Welcome one and all to Buttonholehttp://www.buttonhole.com.au/ Sammy's PC has kicked the bucket and it is unsure as to when it will be repaired. As a result there will be a few delays with new content on the site. Please stand by. We hope to have the situation fixed ASAP! http://www.buttonhole.com.au/review/id/621.html Steve "Crocodile Hunter" Irwin passed away while filming footage for a new documentary. He was 44. I'd be lying if I said I loved the bloke from the start. There was always a feeling that there was something forced or possibly fake with his permanent high and over the top enthusiasm - but it soon became apparent that what you see is what you get. Very few people toda http://www.buttonhole.com.au/review/id/566.html Shameless self promotion! That's what I'm calling this. Trolley of Death is the result of a short film workshop put on by the Emerging New Media Artists Program (ENMAP) and is associated with Buttonhole through me! 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I will be there this weekend getting behind our Aussie Mark Webber as he attempts to drive his Williams Cosworth F1 car to victory or into the wall - E http://www.buttonhole.com.au/review/id/459.html Our editor in chief is unwell and may be in hospital for some time. As a result, it is likely that there will be delays with content updates to the site. Watch this space for news as we wish Hillelman all the best for a speedy recovery. http://www.buttonhole.com.au/review/id/458.html Hey Aussie Rules Footy fans (or even people who aren't)! The Gimmick is here to launch this year's Buttonhole AFL Footy Tipping contest. Before we get into the prizes, here are the rules: 1. You must be a registered Buttonhole forum member, no outsiders allowed (Yeah that's right, I'm prejudiced!). So, if you wanna join in, you'd best sign up on the forums right away. It does http://www.buttonhole.com.au/review/id/457.html In January of 2006 Buttonhole officially became 1 year old. 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I can't l http://www.buttonhole.com.au/review/id/358.html I guess Joel, or someone, will have to send me another image if I'm going to keep posting these things! Anway, these are some of my poems from a collection I call "Out Toxication". This would be the first part from it, there are actually 5 parts in total. Some people actually did ask to read these, so thanks very much and I hope you dig them. ANY OTHER. http://www.buttonhole.com.au/review/id/353.html (Yes, I used the same basic intro for two articles) Buttonhole has many creative types as part of our team. Amongst our staff we have photographers, musicians, artists, people who can make soup from toenail clippings (ok, I made that one up) and so forth. One of my hobbies, or passions, is writing; which is handy since that is essentially what I'm here for. I like to write short stories, poems and http://www.buttonhole.com.au/review/id/333.html Buttonhole has many creative types as part of our team. Amongst our staff we have photographers, musicians, artists, people who can make soup from toenail clippings (ok, I made that one up) and so forth. One of my hobbies and/or passions is writing poems, short stories and anything else that takes my fancy. I thought I'd share some of my creative stuff with our readers and hopefully that'll encour http://www.buttonhole.com.au/review/id/332.html Chances are you probably know someone who has a genetic disease, because one in twenty children are born with some form of genetic fault. This is all too true for me as I lost a cousin to Muscular Distrophy and a friend of mine has Cystic Fibrosis. Please support Jeans for Genes day next Friday 5th August 2005. Visit the http://www.buttonhole.com.au/review/id/299.html Love is in the air! Buttonhole's Special K (Kris) and Madame Hooplah (Sarah) recently returned from their holiday at Peppers Palm Bay Resort on Long Island. The biggest news of their trip is the fact that while they were up there, big K knelt in the sand (thus making him, briefly, the same height as a regular person) and popped the question. What's more, the lovely Sares said yes (of course she di http://www.buttonhole.com.au/review/id/286.html If you live in or around the Frankson area in Melbourne, you really should get along to Cube 37, Frankston Arts Centre (phone: (03)9784 1060) and help to support our local art scene. Confessions of a Troubled Mind sounds like an intriguing play, one that would be well worth checking out: Is Honesty always the best policy? Four friends create http://www.buttonhole.com.au/review/id/278.html Larry Flint likes to tell people that he is a simple "Smut Peddler" and that despite is success he still knows what drives the average man. He attributes the success of his pornographic empire to this knack for giving the public what they want. 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