Ah Valentine's day.  Where people say love, think love, be loving and restaurants book their table in shifts. I'm not a Valentine's grinch. In this crazy world where people spend half the time hatin' and half the time being hated on, I'm all for anything that...

I have always loved this quote by Steve Martin -“Some people have a way with words, and other people...oh, uh, not have way.”I kind of feel it sums up the blogging process.Some days when you write, the words just flow out of you and you can almost feel the shape of...

Somebody noted today that I have been very quiet about the leadership spill.  Trust me - I have had opinions.  Big, loud, profanity loaded, opinions. But part of me confesses to a bit of stupid overload and I couldn't work out where to start writing about it...

Luckily or unluckily depending on your point of view, I have never been bothered by age.  I don't have magical numbers by which certain things should be ticked off a life list.  I spend my life in a state of angst and bewilderment which kicked in at 17 and...

Without exaggeration, about 100 billion percent of articles that talk about 'slowing down' or 'de-stressing' advise you to stop doing things.Don't be the one that stays late at the office.Don't be the one that does the grocery shopping.Don't be the one that buys the...

This is a cautionary tale which may break your heart.I was at a 4 year old's birthday party at Monkey Mania recently.  No, that's not the bit that breaks your heart (though it absolutely destroys your sanity and makes that little part of you that believed you...

Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, two members of the Bali Nine who are on death row in Indonesia, had their hopes for clemency permanently dashed last week.It's heartbreaking. I am absolutely completely against the death penalty.  And I absolutely see and...

I have a four year old which means that I'm becoming adept at discussing things that I quite frankly have no idea about.  I'm also becoming dab hand at deflecting questions with conversations like the following not uncommon:Her: "What is God?"Me: "What do you...

FranklophilesThe day has come... Talking Frankly has a new logo thanks to the incredibly talented graphic designer - Jenny Pratt.This is it.Or you could look at the top of the page and see it there too.  Like any time you want.  And I'd like to invite you to...

Females of the world - I have a question that I need answered urgently"Does your underwear match?"Why do I need it urgently? Because in the early hours of the morning, when I was so wide awake that I was awaker than a very awake thing, I clicked through a series of...

One of the things that perplexes me in life is how people can use the internet to find out incorrect information but completely fail to use that same tool to find correct information.Another thing that perplexes me is mullet hair cuts.  It's not business at the...

There has been a realisation in these last couple of weeks which strangely enough, has taken us by surprise. We live in Sydney.  Both girls knew the name of this building before their own addressI know, we've been here since 2007, you'd think we'd have...