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Author Archives: blackandblueman
Maintain course!
It’s funny indeed how life sometimes follows art, and blogposts. The day after my previous post, I was walking down my local main-street when, for the first time in ages, I saw a local nemesis coming my way. I don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Confidence, Life Strategies, My Story
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Confidence and the way I walk
During the past few years as I’ve learned (and continue to learn) about living with depression, my overall thinking has changed and I’ve come to understand many important concepts. One of those concepts is confidence, something I had completely misunderstood … Continue reading
Posted in Confidence, Happiness, Life is Good, Life Strategies, My Story
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“You’re gonna need a bigger boat”
Ever since my 6-year-old self was completely wowed by Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope way back in late 1977, I have loved movies and going to the cinema. For me, one of life’s simplest yet greatest pleasures is … Continue reading
Posted in Gratitude, Happiness, Life is Good
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The artist formerly known as Electric Samurai
He’s actually Makoto the Guitar Samurai, and here he is in action on George Street in Sydney. No, I didn’t take the above photo – it’s from his Facebook profile. \m/ 🙂
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The negatives of positive thinking – Barbara Ehrenreich’s ‘Smile Or Die’
A few weeks ago, I read Barbara Ehrenreich’s Smile Or Die: How Positive Thinking Fooled America and the World (published in the US as Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America). In Smile Or Die, Ehrenriech … Continue reading
Posted in Life Strategies, My Story, Reading
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Return of the Electric Samurai
Friday night, 17 August 2010, shortly before 10pm. For the first time in weeks, I had Friday dinner at Pizza Hut on George Street here in Sydney. It was good to revisit one of my favourite haunts and spend almost … Continue reading
Posted in Confidence, Gratitude, Happiness
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While I was in Melbourne – the Yarra incident
What follows took place the day after my last entry. It is a long description of a serious incident that happened over the course of roughly half an hour. I have divided it into Parts One and Two because it … Continue reading
Posted in Confidence, Life Strategies, My Story, Resilience
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Live from Melbourne – Sabbath, wonderful Sabbath
No, I haven’t been to a Black Sabbath concert here (although Paranoid will always be one of my all-time favourite heavy-metal albums). Instead, I have once again followed the advice given in the article ‘A New (Old) Way to Create … Continue reading
Posted in Happiness, Life is Good, Life Strategies, My Story, Resources
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Live from Melbourne – AussieCon4 and the Vic mezz wonderland
I’m currently staying in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia where a friend and I are attending AussieCon4, the 68th World Science Fiction Convention. So far, things are going very well for several reasons. First, I love Melbourne. It’s an interesting city that … Continue reading
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Copiapó
Like many other people around the world, I’ve become engrossed by the current plight of the 33 surviving miners at the Copiapó mining disaster in Chile. It’s stunning to think that not only have they been down there for 17-18 … Continue reading
Posted in Hope, Resilience
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