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04 January 202604 January 2026

Weekly Wrap 814: Happy New Year with belated pelicans

A small stone quay at the side of an estuary, water on the left, and a pathway and then lawn on the right. On the quay, four pelicans stand looking at the water, one with its wings outstretched. On the water a group of five pelicans look back. Half a dozen tourists stand watching the scene.

Happy New Year. My week of Monday 29 December 2025 to Sunday 4 January 2026 was suitably recreational, although I did insert some podcast post-production — with the result that you have our Bingo Card discussion. The pelicans are from last week

31 December 202503 January 2026

Bingo Card 2026: Which of these things will happen?

Illustrative stock imagery of a bingo card and bingo player stamps, with an inset image of a random platypus.

Snarky Platypus and I have created this bingo card for 2026 listing 25 distinctly possible things. We also list the suggestions which didn’t make the Final Cut.

31 December 202503 January 2026

The 9pm Full-time Bingo Card Update 2025 with Snarky Platypus

Back at the start of the year, my good friend Snarky Platypus and I created a bingo card for 2025. A set of 25 things that might happen. Well, it’s now New Year’s Eve, so let’s see how we went. And let’s create a 2026 Bingo Card.

29 December 202529 December 2025

Weekly Wrap 813: Actually relaxing over Christmas

A view across a large estuary to a tree-covered island and then to the forested banks beyond on a bright sunny day. In the foreground on the right is a railway station platform, and on the other side a Sydney Trains D-Set Mariyung train stands, having just disgorged some passengers. The twin railway tracks sweep from the right into the centre and middle distance, along a causeway, to an island and into a tunnel.

My week of Monday 22 to Sunday 28 December 2025 was relaxing, as befits the holiday season. That said, a podcast was recorded and various other targets were reached, most of them too small to be worthy of mention.

21 December 202528 December 2025

Weekly Wrap 812: All hail the Parrot of Persistence

A male Australian king parrot is perched on the wrist of an outstretched arm, the hand of which is holding some bird seed. He has a bright red head, neck, chest, and belly, and deep green wings. In the background are computer screens, behind which a window overlooks some shrubbery.

My week of Monday 15 to Sunday 21 December 2025 was exhausting. I think I started it with a slight throat infection. Oh well, at least pushed out a podcast and planned a bunch of things. And one of the local king parrots kept me company.

18 December 202518 December 2025

The 9pm Slop Bowl of Discourse with Snarky Platypus

On a drab metal tray sits a white plastic plate piled with stuff including lettuce and dribbles of an unidentifiable brown sauce, a brown paper bag printed with the slogan “[Our] chips are lovingly crafted for [something out of sight]”, and a paper cup labelled “Chipotle Mexican Grill”. In the bottom left corner there’s an inset photo of a platypus. — *Chicken burrito bowl with tortilla chips and drink at Chipotle, August 2022, by* *Sarah Stierch*/Wikipedia Commons, used under a CC BY 4.0 license. Platypus inset photo by Taronga Conservation Society Australia / Chris Wheeler. Digital composition by Stilgherrian..

I like food. My good friend Snarky Platypus also likes food. And we also like wine. But we also have opinions. So in this final episode of the spring series we bring you some of those opinions.