We love having you comment here at Pure Poison but it’s a little bit difficult for discussion to continue uninterrupted on specific posts when off-topic comments land in the middle of them. So each day we’ll launch an open thread where you can leave comments that don’t quite fit on one of the other posts. [...] Comments (0)

Rocky has taken to barking whenever I raise my voice. Not just barking. He gallops towards me and as he does so, the bark is  really a growl and bark combination, almost musical in its effect, which to me, sounds like a plea– if not an order– for me to calm down. If by the time [...] Comments (1)

Nick Cotton and family who live near Sydney were ripped off by their Qantas experience this year and want their correspondence with its Customer Care office published. Comments (5)

Newspapers have been declining in prominence and relevance for decades, well before the Internet and bloggers came along. Comments (2)

As President Obama works slowly on reforms such removing the counter-productive and discriminatory ban on openly gay and lesbian people in the US military, some positive news has come from India, where a Court has ruled that a law criminalising consensual sex between two people of the same gender breaches India’s Constitution. Comments (0)

Over the last few years, Paul Kelly has performed a series of unique shows under the banner ‘A to Z', whereby he sings 100 songs from his catalogue in alphabetical order over 4 nights. Comments (0)

Alright I didn’t. But on Tuesday I had a glorious insight into the inner workings of an AFL Club. And not just any AFL club, the Western Bulldogs. Comments (4)

Australia has looked narcoleptic at times during this match. Comments (0)

The task: see whether music stores had already replaced Andre Rieu stands by pushing Michael Jackson merchandise to prime selling position -- and if so, take a photo of the evidence. Comments (2)

A couple of days back, I put up a post on an alternative site to MySpace, a new web interface that musicians might like to use.  From what I could tell, Bandcamp looked like a much more attractive way for musicians to promote their songs than that offered by MySpace. Comments (2)

Michael Blim on Obama and the 40th anniversary of Stonewall But scratch any American, and scratch me for that matter, and beneath whatever we profess, you’ll find a raging libertarian. Comments (0)