Oh man. We all know the classic hookup app, tinder, turns into a laughing stock quicker than anything else, but why is it that people take the ridiculousness so seriously? Just, don't get tinder.

Stories grow our perspectives. Here's a story to remind you to love those around you. 💕

Introduction to my new podcast

This is a rough episode one just to get into the swing of things!

Going over a couple newer songs that I really enjoy, maybe after, you guys would love to give them a listen!!

an intro to the beginning of my mind.

I’m drunk, it’s Friday. Playing because boyfriend loves 2K more than me sometimes (I kid, he’s obsessed with me and I love it). But it’s long overdue. What? You thought I was gonna tell you what I’m rambling about? Lmfaoooo just listen and let me know what you think!

Just checking in to see if anyone is out there listening. Hoping to get some feedback on what to talk about. I’ve been thinking of taking a new direction with this and hobby talking... aka talk about things I fuck with. Sims, true crime, spirituality... love. Wishing anyone listening a happy day full of blessings!…

Introduction to my current household on the Sims 4

Treasurer Wayne Swan speaks to journalists at the 2013 budget lock-up. Image: BRW. Episode 14: the come-back edition. The Thought Bubble is back! We’ve been on a break for the last month or so as Amber has been overseas visiting Spain and Kenya (Ben has been locked in his office churning out a big report). With Amber back in Australia and the gover…

Clive Palmer launches the re-badged United Australia Party. Image: Seven West Media Episode 13: the Think Tank edition. In the week that Clive Palmer announced his tilt at federal Parliament, Amber and Ben are joined by Miriam Lyons, Director of public policy think-tank, the Centre for Policy Development. Amber, Ben and Mim talk about right-wing po…

NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell signs the Gonski schools funding agreement with Julia Gillard. Image: Fairfax. Episode 12: Deficits and Gonski. In the week in which the states and Commonwealth negotiated over schools funding, Ben and Amber interview education academic Bronwyn Hinz on the tricky task of negotiating federal-state schools funding agreemen…

Communications Minister Stephen Conroy joins other Labor ministers to “switch on” the NBN. Image: Delimiter. Episode 11: the NBN edition. We interview futurist and technology commentator Mark Pesce to discuss Labor and the Coalition’s competing plans for a national broadband network. Ben and Amber also discuss the politics of infrastructure, in bot…

NSW detective and whistleblower, Peter Fox. Image: ABC. Episode 10: this week in the Thought Bubble, we examine the Royal Commission into the Institutional Response to Child Sex Abuse, and interview NSW Police whistleblower Peter Fox. Following on from Labor’s internal conflict and cabinet reshuffle, Ben and Amber also discuss the government’s prop…

Simon Crean calls on the spill, 21st March 2013. Image: Fairfax. Episode 9: The spill edition. In the week that the federal Australian Labor Party tore itself apart, we talk to former Victorian arts minister, Mary Delahunty, who was following Prime Minister Julia Gillard around in an extraordinary week in Australian politics. Amber and Ben try to u…

The Daily Telegraph’s reaction to Labor’s media reforms. Image: News Limited. Episode 8: The media and culture episode. In the week that the Gillard government unveiled two major pieces of media and cultural policy, we talk to Griffith University academic Susan Forde about Labor’s proposed media reforms. Ben and Amber also discuss Arts Minister Sim…

Julie Owens MP at the Westmead Millennium Institute, getting stuck into journalists. Image: YouTube Episode 7: This week in The Thought Bubble, we go deep into the idea of western Sydney, in the wake of Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s campaign swing through the outer suburbs of Australia’s largest city. We interview a local member from the area, Par…

Sydney merchant banker David Gonski, chair of the government’s review of schools funding. Image: Fairfax. Episode 6: This week in The Thought Bubble, we take a closer look at the education debate, as the conflict between the Gillard government and the states hots up over the Gonski schools funding reforms. We’re joined by education expert Chris Bon…

Greens leader, Senator Christine Milne. Image: Fairfax. This week on The Thought Bubble we’re joined by columnist and author Martin McKenzie-Murray to discuss the break-up between Labor and the Greens, the thorny issue of whether Labor lacks a narrative, and Martin’s forthcoming book on the murder of Perth teenager Rebecca Ryle. As always, you can …

Sometimes it is great being an adult, because you can be like a kid with money, when there is that one toy that you want.Oleh Paul @ FranzGames.com

Working for the government is a strange thing. The government is the only employer that you pay to work for.Oleh Paul @ FranzGames.com

It is great when people can come together to work toward a common goal.Oleh Paul @ FranzGames.com

A hero is not a person with exordinary abilities. A hero is a normal person, just doing their best to help other people.Oleh Paul @ FranzGames.com

The smartest man is not the one with the most intelligence, but the one that recognizes he does not have all of the answers.Oleh Paul @ FranzGames.com

It is easy to be a follower. It is hard to be a leader.Oleh Paul @ FranzGames.com

Sex is always better after you get married.Oleh Paul @ FranzGames.com

Love as many as you can. Trust only a few.Oleh Paul @ FranzGames.com

Change is something that is inevitable. Change can be good. Change can be bad. You don't know until it is too late.Oleh Paul @ FranzGames.com

You can choose your friends, but you can't choose your family.Oleh Paul @ FranzGames.com

Hearing is easy. Listening is hard.Oleh Paul @ FranzGames.com

When picking a profession, it is best to look at what you will enjoy doing the most instead of how much you will make.Oleh Paul @ FranzGames.com

You learn more by failing than succeedingOleh Paul @ FranzGames.com

Addiction is Addiction no matter what the form.Oleh Paul @ FranzGames.com

Children are a blessing and a curse.Oleh Paul @ FranzGames.com

There is nothing more frustrating than when the technology that you rely on lets you down by stop working.Oleh Paul @ FranzGames.com

On a cold winters day, there is nothing better than drinking hot chocolate snuggled in a nice warm blanket next to a roaring fire in a fire place.Oleh Paul @ FranzGames.com

Coming to work after being on vacation is like walking up a hill. To get over it, it just takes placing one foot in front of the other.Oleh Paul @ FranzGames.com

One of the worst days of the year is the day you have to go back to work after being on vacation.Oleh Paul @ FranzGames.com

Name change to Franzie Thoughts from Thought Bubbles with same great content.Oleh Paul @ FranzGames.com

It sucks to be sick on vacation.Oleh Paul @ FranzGames.com

The hardest thing in life to change is ourselves.Oleh Paul @ FranzGames.com

The greatest thing in the world is seeing your children's faces as they open up their gifts on Christmas.Oleh Paul @ FranzGames.com

In the end, the only true judge of a plan, is the result.Oleh Paul @ FranzGames.com

Ice is pretty on trees, but not on the roads.Oleh Paul @ FranzGames.com