My MS
by Ian Heydon

Two political jokes doing the rounds. One: what’s the difference between the Queensland Labor Party and my Tarago? My Tarago has eight seats. Two: Tony Abbott. This week Germaine Greer made the comment that PM Julia Gillard had to dress differently because she has a “big arse”. On camera, Tony Camera laughed at the comment [...]

School hols are here and Annie and Laura are heading down to the Gold Coast for a few nights – they will be staying at the new QT hotel at Surfers Paradise… apparently has a great Day Spa and a heavy dollop of Gen X and Y target marketing. Most accommodation properties have a positioning [...]

I always enjoy the Archibald Prize. It is usually controversial. I love this year’s winner. Tim Storrier takes home the $75,000 for this self-portrait. While it is a portrait competition, this subject doesn’t actually have a face – it was Storrier’s way of depicting his enormous desire for privacy… but to get in within the [...]

It is hard to believe two weeks have flown by since Ian Turpie’s funeral. There is one lovely thing when entertainers pass away – there are places to visit to see them again, just how you like to remember them. I Googled ‘Turps’ and ‘Club Buggery’ (the Roy & HG comedy from the 1990’s) and [...]

Today is a public holiday in Toowoomba (Show Day) so not much happening in this neck of the woods. I read this morning that it is also St Gwladys Day in Wales – I’m guessing that is pronounced ‘Gladys’ but does anyone own the party trick of being able to pronounce the name of the [...]

Was chatting with an old mate, Shane Withington, this morning. Well, a young mate, actually, coz we are similar ages. We rabbited on about various things from biocycles to roofing to funerals to the kids to how we have been privileged to have ‘chance’ – basically, how we have managed to stumble through life without [...]

Thanks for this link, Chez – A site for when you can’t match a person with a gift. All sorts of goodies like a wine rack bra so ladies can smuggle booze into the footy… a horse head pillow… a baby Elvis wig… a ‘full glass’ that holds a whole bottle of wine… is the healthy allowance [...]

The first cases of MS started to be documented around 1830 but the first actual case might date back to 1395. You see, Dutch saint, St Lidwina of Schiedam had her life documented. She was given a sainthood for being a ‘holy lady’ and a healer and St Lidwina’s disease was named after her condition. [...]

Canadian Jenna Talackova has been disqualified from the Miss Universe competition because she was born a bloke.  Admittedly a pretty good-looking bloke. Was the reason that women are from Venus and men are from Mars? Probably not… And for those following our Decorah Eagles, it is hatch time! http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles