Monday morning, and I was shaving my legs.
Not for aesthetics, nor for aerodynamics, but for grip.
Ex-lawyer, now pole dance instructor – and first runner-up at Miss Pole Dance Australia – Michelle Shimmy (not her lawyer-name) had suggested a pre-class leg-shave.
“And wear a singlet,” she said. “Just a wife-beater or something.”
So, in my new singlet, and with freshly shaved legs (and freshly shaved shoulders – my idea – for aesthetics), I arrived at the Pole Dance Academy for my private class.
“Your palms are sweaty,” said Michelle, proffering a powerful handshake.
She fetched a can of shaving cream.
“Stick out your palms.”
“I need to [...]

Video of me doing my little routine after my first pole dancing lesson.

A fun (half hour) interview with Sonya Feldhoff from ‘Afternoons’ at 891 ABC Adelaide about The Campaign for Real Monopoly – started by blogger Jonny Nexus to encourage people to play by the rules.
Click here to listen to Part 1 of the Interview
Click here to listen to Part 2 of the Interview
See also on ABC Radio’s page.

The Old Collegian’s magazine of my high school, Sacred Heart College, asked me to write an article about myself, so I submitted the following. They refused to publish it (or even an edited version of it).  I’m still trying to figure out why.
Anthony studied at SHC from 1989 to 1991. He graduated as the Dux of the College, Captain of the Debating Team and the reigning South Australian Monopoly Champion.
Selling out his Catholic roots, Anthony was awarded the C.A.S. Hawker Scholarship (known as ‘Australia’s Rhodes’) to live at the Anglican Residential College, St Marks, while studying at Adelaide University. He [...]