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Going back to school will never be the same

Heckler dinkus

Heckler ''DROP off your school list and we will pack it for you to pick up later.'' This is the offer from a big office supplies chain. I can't imagine anything worse.

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Medication complication a bitter pill

Heckler PICTURE two nights before Christmas 1990. A hot, dry summer in Sydney, a dearth of organ donors and a 50-year-old professor connected to a pump that, with the aid of helium and very skilful medical...

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Much to be learnt from nicer LA drivers

Heckler HAVING just spent a month-long holiday in California, it is my sad duty to inform the good citizens of Sydney that there is one area in which our American cousins leave us for dead.

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Going to ground with casino plan

Heckler THE redevelopment of Barangaroo has the potential to create a great public space for all Sydneysiders and tourists to enjoy, as well as the chance to restore part of the foreshore of the harbour to a...

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Life does go on after the HSC - truly

Heckler I CONSIDER myself an intelligent woman, and I'm all in favour of a challenge. I think education is important and learning is a wonderful thing.

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Emotions are at the forefront in schools

Heckler I'M WONDERING if I'll wear make-up to work on Tuesday. I realise it seems a little odd to be thinking about this already, but my colleagues , know exactly what I'm talking about.

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Hint of pain but little to gain in book

Heckler AFTER seeing the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy dominating all Top 10 booklists for the past month I finally succumbed and read the first book.

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Testing times for teachers

Heckler There's another side to the My School results published recently by the Herald that is very difficult to see through the wall of numbers.

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Lord help me on the stairway to heaven

Heckler I HAVE a confession to make - I am scared of heights.

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Cockney in a cockpit has cheek

Heckler THIS morning, as I was playing on my smart phone, I caught Jamie Oliver tweeting to his 2 million or so followers.

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Out of time, out of place, out of hope

Heckler TIME goes in dog years here in Brisbane.

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Dream of a life with no final sleep

Heckler LET'S cut to the chase. We need to find a cure for ageing and death. Fast. Death and ageing might not bother you but it sure troubles me.

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Modern post issues in a modern land

Australia Post

Heckler ''I'D LIKE to send this parcel by registered post, please.''

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Crushed by life without my raspberry

Heckler My lipstick has been discontinued. Yes, okay, sorry chaps, I know that many of you aren't interested in this but just shut up and go away, would you?

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Spare me from charity

Heckler I was at home the other day when my phone rang. It was a charitable organisation to which, until recently, I had donated for several years. Now they wanted me back.

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My kids make me sick

Heckler I'm told my children are cute. Adorable, even. This winter, all I see is two walking petrie dishes.

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Stirred by the possum

Heckler HAVE you ever looked down upon a possum, those cute eyes staring back at you, and felt like kicking the little sods from here to Kununurra? I have.

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There's no pleasure in the pain

Heckler MY BODY hurts. My joints ache. I am feeling my age.

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We'll all be a lot safer if cars are not

Heckler HAVING been almost run over twice in the last week, I have had an epiphany. Modern vehicles are just too damn safe.

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Elephant baby joy takes a wrong turn

Heckler ON THE day when Sydney softened a little with news of the miracle elephant birth at Taronga Zoo, I discovered the tough, nasty side of the city was still lurking about in abundance.