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!
Good golly, bad golly
Last month I came across the following blog post - Golly Blog - by a guy called Lemn Sissay. Now before I even start - let me just state I don't have an answer to several hundred years of horrid. None.In brief, and without the nuances, this fellow was offended...
The conversation
I was at a celebration of life on the weekend - a real one. Cancer 0. Friend 1. Lots of really lovely people were there - friends from all over the place, all parts of her life, all come together to be part of a giant circle of love.Awww - awesome huh?...
Who is in charge of personal responsibility?
My dad says I'm like my mum.My mum says I'm like my dad.There are times when they say this and they are not being complimentary. But it is true.I am like both of them. And nothing like either of them. Sometimes the similarities are ephemeral - a...
Please. Don’t call my girls princesses
Recently, I found myself physically grimacing when somebody referred to my daughters as 'adorable princesses'. I really feel strongly about the word 'princess' in relation to MY small people. Really strongly.1. They are not. I'm not a monarch, but husband...
Are you a Bitstrip addicted pity poster?
Discovered Bitstrips yet? It is the Facebook and smart phone app that lets you create a comic you and make little comics where you are the star. It started almost a year ago but only went onto the app stores about a month ago and is taking over the world....
Too late my friends. The change has happened.
Last night I was watching The Graham Norton Show and laughing myself stupid at the hilarity that was Sir Elton John, Dame Judy Dench, John Bishop and Jeremy Paxman being interviewed by Graham Norton.They were discussing everything from embroidery that contained...
Ethical sons not sober daughters
I am going to keep this one brief and crass.Our responsibility is not to bring up daughters that are good hearted, conservatively dressed, teetotallers. If that was going to keep them rape free, the Amish and Muslim daughters of the world would be completely...
I hear that Jesus likes hot potatoes
For those that might not know, I'm a little fond of climbing up on the old soapbox on occasion. Particularly around equality and social justice issues. I'm constantly flabbergasted and genuinely bewildered by people that think they are somehow more equal...
Behaving badly
I described my girls' behaviour today as 'contraceptive'.It was. It really, really, really was NOT an example of their normal levels of awesomeness.The incessant mewling of the discontented, the whining shrieks of the hard done by, the petty fighting, the clinginess,...
In defence of Tony from the Davidson Rural Fire Brigade
You know things are pretty dire when I write the following.Leave Tony Abbott the fuck alone.I know. I barely believe I wrote that sentence myself. I know he's leading the country back into rack and ruin. I know he's a climate change denier. I know...
I got me some culture tonight.
Musicals aren't for everybody. People that lack the capacity for joy, who hate tunes and abhor dance - they don't like them much. People that prefer their stage to feature the tortuous journey that is 'Death of a Salesman' - literary excellence, performed...
The procrastination post
WellIf you start at the very beginning, it's a very good place to start - Mary PoppinsThe journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step - some wise dude from the olden daysBoth Mary and the wise dude are sitting on my shoulder giving me a severe case...