At one point I had an extraordinarily busy job. Not the regular, status conscious, kind of busy which is the new ‘good’ these days. You know, when someone asks you how you are and you respond ‘busy’, automatically, as once you might have said ‘good’ or ‘well thanks.’? Well, my job wasn’t that kind of busy. It was not merely…
Month: March 2016
Safe Schools
I went to high school in the ‘80s. Had you asked me then I would have said there were no gay kids at my eastern suburbs state school. I wouldn’t have understood if you’d asked about trans or intersex kids. But I could have told you about kids who were strange. Kids who didn’t ‘fit in’. And kids who seemed…
The man who mistook his wife for a wallet
In spite of my best efforts to avoid it I have heard quite a bit of talk lately about the fact that Gary Lyon slept with Billy Brownless’ ex-wife, Nicky some-one-or-other. Most recently I understand Billy appeared on the Footy show to talk about what had happened and compared his wife to a wallet. Which explains why I have now…
Meet Mischa and Nicholas
Hey everybody I want you to meet Mischa and Nicholas. They are my children. Mischa is 8 and Nicholas 6. Their full names are Mischa Sally Hilton and Nicholas Frank Miller. There’s nothing much sentimental about the first names. I haven’t known any other Mischas personally – I just really liked the name about the time I first thought about having…
Why I don’t care what happens to Cardinal Pell
There’s a woman. Let’s call her Hannah. She’s in her seventies. I met Hannah when I studied Social Work some years ago and we became friends. Of course I’ve changed her name to protect her identity. Hannah’s experience is common to so many people. You see Hannah was sexually abused as a child by a man she knew and trusted. …
To unfriend or argue, that is the question
Everyone has at least one. That ‘friend’ on Facebook who repeatedly posts stuff that makes you realise you have nothing in common or, worse still, that you find most of their views are actually objectionable. You know the type – you’ll be surfing your news feed of a lazy Saturday morning and amongst the proud parent moments, holiday snaps and…