Wednesday November 19, 2008
C'mon, you Swans, how much for a little loyalty?
Heckler: I WAS dismayed to hear that the Sydney Swans supremo Miles Baron-Hay is considering a levy on reserved seating, writes Paul Johnstone.
Friday November 14, 2008
Note to self: this is a stick-up
Heckler: "Beat - $50." I've no idea what this cryptic note means, though it's clearly my own handwriting and I recognise the green ink of my bullet-head pen.
Friday November 7, 2008
English lose the plot of Brian's life
Heckler: As an Australian living in England, I find myself constantly baffled. I don't understand why the English invent sports they cannot play. Why raisins are in Picnic chocolate bars. Why commuters can't move down in a carriage on the Tube.
Thursday November 6, 2008
Quickie ends up in a sticky wicket
Heckler: WORLD cricket has been through tough times: Bodyline, match fixing, underarm bowling, World Series Cricket, Ian Botham breaking a bed in the West Indies, Michael Slater jumping on stage to sing Jimmy Barnes during a broadcast of the Allan Border medal and Brad Hogg's Test selection, writes Stewart Robertson.
Tuesday November 4, 2008
A case of crossed wireless
Heckler: The idea is that new technology should make our lives less stressful but this is not always what happens.
Tuesday October 28, 2008
Outdated ideologies belong in past
Heckler: A GOOD friend of mine was recently gay-bashed on Oxford Street, in broad daylight, in what is supposed to be a widely recognised gay area of Sydney, writes Devi Neronha.
Wednesday October 15, 2008
Gen Y needs to find its own AC/DC
Heckler: The release of yet another AC/DC album this week got me thinking. The members of AC/DC are now well into their 50s and even 60s - and with the number of bands now competing for attention you'd think they would have turned in by now.
Tuesday October 7, 2008
Theatre of the absurdly unpleasant
Heckler: I HATE theatre. Any type of theatre, really - drama, comedy, musical, opera or operating. Theatre is annoying and painful and whoever decided we needed it to make our lives complete was cruel and inhumane, writes Peter Cross.
Tuesday September 30, 2008
Old and lame? Then we want you
Heckler:MY FRIEND Rosemary and I have heard the clarion call to arms - well I did. She wasn't wearing her hearing aid. In a noble act of self sacrifice we wish to present ourselves at the nearest defence recruitment office and offer our services to our country, her majesty, the flag and thingys of that nature, writes Jan Carroll.
Wednesday September 24, 2008
A cranky country of Damir Dokics
Heckler: I RESIGN. Enough is enough. The torrent of abuse has occurred 100 too many times, writes Paul Freeburn.
Monday September 22, 2008
Perhaps clever, or just a passing phrase
The Tribal Mind: HOW you doin? Note the italics in the middle. Those three words provoked a small punch-up between this column and some of its readers, writes David Dale.
Friday September 19, 2008
Losers brought too often to book
Heckler: WHO knew that Parliament House was such a hotbed of literary talent? The beaten generation. The unique genre which it has carved - the political loser's memoir - has set Canberran bookshelves ablaze in a way unseen since The Model Train Collector's Anthology was released to the wild toots of replica steam whistles earlier this year, writes Darren Armstrong.
Thursday September 18, 2008
Crass words to impress the masses
Heckler: I DON'T know much about boiling blood, but this morning was the last straw. On the radio I listened to a school principal being interviewed.
Tuesday September 16, 2008
On the nose, so snuff it out
Heckler: FOR God's sake, can we cut out "Bless you"? I hate it. This polite pleasantry when someone sneezes genuinely makes my blood boil. We need to phase it out of our cultural lexicon, writes Jack Tsonis.
Friday September 12, 2008
Singled out for wedding humiliation
Heckler: Anna Jackson (Heckler, September 9) ain't got it half right when she laments the injustices of a family wedding. I find them to be treacherous, insidious affairs that make me blanch. Why? Because I'm single, writes Damien Moran.
Thursday September 11, 2008
Organ smorgasbord a no-brainer
Heckler: I am outraged. So are my young children. The joy of watching the recent Olympic highlights was taken from us as we were insulted by those horror advertisements that Channel Seven continually showed us during prime time.
Tuesday September 9, 2008
Much ado about children and 'I do'
Going to weddings gave me some of my happiest childhood memories. Now that I have my own children, I find that times have changed. Most weddings are "no children" affairs. What is a wedding without children?
Friday September 5, 2008
Preying on Sydney's gender deficit
Heckler: Another day, another article degrading Sydney as a city dominated by single, choosy women who will never be happy, writes Dane Stewart.
Monday September 1, 2008
Papering over our electric world
What about the art of reading on paper?
Friday August 29, 2008
Rice is nice but more meat, please
Look, admit it: Stephanie Rice is not the most gorgeous woman walking the planet.
Thursday August 28, 2008
Bittersweet sludge misses the spot
Heckler: The search for the perfect affogato experience.
Wednesday August 27, 2008
Love - without the moisturiser
Heckler: I WAS disturbed to read two queries in a weekend magazine recently addressed to the "style guy". The first was "When should I apply moisturiser?" and the second was "How do I carry a man-bag?", writes Kenneth Smith.
Monday August 25, 2008
No fun on Steph's undie run
All the talk about their break-up on the eve of the Olympics being a media stunt was waaaay off the mark.
Friday August 22, 2008
Olympics, the un-Australian way
Heckler: I AM not a jingoistic flag-waving patriot. But after nearly five years of living in Finland, my husband and I wanted to watch the Australians power to glory. I wanted the Australian Olympic experience, Australia walking into the stadium, the swimming, the cycling, the beach volleyball, writes Therese Catanzariti.
Wednesday August 20, 2008
Doctors never run out of patients
Heckler: As a junior doctor, I am flabbergasted by our ability to find new and exciting ways to self-destruct.
