Talking Frankly is about everything from housework to human rights. It is a mixture of observation, commentary and opinions.
It also contains a lot of profanity along with the humanity. And please don’t steal my work. Somebody invariably dobs you in and it gets messy.
Enjoy!
A toilet is not just a toilet
I know I have a potty mouth, that I laugh at toilet humour and am mad keen on giving a shit, but today was the first time I have ever teared up when somebody talked about toilets.A young girl in her mid teens stood alongside her mother and spoke about how the toilet...
From Pudukattai to Putney
My daughter attends a child care centre which is generally regarded to be 'the bomb'. Enthusiastic teachers, colourfully painted, big emphasis on play and it's contribution to learning, nutrition garden so they can learn how to grow vegetables and then see them...
They tried to make them go to rehab
and they said...... "Okay".In Pudokkattai in Tamil Nadu in India, there are about 1, 618, 345 people. More then half this population is female which is slightly different from the overall population and like all of India, it's a splendid and (at times)...
Brands and humanity
One of the key benefits of social media is our ability to access the public conversation. From a brand perspective, utilising the key conversation skill of 'listening' is an excellent way of understanding what the public sentiment is about a topic or product, getting...
It’s okay to be loved up
I read an article in the wee hours of this morning.You know how it is - you can't sleep so you read the news, when you've finished reading every 'real' news article known to mankind on every single news site you can find and you are thoroughly depressed about the...
Destination India
So I'm going to India on Saturday. Not for a holiday no, but yes - it will be beneficial, educational and eye opening like all travel opportunities. So why am I going? Let's go back a bit.... There are a heap of words we use in the English language...
They say I’m a dreamer
I looked at my group of friends of Facebook today. It's not the entirety of my social circle but it's definitely a fairly representative snapshot.Some Australians.Some not.Some gay.Some not.Some parents.Some not.Some living with a disability.Some not.Some...
Paul is a friend of mine
Cancer you suck.Paul. We became friends when I was about 16 or 17 and stayed that way despite a couple of marriages, different states, different countries, different life paths and different communication styles.We spent a lot of years talking all the time and a lot...
Remember Leroy
I do not want to know any more about the murderer of the 50 people killed in Orlando.I do not want to know his name. Or his son's name. I do not want to hear of his father or his ex-wife. Or his current one. I do not want to know his story. I do not care to...
Forget about the numbers
Really. Forget about the numbers! I was listening to Jonah De Vries talking at #LikeaBoss last week about how he got to over 1 million followers on his Twitter feed. It's not even a full time job for him. And he said something which I wanted to bottle and hand out to...
20 minutes of action
(Trigger warning: Themes of rape and violence)A 20 year old man rapes a woman while she's unconscious, sticks something up her while she's unconscious and assaults her.Even putting aside the bullshit conviction the judge gave him because it might ruin his life (I...
Words
I like to read.And by 'like' I mean love. Like adore. I soak up books. I use books to turn my brain off, turn my brain on. I read magazines, devour news articles, read the fine print. When I was young, I worked my way through my own books, library books and the books...