You've Got Male
71 not out
After 71 'You've Got Male' blogs, I'm now getting local and vocal with a brand new blog titled Urban Drawl, under the National Times banner.
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Planning by the punters
News that Perth's chief planner wants 10 of the CBD's urban design train-wrecks forever cleared from the tracks of history blew into WA's sweltering state capital like a soothing sea-breeze.
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Feds must cull sister cities
The Federal Government must intervene to cull the ballooning number of sister city agreements.
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Picking the right seduction coach
As a reluctant returnee to the dating game, I'm heartened to hear some blokes are even more inept than I.
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Frock up for the fillies, boys
The effort girls put in to frock up on race day is inversely proportional to the effort blokes don't.
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Is Perth the worst name on Earth?
Perth's derivative, one-syllable name contributes to its Dullsville reputation and must be diced.
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Free surf school for all
The mayor of Bondi is spruiking free surfing lessons to all her ratepayers.
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Dullsville architect of its own demise
"Boombustic visual dullsville" sounds like the title of some bodgy ragga-rap by Shaggy.
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Brad Pitt man crush
Has Brad Pitt made his first crossover movie?
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Build it and they will come
The election of two real estate agents to Perth City Council will be wasted if it does not see a return to the halcyon days of high-rise development.
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Beware the Bali ladyman massage
Next time you're in Bali, be sure to check the bona fides of its massage parlours carefully.
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The 41-year old Bali virgin
By the time you read this, I will have ended my 41-year Bali drought.
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Bjorn yet again
I heard the news Agnetha's nylon jumpsuit had vanished from a suburban Melbourne shed the day I learned her tribute band was turning 20.
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Looks like we'll be blessed with a little more rain
The two great myths Eastern Staters harbour about Perth are that its people are laid back and its weather is dry.
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Alice in Dullsvilleland
In the event you ever see Alice Cooper ambling down Hay Street Mall with his missus, should you stride up, doff your Stetson, and offer them a big old West Aussie g'day?
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Paperworkers earn their bucks
There's a reason middle managers and garbologists get paid so much - paperwork.
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Danger! Public speaking ahead
No normal Australian enjoys public speaking.
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That free city car park is right under your nose
With the resources slump starting to nip at your hip pocket, hop aboard my drive-by tour of Perth's borderline free parking spots.
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Crackronyms.Really.Are.Poor
As addictive as crack cocaine, and insipid as a stale sardine sandwich, mutant acronyms are now dehumanising the very minorities they were supposed to empower.
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Refuse to pay a cent in rent
To celebrate tight-arse Tuesday I can now elaborate on the quickest way to leave your landlord.
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IKEA visit flush with success
IKEA does go overboard with the assembly instructions.
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Man wears Snuggie in public *
Is this the first public sighting of a Snuggie in WA?
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50 ways to dodge a parking fine
Hell hath no fury like a parking fascist's scorn - and I have the photos to prove it.
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Who created Don Septimus Ho?
Mystery surrounds the Polynesianisation of Perth's first surveyor-general.
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The king is dead. Long live Prince
Sure, Michael Jackson was an alleged kiddie-fiddler.
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No grey area in this hairy situation
I saw the grey hair protruding from my nostril, and concluded I was not getting any younger.
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Top 10 flu myths revealed
Swine flu will soon take its place in the pantheon of history's great false alarms.
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How to jag a killer cougar
What happens on the Sydney road trip stays on the Sydney road trip, right?
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Outcomes-based social studies
It is shameful how little we know about WA's closest offshore neighbour, Rotto.
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Brace for the bald truth
Shane Warne was balding. Donald Trump was balding. Max Kay was balding. I am bald.
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