Suburban Cowboy

Suburban Cowboy

Tis’ the season of CPD

The thing is, it is CPD season so I am doing a lot of presentations, all around the place. These travels are good though – I get to meet the profession and indeed have new experiences and learn new things.

Shane Budden

Suburban Cowboy

Pulling a Swiftie during Febfast

I just wasn’t really prepared for how much of our lives would be consumed by the concert.

Shane Budden

Suburban Cowboy

Christmas sushi line stress is over

Yes, fatefully, Christmas brings together City Dwellers and those who live in the suburbs during the day; this is a bad idea.

Shane Budden

Suburban Cowboy

The sum of year 2023 equals a lot

So let’s take a look back in befuddlement at the year that was, and hopefully won’t be again.

Shane Budden

Suburban Cowboy

Stealth required for car purchase

What I really need when car shopping is one of those camouflage suits the aliens in the Predator movies have.

Shane Budden

Suburban Cowboy

Patient loses patience with procedures

So my doctor has gone through his list and decided there are a number of unpleasant tests I had to endure before we part company.

Shane Budden

Suburban Cowboy

Mordor request out of scope for ChatGPT

The battle for Mordor thwarted by ChatGPT.

Shane Budden

Suburban Cowboy

A trivial reason for going to law school

Back before the development of the internet, smartphones, and the practice of combining them to cheat at trivia nights, I was a useful person to have on your trivia team.

Shane Budden

Suburban Cowboy

Fearless (clueless) predictions for 2023

Personal solicitors, war with the US, broken modems and a Butlerian Jihad – just when will 2023 be over!?

Shane Budden

Suburban Cowboy

An Approximal view of work-related travel

Work-related travel can take many forms. This one isn't recommended.

Shane Budden

Suburban Cowboy

Comics catastrophe – was it in the stars?

Shane Budden laments the demise of comic strips in The Courier-Mail.

Shane Budden

Suburban Cowboy

Another inquiry? Don’t ask!

You may have noticed that it's inquiry season in Australia.

Shane Budden

Suburban Cowboy

New York cab drivers and asynchronous inclusive teaching Piaget pedagogy

Shane Budden

Suburban Cowboy

Saxons v gladiators: The drones cometh

As regular readers are aware, I tend to stay away from outright political discussion in my column, because I think it is important that we serious columnists should maintain a professional impartiality. Also, I don’t want to get shot.

Shane Budden

Suburban Cowboy

A warning from the mines of abstinence

Abstinence doesn't help Shane Budden's heart grow fonder of non-alcoholic drinks...

Shane Budden

Suburban Cowboy

Once more unto the breach, dear friends

It's starting to seem a lot like the ’80s. For a start, my gym has started playing decent music. The big way this feels like the ’80s, however, is that Tony Fitzgerald is back conducting an inquiry into corruption.

Shane Budden