Thinking out loud
Patriotism (n): devoted love, support, and defense of one’s country; national loyalty.
Nationalism (n): excessive patriotism; chauvinism.
Chauvinism (n): zealous and aggressive patriotism or blind enthusiasm for military glory.
It’s that time of year again; the rednecks show up, get shitfaced, loudly proclaim their love of beer, the southern cross, and Sam Kekovich, and then declare that [...]
Posted on January 25th, 2010 by Bosun McShiny
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My name is Emma, and I am a chronic bibliophile. I recently began cataloguing my personal library (after all, what else does one do with a barcode scanner and spare hard drive space?) and have discovered that there are an awful lot of books in this house. It was suggested by someone I was speaking [...]
Posted on January 25th, 2010 by Bosun McShiny
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There’s a very civilised and mild disagreement on The Punch this week. Tory Maguire (editor) and Kate Ellis (Labour member for Adelaide, and widely regarded as the hottest chick in politics) disagree over comments made by Karl Lagerfeld, German fashion designer.
This all started because a German fashion magazine decided that it would no longer user [...]
Posted on October 15th, 2009 by Bosun McShiny
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