This is Ritalin, boy. It’s good for you.
HPS had a particular interest in the outcome of this papal conclave. As you may have worked out, we’re of the Catholic persuasion.
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger’s elevation to the Bishopric of Rome and the Papacy is, for us, the worst possible outcome, and coming as it did on only the third vote (by our count), […]
(image from BBC News) I’ve wanted to make a fimo “dancing Kofi” doll in the likeness of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for some time now. Three factors stand in my way: I don’t have a car. Ergo, I don’t have a rear-view mirror. Ergo, Kofi cannot dance as he ought. […]
The list of Australia’s top 20 celebrity intellectuals in the education section of today’s Age could easily be re-titled the 20 least influential people in John Howard’s Australia.
See also: Wonkette’s list of the World’s 25 least influential people (which contains maybe too many D.C. in-jokes to be overly hilarious).
Melbs.org, an “mp3 blog”, written by a bureaucrat, a hack and a grudge-monkey, is seeing its first full 24 hours of public scrutiny today!
Evil Uncle Joe, who keeps this site running, is keeping Melbs running too. With the very same crooked, mad grin on his face.
The launch was last night at the Corner. HPS […]
The next time my friends or relatives convene a cook-off, HPS is going to attempt to make one of our absolute favourite Dim Sum - cha siu bao. We’ll screw it up, of course.
It’s a steamed pork bun, basically. But that doesn’t do justice to the dish. A fluffy, stark white, piping hot bun encases […]
Photo taken from the China Daily. The sandy area is all reclaimed land. They just filled in the sea. For Disneyland.
A protest by part of Hong Kong’s fishing industry went ahead on Monday. Lantau fish farmers moored 10 of their boats off Lantau Island (which already holds the Po Lin Buddhist monastry, and Chep […]
The Papua New Guinean government today said that it would suspend its receipt of Australian aid to the country until it receives an apology for an embarrassing diplomatic mistake.
Remember it? Late last month, their Prime Minister, Sir Michael Somare, was made to undergo “lengthy security searches at Brisbane on his way to […]
(from the Guardian)
Pope John Paul II died in the early hours of the Australian morning on Sunday 3rd of April 2005.
Between the 17th and the 22nd of April, the College of Cardinals will come together for a conclave to elect the new Bishop of Rome.
Requiem aeternam dona ei, Domine, et lux perpetua […]
Found in the Gentlemens’ Amenities between the 1st and 2nd floor of the John Medley Building, East Tower, Melbourne University.
HPS staff planned to do a post on the toilet cubicle graffitti around the Melbourne Uni campus way back last year, but never got round to it - something about carrying a camera into the […]
Okay, so Charlie Kaufman wins the Best Screenplay Oscar and hell’s paving stones gets resuscitated. Coincidence?
“…I was waking up every morning freaking out. I thought my career was over” - That’s a quote from an Esquire magazine interview - Dec 2002, v.138, i.6, p139.
You and me both, Charlie, you and me both. Since […]