You know what? There’s an unquiet voice inside me that says I should give up trying to be published. Continue reading
Real Men #3: Aron Ralston
Posted in Real Men with tags Aron Ralston on February 12, 2011 by Jarrod BoyleAron Ralston, while hiking, fell down a cravass and found himself trapped with his arm beneath a boulder. After five days, he decided it was better to break the arm and hack it off with a leatherman than starve to death in the wilderness.
God, give me some measure of that kind of strength.
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Madame Bovary Pt II
Posted in Reading with tags Age Newspaper Short Story Prize, Anna Karenina, Being and Nothingness, Gustave Flaubert, Henry Fielding, Jean Paul Sartre, Kath and Kim, Madame Bovary, Patrick White, Summer Heights High, The Tree of Man, Tolstoy, Tom Jones on February 1, 2011 by Jarrod BoyleAccording to my oft-quoted list of ‘Time’s 10 Best Books Ever Written’, Madame Bovary ranks number two, coming in just behind Anna Karenina. Continue reading
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The Most Embarrassing Thing I Have Seen
Posted in Ridiculous curiosity with tags Ken Lee, Without You on January 31, 2011 by Jarrod BoyleShakira featuring Danzig – 'Hips Don't Lie'.
Posted in Ridiculous curiosity with tags Glenn Danzig, Shakira, The Palace St Kilda on January 20, 2011 by Jarrod BoyleI snuck in to see Danzig at The Palace in St Kilda, back at the end of year 11 in 1992. I thank the maker of this clip for revealing the deeply ludicrous nature of everyone’s favorite metal midget.
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Eric Diamandstein: Diamond Cutter!
Posted in Journalism, Kickboxing with tags Eric Diamandstein, Jenk Behic, Paul Fyfield on January 18, 2011 by Jarrod BoylePicking Up Women in 1830s Paris
Posted in Reading with tags Julien Sorrel, Red and the Black, Stendhal on January 16, 2011 by Jarrod BoyleA Genius for a Friend
Posted in Journalism, Reading with tags Jane Austen, Oscar Wilde, Pride and Prejudice, Rodney Hall, Stendhal, The Red and the Black on January 15, 2011 by Jarrod BoyleIt’s great to have a genius for a friend; it guarantees often exhilarating conversations. Continue reading
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What's Wrong with the Australian Film Industry!
Posted in Film, Journalism with tags Chardonnay sipping socialist, David Parker and Nadia Tass, Jim Schembri, Matching Jack, The Age Newspaper on January 15, 2011 by Jarrod Boyle
Began reading this article on Friday afternoon.
It was interesting, and by the time I’d read the text, I decided to read the comments, also. Three things;
- You can’t underestimate the wit and wisdom of the average reader.
- Every twat responsible for the Australian Film ‘industry’ should have this fixed as required reading.
- The problem is just as most of us suspected.
I understand that most of us are ‘time poor’ (snigger), so I reproduce some of my favourite letters below. Continue reading
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Real Men #2 (Posthumous): Jordan Rice
Posted in Journalism, Real Men on January 13, 2011 by Jarrod Boyle
13 year old Jordan Rice was engulfed and swept away by mounting floodwaters in Toowoomba because he insisted rescuers save his younger brother first.
http://www.theage.com.au/environment/weather/how-jordan-died-to-save-his-brother-20110112-19obf.html
“Goodnight, sweet prince, And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.”
Shakespeare,
Hamlet,
Act 5, scene 2.
Theme Park at its Darkest 