hell’s paving stones

There is no more appropriate subject for this site than Rove McManus and his production company, Roving Enterprises (’appropriate’ being defined as anything that sticks to my badly articulated theme of “well-meaning people who are, nevertheless, going straight to hell”).

Comedians in general probably deserve a special level of recognition as unintentional disaster-mongers. But - […]

“In these times of insecurity, consumers look for value for money and seek personal comfort in a mink coat”

-Tom Steifel-Kristensen, fashion director for Scandinavian fur breeders’ marketing front Saga furs.

Realising that a cartoon character is your best critic is a pretty humiliating feeling.

To my knowledge, the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes never got a run in Australian papers. Which is a shame, because it was one of the best strips from that period in the ’80s and ’90s when comics were muscling in […]

(photo from the Christian Science Monitor)

Last week, Colin Powell reinforced his ’sacrificial lamb’ status in the Bush Administration by awkwardly suggesting that the non-existence of an Iraqi weapons stockpile didn’t matter so much if you could prove Saddam’s intent to arm up. He suggested it so awkwardly that the Washington Post chose to interpret his […]

Hiya. Welcome to hell’s paving stones

I’m kinda new to this. Joe, in an inexplicable moment of generosity, gave me the means and oppurtunity to publish without censure (within limits, of course).

So while I figure out what to make of this, you can expect the usual kind of aimless blogging with maybe a slight accent on […]