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Black and Blue Man lives in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Poor Man, Rich Man: The Website That Saved My Life (Part 2)

Part 1 The website was called Bankruptcy Saves Lives. As I mentioned at the end of my previous post, those words had seemed too good to be true. But as I began reading, and continued reading, I was astounded and … Continue reading

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Thanks and all the best, Dr. Khan

A week after I’d learned that my GP Dr. Ellis had retired, I was at my regular appointment with my psychiatrist Dr. Khan. I told Dr. Khan about Dr. Ellis – and then Dr. Khan told me that in a … Continue reading

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Poor Man, Rich Man: The Website That Saved My Life (Part 1)

DA (Part 1) DA (Part 2) DA (Part 3) Late night, Monday, 20 December 2010. Five nights before Christmas. I was staying at my eldest sister’s home in rural south-east Queensland. She and her family had all gone to bed, … Continue reading

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Zen and the art of model-railroading revisited

Zen and the art of model-railroading Last week, for the first time since my last visit in 2010, I went to the annual Sydney Model Railway Exhibition. As before, it was still good fun. Some layouts that I remembered from … Continue reading

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Thanks and all the best, Dr. Ellis

Yesterday, I rang my regular medical centre to make an appointment with my GP, and I was told that Dr. Ellis – whom I had last seen earlier this year – had retired back in July. I still made an … Continue reading

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Jump (Part 2)

Part 1 I landed in a crouch. I stayed on my feet. Everything was fine. I grabbed the handle of my suitcase and stood up. Less than a metre behind me, the train began to move. I quickly began walking … Continue reading

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Jump (Part 1)

For the past few months, I’ve been helping a friend who will soon be staging a play for a local arts festival. Most weekends, the group of us doing the play have been meeting within and without Sydney to rehearse … Continue reading

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WTF?!?

Late night, Friday 3 August 2012. Thanks to my employer observing August Bank Holiday (because our clients include major Australian banks), a long weekend lay ahead. Speaking of work, I was only hours away from finally completing a major and … Continue reading

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The four garbage bags of wisdom

Originally, there were going to be two separate posts about what eventually became ‘Building all through the night’. One post was going to be about the main theme of ‘Building’ – rediscovering the joys of LEGO-building and how that’s become … Continue reading

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Building all through the night

Related posts: All through the night Reading all through the night Late night, Wednesday, 13 June 2012. Finally, it was time. I’d been thinking of doing this for months – but thanks to the usual inertias, laziness and many something-elses … Continue reading

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