Grumpy Old Chook

“Occupy” The “Occupy” movement has been gaining quite a bit of the headlines around the world recently – Wall Street, Tokyo, Sydney, Melbourne – pretty much anywhere in the world where there is the freedom to demonstrate, these people are causing chaos. I am sure read more

Just when you think you have seen it all from the art world, someone comes along and takes the insanity to a whole new level … Last night (31st August 2011) some schmuck in Melbourne paid $21,350 for an “art work” titled “Currency” that comprised of two $10,000 bundles read more

Today’s post is a little bit different. Because this blog is called Grumpy OLD Chook, I assume that some of my readers are seniors. If you are, then like me you probably spend some time each day wandering around the house muttering, “Where did I put [fill in the blank]?” And, if yo read more

Part of my work as leader of a Christian ministry organisation is to do Appeal Days. This means that I spend a day sitting in a shopping centre with information about our current project, and ask for donations. Whilst some people might find this either daunting or boring (maybe even both), it is a p read more

It was Dickens’ character, Mr Bumble, in Oliver Twist, who first declared the law to be “a ass.” In his case, his diatribe against the law was a response to its supposition that a man had control over his wife’s actions. The law, mercifully, no longer makes such suppositions read more

Saw this on the news, and even this Grumpy Old Chook had to smile. This is one clever moo-y! Social Bookmarking read more