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

The Longest Day (Part 2)

Part 1 The first 12 hours – Monday 7 November 2pm to Tuesday 8 November 2am As I mentioned in my previous post, I got up at 2pm and felt great. I spent the rest of the afternoon getting some … Continue reading

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“Be at peace, son of Gondor.”

Last week at his blog, OneSTDV posed the following questions in his Saturday Audience Participation post ‘Emotional Response to Pop Culture’: Ever seen Twilight? Thoughts? Does any pop culture “get” to you emotionally? If so, give examples and explain how/why. … Continue reading

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The Longest Day (Part 1)

To my regular readers, my apologies again for missing another post last week. A few weeks before Monday, 7 November 2011 One afternoon, I opened a bag of Minties that I’d had for a while and enjoyed chewing my way … Continue reading

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Antidepressants and me (Part 4)

To my regular readers, my apologies again for missing another post last week. Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 After several weeks of the black dog constantly gnawing at me again, I told my psychiatrist. After some discussion and another … Continue reading

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Antidepressants and me (Part 3)

To my regular readers, my apologies for not posting last week. Part 1 Part 2 In late 2009, as described in this post, I went through a bad bout of depression that I thought would be temporary. But in the … Continue reading

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Antidepressants and me (Part 2)

Part 1 So in late August 2007, as advised by my psychiatrist, I began taking one Prozac capsule a day. Four weeks went by, the time in which my body should have adjusted to my new medication. At the end … Continue reading

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Antidepressants and me (Part 1 of a semi-regular series)

As I’ve mentioned several times before, since August 2007 my life has improved dramatically thanks partly to the therapy that I continue to this day. My therapy consists of weekly 30-minute visits to a local psychiatrist where we discuss the … Continue reading

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Putting something together again

To my regular readers, my apologies for not posting for the past two weeks. Sunday, around 2:30pm, 11 September 2011. The weekend was into its last quarter, and the previous three quarters hadn’t been very rewarding. The night before had … Continue reading

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15 Minutes (Part 3)

Continued from these thrilling installments: Part 1 Part 2 Down Oxford Street again, for the second time within an hour, but walking as fast as I can. Back across Hyde Park South, but instead of following the north-west path to … Continue reading

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15 Minutes (Part 2)

WARNING! The following post contains language that may offend some readers! Continued from this thrilling installment I quickly returned to the lights at Elizabeth and Park – and fortunately WALK was green, so I quickly and legally crossed Elizabeth to … Continue reading

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