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Head Case

Monday, 3rd January 2011

So I went shopping this morning, I was in search of a blu-ray player but that’s irrelevant. While out I was “overtaken” on the footpath by a cyclist, she was wearing a helmet… or at least she was balancing one on her head. Now, to be fair she did appear to be a few sandwiches short of a picnic, so there wasn’t necessarily a lot that the helmet needed to protect, but if you aren’t going to wear the helmet properly why bother wearing it at all?

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Happy Saturday

Saturday, 1st January 2011

It’s been a while coming, but shit, I’ve actually finished writing a post. By the time I get around to finishing the other half dozen that are sitting half written they’ll all be out-of-date and irrelevant. Just like me. Anyway, I wrote one of these last year, not specifically a rant in the same sense as the rest of this blog, but a coverage of the year (well, some of it) that was. The good, the bad and the stupid. Ok, so the balance lies at the stupid end of the spectrum, but would you expect anything else?

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Twilight Sucks

Sunday, 29th August 2010 — 1 response

I’ll confess upfront that I don’t actually know a whole lot about Twilight. I have not read the books nor have I seen the movies. And I’m totally ok with that. Why? Because I’m not a 12-year-old girl with a lust for blood.

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Public Service Announcement

Tuesday, 24th August 2010

To the heavily pregnant woman who was standing outside in the cold, connected to an IV drip, underneath the “no smoking sign” at the hospital bus stop, WHY THE FUCK WERE YOU SMOKING? And did you really have to take a big suck on your cigarette before kissing your small children good bye before they got on the bus with their father (well I assume he was the father) who also happened to be smoking.

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Moving the Action Contract Forward

Thursday, 19th August 2010

Sunday will be a day for celebration. No more having to listen to political leaders try and convince us that they are the least horrible of the two options. No more terrible political advertising (thankfully this has already ceased). No more action contracts. No more forward motion. But there’s a more than reasonable chance that Australia will be fucked. Yes we will.

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Choice of Code

Sunday, 13th June 2010

Ok, this isn’t really a rant, it’s not even offensive or inappropriate, in fact I’m not sure why I chose to post it specifically on this blog, but anyway I have. And unless you’re both from Australia and follow at least one code of football it’s probably of absolutely no interest to you at all. Don’t worry, I’m not going to hold that against you. You can just come back next time.

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Trolley Trouble

Thursday, 10th June 2010

So, there is a new supermarket development in Erskineville (maybe that’s spelt wrong, not sure, but I’m sure I don’t care) where they’ve actually banned shopping trolleys, now when I saw this story on the news last night I just assumed that they meant you wouldn’t be able to leave the supermarket with the trolley. Well, no, it’s more than that, they’re banned entirely, you can’t even wheel them around inside the shop.

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The Award for Sensationalised Journalism goes to…

Wednesday, 5th May 2010

The latest media-driven shit-storm in a tea cup is the result of a few comedians sharing some humour via twitter during the Logies on the weekend (for readers from outside Australia, the Logies are our equivalent to the Emmys or BAFTAs - except the Logies are, mostly, voted for by the public - ie. bad idea). And apparently a few tweets are all you need to piece together some two-bit hack of an article and have it published by a national paper. Hello media land, there are real news stories out there, why don’t you pull your head out of your arse and go report on something interesting/useful/newsworthy.

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Super Fans

Saturday, 1st May 2010

No this is not about the hoards of teenage girls that chased (or thought they were chasing) Justin Bieber across Sydney during the week. Although it does demonstrate similar levels of intelligence. The following discussion was overheard today on a bus (I forgot to take headphones, rookie mistake).

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6 tips for public transport users

Wednesday, 28th April 2010

Stop Smoking. Seriously, just stop. Now. Before I beat lung cancer to the punch and kill you myself. But, wait I can hear you now ‘people aren’t allowed to smoke on public transport’. Well, yes this is true but it doesn’t stop them smoking before they get on. Which they do. Or while you have to stand near them at the bus stop. Which they do.

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