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Attack of the Australian nanny state – Part 3
Previous installments in this series: Part 1 Part 2 As I mentioned at the end of Part 2, my plan was to write to Event Cinemas and ask if they had a policy in place that prevented individuals from buying … Continue reading
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The Black and Blue Ghost: Introduction (to a semi-regular series)
Recently at his blog The Unambitious Male, Workshy Joe published an interesting and thought-provoking series of posts that was prompted by a reader’s request to “write about the MGTOW”. For the unfamiliar, MGTOW is short for Men Going Their Own … Continue reading
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Kindle, again
(Continued from this previous entry) It’s been just over a week since I began using my Amazon Kindle. And already, my life has changed in several ways. * The first ebook I purchased and read on my Kindle was Andrew … Continue reading
Posted in Action, Bibliophilia, Gratitude, Happiness, Inspiration, Life is Good, Life Strategies, Reading
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Attack of the Australian nanny state – Part 2
(Continued from this previous entry) Classification, the Australian Government department that looks after media classification, were as good as their word – within 20 days of my emailing them, they sent a reply. And what they had to say was … Continue reading
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Kindle
Late night, Thursday, 21 April 2011. The Australian dollar had reached $1.07 against the US dollar. Thanks to my employer’s foresight, I’d gotten next week’s pay five days earlier than normal to avoid the banking chaos predicted for next week … Continue reading
Posted in Action, Bibliophilia, Happiness, Life is Good, Life Strategies, Reading
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Attack of the Australian nanny state – Part 1 (the first in a semi-regular series)
Since late 2004, a friend and I have gone to the movies almost every week, and mostly at the Event Cinemas complex on George Street here in Sydney. We usually go on Tuesday nights when tickets are half-price. During the … Continue reading
Posted in Action, Anger, Life Challenges
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When half a metre makes a world of difference
To my regular readers, my apologies for missing last week’s post. Unfortunately, during most of the past week and a half, I had a major bout with the black dog. It disrupted a lot of my usual routines and sometimes … Continue reading
Posted in Action, Anger, Depression, Happiness, Inspiration, Life Challenges, Life is Good
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‘Limitless’ lives
Earlier this week, I saw the new film Limitless that stars Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro and Abbie Cornish. Adapted from the Alan Glynn novel The Dark Fields, Limitless tells the story of Eddie Morra (Cooper), a depressed and frustrated … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness, Inspiration, Life is Good, My Story
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Life – what I think it’s good for
Recently at his blog, OneSTDV posed the following questions in his latest Saturday Audience Participation post Life: What Is It Good For? Is “success” even worth it? What kind of life do you aspire to – an easy one or … Continue reading
Posted in Action, Confidence, Happiness, Hope, Inspiration, Life Challenges, Life is Good, Life Strategies
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One does not simply walk into the Piccadilly Motor Inn (Part Two)
Part One I have a lot of fondness for Wollongong, but as I came in from the west I was dismayed. Starting in the late 1980s, but especially since the major Australian recession of the early 1990s, Wollongong has suffered. … Continue reading
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