Perving for profit

by | Apr 29, 2013 | Learning to lead, Recommendations

  I really do get disappointed and, yes, sometimes outraged, by the way advertisers portray women in advertisements.  Now I have nothing against using images of women, or men for that matter, to illustrate the point of an advertisement.  After all, a picture can...

Anzac Day memories

by | Apr 25, 2013 | Tales

As a little kid I used to proudly wear my Dad’s medals at the Anzac Day observance (the day before the actual day) at primary school.  Then, on the day itself, I almost always went down to the cenotaph in our regional town to watch the veterans proudly march and join...

The Vet who really cared

by | Apr 22, 2013 | Learning to lead, Tips & Tricks

We were up the country and my much loved Groodle, Millie, could hardly walk with a hugely swollen paw so I took her to the local Vet, Dr Andrew.  He couldn’t have been more caring and understanding of both my dog’s problems and my state of anxiety.  He made the...

Another commercial

by | Apr 19, 2013 | Recommendations, Tips & Tricks

Warning adult content – Here’s a very in-your-face commercial from France promoting the use of a condom as protection against AIDS.  It gets the message across admirably although it may lead to the conclusion that wearing a condom pretty much makes a man...