my god, you just described my brother. The shit he’s gotten into, the number of times the police have been involved, the constant shrugging it off from our parents and society at large. Though as far as I know he’s never assaulted anyone. But yeah young white tradies, with a southern cross tattoo... lords of the…

I live in Canada now and talking to a fellow Aussie the other day and how she described Australia was pretty succinct

I’m Australian too, and I remember the Port Arthur incident very well as I was in high school. I despised John Howard as PM but gun control is something that I strongly commend him for. I was a kid when the Hoddle st massacre happened in Melbourne and whenever I drive past the service station I have shiver that goes…

I guess I should be proud that my brother was one of the 11% of non-minority people to be arrested on turnstile jumping in New York. He did have money on him, he’s was just a little shit at the time and a tourist who now has a file on him and arrest records in the US, Germany, Netherlands and Australia. And he wonders…

All I learned from this article is that Kodak is still in business. Who knew?!

The year after a forest fire is the best time to find morels. Good luck hunting, they are delicious

NYE sucks in the northern hemisphere. It’s cold and dark and you can’t spend anytime outside. Now I have kids we don’t do much because I’m not spending a fortune on a babysitter, but friends that live close have a pretty big house and they always host a family friendly party where we do the countdown at 9pm. It’s fine…

I know it’s not the most pressing issue with this statue but seriously that horse looks like it was pulled off a merry-go-round

Gay clubs

It seems like he owns one suit and possibly two ties

Mushrooms once, cocaine a couple of times, MDMA a few times, weed occasionally, Advil every once in a while, alcohol way more days than not, 100mg of Zoloft pretty much every day. 2017 wasn’t an easy year

At little off topic, but it doesn’t matter because no one see this. But I’m currently watching Teen Titans Go with my kids and they are explaining how pyramid schemes work and how they are a bad idea. Maybe if we all survive Trump, the next generation might have a bit of a clue about economics

What did I just watch? I’m hoping that this is just an art project, though to be honest it might not be a bad way to go

Also in Australia voting day is always on a weekend, making it easier for most people to get to the polls

Australia has mandatory voting, so most adults are used to voting regularly

I’m so happy that my home country is finally going to recognize same-sex marriage

I have had this conversation with my mother, many, many times. She’s a retired nurse who spent most of her career in nursing homes. My entire life we have talked about how she’ll go “Just give me a big shot of morphine and put a pillow over my face.” What we haven’t talked about is when this happening. When she’s…

Agreed. I can never remember the American anthem and most people can’t sing it well at all. But I say this as an Australian whose anthem has the line ‘girt by sea’

So another disgruntled ‘lone wolf’ situation I’m guessing. Another fucking guy with the ability to murder dozens of people within minutes because the freedom of liberty must be constantly watered with the blood of innocents going to church on a Sunday morning.

Samoa is amazing. It’s breathtakingly beautiful and the people are so friendly and lovely. While it’s true income levels aren’t high, maybe money isn’t the most important thing in the world for everyone. Maybe living in place where you can grow mangoes and pawpaw right by your house, can swim in the ocean filled with…