Elvis et al
Posted on: May 25, 2010Sometimes it is very strange being a cartoonist. For example, today I had to ask myself the question ‘If Elvis was a zeppelin, what colour would his shoes be?’
(The answer I gave myself was orange by the way.)
The kindness of strangers
Posted on: May 10, 2010I don’t know if he or she is likely to read this, but thanks so much to the person who found the letter I must have dropped in the street, and posted it back to me. He or she didn’t provide any contact details, so this is the best I can do to try and say thanks.
The letter was a … more »
Let there be dark!
Posted on: March 25, 2010There is now an anti-Earth hour event run by climate change deniers, and supported by parts of the Liberal Party (please note, this is in Australia, where ‘the Liberals’ are the opposite of ‘liberal’). It’s called ‘Human Achievement Hour’ demanding that everyone turn their lights ON at the exact same time as Earth Hour, Saturday 27 March 2010, between … more »
Best wishes
Posted on: March 17, 2010I often sign off emails with just ‘Best’, which I think sounds less formal than ‘Best Wishes’. But lately I keep mistyping the word, and it comes out as ‘Beset’. This felt like a Freudian slip, because I do feel beset by things at the moment – tasks, problems, existential dilemmas… But when I looked up the word … more »
Danger signs
Posted on: March 11, 2010Does it bother anyone else that the radioactive symbol is used as the icon on your computer to signify burning cds and dvds? Shouldn’t that symbol only stand for Danger! ?
Warning Radioactive Material! Beware! Don’t tamper with anything here! Get the hell out! Danger! Danger! Danger!
Radioactivity is a really really bad thing to come across. So how come software producers … more »
Hold on!
Posted on: March 4, 2010This morning I saw on the side of a bus stop, a big ad for 600ml Coke in a NEW BOTTLE. The new bottle has added grips – that is, small raised dots that supposedly make it easier to hold onto. I can’t help but wonder what it is that people are doing while drinking Coke that mean they need … more »
Pink and blue R Us
Posted on: October 12, 2009I just came across an article on The F-Word, a UK feminist blog, referring to a case in Sweden where some schoolchildren brought a complaint against Toys R Us 2008 Christmas Catalogue to the Reklamombudsmannen because of what they saw as the store’s rigid and limit gender stereotyping – pink with the passive stuff for girls (princess stuff, household chore … more »
Save the Windsor!
Posted on: October 10, 2009Developers are moving in on the Windsor Hotel in Melbourne, wanting to convert it to another huge soulless hotel, leaving only the facade, which will be dwarfed by a huge tower. We’re going to end up with no old buildings at all in Melbourne, losing so much of what gives the city its character. Then no one will want to … more »
