Category Archives: Society and Culture

5 Reasons Gene Simmons’ application to trademark the “metal horns” hand sign is bullshit

Posted on June 15, 2017 by

As you may no doubt have heard, KISS bassist Gene Simmons has lodged a trademark application for the Metal Horns hand gesture. Good luck with that, mate. The “metal horns” hand gesture has been around far longer than Simmons himself … Continue reading →

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Going back to my roots, with the help of my DNA

Posted on June 12, 2017 by

There are several services available to get a DNA test done to find your ancestry, the biggest being AncestryDNA and 23 and Me. There’s a lot of hoo-haa surrounding these companies, particularly AncestryDNA, with talk about them having more rights … Continue reading →

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A Witchy morning tea with Mystical Dragon

Posted on May 20, 2017 by

Melbourne-based New Age store Mystical Dragon runs an annual Biggest Morning Tea fundraiser for the Cancer Council of Australia. This year, my friends at House of Hexenn ran a stall at the event, so I made the journey from the … Continue reading →

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A day in the life of a legal secretary

Posted on April 6, 2017 by

It’s about bloody time I wrote about something relating to my day job. I am a legal secretary and have been since 1998, predominantly in conveyancing. I was studying conveyancing in New South Wales, then the Global Financial Crisis happened … Continue reading →

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A little story to share for Harmony Day

Posted on March 21, 2017 by

With Benjamin Law starting the hashtag #FreedomOfSpeech on Twitter today, my little story to share for Harmony Day is too long to fit in a tweet, so I’ll share it here. First, here’s Benjamin’s original tweet: To celebrate the Coalition … Continue reading →

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Let’s help keep young Wiccans and Pagans safe in our circles

Posted on February 23, 2017 by

Convicted paedophile Robin Fletcher has hit the headlines in recent days, with a judge recently handing down a decision to revoke a supervision order against him and the subsequent appeal against its revocation by the Department of Justice. What makes … Continue reading →

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Let’s just get it over with and make marriage equality in Australia a reality

Posted on September 30, 2016 by

Right now, the plebiscite vote as to whether same-sex marriage should be enshrined in law, is the hot topic du jour. Yes, grown adults in parliament wanting to conduct what is essentially a glorified opinion poll (because the result of … Continue reading →

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