For a long time I was anti-Halloween. It started in the period after I was a kid but before I had them – borne of a fear the night of dress-ups and lollies (‘candy’, ugh) was a sign we’d lost all sense of identity. I’d see plastic pumpkin paraphernalia fill supermarket shelves in September and […]
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Term three, what a drag. Not close enough to December to be laced with the giddiness of Christmas or hot enough to tempt a cleansing day the beach. After a relentless winter flu season these September holidays could not come fast enough. I’m writing this fresh after cleaning a vast puddle of vomit from our
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I’m sure the gateway to gambling starts when we’re kids. More specifically the first time we get to use a Skill Tester machine. You know this arcade game, it’s in most shopping centres. A transparent box filled with knock off brand cuddly toys and a threatening steel claw above. It’s tempting because the prizes are
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