We “inherited” a professional gardener recently and every time he’s come to mow the lawn he’s broken something.* He’s put a hole in the hose, cut the washing line, poisoned the good ground cover as well as the weeds, and more.

Welcome to Summer (in Australia, at least) or should I say welcome to the Silly Season? December's fun, but it also means more to do with fewer productive days to do it in. 

The atrocious events in Paris on the weekend are an affront to any person or society that values freedom.

Not your job description (I know you could repeat that) but the overall value your efforts deliver. The big picture! 

This message is simple, and it comes in response to a complaint I'm hearing too often. It goes something like this.

Like many blokes, I’m not a great gift shopper. I love giving gifts, but usually end up stuck for ideas and find the process of shopping time consuming and frustrating, particularly when it comes to jewellery.