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Posted on Mar 1st, 2012

Virgin Australia wouldn't know compassion or customer service if it bit them on the behind

Virgin, I bow before your ineptitude and poor customer service. I hope you are feeling very proud of yourselves.
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Posted on Oct 6th, 2011

rugby fanatic

it won't come as a surprise to you as you already know i am a rugby fanatic, so the last four weeks of the rugby world cup have been brilliant. except of course for the mostly...
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Posted on Sep 27th, 2011

men with pants too short

So possibly I am the only person that this bothers, but what is with men who have pants too short?!
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Posted on Jul 22nd, 2011

the buck stops .... anywhere but with me.

if you, like me have been following the recent Murdoch saga, you may or may not have been suprised by some of the responses at the recent parliamentary committee.
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Posted on Jul 10th, 2011

the new world order

As a renter, I have known for a while that renters are seen as second class citizens.
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Posted on May 24th, 2011

things to think about it

there are couple of things that have popped into my inbox in the last week or so and i just wanted to share them with you.
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Posted on May 10th, 2011

cometh the hour, cometh the man.

man or woman, I believe that at some point in our lives, and indeed maybe at more than one juncture, that saying is for us.
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Posted on May 3rd, 2011

v necks are best

I vote to ban scoop necks, short necks, round necks, turtle necks.
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Posted on Feb 25th, 2011

the ridiculous notion of fashion in the third millennium

I read a story the other day, and posted the link on my facebook page about the ridiculousness of using a male to model women's fashion.
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Posted on Feb 14th, 2011

part of the catholic mafia

many of you know that I am catholic - a catholic who goes to mass every sunday. yep, one of those! i was at a youth training day on saturday and heard the amazing fr richard...
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Posted on Feb 2nd, 2011

what is it going to take: the sad story of charlie sheen

with yet another story today of charlie sheen's out of control binges, i have to ask - what is it going to take to get him off our screens?
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Posted on Dec 30th, 2010

friends vs acquaintances

It is funny isn't it, we just get into the habit of doing something and only when we take a step back do we realize we are caught in a vicious cycle.
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Posted on Dec 14th, 2010

getting rid of my iPhone

this is my cranky face - between vodafone and my iPhone, effective telecommunications seem out of my grasp for now.
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Posted on Nov 9th, 2010

the agony and the ecstasy of social media

i have been tossing about two posts recently - the agony and the ecstasy of social media and the nature of compelling people. and i think that they are not two different blog...
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Posted on Oct 7th, 2010

i like it on ... (otherwise known as missing the mark entirely)

There are so many instances where companies or people don't understand social media, but use it anyway. But worse still is when they don't understand their audience, their...
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Posted on Oct 4th, 2010

the end of the world as we know it

yep, there are several signs that the world is ending soon. Not least of which is that the Commonwealth Games chief medical officer has suspected typhoid.
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Posted on Sep 11th, 2010

style maketh the woman

I think the original saying is about clothes maketh the man, but definitely more and more style (or lack thereof) maketh the woman.
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Posted on Sep 7th, 2010

too much of a pressure cooker

So unless you have been hiding under a rock, you are aware of the runaway success of Masterchef. And it's new spin-off, Junior Masterchef.
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Posted on Aug 23rd, 2010

is anyone else scared?

It has taken me a while to get round to the scared part. For ages I was focussed on the bit where we haven't had a hung parliament for 70 years.
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Posted on Aug 19th, 2010

justin bieber was behind me

Well, not really him, but his little Australian clone, with his mother driving behind me this morning.
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Posted on Jul 30th, 2010

election, schmection

blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
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Posted on Jun 4th, 2010

slave labour, my be-hind

I almost fell of my chair in shock this morning. Seriously. Anthony Mundine is describing rugby league players as slave labour. Excuse me, but WTF.
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Posted on May 31st, 2010

zoom-zoomers and rule breakers

I have talked previously about being a nerd, and generally I don't break the rules. But boy, sometimes I would love to, or at least have someone stop those who do!
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Posted on May 20th, 2010

harness our energy

I am on my gen y soapbox again. This might become a regular thing!
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Posted on Apr 14th, 2010

the five rules for being a good guest

I first wrote this post for my lovely friend's site, but I thought it was worth republishing here as I am just about to get into the swing of entertaining again. Guests, be...
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Posted on Mar 4th, 2010

generation y-bother

Last week I was at an industry breakfast, and as the workshop was concluding, one of the men on the table turned to a school girl who was representing school interests and asked...
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