If you live in a rough area, chances are you know the versatility of the humble house brick. Informal coffee table? No problem. Home protection device? Excellent. A way of extracting the rent out of an irresponsible housemate? Perfect! Now you can add bookend to its list of uses. Made in Melbourne from the discarded [...]

As if the Internet wasn’t already ablaze with talk of Tupac Shakur’s holographic resurrection (gotta love an estate prepared to pimp out their deceased loved ones) at Coachella, 90s hiphop hype is at fever pitch. But what about poor old Snoop? His co-performance of the egregiously-spelt ”2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted” (Though, this came from a [...]

Have you ever noticed what a bad wrap wolves have received in folklore? In the Three Little Pigs, the poor asthmatic wolf huffed and puffed his way into a cauldron wolf soup, which The Guardian has cleared up as an insurance scam by the pigs themselves. In Little Red Riding Hood the poor old wolf was so hungry he had to [...]

On I Do Believe I Came with a Hat we talk about the refined things in life and from time to time, weddings. While we aim to be exclusive, our stance is not the same concerning marriage. You see, for too long now only a certain portion of the community has been able to get [...]

When breaking into a new social scene, it’s easy to be dazzled by the free booze and the canapés. Let’s face it: miniature food is an impressive culinary achievement (Just how small are the chefs who make mini hotdogs?) and a subsidised session towards oblivion is almost too hard to refuse. Social climbing has been [...]

Keeping favour and being favourable mightn’t seem all that different from each other, but it’s just one letter that separates both. Something might suit another thing, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that you should tell it so. Confused? In today’s Grammar 101, we clear up the difference between politesse and accompaniment in a handy and easy-to-remember diagram. Like [...]

Planning a wedding is difficult for most at the best of times, so imagine doing it with all invitees in far-flung corners of the globe. Spare a thought for the jetset when they have to get Yoko Ono in from New York and Diana Ross from whichever continent has brown-tipped Marlboro Lights and lax border [...]

It seems like Christmas only ended and now once again, Easter is upon us. Time to break open the good stuff and drown out the impending visit from the relatives. As anyone with half a brain and a functioning liver, these things are best done three sheets to the wind and with a handful of [...]

I heart quirky advice on how to have a successful relationship—the weird stuff is always far more interesting than the usual ‘open communication’ and ‘respect’ (snore), and, it’s also far easier to remember. So today, my favourite peculiar relationship advice, proven effective for yours truly. Nº1. Keep your toenails painted. Sounds sexist but the message [...]

For years now, I’ve been rather vocal about my hatred for the second-most abominable form of footwear: the boat shoe. If you were to march me into the psychologist’s office and ask, “Agony Uncle, where does this deep-seated aversion to the choice of sailors and hipsters alike come from?” I’d lie down on that sofa, [...]