Body and board carnage at Drug Aware Margaret River Pro 2013
Surfing has been promoted as a healthy way for young kids to take risks, rather than getting involved in other risk-taking behaviours like drugs. This years Super Saturday certainly lived…
Browsing: Ponder
Surprising find in the back streets (Piccolo’s Corner)
For many years now I’ve coveted the corner store and I’m not alone. In more and more of the community research projects I get involved in, the findings highlight society’s hankering…
Five more tips for Crime Writing (Parker Bilal at Perth Writers Festival 2013)
Parker Bilal is the pen name of Jamal Mahjoub, who has published seven critically acclaimed novels. Dogstar Rising is the most recent in his internationally acclaimed Detective Makana series. Along…
Seven tips for Crime Writing (Shamini Flint at Perth Writers Festival)
Singapore based ex-lawyer Shamini Flint is an acclaimed crime and children’s book author having sold over 500,000 books in six years. In terms of crime she’s written five books in…
New Weight Loss Strategy for Biggest Loser (Job Satisfaction #6: Chinese Year New Dragon)
Monday … here’s another in the series of posts designed to make you feel better about your job choice … hopefully. And a possible suggestion for this years Biggest Loser contestants.Chinese…
How to review a Writers Festival (Perth Writers Festival 2013)
What makes a sane person turn their back on three glorious days of sunshine, to huddle indoors from 9am to 8pm? For me it was the promise of critical thinking,…
How writing helps you sleep (Perth Writers Festival 2013)
For anyone immune to the effects of counting sheep, umpteen cups of camomile or the swimmers choice Stilnox, stay tuned … I may have stumbled on an alternative solution. David…
Perth Writers Festival: Top 5 must sees from Program Manager Katherine Dorrington
When the 2013 PWF was launched at UWA Winthrop Hall as few weeks ago, the room was abuzz with conversation. Hardly surprising given that the audience was made up of…
One stop comestic surgery
First there was rhinoplasty then breast implants and a few years ago, thanks to an insane twist of fate that saw me judging body building competitions, I witnessed several massive…
Sometimes you don’t need words (Valentines Day 2013)
Sometimes you don’t need words. Happy Valentines Day to those I love, and to all who constantly show me love no matter what. Today there’s only one thing to ponder…
Peacocks steal the show as UWA turns 100 (part 2)
Part of the UWA celebrations included the immortalisation of the peacocks. For anyone who studied there, especially in the Arts building, you’ll recall many a lecture being interrupted by their…
Darleks sneek in as UWA turns 100 (part 1)
If you’ve been around for 100 years you deserve a bit of a fuss don’t you? Well the University of WA (UWA) certainly got that last night, even the Doctor…
What’s the difference between a good day and a bad one?
Some days you breeze along with everything working out perfectly, others not so good. So what makes the difference between a good day and a rough one? Sometimes it’s as…
Do you need a beachside mansion to be happy? (Australia Day 2013)
For many years now a question has plagued me … usually the question arises when I’m driving up the scenic West Coast Highway. To my left is an endlessly brilliant…
Alternative to paying for beach parking (Australia Day Surprise 2013)
While 300,000 people were making their way to the Perth foreshore, an entirely different series of events were taking place at Scarborough Beach. On first glance through my dusty windshield, I pondered…
How to eat cake guilt free (Hopman Cup 2013)
Regular readers will know I’m quite fond of finding ways to live guilt free, hell I’ve even written a book about it. So it’s probably no surprise that the other…
Five tips to help supersize your goals (Charley Boorman rides on … in Aus)
By now you may have already started setting your goals for 2013. Naturally there’s the usual lose weight, give up something, be a kinder person etc. But what if you…
Does my bum look big in this? (Job satisfaction # 5 acrobats)
Another job that left me pondering on NYE at the Crown Carnival was the female feathered acrobat.© The Ponder RoomPerched on high at one of the entrances to the casino,…
