SOMETHING about summer elevates nostalgia levels in the brain. At least, in me it does. No sooner does the weather warm up and I switch on Buffalo Tom's summer anthem of 1995 - aptly called Summer - than my heart is filled with nostalgia for "simpler times". I drift into quiet deference for "the ol' days" and previous summers … Continue reading This Summer Could be the Good Ol’ Days →

SHE had seemed old, sure. Ancient. A relic. But I didn’t think she was gonna die. Oh no. Had I known she was close, I wouldn’t have rented her the granny flat in my backyard when her son – calling from the safety of 500 bloody miles away – begged me for it. I’d wanted … Continue reading Granny Flat →

From a long-lost satirical news blog I once ran: Rebuilt school named after arsonist The Jude Louey Parker Secondary School will reopen tomorrow, 12 months after it was ravaged by fire.Every building was destroyed last year when former student Jude Louey Parker set fire to it to “get revenge on the teachers”.It was announced in … Continue reading Local News Today →