Some months ago I was approached by a colleague who confided in me that his 18-month-old son had been diagnosed with epilepsy. Being an epileptic myself, I reassured him that everything will be ok, that it’s completely manageable; you know, the usual spiel. Then, as we were wrapping up the conversation, he asked,
“What if the little [...]
Thursday, January 21, 2010
“Censorship reflects society’s fundamental lack of confidence in itself. It truly is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime.” – Potter Stewart U.S Supreme Court Associate Justice.
It’s been a while since I’ve written anything.
Once again I have become disillusioned to the point of lethargy and inaction with the state of this world, and the state of [...]
Thursday, June 18, 2009
I apologise for the tardiness of this post – I know that a Monika’s Doggie Rescue update is MASSIVELY overdue.
Thanks to all of your generous donations, Monika’s Doggie Rescue raised the $75K necessary to remain open for the next three months!!!
Thank you to everyone who donated, and especially to all the positive feedback I have [...]
Monday, April 6, 2009
Monika’s Doggie Rescue urgently needs your help.
Since Monika Biernacki founded Doggie Rescue 17 years ago, she has done everything in her power to keep as many dogs as possible from death row.
The latest figures released for NSW reveal that a shocking 63,651 dogs were killed in the last year – up 11% on the year [...]
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Before I go about my weekly angry ritual, I would like to acknowledge that if more people were as outraged about the death of Travis the chimp (whilst simultaneously missing the entire point of their outrage) as they ought to be about the thousands of civil wars that are going on around the world, the [...]
Monday, February 9, 2009
Leave it to pharmaceutical companies to prioritise profit over curing the second leading cause of death in America and third leading cause of death in Australia alone.
Dr. Evangelos Michelaksis discovered that Dichloroacetic Acid (or DCA) – an odourless, colourless, inexpensive, relatively non-toxic, small molecule which was once used to cure rare inherited metabolic diseases, could [...]
Monday, January 12, 2009
It was the first day of business as usual today, as people returned back from their end of year holidays. Surprise surprise! The ferry was late both ways, and two services failed to show up at all.
This morning we were told that the Darling Harbour service had reached maximum capacity at Huntleys Point, and would [...]
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
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