Steve Davis
Is this thing on? A week on a comedy TV set with nine other aspiring comedians
Is this thing on could easily be restated as when will this thing be on. We have just wrapped an intense week of doing a stand up comedy course while also being filmed documentary/reality tv style with cameras everywhere and…
3 bleak ideas that lead to life
I have been mulling over 3 bleak ideas that lead to life for me, and I have decided to capture them in words to help me digest them further. If you find them helpful, that is a superb bonus to…
The Interview: North Korea, Religion, and the brainwashing dilemma
I’ve had my first experience of a comment hanging in the air for what seemed like a whole minute, during a conversation with friends this month. The comment, damning of religion, was uttered by a delightful person who also happens…
Flawed Dad
A poem for Alexandra and Caitlin This flawed dad Chimes ‘I love you’ aloud on the hour Like some frenzied, benevolent cuckoo (When not hidden in ‘busy work’) This flawed dad Is yearning for some magic balance before the…
Intimacy: A Glass Half Full
In relationships there are three primary factors that need to be balanced to achieve happiness: income earning, domestic duties, intimacy. Just like the three constraints of project management, time, cost and quality, it always seems that success requires some compromise…
LEAKED: Brenton Bock’s next ‘big idea’ for Adelaide
I caught the story last week that Brenton Bock, a local advertising executive, had floated a new ‘big idea’ for Adelaide: a giant maze with restaurant in the south parklands. I wouldn’t mind wandering through the maze, especially if its…
Hypocrisy thy name is modern journalism
My wife calls it getting on your ‘high moral horse’ and I call it hypocrisy. Whenever somebody poses in a holier-than-thou manner while at the same time remaining embroiled in dark, dirty practices, I think we are right to call…
If you live in Adelaide, take a deep breath and listen up NOW
I predicted the conversations as soon as I knew the Adelaide. Breathe. ad was being launched on the weekend. People would watch the ad and the audience would be split. Those for it would say bravo, how wonderful, how edgy.…
The unbearable truth about death: Life goes on
This short reflection has emerged in the wake of a few deaths in my family and social circles this week. The litany of loss The night before last I lost my last grandparent as she died peacefully in her sleep…
Online Insights on FIVEaa Sunday September 01 2013
An exciting month this month. In our segment, we’ll discuss food preservation tips I’d never thought of before, the postive impact that microfinance offers, and a new concept of balanced coverage of issues on the internet. But I also announced…