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THE FAKE CLERGY OF TANGAMBALANGA
As I looked over my bloated diary recently, I realised that due to a reckless inability to create balance in my life, I would be trotting out three…
Apr 10
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March 2024
'Gods Are A Grey Area'
‘I’m going to the bar,’ Admiral Horatio Nelson, pushed his seat back from the table and scanned his drinking companions. ’Who’s up for another?’ ‘I’ll…
Mar 18
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February 2024
'YOU LOOK TALLER ON STAGE'
‘I loved the show,’ actor Nick Waxman would have been happy if they’d stopped there. A simple accolade like that is all most performers need to go home…
Feb 27
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Unlikely Friends
At this year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival, I’ll be premiering a new show, Unlikely Friends at Comedy Republic in Bourke St in Melbourne’s…
Feb 7
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January 2024
In Appreciation of 'The Lake isle of Innisfree'
I rediscovered this brilliant photo of my brother Chris on the banks of Lough Gill in County Sligo, Ireland in 2019. Chris, my sister Michelle, Mark…
Jan 13
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The Narrative Morgue
When I launched this Substack page, one year ago to the day, the closing paragraph of my opening gambit read … ‘To ensure that I don’t immediately fail…
Jan 12
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Battering My Own Saveloy
I used to be coy about canvassing my achievements in the form of an annual retrospective. As my fingers hovered over the keyboard, I would hesitate…
Jan 3
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December 2023
Highly Achievable New Year’s Resolutions
For many years now, the author has maintained a 100% strike rate at achieving New Year’s resolutions. However, it wasn’t always this way. Like most…
Dec 30, 2023
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THE BALLAD OF THE CHRISTMAS CRACKER HAT
As Brett pulled up outside his wife’s family home, He took a long, deep breath ‘Cos he knew he was only moments away From seeing his brother-in-law…
Dec 19, 2023
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The 8th Annual Damian Callinan Facebook Birthday Awards
8 years ago, I decided that rather than just like, or love all the birthday messages in my FaceBook feed, I would create awards to acknowledge those…
Dec 7, 2023
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November 2023
Underbelly Meets Skithouse
It’s the early to mid-noughties: I’m determinedly persisting with double denim, covering my bucket hat in souvenir badges and telling everyone that…
Nov 27, 2023
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Underbelly Meets Skithouse
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History at a Second Glance (Pt 2)
The life expectancy of a New York based, US Postal worker in the 1920's, was less than 2 months until the five boroughs finally imposed restrictions on…
Nov 12, 2023
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