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First, Rebecca Wilson’s tirade… It shocked me. It shocked the nation. It shocked commentators on my Big Brother fan-site OHBROTHER.com.au – who went mental posting a massive 105 comments on my story about how her behaviour had traumatised his family - and counting. It was wrong. Gretel used to tease people’s faults out. She’d show a HM some footage, tell them what Australia though, ask them about it and give them room to manoeuvre. She did it gently – it was almost cathartic. Rebecca just jumped straight down Terrance’s throat and, along with Brigitte’s dad, questioned his right to even be on the show. Let’s be honest here – Terrance is only doing what Rebecca and me and anyone else with an ego big enough to want to be on TV is doing. Trying to… click HERE to read on and to WATCH the video.

There’s just so many of them. Red nose day, yellow daffodil week, library lovers’ month, find a lost daughter quarter… Everywhere you turn, almost ever fortnight there’s some kind of wacky, zany charity event. They blur into each other. I’ve just switched off. That is until Dry July came along. Here’s something I can believe in. Something for people aged between 20 and 40, especially single ones like me, who seem to drink their own body weight in… click HERE to read on and to WATCH the video.

South Australian Democrat Sandra Kanck’s proposal to give returned diggers ecstasy has been roundly condemned.  And in the same week their last Senator was tipped out of the Federal Parliament – how insensitive. In my opinion, this proposal, by the sole surviving Democrat parliamentarian in the country, doesn’t go far enough.  Why should only shell-shocked war veterans get the benefits of cool drugs? Shouldn’t council workers get to drop a bit of speed?  And couldn’t Morris Iemma do with some too?  Seeing him animated would be a nice break from his current “stoned basset hound” look.  Couldn’t Kevin Rudd do with a bit of…  click HERE to read on.

I know in the house there were the people I knew I had to beat to win and there were the people who I wanted to beat for personal satisfaction. I knew Vesna and Logan Greg were the greatest threats – but on a personal level I wanted to beat Dean and Kate. So would Ben and Alice – they would know Brigitte, Travis and Terri are the main threats. They want to win - but they would almost settle for beating each other. If you asked them if they’d rather win and get nothing or come second to each other but win the $250,000 – they’d say come second – but they’d have to stop and think about it first.  Click HERE to read on…

Sometimes it can be weary writing about politics and social issues day in day out. Where’s the drama? Where’s the excitement? Where’s the gore? Well I’ve come up with a solution – instead I’ll write a guide to the ten worst diseases on the planet. Coming in at number ten is something called Fatal Familial Insomnia. It’s an incurable hereditary disease of the brain that stops you sleeping completely. Then you die. The gene responsible… click HERE to read on.

I’ve got a bone to pick. And it’s with Ben. I’ve realised I never write about the guy – even though according to the bookies he’s third placed to take out the $250,000 prize. That’s a lot of money. And he doesn’t deserve it. Ben is the definition of under the radar. And Alice is the only one to have picked up on it. As she rightly says he was as complicit in the infamous teasing of Travis in the spa a week ago yet Nobbi has taken all the rap. I’ve had an issue with him since… click HERE to read on.