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milly

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About Me

Wanda: To call you stupid would be an insult to stupid people. I've known sheep who could outwit you. I've worn dresses with higher IQs, but you think you're an intellectual, don't you, ape?Otto: Apes don't read philosophy.Wanda: Yes they do, Otto, they just don't understand it.
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My Interests

Opposing the bastardisation of the Australian media; journalism; music; creating meals from scratch; Glebe Point Diner; South Sydney Rugby League Club; driving my car to NSW's central west; literature; medicine; Bacchanalia; American novels; signs; Darwinian theory; wine in the afternoon; Daniel Clowes and R. Crumb and Red Meat; the Tourette's Master Signwriter comic strip is the funniest thing I have ever seen; Viz mag; typos; Uncle Ken at North Dorrigo; staying up late; subediting T-shirts and menus when I truly don't mean to; doggerel; Frank Kozik; convicts; lavender oil; beer; skiing; autism; breeds of cows; the general doability of goats; glomesh; karaoke; travel...
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I'd like to meet:

Rock enablers, Feingold Diet survivors, writers, thinkers and doers.

Music:



This week: King Pest; The Drones; Gentle Ben & His Sensitive Side; Perry Keyes and Kyuss.

Movies:

The Shining.

Television:

The King is dead. Long live The King.

Books:

Fuck You Heroes: Glen E. Friedman Photographs, 1976-1991. And The Bulletin magazine, before it died.

Heroes:

Glen E. Friedman, Alexander Pearce, Steve Jobs, Adalita, Lillian Roxon, Joan Jett, Mike Parr, Lemmy, John Garcia, Frank Kozik, Mario Lalli, Rene Descartes, Norman Lindsay, Stacy Peralta, John Sattler .."http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vcGhvdG9idWNrZXQuY29t" target="_blank"

My Blog

Me, abbreviated

milly's BlurbsAbout me:I'm a Sydney-born journalist who spent a fair whack of the '90s courting rock'n'roll squalor. After liberation from Riverside Girls' High School, I began a degree at Sydney uni,...
Posted by milly on Thu, 24 May 2007 10:39:00 PST

In praise of Lara Bingle

A hooker is footy's Craig Wing Lara Bingle did tingle his thing She spied Brendan Fevola And told Wing it was over Now Michael Clarke's got his end in
Posted by milly on Wed, 23 May 2007 07:42:00 PST

Wal-Mart's SS fashion slip

Readers, I have cut and paste this report from styledash.com. Click the a posteriori link for the skinny; read below for the associated editorial. There's entire websites dedicated to big companies th...
Posted by milly on Tue, 15 May 2007 06:00:00 PST

Industrial action 101

There is no murder or kidnapping in this yarn; no "allegedly" this and "sources say" that. It does, however, represent a call to arms regarding John Howard's proposed Work Choices reform. Interested? ...
Posted by milly on Wed, 09 May 2007 06:46:00 PST

"There's something in my pocket ..."

I don't know what said TV ad is for. Actually, I do: some whacko-the-diddle-o, Dad's low whistle when he finds out how much the neighbours paid for their new Datsun Sunny, next-gen phone device that d...
Posted by milly on Tue, 08 May 2007 08:41:00 PST

Monkey Wrench: Part II

My liver has recovered sufficiently to allow the imbibement of food and grog in public. To celebrate, it was decided that my local rubbitty - the ironically named given its white-Anglo patronage, the ...
Posted by milly on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 01:54:00 PST

Macbeth (abridged version; with apologies to Will Shakey)

Alas Macbeth - impressionable lad!For the want of power, he drove himself madFor the want of great insight, he followed three hagsAnd increased Scotland's need to produce body bagsFurther led astray b...
Posted by milly on Thu, 12 Apr 2007 05:58:00 PST

Take me down to Cockburn City...

The City of Cockburn seeks a media liaison occifer. If former gaming minister Dick Face is out of the big house, he should definitely apply. Applications must be directed to [email protected]....
Posted by milly on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 04:35:00 PST

No Fecund Prize

Now that I have made my hatred of SATC clear...In an opinion piece in today's SMH, blog elder and part-time philosopher Samantha Brett blames every bitch from Britney to The Body for the inability of ...
Posted by milly on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 10:29:00 PST

Sam And The City Sucks!

http://www.samandthecitysucks.blogspot.com/This is the funniest blog I've read in some time, mainly 'cos I am as baffled by Sam And The City as the next person with an actual brain. Seriously entertai...
Posted by milly on Sat, 23 Dec 2006 04:37:00 PST