I’ve been concerned about the local schooling options since we moved to the Central Coast. And I realise this post might come off as snobbish. I don’t care. Some things I should embrace a certain level of elitism in. Education is one of them.
When we moved here, I couldn’t drive. So, I caught a lot of public transport. We live just a couple of blocks away from our local primary and high schools. And while I was on public transport I was often sitting next to students/teachers from this particular …

Once upon a time, judgement wasn’t a four letter word. It  used to be known as having good judgement. It used to be admirable, to have a discriminating mind.
I have this idea, that all opinion, is in fact a judgement of one kind or another. All choices are a judgement. But it’s not popular anymore. It’s fallen out of favour, like a bad fad.
Because somewhere along the way my judgement, wasn’t about my choices, it was about what I thought about everyone else’s choices. I don’t think there should be …

I haven’t been hiding! I’ve been temporarily distracted by an idea to start a childrens’ book review website. If someone would just get it together to get me my clone, everything would go a whole lot smoother.

Stay tuned. Once it’s fit for the beginnings of public consumption, I’ll let you know. I’ve already changed the design a million and one times so don’t hold your breath. Things would go so much quicker if I had a coder on hand. But as it is, I just fumble around in the dark …

I hate that everything is dumbed down.
Newspapers are written at a children’s level.
Big words aren’t used for fear that somebody might actually (shock, horror!) need to utilise a dictionary. The English language is dying, a slow, horrible, excruciating death by steady bastardisation. The loss of vocabulary has indirectly contributed to the loss of wit and satire.
Many years ago someone told me that they only liked modern poetry. They didn’t get the classics. I said nothing at first because it took all of my concentration not to strangle her. Once I …