Category: Society
I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Into Here!
January 23rd, 2022Out of Touch Much? I don’t understand politics. All that doublespeak dividing opinions ad nauseam … In this age of Covid, with two years’ worth of confusing (and some truly rubbish) government mandates, we could be forgiven for thinking that just maybe politicians also don’t understand politics. And now, the monumental cockup apropos Novak Djokovic… See More
Why Baby Boomers Are Angry Birds
September 24th, 2019What Am I, Chopped Liver? It’s spring in the southern hemisphere. A cause for celebration? Yes! And … no. It means spring-cleaning and renewal. But we’re not only talking tidying drawers, squeaky-cleaning the kitchen, re-grouting the bathroom tiles, and physical detox, here. We’re also talking cleansing our psychic innards. Heavy-duty stuff, this last one, and… See More
Big Brother … Big Deal?
March 16th, 2019Hack Off! My computer was recently hacked. Or so it seemed. Some nebbish with no life and in need of a hug sent me an extortionary email. It was all the more disturbing because my computer login password was in the subject line! He said if I didn’t pay him in bitcoins he’d send my… See More
Book Sex—Clean or ‘Dirty’?
March 7th, 2019Slut-Shaming the Protagonist? Women! We’ve fought long and hard to liberate our sexuality from the shackles of shame. Yet, it now seems there’s a bit of an upsurge in the return to the literary chastity belt. The bedroom door has been slammed shut. Again. ‘Clean’ romance is the amour du jour. Book sex is getting… See More
Political Correctness or Man Up?
June 25th, 2018Correct Me If I’m Wrong Who the he’ll hell doesn’t love autocorrect! This software feature delivers us from the scutwork—from having to type all those pesky little words like ‘the’, ‘a’, ‘of’ or ‘or’. But it can also put a spanner in the works. A cute little story in a magazine several years ago tells of… See More