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Fear of Dandenong – by Aidan “Taco” Jones
Once again we reach Saturday and find me running on very little sleep after three days’ activities. Last night I went down to Dandenong to do some standup at an open mic night in a local pool hall… what a strange experience. I’d never been to Dandenong before last night, and my only experience or […]
Nice Guys Don’t Finish Last – by Lucy Watson
Dear nice guys, Let me start by saying that I’m your biggest fan. To me, there is nothing more attractive than a thoughtful, kind hearted man who genuinely cares about and respects women. It’s a rare and beautiful thing. So I want to take a moment to dispel the biggest myth a lot of you […]
10 Things Mum Should Know About Me. But Doesn’t – by T. Little
Actually, there might be more than 10 here: 1. I am in a happy relationship. With a woman. 2. I don’t have as many friends as you think I do. 3. I am no longer a child, and hate that I am categorised as one with my nieces. 4. I can make sensible decisions. And […]
Making Tea. Cafes, You’re Doing It Wrong – by Lucy Watson
So, I don’t drink coffee. Weird, I know. Let’s just move past that. Because this isn’t about coffee. This is about tea. Proper, delicious, old fashioned tea. Not fruit tea, or green tea, or chai, or sleepy time. I mean English Breakfast, Earl Grey, Darjeeling, Melbourne Breakfast, milk-on-the-side tea. And why am I talking about […]
Taxis, Ubers and the Bitter Pill – by Lucy Watson
Ok, so it’s a Friday night, and you’re a bit thirsty. This a perfectly reasonable thing for you to be feeling – it’s the weekend. You’ve had a tough week at work and you’d just like to unwind. So imagine you walk into a bar. After all, bars serve drinks, don’t they? And drinks are […]
Stubble in Paradise – by Rebecca Pickett
On the 2nd July 2015, an eruption from an Indonesian volcano sent the lives of thousands of Australians into disarray. They could not even deal. Their perfect plans had been thwarted. What ensued in the following weeks can only be summed up one way: #Bogangate2015 How DARE you God/Mother Nature? Why couldn’t you just let […]
A Guide to Healthy Living – by Lucy Watson
You are not your weight. You are not “what you eat”. You are what you experience, what you feel, what you make, what you do, what you say, how you love. Eat healthy food, because it is delicious. Understand your food and what is in it, because unprocessed, real food is a joy. Exercise […]
Other Duties As Required – by Bethany Macdonald
My job description as an esteemed public servant has always included the ambiguous clause ‘other duties as required’. Whilst this is suitably vague enough to cover all manner of tasks, the most common seems to be posing in photo shoots where we can’t afford to pay real models. My face has appeared on promotional materials […]
MICF 2015: Reviews #15 – by Julian Callinan
Tripod: This Gaming Life, with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra I’ve seen a lot of good shows this year, but this is the first one I would describe as majestic. Of course, that’s pretty much because they have a symphony orchestra backing them up, but it means that Tripod’s songs feel that much more grand even […]