David Burnett
@heebeedeebee.bsky.social
Traveller and homebody from Melbourne/Naarm. All photos my own.
Australiana, just sayin
July 26, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Australiana, just sayin
June 20, 2025 at 7:34 AM
What do you think of my hypothesis: reading fiction for pleasure requires empathy (you have to be able to place yourself in the characters' heads), and some people just ... don't have much
June 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
What do you think of my hypothesis: reading fiction for pleasure requires empathy (you have to be able to place yourself in the characters' heads), and some people just ... don't have much
I told Bill Shorten to piss off when he loomed up from behind in a voting queue one time, then backpedaled with a Yeah Nah You’re Good Mate! when I realized who it was
June 14, 2025 at 6:37 AM
I told Bill Shorten to piss off when he loomed up from behind in a voting queue one time, then backpedaled with a Yeah Nah You’re Good Mate! when I realized who it was
U2 waited in a limo for a table to clear at the Black Cat in Brunswick St, driving off 30 seconds before the people next to me got up and left
June 14, 2025 at 6:34 AM
U2 waited in a limo for a table to clear at the Black Cat in Brunswick St, driving off 30 seconds before the people next to me got up and left
I had two done at once 18 months ago and I was out of the hossie 6 hours later! No dramas, mate
June 13, 2025 at 11:43 AM
I had two done at once 18 months ago and I was out of the hossie 6 hours later! No dramas, mate
Absolutely ahead of its time, there was nothing like it and still isn't.
That said, I hold a candle for Heroes and Villains. sigh
That said, I hold a candle for Heroes and Villains. sigh
June 13, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Absolutely ahead of its time, there was nothing like it and still isn't.
That said, I hold a candle for Heroes and Villains. sigh
That said, I hold a candle for Heroes and Villains. sigh
But man are the goons giving that Jon Kadulka hell 😬
June 11, 2025 at 8:29 AM
But man are the goons giving that Jon Kadulka hell 😬
Margaret Atwood's slow-burn puzzle box, The Blind Assassin, a Booker-winning amble through several generations of Canadian history via a story-within-a-story-within-a-story.
A bit of a brick, so perfect for a summer lounge
A bit of a brick, so perfect for a summer lounge
May 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Margaret Atwood's slow-burn puzzle box, The Blind Assassin, a Booker-winning amble through several generations of Canadian history via a story-within-a-story-within-a-story.
A bit of a brick, so perfect for a summer lounge
A bit of a brick, so perfect for a summer lounge
So looking forward to reading this - I've been recommending The Future of Another Timeline left and right, and it always gets raves
May 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
So looking forward to reading this - I've been recommending The Future of Another Timeline left and right, and it always gets raves
I'll never forget poring over the Viking JPL book The Martian Landscape, including its stereoscope views, again and again during the long gap btwn Viking and Sojourner. I must have known every dust ripple inside out! How extraordinary that we get these new views to explore week-in week-out now...
May 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I'll never forget poring over the Viking JPL book The Martian Landscape, including its stereoscope views, again and again during the long gap btwn Viking and Sojourner. I must have known every dust ripple inside out! How extraordinary that we get these new views to explore week-in week-out now...
The process of furiously hiding your talents and expert knowledge is deeply, deeply Australian
May 19, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The process of furiously hiding your talents and expert knowledge is deeply, deeply Australian
(I might have overcooked that - it had Mick Molloy in it anyway lol)
May 8, 2025 at 6:52 AM
(I might have overcooked that - it had Mick Molloy in it anyway lol)
The D Gen lads (yes!) made a local adaptation set among the Melbourne gangland wars!
May 8, 2025 at 5:18 AM
The D Gen lads (yes!) made a local adaptation set among the Melbourne gangland wars!
Rudest lyric in a Beatles song 😉
May 8, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Rudest lyric in a Beatles song 😉
A week after getting back from Japan my watch was like “Hey, you don’t seem to be climbing stairs any more. What’s the deal?”
April 30, 2025 at 9:51 PM
A week after getting back from Japan my watch was like “Hey, you don’t seem to be climbing stairs any more. What’s the deal?”
*more bemused head shaking in Australian*
April 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
*more bemused head shaking in Australian*
Desperately trying to stir the cooker pot in Vic as they watch their poll numbers slide
April 27, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Desperately trying to stir the cooker pot in Vic as they watch their poll numbers slide
You are pretty much the only online “content creator” I have ever paid for and it is almost entirely because of your professionalism and quality
April 20, 2025 at 1:34 AM
You are pretty much the only online “content creator” I have ever paid for and it is almost entirely because of your professionalism and quality
Take the day off, your work here is done
April 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Take the day off, your work here is done
Murdoch is an old school capitalist, and they need stability and predictability to Hoover up all that money.
April 7, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Murdoch is an old school capitalist, and they need stability and predictability to Hoover up all that money.
I love the story about George’s kid Dhani coming home from school one day and asking his dad why he hadn’t told him he was a Beatle, and George was like “Oh yeah, did I not mention that?”
April 5, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I love the story about George’s kid Dhani coming home from school one day and asking his dad why he hadn’t told him he was a Beatle, and George was like “Oh yeah, did I not mention that?”
Would have been a mild 6 degrees that day if I recall. T shirt weather!
March 6, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Would have been a mild 6 degrees that day if I recall. T shirt weather!