The Threesome
At the end of a party late last year I found myself in a cab with a good mate, Tom, and Lucy, the girl I was seeing at the time. Tom sat in the front seat and Lucy and I shared the back seat. Whilst I have never broached the subject of having a threesome with him to his face, we had often exchanged...
Oktoberfest Raises Questions
At lunch time last Friday, Peter John Boyle posted a message on his son’s facebook page saying “family is a little worried, can someone please find Will”. William Boyle had last been seen the night before enjoying drinks with friends at the Australian National University’s...
In The Lab
With colder than average temperatures encouraging Canberrans to take their Christmas celebrations indoors, the topic of temperature has become a rich source of awkward small-talk.
For chemists at Columbia University, however, nothing could be more engaging than the study of all things very...
Inside The Whale
Each summer, like clockwork, the Japanese whaling in the Southern Whale Sanctuary gets its fair share of news coverage. This year, three protestors boarded the Japanese whaling vessel Shonan Maru 2, prompting calls that the government take direct action to prevent whaling boats from entering...
A good excuse for a rationale
It’s a sign of the times, whether you like it or not, to see the latest issue of the Economist run a 10-page special report on video games. Consider a mere 25 years ago, when the first mass-market games were released by Japanese nerds trying to make a buck off Italian racial stereotypes, or...
3 Cheers for the Arts
A wise man once said: “The merit of any given university can be assessed by its appreciation for the arts”. Well, okay, I might have just made that up. But a wise man probably did say that at some point, and at the very least, it’s mostly true. As the matter stands, the...
The Real Game
Last year Woroni featured an article arguing for ‘casual intimacy’. It said people shouldn’t avoid casual liaisons just because they might get burnt. Most good things come to an end, the author argued, that’s no reason not to get involved in them. I liked the article, but I...
Myth Makin', Price Takin'
For all the news features, reporting of opinion polls and well-cast everymen looking forlornly at job sites in the ad breaks between them you could be forgiven for thinking we were one failed mortgage away from joining Greece under the bridge. We aren’t. No hard-working...
Ninety-Nine Percent Of What, Exactly? #OWS
I don’t understand contemporary protest movements. Recently in India, Anna Hazare, went on hunger strike to protest the Government’s hesitation in passing an anti-corruption bill. It last four days before the government caved in and expedited procedures. The protest was huge;...
Occupational Hazard #OWS
“Capitalists, if you think that you can play footsies with these people, you are wrong. They will come for you and drag you into the streets and kill you. They will do it. They’re not messing around”. - Glenn Beck You may not have heard, but people are getting...
