Hommus
Not all crimes can be corrected, but I do my best in correcting crimes against hommus. I recently saw a cauliflower “hommus” recipe that contained cauliflower instead of chickpeas. Since “hommus” is the Arabic word for chickpea I’m pretty sure that we can call that a major infraction. It seems to be a trend to…
Read MoreVagina Manual
This week’s blog is inspired by this picture. I have the utmost respect for people who undergo radical surgery to alter their bodies. But it struck me that this person gets a manual to own a neo-vagina. I should probably put together a manual for those who are provided a vagina by God or mother…
Read MoreAndrea Kay Toomey
This is the eulogy I gave at my sister Andrea’s funeral. ___________________________________________________________________ When someone is dying in your life, your mind plays old recordings of things they have said to you, stories they repeated and sayings they relied on in their day to day dialogue. The human brain is a funny thing, in that it…
Read MoreTerf Receipts Australia
A couple of blokes, one from the Guardian, the other an ABC contributor talk about how the erasure of women is a good thing and that gender critical feminists are actually bigots and should STFU A Guardian journalist and a PHD student school a lesbian and woman of colour about women’s rights and how they…
Read MoreNot Affected: finding a new doctrine for tragedy.
“Never be afraid when God brings back your past” Oswald Chambers said. When God began bringing back my past recently, I was more confused than afraid. But I was afraid. What confused me is that God was bringing back such happy memories. A series of dreams and flashbacks were reminding me of happy islands in…
Read MoreGhosts of Xmas Past
There is an urban legend that there is a spike in suicides and depression at Christmas time. Preliminary research, (me googling for five minutes) seems to indicate that this may not be statistically true. But welfare agencies will tell you that Christmas causes genuine distress for large sections of the population, particularly the lonely. I…
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