Too close to home

I had read early today that a body was found in the Yarra at Abbots­ford but hadn’t really put two and two together. The ABC news just told me it was found at Dight’s Falls. That’s right near me. In fact, that’s where I walked to only last night for my...

Turn and face the strange ch-ch-changes

My copy of The Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edi­tion, arrived today from Amazon. Apo­lo­gies to all my Aus­tralian and Brit­ish read­ers: this journal will now (be attempt­ing to) follow Chicago style guidelines. In simple terms, that means Amer­ican spellings and...

Oscars nominees

The night before the Oscars. I’ve seen everything I can see bar The Good Shep­herd which I’m seeing tomor­row and The Queen which I’m not inter­ested in. I’m troubled by three of the major nom­in­ees having themes of pedo­philia or at least...