At this special time of year, it’s good to pause and reflect on matters of family. One of the things I often find myself thinking about is humanity’s complicated relationship with honesty, which is vividly illustrated by most of us who are parents. We raise our kids teaching them to tell the truth, but we do…
The Halloween period is a great excuse to watch a bunch of horror movies. We’ll help you out with the movie part today; here’s “Perished”, a brilliant little Australian-made short film that’s full of zombies. Have a watch! It’s perfectly suited to viewing during a lunch break, if having lunch with the undead is something…
The year is 1991. Paul Keating’s second leadership challenge against Bob Hawke succeeds, and he becomes Prime Minister of Australia. The Soviet Union collapses, bringing the wavering remnants of the Cold War to a final end just as the Gulf War reaches its peak, laying the foundations for a legacy of pain and destruction that persists…
This is a repost of an article from the old Grouse, way back in the distant past of June 2005. A simpler, more innocent time. It’s included it here because it was the first long article of this type ever to appear on what had previously been a “site of the day” page, and on…
We think ducks are pretty Grouse (unlike grouse, which are pretty dumb). We’ve always featured ducks on the various iterations of Grouse through the years, but there’s never been a comprehensive guide to ducks before. Here are some sweet Duck Facts!