Rant: Parking pains
Just when you thought finding a parking spot couldn’t get any worse… The world’s population is growing, endlessly so, and with it cities are growing too. As Sydney expands the suburbs that surround it, such […]
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Rant: Why must everyone else’s good time be ruined?
With the new ‘king-hit’ assault laws and mandatory minimum sentencing having just come into effect, many Sydneysiders are awaiting the new lockout and last drinks laws with anger and dread. Meanwhile, others are simply asking: […]
Rant: Leichhardt council living within its means?
Will Leichhardt Council live within its means? Only time will tell but Liberal Councillor, John Jobling, is sceptical… At a November meeting Leichardt Council unanimously resolved that “it would not support any Special Rate Variation” […]
Rant: Shoot the trolleys
In a world riven with war, hunger and general strife, Sydney’s biggest problem is out of control stray shopping trolleys… We have a pretty simple problem here; shoppers are too lazy to return their trolleys […]
Rant: Shoeless and clueless
There are people in this world who would just about give their right foot for a decent pair of shoes. Those poor barefoot souls (get it?) have to traverse tundra, desert, savannah, steppe or war-torn […]
Rant: Revenge of the nerds
Fantasy isn’t for just for geeks, it’s the stuff dreams are made of… Ciao Magazine recently published a rant (see here) in which the writer assaulted the fantasy genre and fans of this genre, making […]
Rant: Bring Back the Hat!
What will you be wearing this Melbourne Cup day? Local milliner Wendi Nutt hopes it’s not an unfascinating fascinator… Sadly there is a huge generational change in dressing for weddings, the races and Melbourne Cup. […]
Rant: Anything but fantastic
I have not seen a minute of the Harry Potter films, know Twilight only as daylight’s capitulation, have zero interest in any of the seven(teen?) Lord of the Rings epics and have no idea what […]
Rant: School's out, but we aren't celebrating
School children across Sydney are out on spring holidays, enjoying warm sunny days swimming at the beach or playing in the park, but it isn’t so great for the rest of us… I’m sure many […]
Rant: Another one bites the dust
Without fanfare or hardly anyone noticing, the Inner West lost an old and well-established local newspaper recently. So… should we care? News Ltd quietly shut down the Thursday newsprint edition of the Inner West Courier […]