Liam Getreu

From the limited amount I know about blogging and the even less than that I understand and follow, the number one rule I have gathered is “content, content, content.” Content drives traffic. Traffic drives good ol’ fashioned Google AdSense money. The fact that I haven’t posted in more than a month doesn’t bode well for [...]

The Centrelink call centre works from 9:00am until 5:00pm. I try calling from 4:50pm until 4:59pm to only engaged signals; 5:00pm ticks over and I get through only to be told I cannot do what I want because the call centre is closed.
Damn you, Centrelink.

I’ve read his book, The Audacity of Hope, and tracked his progress in the primaries for the last few weeks. I figured it was time to put my money where my mouth is: so I bought an Obama hoodie. Cool, eh?

Ain’t it pretty?
I’m so excited! I don’t know how I could possibly wait the two-to-three [...]

Even though radio’s greatest ever show, Get This on the Triple M Network, has been cancelled and off the air since the 23rd of November, I’ve only just got around to podcasting the final episode. It’s full of Talkback Mountain montages, special guests, Tony, Ed and Richard Marsland’s usual shenanigans, and even producer Nikki Hamilton’s [...]

Having moved house on Friday (well, not me, per se; my current unhealthiness meant that others did most of the shlepping for me, which isn’t the worst way to do it, mind you), yesterday I went shopping for new furniture. And let me tell you — IKEA is probably the greatest place on Earth if [...]

With lots of time on my hands in hospital, I’ve been thinking a lot recently about what I’m going to do with myself next year. Obviously the first month-or-so will be taken up with Habo — I’ll be working my arse off with Fed Camp stuff and then putting my feet up for a couple [...]

A reason to vote Labor: In Tasmania, trying not to upset too many old people, Kevin Rudd said that under a Federal Labor government, he would allow “volunteer organisations could receive petrol vouchers, for example 120 vouchers of $25 each, and the organisation could distribute these to their volunteers to help offset petrol costs.” Pretty [...]

The Sunday Age today had a big story about retail outlets flogging finance products to unsuspecting, probably financially insecure individuals. It all starts by luring customers into the store and offering them interest-free repayments, no repayments, no deposit; you know, all those loud and happy ads you see on TV for Harvey Norman and whatnot.
While [...]