by Carl Howard | Jan 1, 2016 | Visual
by Carl Howard | Oct 28, 2014 | Creative, Society
Most of us blunder through life’s complications – but if Einstein, Gandhi, Richard Branson and the Dalai Lama have taught us anything it’s that the simple truths about happiness are still valid. Here is the collective wisdom of the last few thousand years that They...
by Carl Howard | Dec 19, 2013 | Atrocities and Oppression, Blog Topics, Feminism and LGBT, Poems, Society
Dear stranger or acquaintance I have a thing to ask It’s not a great big burden It’s just an easy task But I would like to like you And that could well require Not knowing your opinion On topics of some ire Your thoughts on Chelsea Manning Are brilliant, I’m sure You...
by Carl Howard | Nov 1, 2012 | Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, Poems, Society, Travel
[The Central Asia wrapup post prompted me to attempt to say the same thing in verse.] I hate the ramblings of Those trendy travelling wankers At home their life’s a bore They’re lawyers, tradies, bankers Yet get them overseas Especially to places That they think are...
by Carl Howard | Oct 11, 2012 | Blog Topics, Feminism and LGBT, Poems
Inspired by a True StoryTM of a certain playwright calling in to a certain reactionary talkback radio station. “What happened to a woman’s voice?” The caller said unto the host, “Your airwaves are chock full of men In this you’re even worse than most!” “Well sure, we...
by Carl Howard | Aug 23, 2012 | Atheism and Religion, Blog Topics, Poems, Sex
I turned the hot knob down And shivered from the cold The daily shower is A ritual I hold I fastened on my belt And tied my pants up tight I cursed my sinful ways That daily do I fight For each time I engage In this vile, heinous sin The Big Man shoots a pup And puts...
