Nardia’s mum, my mother-in-law, Colleen Symonds, died this week and one of the strongest bonds between us, apart from her daughter, was her crunchy salad. So, this week I’ve been making this salad, using Collsy’s recipe with annotations, in her…
What is the journey into stand up comedy really like? That was the question posed to me by Paul Richards on FIVEaa on on Friday, February 1, 2019. The interview took place a week after my first (unsuccessful) tilt at…
What is this valuable damaging lost art of reviewing? Or, should I be asking, how do we solve a problem like reviewers? Well, here’s something interesting. I’ve been reviewing for two decades and aim to do a fair job, writing…
Much has been written about Bohemian Rhapsody and its factual shortcomings but be that as it (Brian) may, there is much to endear this film to those of us who enjoy and appreciate succulent moments of reflection and emotional depth.…
UPDATE: The hilarious king of comedy timing, Gerry Masi, is the guest teacher in the next comedy course in Adelaide, March 3-7 2019. I’ll be facilitating this course and would love to see you there. Book your place for the…
Is this thing on could easily be restated as when will this thing be on. We have just wrapped an intense week of doing a stand up comedy course while also being filmed documentary/reality tv style with cameras everywhere and…
I have been mulling over 3 bleak ideas that lead to life for me, and I have decided to capture them in words to help me digest them further. If you find them helpful, that is a superb bonus to…
I’ve had my first experience of a comment hanging in the air for what seemed like a whole minute, during a conversation with friends this month. The comment, damning of religion, was uttered by a delightful person who also happens…
A poem for Alexandra and Caitlin This flawed dad Chimes ‘I love you’ aloud on the hour Like some frenzied, benevolent cuckoo (When not hidden in ‘busy work’) This flawed dad Is yearning for some magic balance before the…
In relationships there are three primary factors that need to be balanced to achieve happiness: income earning, domestic duties, intimacy. Just like the three constraints of project management, time, cost and quality, it always seems that success requires some compromise…