http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/ Yellow Brick Road en Thu, 12 May 2011 02:31:00 GMT Thu, 12 May 2011 02:31:00 GMT info@yellowbrickroad.net.au info@yellowbrickroad.net.au http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/sydney-protests-bear-bile-farming/ Bear bile farming will be drawn into the spotlight in Sydney as a group of animal activists protest the practice still rife in parts of South East Asia. Luke Sullivan... http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/sydney-protests-bear-bile-farming/#comments http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/sydney-protests-bear-bile-farming/ Thu, 12 May 2011 02:31:00 GMT http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/australia-post-where-all-the-packages-go-first-class/ Twice in the last two weeks I have posted 'care packages' to mates living overseas. As a London resident for 4.5 years, I know all too well the ridiculous joy... http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/australia-post-where-all-the-packages-go-first-class/#comments http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/australia-post-where-all-the-packages-go-first-class/ Tue, 08 Mar 2011 04:17:00 GMT http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/media-releases-that-get-used-and-free-newswires/ I made a PR cry yesterday. Not internationally... well... maybe a bit intentionally. The PR had sent me a presser about subject X, in which she had said "40% of... http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/media-releases-that-get-used-and-free-newswires/#comments http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/media-releases-that-get-used-and-free-newswires/ Fri, 25 Feb 2011 08:04:00 GMT http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/seeing-orange/1/ It was when I was told for the 25th time "we're sorry for this inconvenience this is causing you" as I again, reported a problem I'd been having since day... http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/seeing-orange/1/#comments http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/seeing-orange/1/ Wed, 23 Feb 2011 06:31:00 GMT http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/the-first-cut-is-the-deepest/ WITH the benefit of 20:20 hindsight, I can pinpoint the exact moment today when things went phut. Due to a looming manuscript deadline and a neighbour with a vast collection... http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/the-first-cut-is-the-deepest/#comments http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/the-first-cut-is-the-deepest/ Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:32:00 GMT http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/another-of-lifes-mysteries/ There are many things I simply don't understand about life. The inverse relationship between people who work in customer service and their desire to serve for example; why Adam Sandler... http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/another-of-lifes-mysteries/#comments http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/another-of-lifes-mysteries/ Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:44:00 GMT http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/guiding-hands/ I admit, it's been a while since I was last in a public library. The advent of eBay and Amazon meant the last time I was in a library looking... http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/guiding-hands/#comments http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/guiding-hands/ Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:05:00 GMT http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/a-circus-clown-gave-up-his-seat-on-the-tube/ A circus clown gave up his seat for me on the tube this afternoon. Sadly this is not a euphemism, but a genuine record of the fact that a bloke... http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/a-circus-clown-gave-up-his-seat-on-the-tube/#comments http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/a-circus-clown-gave-up-his-seat-on-the-tube/ Tue, 26 May 2009 21:29:00 GMT http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/org-comm-training/ So, have spent all of today at complete and utter pointless wank fest of training day for "communications professionals". The name alone should have been a heads up to having... http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/org-comm-training/#comments http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/org-comm-training/ Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:47:00 GMT http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/twittering-fools/ Ok, again apologies for never bothering to update this thing. If any of you have stuck around, good work! I have no defence; I just never bother to think of... http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/twittering-fools/#comments http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/twittering-fools/ Sat, 29 Nov 2008 10:52:00 GMT http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/the-lovehate-relationship-of-email/ Email. My first love, and quite possibly the best invention ever, inclusive of when Mr Hershey figured out how to put peanut butter and chocolate together. Email really kicked off... http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/the-lovehate-relationship-of-email/#comments http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/the-lovehate-relationship-of-email/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:04:00 GMT http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/totally-ballsed-it-up/ The on-going saga of the Corby family never fails to provide good copy, and the current legal stoush between former friends Mercedes Corby and Jodie Power is certainly providing similar... http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/totally-ballsed-it-up/#comments http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/totally-ballsed-it-up/ Fri, 09 May 2008 00:24:00 GMT http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/age-shall-not-weary-them/ A 62 year old man from northern NSW was recently arrested for growing a cannabis crop with an estimated street value of $3 million. It is not the growing of... http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/age-shall-not-weary-them/#comments http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/age-shall-not-weary-them/ Sat, 09 Feb 2008 04:09:00 GMT http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/white-noise-vs-west-coast-eagles/ A recurring theme of this blog is my ability to attract white noise. Those who have known me for any substantial period of time know this to be bang on... http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/white-noise-vs-west-coast-eagles/#comments http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/white-noise-vs-west-coast-eagles/ Sun, 20 Jan 2008 01:46:00 GMT http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/theres-no-i-in-team/ I work for idiots. I may not have mentioned this, what with not having bothered to update this blog for months. It's not that I've been without content, but more... http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/theres-no-i-in-team/#comments http://www.yellowbrickroad.net.au/theres-no-i-in-team/ Sat, 29 Dec 2007 01:18:00 GMT