It seems a lot of guys are voluntarily giving up washing their hair indefinitely - but at least for six weeks at a time- because after this time your hair will have found it’s own ‘oily’ balance and will not require it […]

Big Brother has just come on; Gretel Killeen has come out onto the stage.
Keira: TONI!!!
(Keira hero-worships Toni Pearen from Australia’s Funniest Home Videos)
Adam and Me: No, this is Gretel.
Keira, squinting at the TV: Yeah, OLD Toni. Not beautiful.
Ahem…well……
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Of writing about his iconic book Where the Wild Things Are, Maurice Sendak* recalls a moment from his childhood: the moment in the Wizard of Oz movie, where Dorothy is trapped in the Wicked Witch’s castle, and that blood-red hourglass has just been turned over, clocking down her time left alive. Judy Garland’s acting, and […]

I was watching RAGE on ABC the other weekend (Aus’s version of Top of the Pops, or MTV, if you will) and this song came on:
Classic Kylie. It will come as a shock for anyone who doesn’t know that this song is ten years old. It hasn’t dated at all. Listen to the entire clip […]