Travelling parent Pia Volk doesn’t know where home is
I’m not a beautiful hypocrite lost for words. Where in the world haven’t you been? The place called home. What is something you have done that you thought you wouldn’t ever do? Give birth. You have...
View ArticleFather Bob is not deadly serious
Who am I not? Oh I suppose normally socially-connected…whatever the hell that means these days. I was born in 1934 and I ended up with no parents and lost a sister all in the 1940s… I mean the normal...
View ArticleWriter Bruce Pascoe is not convinced
I am not prime minister of Australia, and have no intention of running. What don’t you read? I don’t like anything with dragons or guns. Too predictable – I was over that sort of stuff by the time I...
View ArticleUndertaker Patrick McNally is not a merchant of death
I am not a casket salesman. I do not attempt to make a funeral into a retail transaction. What wasn’t the reason you became an undertaker? I didn’t want to spend my life’s work doing something that...
View ArticleChildren’s author Mike Allegra hasn’t forgotten the magic
I’m not at a loss for words. I’m not as disciplined as I want to be. I’m not a person who misses deadlines. I’m not afraid to rewrite. I’m not always eager to write, but I do it anyway. I’m not afraid...
View ArticleFee Plumley’s bus isn’t a fish
I’m not interested in changing the mind of anyone who doesn’t like technology, I just want to help those with a sparkle of curiosity to see what joys lie within our geeky little world, and help those...
View ArticleGeocaching guru Jeremy Irish wouldn’t hide something at Wal-Mart
I’m not a born again Christian vegan activist hipster marathon runner who drives an El Camino. I hate El Caminos. You founded and run Geocaching.com, the oldest and largest geocache listing site. How...
View ArticleSex Expert Jennifer Gunsaullus doesn’t have orgies on the weekend
I do not sleep with my clients or watch them have sex. I am not a psychologist or a marriage and family therapist. I do not have orgies on the weekends (although I’m not opposed to the idea!). I’m not...
View ArticleWriter Ben Kearvell doesn’t worry about defeat
What am I not? Hard to say. Publishing a book has inflated my ego. Sometimes people have to remind me that I’m not Philip Roth or Virginia Andrews… That said, I don’t look like a writer—I think. I’ve...
View ArticlePirate Josef Collentine isn’t part of a normal political party
A pretentious loud-mouthed bigot is definitely words I wouldn’t use for describing myself but I don’t think anyone would. I’ve only been described as dark once and hardly ever as stupid. I don’t...
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