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Kindle: Year Two
Kindle Kindle, again Kindle: Year One It’s been almost two years since I made of the most important purchases of my life – my Amazon Kindle Keyboard 3. It’s still going well. Although I do most of my reading on … Continue reading
Posted in Bibliophilia, Gratitude, Happiness, Life is Good, Life Strategies, Reading
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Poor Man, Rich Man: Bankruptcy – Year Two
Year One 2012 wasn’t one of the worst years of my life, but it certainly wasn’t one of my best. There were good periods and successes, as described in some of my posts throughout that year – but often there … Continue reading
Poor Man, Rich Man: Two Seats (Part 2)
Part 1 The carriage looked very inviting. It was clean and roomy, the mostly blue decor was fresh and relaxing, and it was mostly empty. Thus far, the only people on board were a group of six at the end … Continue reading
Poor Man, Rich Man: Two Seats (Part 1)
Hundreds of years ago during my mid-teens in the 1980s, I began reading the 1968 Herbert D. Kastle novel The Movie Maker. I didn’t get very far into it because it wasn’t really my sort of story, but there was … Continue reading
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Poor Man, Rich Man: Bankruptcy – Year One
As regular readers will know, Valentine’s Day is a special day for me because on 14 February 2011 I was officially declared bankrupt. Two years ago! As the recent Valentine’s Day drew near I looked back at the past two … Continue reading
Downtown Alley
WARNING! This post describes an incident that may offend some readers Shortly after 8am, Saturday, 2 February 2013. It was grey and raining as I stepped out of my apartment building. Despite the miserable-looking day, I was in good spirits … Continue reading
Posted in Action, Having a Laugh, Life Challenges, Life Strategies
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Attack of the Australian nanny state – Part 4
Long-time readers of this blog may remember this old series that I never finished, but now I will. For those who came in late, and to cut a long story short… Part 1 Way back in…yikes, April 2011 I tried … Continue reading
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Poor Man, Rich Man: The Website That Saved My Life (Part 5)
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Mid-morning, Wednesday, 21 December 2011. A year to the day after the events described in Part 3, I was back in that same country town. And again, while my eldest sister went … Continue reading
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Poor Man, Rich Man: The Website That Saved My Life (Part 4)
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Most of the time, I have a good memory – which has been both a blessing and a curse. I remember a lot about when I applied for bankruptcy, but not everything. Most of … Continue reading
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Poor Man, Rich Man: The Website That Saved My Life (Part 3)
Part 1 Part 2 Mid-morning, Tuesday 21 December, 2010. My eldest sister, her kids and I drove to that town near her home. Sis dropped me off at the dentist and went away for the next few hours to do … Continue reading
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