“Didn’t we have a luverly time, the day we went to Jimbour…..” Every two years the Queensland Music Festival sponsors Opera at Jimbour House. Our rellies in Brisbane have been raving about it for a few years so this year the Davis clan made the trip from Bundaberg to Jimbour (a dot on the map […]

“Didn’t we have a luverly time, the day we went to Jimbour…..” Every two years the Queensland Music Festival sponsors Opera at Jimbour House. Our rellies in Brisbane have been raving about it for a few years so this year the Davis clan made the trip from Bundaberg to Jimbour (a dot on the map […]

Dear unnamed religion whose members make a habit of arriving unnannounced at our front doors at inopportune moments with offerings of pamphlets, booklets and other such paraphernalia, Apologies I missed your visit today. Please be assured that I was not inside peering through the venetian blinds in breathless silence waiting for you to turn on […]

Dear unnamed religion whose members make a habit of arriving unnannounced at our front doors at inopportune moments with offerings of pamphlets, booklets and other such paraphernalia, Apologies I missed your visit today. Please be assured that I was not inside peering through the venetian blinds in breathless silence waiting for you to turn on […]

First up, a question. Have you watched any of the following programs and enjoyed them? Summer Heights HighAustralian/American (or any other nationality) IdolElectionHigh School Musical (any version)Sister Act 2Bring it on (a B grade Kirsten Dunst film about cheerleading) If so, then Glee might just be the television series you have been waiting for. More […]

First up, a question. Have you watched any of the following programs and enjoyed them? Summer Heights HighAustralian/American (or any other nationality) IdolElectionHigh School Musical (any version)Sister Act 2Bring it on (a B grade Kirsten Dunst film about cheerleading) If so, then Glee might just be the television series you have been waiting for. More […]

Damn you New Tricks and your season finale,leaving us hanging out to dry with Brian’s emerging drinking problem which in the last minute was discovered by his ever patient wife Esther and his son (who I don’t think we have seen before but nevermind). A lovely final episode all tied with with an investigation into […]

Damn you New Tricks and your season finale,leaving us hanging out to dry with Brian’s emerging drinking problem which in the last minute was discovered by his ever patient wife Esther and his son (who I don’t think we have seen before but nevermind). A lovely final episode all tied with with an investigation into […]

I’m pretty sure I tweeted this but don’t think I linked to it here on Spiralling Shape. So here it is, a journal article that was nearly 2 years in appearing from the time of submission to online publication. Truly I can barely remember writing it, and can’t be bothered reading it again myself, but […]

I’m giving Spicks and Specks my full attention for half an hour because:1. Football is boring (unless I can comment sarcastically on twitter)2. See 1. Spicks and Specks however, is what we might call “good old fashioned entertainment”. Adam Hills is a modern day Daryl Somers or Bert Newton (and I mean that as the […]