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Passionately Curious – Taking Flight
Read more: Passionately Curious – Taking FlightWell, that’s my article for today. Enjoy the rest of the week guys. I’m pulling your leg, of course. Today I’ll be taking a look into how the hell a giant lump of metal, weighing in at around 200 tons, can take off and just chill up high in the atmosphere pretending it’s a bird.…
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On Intellectual Curiosity and the Online Zeitgeist
Read more: On Intellectual Curiosity and the Online ZeitgeistIn an ambitious attempt to respond to Yentl’s article on Generation Wuss, I’ve come to the conclusion that this characterisation of my generation is actually a confronting, but accurate term for the post-postmodern generation that seems to have it all, desire it all, know it all. We flaunt our lives by underlining the insignificant, taking…
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Hozier – Hozier: A Review
Read more: Hozier – Hozier: A ReviewI was rather late to join the Hozier bandwagon. So late, in fact, that when I recently sang Take Me To Church at the top of my lungs, my 11-year-old sister was baffled I even knew the song. (Is my pop culture knowledge now, at the tender age of 19, inferior to that of an…
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Aiming for Oblivion: A Review of The Piper’s Son by Melina Marchetta
Read more: Aiming for Oblivion: A Review of The Piper’s Son by Melina MarchettaThe Piper’s Son by Melina Marchetta Publisher: Candlewick Press Release date: March 1, 2010 328 pages Cover: http://www.penguin.com.au/jpg-large/9780670074235.jpg Everything is fine until Joe Finch Mackee is blown to pieces in a bombing at the London underground, and grief hits his remaining family members hard. The Piper’s Son, a companion novel to Saving Francesca (2005),…
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Writer’s Block Happenings: April
Read more: Writer’s Block Happenings: AprilAs I write this, a delightful ray of sunlight comes streaming through my window, caressing my face with its silken warmth. It’s official: spring is finally here! This is the last bit of motivation we’ve all been waiting for to go outside and do something! Wondering what it is that you could be doing? Well,…


