“Goodbye, My Friend” March 5th, 2009 Holy flashback, Harry Henderson. There’s a whole lot of familiarity in “Goodbye, My Friend,” an episode that cribs quite liberally from last season’s “Succession” and this season’s premiere, and it’s not...

While we readily admit that today we’re taking a sarcastic sort of swipe at the pretty dumb practice of stating the sodding obvious, we ourselves wish to make it perfectly obvious that we are in no way “having a go” at Ireland’s excellent ex President, Mary Robinson. Since th...

This is the final instalment of Freedman Down Under... we pick up as Wifey and I cruise across the Sydney Harbour Bridge, in glorious sunshine and blue skies, with the words of John Farnham ringing in our ears. The combination of the song, the view and the air conditioning made the hair stand on end...

Let the bidding begin! The city Parks Department on Monday released its long-awaited 42-page request for proposals (RFP) from area restaurateurs seeking to operate the lucrative 25,000-square-foot Central Park eatery "currently known as Tavern on the Green." A number of big names have been...

TV this week: Battlestar Galactica: "Scattered" - Yay! The first episode of season 2! No quick fixes in this episode. I wasn't sure about the flashbacks... when we watched the deleted scenes the flashbacks made MUCH more sense. Smallville: "Bulletproof" - Clark gets into uniform! This one actually h...

Oh, lame, I know. Haha. Frank in an interview for "Death at a Funeral" on Travis Smiley. Frank being his usually brilliantly funny self. Warning: He says "damn" a good number of times. (He doesn't know a damn thing, apparently.)...

TV this week: Ghost Hunters International: "The Ghost Child of Peru" - There is no way you would get me into that prison cell. That is one of the most twisted things I've ever seen. Humanity's cruelty never ceases to amaze me. As for the ghosts in this episode... eh. I didn't see any "child" in that...

So we pick up the story in Melbourne early on Sunday morning, when Wifey and I are driven to the airport by the Rippa, to board our (shudder) low-cost airline flight to Alice Springs. The night before, we had made a pretty valiant effort to eat our way through the Limor's legendary meat fress, and w...

What can I tell you? Much as it has been a trauma for Wifey #1 to go and live on the other side of the world (I have still not taken the hint perhaps), now I am here, I can see why. Melbourne is one of those places that just works. It has a little of everything you'd want - beaches, weather, lovely ...

libby from sydney, australia found this note taped to the wall of the IGA supermarket in newtown, sydney. “feeling sympathetic though somewhat amused, i took a photo of it — i didn’t really think it would be fair to take it with me.” (that is, of course, more than can be said...