Brisbane

Open Christmas season atrocities thread

Larvatus Prodeo - December 18, 2008 - 12:45am

You know we need one. Awful Carols etc. And I think the Brisbane City Council may have just gone a tad over the top with the bus decorations. I assume it’s the all Liberal (or is that LNP?) Campbell Newman council majority. Not wanting to be accused of grinchiness (given how awful they’ve been since Campbell got hold of a floor majority) and/or to fend off teh evil political correctness. But I think my fellow public transported citizens also felt this was more than a bit overdoing it… Read more »

Christmas Silly Partay Season! Open thread

Larvatus Prodeo - December 11, 2008 - 3:13pm

Aside from the LP drinks across the length and breadth of the eastern seaboard (well, that may be a slight exaggeration…) summer is here, work is supposedly winding down (though I haven’t noticed) and it’s time to … party! It might be a good time to have an open party experiences thread - share tales of doom from work functions, report on exciting gigs, tell us about your fancy dress themed events, etc, ad infinitum! Read more »

Lazy Sunday!

Larvatus Prodeo - November 30, 2008 - 5:00pm

Since we don’t live by politix alone (I sincerely hope), what did people get up to this weekend? Join in, share some tales, regulars and lurkers all!

Here’s some photos from my Friday night excursion to West End - heading from the bus stop to Sling where I was meeting some friends for cocktails.

If you’d like to see a high res image, please click on the photos then click on ‘full view’ once you’re inside the gallery. Read more »

Seducing Mr Darcy

Larvatus Prodeo - November 14, 2008 - 2:07pm

Laura Carroll will be giving a a free public lecture on Jane Austen in Brisbane, at 7pm on Monday 17 November. It’s in the dining hall of Duchesne College, University of Queensland, St Lucia campus. Refreshments served after.

“Warming the imagination with scenes of the past”: Time-travel romances about Jane Austen. Read more »

LP Christmas drinks - the post!

Larvatus Prodeo - December 15, 2008 - 5:37pm

Yesterday saw simultaneous LP Christmas drinks in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.

We Quincelanders had an extremely pleasant and appropriately festive afternoon at Hotel Bravo in the Valley, I thought…

It is of course an internetty tradition to post a thread for post-grogblog reflections, so here it is. Perhaps some of the Sydney and Melbs folk will be along to update. Read more »

Good enough for Melbourne, good enough for Brisbane, say LNP and Labor?

Larvatus Prodeo - December 2, 2008 - 7:26pm

No one would every accuse the LNP leader Lawrence “the Borg” Springborg of being poll driven, would they? I mean… surely it’s a coincidence that the latest Galaxy Poll on state voting intentions found Labor leading strongest on transport and the LNP releasing a transport policy for Brisbane commuters the same day? Read more »

Don’t mention the Nationals (or the Liberals, or the environment)

Larvatus Prodeo - November 21, 2008 - 9:34am

This morning the Queensland Liberal-National Party’s latest television advertisement hit the airwaves, jostling for our attention with Amber Higlett’s early news show on Channel Nine. The ad can also be viewed here. Read more »