I'm admonished occasionally for being too frank and honest on the blog. People say stuff like: "Put it in a private diary, not on the internet!" And: "Think of your kids!" Or: "What if the kids read your blog one day?" I try to be mindful of that ... though, really, I reckon they'll find it... Continue Reading →
Whoa … that’s quite the Father’s Day revelation
I was shocked yesterday by a Father's Day bombshell. NRL star Greg Inglis went public with his secret son, a five-year-old cutie called Riley. The little boy is the result of a brief affair Greg had with his high school sweetheart, while he was on a break from his now-wife, Sally Robinson. Sally and Greg... Continue Reading →
Father’s Day 2015: all the best celeb selfies
I feel a bit like a Father's Day orphan. Everyone is off doing family stuff. I'm all on my lonesome, sitting in front of the computer blogging ... Poor me! Sad face. To pass the time - since it's too blerky to walk up big hills, my usual solution to sad-face situations - I've been... Continue Reading →
My funny Father’s Day
How's your Father's Day going? I'm a little late blogging because my Father's Day has (inevitably) been a bit out-of-the-ordinary. Normally I'd be on our way to lunch with my Dad on my sister's gorgeous back deck, but my mum had a knee replacement on Thursday and she's still in hospital, morphined up to the... Continue Reading →
Beyonce turns 34, Instagram goes nuts
Forgive this second blog post of the morning, but today is "Bey Day" and social media has gone cray-cray about it. #beyday has been "trending" on Twitter for hours. There are literally thousands and thousands of messages. This is BIG people. Wondering what the? Vanity Fair sums it up best: "Today is a holy day,... Continue Reading →
Floored by my sister
I've spent most of my adult life dreaming about starting my own business. (My childhood was spent dreaming I was from a planet called Andromeda.) My first MAD idea was to open a B&B. At one point I even dragged my ex-husband along to a weekend-long seminar on how to do it. He wasn't convinced.... Continue Reading →
Warning! Real-life spoiler alert …
People got really annoyed earlier this week when I wrote a story about Harry Potter's son starting at Hogwarts on September 1, 2015. They were all WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE HAD A SON? WHO WITH? DAMN YOU, I WAS ONLY UP TO THE FOURTH MOVIE ... Their reactions also provoked lots of horrified responses, like: "Oh... Continue Reading →
What fresh hell is this?
Remember how my kids swore off sucrose after seeing That Sugar Film last week? Well, geez it's a pain. Though I couldn't help giggling when my ex sent me a message on Saturday saying he wasn't thanking the youngest's skipping instructor for showing it to her. She was insistent that he accommodate her new diet... Continue Reading →
Girls, you’ve let me down
I seriously wonder what's wrong with the world when I hear the news that 87,596 women signed up to Ashley Madison last week. Unless you've been hiding under a very peaceful rock you'd have heard that the infidelity website just got hacked. Embarrassing personal data - including email addresses and sexual preferences - was leaked... Continue Reading →
VMA selfie madness: I’m officially too old
Around noon yesterday modern fashion and I parted ways. I was trawling through my Instagram feed when Miley Cyrus' outfit for the MTV Video Music Awards made my eyes go wide. I'm sorry, but that's NOT a frock. It's ... a belt and some rhinestones tenuously sewn together. Even MTV described her as "basically naked."... Continue Reading →