Happy Birthday ACDC’s Bon Scott RIP
Before going to the ACDC Family Jewels exhibition at the Perth Museum, I appreciated ACDC and the bands place in rock history. I’d even been known to yell out a…
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Emerging Writers Festival 2011 Melbourne
Last month I managed to catch the last two days of the Emerging Writers Festival in Melbourne. © The Ponder RoomA lovely sunny winter afternoon with the helicopter pad beckoning,…
The Last Viking Book Launch
“The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear”. Nelson Mandela The Vikings Arrive © The Ponder Room “All men [and women]…
Lunch with a side order of guilt (Lentil As Anything, St Kilda)
While in St Kilda I came across a great little strip of shops on Blessington Street. One of them, Lentil As Anything, was a non-profit vegetarian restaurant with a difference.©…
It’s a dogs life in St Kilda (Pet Lifestyle Store)
Spending my afternoon off walking around St Kilda, it wasn’t long before my trained marketing eye settled on Puppy Phat, which describes itself as ‘a pet lifestyle store’. Inside I found…
Make-up application quick smart
How long does it take you to put your makeup on in the morning, 5 minutes, 20, an hour and a half? And how many people are usually involved? Model…
Mr Pricasso v porn stars at Sexpo
After all these years, consumer behaviour still manages to fascinate and surprise me. © The Ponder RoomMy passion has taken me to many unlikely places, and introduced me to a…
World Premier Tim Ferguson Cane and Able
Watching Tim Ferguson return to the stage for the world premier of Cane and Able, four words came to mind – laughter, luck, friendship and courage. © The Ponder…
Two words women don’t want to hear
This was first posted on wellnesswa.com.au Footnote: Hopefully Googles bad hair day is over and the formating of this post will be correct now. Apologies to those who have already read this and…
True commitment to goal setting (The Worlds Most Tattood Person)
Last weekend I witnessed one mans lifelong commitment to goal setting. © The Ponder RoomWhile juggling fire, a machete and an apple, Lucky Diamond Rich relayed the story of his…
Happy segmented Easter especially to the Easter disadvantaged (Vegan, Lactose Intolerant)
If I’ve learnt nothing else in my 25 years working in consumer psychology I’ve learnt that society insists on segmenting itself over, and over, and over, again. Not a bad…
Damien Hobgoods early chances pay off in Telstra Drug Aware Pro 2011 Margaret River
In the end the final came down to US born Damien Hobgood and a local West Australian. © The Ponder Room But that local was Yadin Nicol, not Taj Burrow…
Grey fins & the Kelly Slater, Billy Stairmand battle at Telstra Drug Aware Pro Margaret River
Today the Margart River surf looks cleaner, so clean infact that this morning grey fins were seen in the water while Paige Hareb and Courtney Conlogue competed. Thankfully they were only dolphins enjoying…
Billy Stairmand takes out Kelly Slater in Margaret River (Telstra Drug Aware Pro)
Breaking news21 year old Billy Stairmand from New Zealand rode a perfect wave scoring 9.0. In that one moment he not only created the upset of the event, but also gave…
Slater surfs it up at Margaret River (2011 Telstra Drug Aware Pro)
© The Ponder Room It’s not often the biggest names in sport come to your backyard, especially when that backyard is the most isolated city in the world. The…
Crossing the line with Billy Connolly
The other day I witnessed yet another act of generosity, I love hearing about these. One of the girls behind the Cottesloe Lifeboats installation gave her mother two tickets to…
Dexter gives me hope (Jeff Lindsay at Perth Writers Festival)
Yes really, Dexter the sociopathic serial killer in the popular TV series of the same name, gives me hope. Strange thing to admit to I know but there you go. ©…
Joanne Harris author of Chocolat at Perth Writers Festival
Best known for the delectable Chocolat, Joanne Harris has written twelve novels, two cookbooks, learnt classical flute and plays bass guitar in a band. © The Ponder RoomHer new novel…
