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Myths and Facts About Midges

Midges are fragile insects of the order of “true flies”. There are two groups, the biting family and the non-biters. In 2016 the ABC reported that the Sunshine Coast Council declared the midge outbreak the worst in fifty years. As a rule, the flies stick to coastal areas but were found as far inland asContinue reading “Myths and Facts About Midges”

What are carbohydrates and do we need to know?

Carbohydrates? What are they and why should you care?

To Have Selfie Smile Hiding Knife

By A. J. Henry Parody, lampoon, satire, burlesque, pastiche, take-off, spoof, skit, sendup and ‘Yo momma so fat’ routines are just a few of the words we have to poke fun of each other. And as long as it’s funny, it don’t matter, or does it? Here is a ‘light-hearted’ look at what makesContinue reading “To Have Selfie Smile Hiding Knife”

Gas and Capital Hill Flatulence

With this in mind, Mr. Turnbull went on to say, “If the answer is ‘close down coal and move to gas’. Well, Where’s the gas?”

RISE OF THE HUMBLE HAMBURGER

And how it conquered the world By A. J. Henry The term ‘fast food’ was coined in the 1950‘s, but the demand to ‘eat on the run’ is older, eight-hundred years earlier. The warlord Genghis Khan, in leading his nomadic tribes of Northeast Asia to conquer much of Eurasia, had little time to stop andContinue reading “RISE OF THE HUMBLE HAMBURGER”

The Art of (not) Writing a Standout College Application

The challenge is in taking hackneyed phrases and adding novelty following the Edward George Bulwer-Lytton influence.

Cycling For Health and The Unexpected

Let’s establish from the outset my attitude to exercise—I don’t like it. Sure, there are those who get a thrill from it, a rush of endorphins to make them feel good for the rest of the day, but my drive for exercising is that if I don’t, I will die, or get fat—whichever comes first.Continue reading “Cycling For Health and The Unexpected”

Dimmer, Dimmer Little Star

Astronomers in the months past have been beside themselves over the discovery of a star with a name resembling a phone number having erratic flickering. I didn’t think much of the news as I thought stars were meant to twinkle. Our kids are taught from an early age of stars twinkling and sing about itContinue reading “Dimmer, Dimmer Little Star”

Not Tim Winton

Let’s be absolutely clear that the person pictured above is not Tim Winton but someone who bears an uncanny likeness to him. Tim Winton the author of Dirt Music, of which I am a third of the way through copying by hand, writing with my left hand, would not wear a false moustache and JohnnyContinue reading “Not Tim Winton”

Ten Reasons Why Politicians are Scary

If you don’t think the smiling face printed on a sheet of Corflute and hung from a front yard fence is scary, think again. Chances are that smiling face is the effulgent kisser of a politician and it is indeed spooky. Politicians do not set out to be purposely scary– most are ordinary people inContinue reading “Ten Reasons Why Politicians are Scary”