Hello, fellow Aussie! From Melbourne, so still under lockdown, and following the Covid-19 tracking very closely, as you can imagine. We have mostly the Kappa variant, an India-origin Covid-19 variant, but also some of the most infectious India-origin Covid-19, Delta. In one case, somebody visited an unventilated area…

And then there are countries like Thailand and Taiwan who did really well for a long time and are now seeing shocking (by their standards) outbreaks after having a year of relatively normal life. Just goes to show that you can’t even take past success as any sort of guarantee that it will continue.

Is it Haunted?

When I was a teenager a classmate of mine brought in a traditional Bola to school (the kind you twirl and throw at someone). He used it a lunch time on another kid that was running, hitting his thighs and tangling him up - he lost control of his legs, fell head-first into the concrete and suffered permanent brain…

The frenzy over the Royal Wedding and what the dress would look like is difficult to describe in modern terms. I was the same age as Diana, and remember walking along a high street in Toronto just before six pm on the big day, and came across a shop with television in the window. The coach was arriving, and me and a…

I *guess* I would have helped them. But as soon as they were safely on board, I would have made out with my BF for like an hour while I ever so slowly drove them back to shore. Yes, I’m petty.

And huzzah for sub-2 minute songs.

I didn’t have an opinion about Ellie Kemper until yesterday when The Root (and then a few hours later the A.V. Club) broke this non-story. Unless we hear otherwise- like, as if she is a known racist troll or something demonstrative like that- I think it’s time to let this one go. As others have already said, she was…

That is seriously kick-ass.

Yeah that definitely threw me and made me think something got cut somewhere. It was obvious they were giving out Kryptonian powers (though it originally seemed like only one power per person) but at no point did it seem like they were getting a Kryptonian ‘upload’. 

Did he participate in a beauty pageant when he was 19 or something?

Those who grew up with Google and the internet can’t conceive of an era when immediate deep sociopolitical analysis of every entity was not at their fingertips. In those days you relied on the few biased people around you, or the few biased tiny scraps of info TV or newspaper might drop on you. Look at the mistakes…

While this event sounds like some serious True Detective Season 1-shit, I’m equally sure that the elites who surrounded Kemper as a child wouldn’t exactly have been telling her: “Hey, d’you want to join our racist parade to help take back the public stage from populist demands for social and economic justice and…

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Kemper was 19 years old when she was selected to be the Queen Of Love And Beauty. At that age, teenagers are mature enough to know what they’re being part of.

I mean, it’s not like they told someone to commit suicide, encouraged an insurrection or wear vials of each other’s blood.

I mean....I understand being annoyed by a couple.

I’ve been able to watch this show and I will say, it’s good. I didn’t think it would be, but it’s REALLY good, funny and endearing. And some great music! I think it’s episode three that has a great cover.

If the US had  gained control of Vancouver, where would the CW film its shows? It really makes you think. A powerful historical “what-if”

I really don’t get why everyone loves to rip Pete Davidson apart on this blog. He’s a young person that has had to do a lot to deal with a mental illness, and we’ve yet to hear any truly nasty stories about him. He’s been in a few lame relationships, but who hasn’t at that age? We’re supposed to be accepting and kind…