2012 and all that

2012 was a busy year. Only you wouldn’t know that from reading this blog. If you’ve missed them and you’re in the mood to read my musings, you’ll find them Continue reading →

a slightly mad poem for you

If you were a cult, I’d join youHand over my chequebook without a word and dedicate my days and nights to worshipping you If you were a river, I’d swim Continue reading →

lost in the library

 I hate moving house. Everyone hates moving house, I know, but I particularly hate it. I think it’s the packing. And the moving. More than this, it’s the books. I Continue reading →

Charlie don’t surf: why you shouldn’t watch Storm Surfers

Please don’t go and see Storm Surfers:3D. Honestly. Just don’t bother. I’m asking you as a favour. Because I love surfing, and living where I do, it’s already nigh-on impossible Continue reading →

johnny be good: insights, condoms and comedy

I love the Condom08 campaign – the perfect marriage of real insight, a creative idea and seamless cross platform execution driven by data and user stories. And it’s about sex, Continue reading →

a day in the life: on gratitude

It’s the coldest start to summer in Sydney for fifty years. People are complaining. I’ve been complaining. And I’ve been thinking about that; my expectations and satisfaction with the life Continue reading →

There goes the fear: on feeling it, and doing it anyway

As part of my year (lifetime) of doing absurd and untried things, I’m attending an acting course. My acting tutor, the lovely Jamie Irvine, frequently stresses the importance of overcoming Continue reading →

all human life is here: reasons not to discuss writing with your friends, part seventy in an ongoing series

My mate, “Are you going to put (alludes to recent date) in your book?” Me (huffily): “No. I told you; it’s not an autobiography. And anyway, it’s supposed to be Continue reading →

say yes: a small thought for a sunny day

A while ago I taught a stranger to surf. (In the land of the blind, the one -eyed rookie truly is king). He stood up on his first time out. Continue reading →

if language were liquid: on new words and ways of writing

The keen eyed amongst you may have observed that it’s been a while since I regularly updated this site. I can’t pretend anyone’s been begging me to get back on Continue reading →