Hard rubbish is dumpster diving for grown ups. And I love it.

THE People's Republic of Moreland is pretty trendy these days. I know this because we now have junkies and Pilates. All we need is a juice bar and we'll be completely up ourselves. Oh, that's right: we do, and we are. Right now, we're excited too. It's hard rubbish collection season or, as I prefer to call it, the Tightarse Festival. I'll tell you something for free: if you want to get 60-year-old men walking four times a day, put on a hard rubbish collection.

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Canberra Rocks. Two words you will never hear.

For all the controversy I've gotten into with Twitter, I’ve never received an email from their legal department. Until two weeks ago. Attached to the email was correspondence alerting me the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney's lawyers were threatening to sue them (and me) for a meme I had tweeted from my account. I've removed the offending tweet, but you can read the letters the Archdiocese’s lawyer’s sent Twitter HERE. I do not think and have never thought Cardinal George Pell is a pedophile. I do not think and have never thought Cardinal George Pell has raped children. I never intended to suggest to others he has.

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Writing tips. Procrastination.

For all the controversy I've gotten into with Twitter, I’ve never received an email from their legal department. Until two weeks ago. Attached to the email was correspondence alerting me the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney's lawyers were threatening to sue them (and me) for a meme I had tweeted from my account. I've removed the offending tweet, but you can read the letters the Archdiocese’s lawyer’s sent Twitter HERE. I do not think and have never thought Cardinal George Pell is a pedophile. I do not think and have never thought Cardinal George Pell has raped children. I never intended to suggest to others he has.

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Easter. The 91 kilo chocolate Jesus the Catholics cracked it over.

For all the controversy I've gotten into with Twitter, I’ve never received an email from their legal department. Until two weeks ago. Attached to the email was correspondence alerting me the Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney's lawyers were threatening to sue them (and me) for a meme I had tweeted from my account. I've removed the offending tweet, but you can read the letters the Archdiocese’s lawyer’s sent Twitter HERE. I do not think and have never thought Cardinal George Pell is a pedophile. I do not think and have never thought Cardinal George Pell has raped children. I never intended to suggest to others he has.

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Easter. The Zombie Chocolate Jesus Festival.

I DON'T want to offend anyone (actually I do), but let's be honest here, Easter's never really taken off. Two thousand years and it's still the B team of religious celebrations, just ahead of the Feast of the Circumcision. And ain't that a day when Christians go off like a frog in a sock? Despite Easter being the Big Kahuna of the Christian holy days, we're all a bit lukewarm about it. No cards, no customs, no songs. Where's Deck the Halls with Eggs from Kmart? How about We Wish You a Happy Easter? Or, "On the fourth day of Easter my true love gave to me: four chocolate bilbies, three elegant rabbits, two panatones and a Humpty full of Smarties?"

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