What’s for dinner? … Actually it’s not my problem
DRIVING home from a long day at the office, I let my mind wander to the question that any devoted mum must always have the answer to. What’s for dinner?
Opinion
Forums strive to connect new Pope to Antichrist prophecy
OPINION (WITH UPDATE): Internet forums descended into chaos as the new Pope was finally named at the Vatican.
Infamous troll did nothing wrong but speak his mind
A CHRONICLE reader defends Tristan Barker who has become a household name for online antics such as encouraging Facebook users to ridicule victims of murder.
What is the meaning of regional when everywhere is regional?
WITH Western Sydney being eligible for funding under the Regional Development Australia Fund, what meaning is left in the definition of regional?
Queensland is ripe for real education reform
WITH a new government holding 90 per cent of the seats, Queensland has an opportunity to instigate genuine reform in many policy areas.
Teens, dirty words and that sinking feeling
THERE are two words I would love to have banned from a teenager’s vocabulary – and I’m not talking about the ones that rate a **** in print or a “beep” on TV.
Stunning 3D effects in Oz the Great and Powerful
THIS movie has some of the most appropriate 3D gimmicks and some of the best 3D depth I have ever experienced.
‘Your honour, my client was intoxicated’ is a common refrain
OPINION: IT’S funny how alcohol can become some kind of excuse for bad behaviour. Defence lawyers often say their clients were intoxicated.
Perks of Being a Wallflower DVD review
The film’s script can be extremely dark. It goes from one dramatic scene to a romantic scene then to a creepy flashback.
Politicians need those sandbags
FREDERICK FRANKLY: I do not normally take notice of my fellow airline passengers but this man was impossible to miss.
Zero Dark Thirty review
Zero Dark Thirty is directed by the wonderful Ms Kathryn Bigelow.
Taking U-turn on the road to divorce
DID you see that story about the bloke and his wife who got divorced because she couldn’t read maps?
Sunday Soapbox – In defence of democracy
RETIREE and columnist in his local paper Frederick Archer questions how people can criticise democracy.
Toowoomba to Brisbane is like kamikaze-driver training
BLOG: 60ish and Loving It’s Di Warr relives a recent nerve-wracking trip to Brisbane down the infamous Warrego Hwy. She says it’s like kamikaze driver training!
Fashion obsession is the curse of the Oscars
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JACK: I wouldn’t mind winning an Oscar. I mean, I wouldn’t knock one back.
Safe Haven might bring on the vapours
SAFE Haven impresses, but might have a few too many twists.
The Farmer’s holidays in hell
STORIES FROM THE SOIL: The most people in his industry, I’m sure, The Farmer isn’t particularly good at taking holidays or days off work.
Five reasons to love your teens
TEENAGERS as a species are easy prey for the media and the negative thinkers out there in the world.
I’ve never had it so good – well that’s what the wife says
FREDERICK RANKLY: Love and marriage go together like a horse and carriage goes the old song.
FIFO mining work gives us a lifestyle
MY FAMILY chose FIFO for the lifestyle, not the money.
Sunday Soapbox – Geoff slams greenies
MOTORCYCLE dealer and fierce critic of environmentalists, Geoff Udy, stands on the soapbox and slams the green movement.
Wake up and smell the 40-shot coffee
COFFEE is a pretty cool drink. I mean, what would the world be without it?
Safe Haven not a haven for male movie fans
Safe Haven good, not great.
Gibb and take – the true confessions of an aging shoplifter
I DIDN’T think I had much in common with Barry Gibb from the BeeGees … until I read about his early life of crime.
Editor’s big news followed by car crash
YOU’RE probably all familiar with the expression of an excited person being “like a kid in a candy store”.
The Avengers on DVD is well worth a watch
The Avengers was a fantastic movie.
Rise of the Guardians is just for kids
RISE of the Guardians is about Pitch (the boogeyman) who takes over childhood dreams.
Passion drives quest for perfection on dinner plate
STUMPS Hotel head chef Jamie Pearce learned his craft under Australia’s version of Gordon Ramsay at one of the most famous restaurants in Australia.
Quest for perfection
Head Chef at Stumps Hotel Jamie Pearce has had a varied and distinguished career before joining the Ipswich business.
Takes tree to tango at Christmas
I HAD good intentions of getting our Christmas tree up in time for December 1 so I could start decorating it.
Desexed and banished to the doghouse
FREDERICK FRANKLY: It is a well-established fact that brave men run in my family but I had a feeling of impending doom.
Daniel Craig does a great job as 007
OVERALL Skyfall is a wonderful film that handles action, heartfelt scenes, cinematography and screenwriting very well.
Rates cut an early Christmas gift if banks play Santa too
THE interest rate cut by the Reserve Bank of Australia last week served as an early Christmas present for mortgage holders.
NAPLAN – the folly of pollies
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JACK: I was one of the lucky ones. Now, since my beginnings in 1992, my saying that has been very rare indeed.
Cooked eggs and Proteas; see you next year
EXTREME weather makes dramatic news, and the media go to extreme lengths to illustrate it. It was ever thus.
When lingerie is just like tractors…
I ALWAYS used to think The Farmer was being a bit childish when he’d refuse to walk into women’s boutiques or lingerie sections of department stores with me.
Port talk an encouraging development
FINALLY a state government seems to be getting around to doing some positive things at the Bundaberg port.
‘No, no, no!’ way to win
FREDERICK FRANKLY: I had to allow myself a moment of pride. I mean, he is one of the most powerful public servants in Canberra.
Plain cigarette packets a breath of fresh air
CIGARETTE plain packaging laws came into being on Saturday, and it already feels like a breath of fresh air.
Caught in aisle of dilemma over buying condoms for teen
I HAVE a confession … I buy condoms for my 16-year-old daughter and her boyfriend.
Live each day like it’s the last
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JACK: I’m confused. It’s not because I’ve found myself home alone on a weeknight with not a room-mate to bother me.
Here’s to Buderim’s birthday, here’s to many more
WITH summer officially here, I find myself looking back at 2012, wondering just where it has gone and how history will see it.
Meaty bargain ends up in a cash splash
I CAN’T remember what the nutritional guidelines are for how many times a week one should eat meat, but I suspect I am soon about to smash them.
What happens when you’re left holding the baby
FREDERICK FRANKLY: Mothers are marvellous. Completely self-sacrificing for their children. Loving, loyal and unashamedly blatant liars.
Then it hits me… the weedy kid in the mankini
JANET slams the laptop shut. “He’s got it all over Facebook, Twitter, his blog. ‘Didn’t mean to hurt the dude. Just a joke.”
On behalf of all women, thanks Miranda Kerr – for nothing
ON BEHALF of the female population of the western world, I’d like to give a very big thanks to Miranda Kerr – for nothing.
Bloody schoolkids with their YouTube, Facebook, Twitter
Not sure whether I want to rekindle the Hank-Dusty relationship. Sure, the sex was great. But I’m not up for a bloke who wants to fix my broken railing.
No joke that the teacher’s dead after video plot backfires
HANK strides towards them, grabs the iPhone, then pulls the cameraman’s arm behind his back. Cops converge. “Some joke. Bloke’s dead.”
Viral video, death by YouTube and the buzz of iPhones
I GLIMPSE a flash of red, the mankini, point. Red races after him, shoulders aside dripping teenagers their arms around each other, hugs, kisses, tears.
Wake up and grab a much-needed snooze
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JACK: I’m tired, but aren’t we all?
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