Tag: Australia

Scarborough Ukulele Players…Australia

A funny thing happened on the way up the Coast. It was Monday and the sun was shining. For me that was on two counts, for my Muse…

Journalists…Shut up and let the person you are interviewing answer the question.

      Hello to my readers. This rant is coming to you from Australia but I could just as easily be in the United States with the complaint I…

Breasts…….Women’s that is. What were they originally intended for ?

It never ceases to amaze me when a story appears about a woman feeding her baby in public and someone has to complain. Such was the case the…

A 3 year old shoots her mother dead….Only in America

I have written about and spoken on the Guns in America thing for years and nothing ever changes. I would have thought that after Sandy Hook and the…

Relationships……It is often all in the timing.

It is the year 2014. Lots of resolutions will be made but just how many will be kept? I wonder…. There will be many a person with good…

Made in Australia

I was saddened to read that the uniforms Australian Athletes will be wearing at this years Olympic Games are made in China. Why? Oh the same old argument….

The Business of Politics and ego and desperation

When I was in my very early twenties I worked for a Mob Boss in Chicago. Yes that is right. Did I ever do any thing illegal? Heck…

Politics Australian Style

As I live between North America and Australia I get to see and hear a lot of what is going on with the running of both countries, or…

Australian Politics. Hell Hath or Has No Fury.

Remember the expression that is attributed to women. Well I think that is unfair and have for some time now. Even more so now when I look at…

Small World. Sometimes

So often when I am in the United States and people hear that I am Australian, I get asked do I know so and so who is a…

Pardon Me if I do not Bow

Ah so now we are getting a beat up in the press over the PM not bowing when meeting the British Queen. Lord knows I am not fan…

CEO,s and their big pay packets

I was taken aback to hear that the CEO of Qantas was to receive an very large increase to his salary……What a joke, Here is an alrling that…

Perception

It never ceases to amaze me just how one can be perceived. I  am often asked for money from complete strangers. I must admit that by far most…

WOW Moments 2

Everyone says that the first sales call of the day is the hardest. But I’ve been making those “first calls” for 18 years. Summer and winter. English speaking…