Point made

My experiment yesterday with the search terms people use to find my blog worked. On a separate note, don’t laugh at how few people actually visit.
The photos function is stuffed, but click on the thumbnail to view the damning evidence…

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Snowballs: tackling the big issues

This is a little transcript of a conversation that took place last night between me and the Excellent Missus about eating well, and snowballs, which are soft marshmallow covered in chocolate and shredded coconut. I love their sweet goodness, but I loved this exchange more:
Me: I hope we don’t end up fat.
EM: We won’t, we [...]

Monkeybizness search results

WordPress, my fine, fine blogging provider, has a useful tool that allows you to see the search terms that people used to find themselves on your blog. Here are today’s search results as an example:

Zarah Garde-Wilson PICTURE
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Zarah Garde Wilson
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Zarah Garde-Wilson
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motivational speeches for aussie rules f
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garde-wilson
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monkey bizness wordpress
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Guess who’s getting the job done for me? Yep, [...]

Parkour and free running

Just to provide some balance to my recent stories slagging the French, here is a clip of Parkour, which is insane street gymnastics - the villain at the start of the most recent Bond movie is a leading exponent. I’d also like to recognise other fabulous French contributions to the world: baguettes, yoplait, mime, stripey t-shirts, [...]

Schoolgirl wins fight for French

I loved this headline on the BBC website: Schoolgirl wins fight for French
That must have been embarrassing for them. The English in World War One, then the US and friends in World War Two, and now a 15-year-old schoolgirl. Isn’t it about time the French won something for themselves? I am tipping the BBC sub [...]

Smarter, stronger, better looking

Study Says Eldest Children Have Higher I.Q.s
“Scientists” (and everyone knows that scientists know everything) have discovered beyond a doubt that eldest siblings are the smartest in a family. As an eldest - and therefore smartest - sibling, I already knew this. I am also betterer looking than my siblings, and I am also strongerer.
My [...]

You beaut little anzac cobber

It’s jingoistic and patriotic and just the sort of propoganda the Australian Navy would love - the plucky, gutsy Aussie troops with their backs against the wall use ‘colourful language’ to talk themselves out of a tight spot with Iranian guns aimed at them. Despite all of this, I still love this story - I just [...]

On Australia’s National Emergency

Warning: serious content ahead…
I just don’t get John Howard’s new initiative to tackle sexual abuse of children in Australia’s indigenous communities. He has described the massive problem as a ‘national emergency’.
I mean, on the face of it I understand. The uncontested grounds are that the problem is bad and something needs to be done. I’m [...]

Dud competition

When I was about 14, I won a cassingle of “Let’s talk about sex”, by Salt ‘n’ Pepper. My mum took it off me because she thought it was inappropriate. She bought me a Tattslotto ticket as a consolation. That ticket went on to lose, but I learnt a lesson that day - don’t tell [...]

Lindsay, stupidity also runs in the family

I love this cracker of a quote from philosopher, poet and occasional footballer, Lindsay Gilbee in today’s Herald Sun:
“He [dad] said he was good. He was apparently renowned for his kicking. Maybe that’s where I get a bit of it. My brothers were pretty good kicks. The genes are maybe in the family.”
Do you think [...]