Girls Gone Wild on Brisbane Tinder
Or: “Because somewhere out there a lot of fathers are rocking and crying themselves to sleep – or would, if they only knew.” Social media, […]
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The best books in 2016
Confession: I read a lot. Always did, since I was 5. Perhaps too much. Which is why, to avoid bankruptcy, I don’t buy new books. […]
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2016 – it was the best of times, it was the worst of times
Two thousand and twelve was going to be the year when the world ended, according to some people who misinterpreted the ancient Mayas. The world […]
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The year of being silenced
My blogging year started with a trade union official abusing and threatening me – twice. It ends with a lost December, during which the control […]
Continue reading »OLIVER BEATS MUHAMMED – It’s always fun checking out those end-of-the-year lists of most popular baby names. While the top tens for both boys and […]
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28 years
As my father reminded me this morning, it was exactly 28 years ago today, that the Chrenkoff family touched down in Brisbane, on a Qantas […]
Continue reading »DREAM INTERPRETATION – A few nights ago I had a dream that I was back in my old apartment where I used to live while […]
Continue reading »MODERN ARCHITECTURE IS GARBAGE, PART 467 – Contrary to what you might expect from my politics, in architecture and design I’m not actually a faddy-daddy […]
Continue reading »SHAMING SHAMING OF FAT SHAMING – This is the actual title of a story on News.com.au today: “Australian woman who weighs 129kg told she was […]
Continue reading »AUSTRALIA ON THE MOVE – In the news of the ever-closer relations between Australia and the United States: That map of Australia you have? It’s […]
Continue reading »SNEAK PREVIEW OF TONIGHT’S SUPER MOON – The astronomical spectacle of the decade, now a world exclusive on The Daily Chrenk on what you can […]
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Happy Independence Day, Poland!
As countries around the world celebrate variously Remembrance Day, Armistice Day or Veterans Day, Poland celebrates its Independence Day on 11 November. The genesis of […]
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Keep Hallow in Halloween
Some people hate Halloween because it’s American, but in truth it is the Christians who have a more legitimate gripe about this holiday than anti-American […]
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Halloween as American cultural imperialism
If you’re not an American, there are many reasons to hate Halloween. You can be, like me, a misanthrope who hates the idea of being […]
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The Great Wall of Fannys, or “it’s modern art; you wouldn’t understand it, you Philistine”
*Warning: language (not my own (and some mine)) and disturbing content* Apologies for the blog silence over the past four days; I was enjoying a […]
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Rich the eat
If your parents or grandparents were members of the Silent Generation, defined by the Great Depression experience, or the Greatest Generation, similarly shaped by the […]
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Men will be boys
According to French historian Philippe Aries in his 1960 classic “Centuries of Childhood: A Social History of Family Lifeâ€, childhood was invented by Renaissance Europeans*. […]
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Feminism – helping ugly chicks get laid since 1970
Girl meets boy online. Boy says no. Girl’s sister uses social media to shame the boy. Boy gets called a “creepâ€, an “asshole†and an […]
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The Daily Chrenk helpful travel hint: don’t rub your genitals and ass on a foreign flag
Why oh why did I have to come back to Australia only to find out that the number one item on every news bulletin today […]
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In defence of Wyatt “Earp” Roy
Yeah, I know; who would have thought I would ever write a blog post with this title. We truly live in strange times, and 2016 […]
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