A month or so ago, I swiped a guy on Tinder that looked exactly like Steve Sanders from Beverly Hills 90210. I should explain. In 1992, while all my pre-teen friends were falling in love over the brooding, wrinkly, surfer douchebag Dylan, or hitching themselves to the train of idealistic, intensely gelled, journalist-to-be nerd Brandon, … Continue reading
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The rearview mirror
Kevin Rudd is constantly hit up with “When are you going to become Prime Minister again?” It happened yet again this morning on Sunrise, amid the almost fever pitch hysteria in the media that Gillard is getting dumped. Gee, that must be annoying. A constant reminder of failing the first time round. A consistent underlying … Continue reading
Breaking up is hard, guys…
Even when you’re not actually in a relationship. “How’s your personal trainer going?” I asked a social acquaintance over lunch, remembering from our prior meeting that said acquaintance had more interest in the ‘personal’ than the ‘training’ part of the arrangement. “Did you ask him out for coffee in the end?” She sighed and said, … Continue reading