http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/ben-pobjie/ Ben is a poet, comedian, writer, blogger and podcaster. A fixture on Melbourne’s spoken word scene and frequent guest on 3RRR and ABC 774, he has a weekly column at Australian news commentary site New Matilda, has appeared in The Age, Crikey, and has published two books: Handy Latin Phrases; and The Adventures of Guanacoman. He has two blogs where fans can follow his creative process and personal insecurity and podcasts at http://gatheraround.me. Described as “puerile and bigoted” by Miranda Devine, he is currently engaged in a campaign to be appointed Australia’s first Poet Laureate. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/my-name-is-ben-and-im-addicted-to-masterchef/ I wish to make it clear, first of all, that this was not planned. I never saw it coming. It wasn’t premeditated. You know those affairs where you just stop in at the pub on your way home for a quick drink, and before you know it you’re waking up handcuffed to a bed in a Taree motel next to a harelipped Slovenian wrestler? That’s how it was with me and MasterChef.. I had always been one of those men who loathed cooking shows in all their manifestations. Every time I saw one of those grinning loons drizzling things, or rubbing spices into the intimate sections of other species, or plunging their disgusting greasy hands into mounds of dough, I would go into a violent rant that nearly drove my wife to distraction, huffing and puffing about the degeneration of modern television and how in my day we had quality programmes like The A-Team and Vidiot but these days all we seemed to have was fat men opening cans and Nigella Lawson dripping her juices all over various puddings. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Ben Pobjie) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/my-name-is-ben-and-im-addicted-to-masterchef/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/my-name-is-ben-and-im-addicted-to-masterchef/#item3426 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 19:55:08 +0000 Ben Pobjie | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/when-did-it-become-ok-to-tell-everyone-everything/ Don’t you hate Twitter? All those people, twittering away, typing all that rubbish, telling people about their lives as if any of us are interested. See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor. As if anyone cares what they ate for lunch today or what they’re watching on TV or what they think about So You Think You Can Dance. Isn’t it just rubbish? Of all the modern social trends I find personally offensive, Twitter has the greatest direct negative impact on my day-to-day life. All the banality. All those people being so dull. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Ben Pobjie) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/when-did-it-become-ok-to-tell-everyone-everything/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/when-did-it-become-ok-to-tell-everyone-everything/#item1762 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:45:58 +0000 Ben Pobjie | Author bios | The Punch