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?
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 (WITH UPDATE): Internet forums descended into chaos as the new Pope was finally named at the Vatican.
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.
WITH Western Sydney being eligible for funding under the Regional Development Australia Fund, what meaning is left in the definition of regional?
WITH a new government holding 90 per cent of the seats, Queensland has an opportunity to instigate genuine reform in many policy areas.
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.
THIS movie has some of the most appropriate 3D gimmicks and some of the best 3D depth I have ever experienced.
OPINION: IT’S funny how alcohol can become some kind of excuse for bad behaviour. Defence lawyers often say their clients were intoxicated.
The film’s script can be extremely dark. It goes from one dramatic scene to a romantic scene then to a creepy flashback.
FREDERICK FRANKLY: I do not normally take notice of my fellow airline passengers but this man was impossible to miss.
Zero Dark Thirty is directed by the wonderful Ms Kathryn Bigelow.
DID you see that story about the bloke and his wife who got divorced because she couldn’t read maps?
RETIREE and columnist in his local paper Frederick Archer questions how people can criticise democracy.
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!
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JACK: I wouldn’t mind winning an Oscar. I mean, I wouldn’t knock one back.
SAFE Haven impresses, but might have a few too many twists.
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.
TEENAGERS as a species are easy prey for the media and the negative thinkers out there in the world.
FREDERICK RANKLY: Love and marriage go together like a horse and carriage goes the old song.
MY FAMILY chose FIFO for the lifestyle, not the money.
MOTORCYCLE dealer and fierce critic of environmentalists, Geoff Udy, stands on the soapbox and slams the green movement.
COFFEE is a pretty cool drink. I mean, what would the world be without it?
Safe Haven good, not great.
I DIDN’T think I had much in common with Barry Gibb from the BeeGees … until I read about his early life of crime.
YOU’RE probably all familiar with the expression of an excited person being “like a kid in a candy store”.
The Avengers was a fantastic movie.
RISE of the Guardians is about Pitch (the boogeyman) who takes over childhood dreams.
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.
Head Chef at Stumps Hotel Jamie Pearce has had a varied and distinguished career before joining the Ipswich business.
I HAD good intentions of getting our Christmas tree up in time for December 1 so I could start decorating it.
FREDERICK FRANKLY: It is a well-established fact that brave men run in my family but I had a feeling of impending doom.
OVERALL Skyfall is a wonderful film that handles action, heartfelt scenes, cinematography and screenwriting very well.
THE interest rate cut by the Reserve Bank of Australia last week served as an early Christmas present for mortgage holders.
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.
EXTREME weather makes dramatic news, and the media go to extreme lengths to illustrate it. It was ever thus.
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.
FINALLY a state government seems to be getting around to doing some positive things at the Bundaberg port.
FREDERICK FRANKLY: I had to allow myself a moment of pride. I mean, he is one of the most powerful public servants in Canberra.
CIGARETTE plain packaging laws came into being on Saturday, and it already feels like a breath of fresh air.
I HAVE a confession … I buy condoms for my 16-year-old daughter and her boyfriend.
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.
WITH summer officially here, I find myself looking back at 2012, wondering just where it has gone and how history will see it.
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.
FREDERICK FRANKLY: Mothers are marvellous. Completely self-sacrificing for their children. Loving, loyal and unashamedly blatant liars.
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 the female population of the western world, I’d like to give a very big thanks to Miranda Kerr – for nothing.
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.
HANK strides towards them, grabs the iPhone, then pulls the cameraman’s arm behind his back. Cops converge. “Some joke. Bloke’s dead.”
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.
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JACK: I’m tired, but aren’t we all?
Original URL: https://www.thechronicle.com.au/news/queensland/bundaberg/opinion/page/121