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!
The internal dialogue of exercise
Step out the front door. Click 'play music' and 'record workout' - stride out into the blinding sunlight and go back and get your sunglasses.You know it's true. Rare is the moment where exercise starts as per the plan.The First Kilometre.It's uphill and...
FFS – Shagging gets political
The latest dumb thing said by somebody male and once a politician is that people shouldn't have babies while they are on welfare. Actually, he said people should go on the pill if they are on welfare.Only women mind. I don't see him suggesting the temporary...
I heart my friends
Yesterday I spent some time re-reading the cards that I was given for my 40th birthday earlier this month and I cried. Just like I did when I read them the first time.Fuck my friends are beautiful.I got some gorgeous gifts. Really thoughtful, inspired...
Thoughts on the Sydney siege
Deep breath.A huge 24 hours for Sydney. Acts of violence like this are all encompassing and yet nothing to do with most of us all at the same time. I really really hoped for a good outcome - no fatalities. But that hasn't happened. And that fills me...
On the eve of my 40th birthday
Dear AlisonSo, tomorrow you turn 40. On a Saturday. Well played lady - you can have your party on your actual birthday. And we know you love a party, particularly a dress up one. It's been 19 years since your last dress up birthday party...
Peoples minds are warped
You know what I think about Yumi Stynes taking her baby out in just a nappy?Hot baby. As in on a 30 something degree day the baby was hot.That's it.OMG BABIES IN NAPPIESKnow what I think about all the judgemental types banging on about what is right and...
Isn’t it lovely? #humanrights365
If you're one of the lovely people that read my blog because they are interested in watching my brain vomit its content into the universe to see what lurks within - hello!If you're one of those lovely people that read my blog so that they can mutter all about how it's...
Signs you’re not getting that Santa photo this year
So it's December first and even though I swore I'd never be the kind of parent that had their children have Santa photos - my first kid was so adorable I couldn't walk past Santa without propping her next to him and getting the photo. To be fair, I was hard...
A tale of domestic violence
Nearly twenty years ago, I had a girlfriend who was regularly beaten by her partner. She'd turn up in the middle of the night looking for somewhere to crash, she'd call asking to be collected from the hospital or occasionally ring me in the middle of the day -...
Not all eyes are created equal
The Tullinator recently failed her 4 year old vision test. We weren't too bothered but because vision is 'a thing' for us genetically, we wanted to get it checked out straight away. Our GP (who is several kinds of brilliant for all sorts of reasons)...
WTF Australian politicians?
Cheeses.Former Labor leader Mark Latham won't shut up and what's even more distressing is that a publication like the Australian Financial Fucking Review PAID THE MAN to write that crap.Current Labor leader Bill Shorten doesn't say anything at all about anything....
Happy World Toilet Day
Did you know that today is World Toilet Day?A whole day dedicated to where we do our poopies. And a glorious chance for me to bang on about my favourite topic.Giving a shit.And I can say my daughters' word of the moment with gleeful abandon.POO POO.But it's a...