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Author Archives: blackandblueman
The Black and Blue Man is still coming around
I apologise to all my readers for my recent extended absence. Don’t worry – there’s been no major calamity or emergency in my life. I am still here in one piece and living with depression one day at a time … Continue reading
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Eat one sultana for 10 minutes and see me next week (Part Two)
Author’s note about the following post: it won’t make any sense unless you read my previous post it is not endorsed or in any other way associated with Sunbeam Foods – I merely chose the above picture as an example … Continue reading
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Eat one sultana for 10 minutes and see me next week (Part One)
Author’s note – the following post is not endorsed or in any other way associated with Sunbeam Foods. I merely chose the above picture as an example in case anyone about to read the following post is wondering what the … Continue reading
Posted in Life Challenges, Life Strategies, My Story
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One does not simply walk into Ku-ring-gai
Last weekend, I did something that I hadn’t done in a very long time, at least since my teens 20-odd years ago. I went on a picnic. For most of my life, I haven’t been much of an outdoors person … Continue reading
Posted in Confidence, Happiness, Life Challenges, Life is Good
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Angry Day
WARNING! The following post contains profanity that may offend some readers! Tuesday, 2 November 2010. Another day of crappy weather outside. The document I was formatting for work was driving me nuts. My internet kept on dropping out. Most times … Continue reading
Posted in Anger, Life Challenges, Life Strategies, My Story
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50,000 words in 30 days – the joys of doing NaNoWriMo
It’s almost that time of year again – National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo for short, or NaNo for even shorter. If you’re unfamiliar with NaNo – starting from midnight on 1 November and finishing at 11:59pm on 30 November, … Continue reading
Posted in Hope, Inspiration, Life Challenges, Life Strategies, My Story
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ZAMM then and now
Earlier this year, I began reading Robert M. Pirsig’s classic 1974 book Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance (ZAMM) – but as of this writing, I’m still only halfway through and I haven’t picked it up for months. Why? … Continue reading
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Subway jammin’
You may already be familiar with the above – but if not, here’s the story in brief. Recently, the Brooklyn-based buzz band Atomic Tom suffered the theft of all their musical instruments. Despite that shitty setback, however, they’ve been highly … Continue reading
Posted in Confidence, Gratitude, Happiness, Resilience
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Confidence and first-aid recertification
Hundreds of years ago back in late 1997, my then employer invited staff to gain first-aid certification with St John Ambulance Australia. I decided to give it a go – partly to gain some useful knowledge, and partly because I … Continue reading
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Zen and the art of model-railroading
I can’t remember what started it all, but during 1999-2000 I became very interested in model-railroading. I didn’t get around to doing any modeling myself, and for various reasons I went on the other things, but for a few months … Continue reading
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