Cheers to the science boffins.

by | Mar 2, 2013 | 6 comments

I’m typing this slooooowly and (sh!) quietly. I have a raging headache, courtesy of Denosumab. (The stuff that gets injected every month into my well-padded stomach.) The name sounds like ancient Egyptian to me. Ah yes, Denosumab, life-long friend of Senostrus...

Rocks for the pool

by | Feb 23, 2013 | 6 comments

What did you think about the earth-shattering news of the Aussie swimming men’s  relay team’s big confession?  Was it worth parading the offenders before a phalanx of journalists, baying for the blood of more disgraced athletes? Let’s face it we can...

Book nerd

by | Feb 16, 2013 | 6 comments

When I was a little girl I read anything and everything I could lay my hands on. The 4 book limit at the library was stifling for someone like me. I’d read them all within a couple of days and then the ensuing 10 – 12 day wait until the next library day...

Flamin’, mongrel hormones!

by | Feb 2, 2013 | 6 comments

Who needs flipping hormones? When you first encounter them, they sprout hair in embarrassing places, they pop pimples out on your face like they’re making fairy bread and you suddenly need deodorant. You find yourself obsessing about your hair, the opposite sex,...

Happy Oz day, mate!

by | Jan 26, 2013 | 4 comments

Today, on Australia Day, we celebrate our privilege to live in a democratic country, with clean air, clean water, fresh food, good health care, accessible education for all and a beautiful, extraordinary, challenging, inspiring landscape. Everyone loves the land of...