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I sent my first text messages this week. I know; you’re shocked. I’m one of the last people mobile phone owners in the world to learn how to text. (Not that I’ve actually learned anything – it was more by chance than design.) I have a little,...

It seems to me that the latest trend is to blame everything on fat people. Hospitals overcrowded and understaffed? Too many fat people are placing an enormous burden on our health system. (Let’s ignore the fact that far more people are in hospital due to the...

This morning around 4 am, I was dragged out of a deep sleep by the frenzied barking of the Wonder Dog and the dulcet tones of the Old Boy yelling, “Shut up, Rex! COME ‘ERE!” The dawg “came ‘ere” but he didn’t shut up. He...

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...

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...

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...