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Author Archives: blackandblueman
Eating most of my food with a knife and fork
Yesterday in The Sydney Morning Herald, I was amused to read that UK Prime Minister David Cameron was recently criticised for eating a hot dog with a knife and fork. I was amused not because I think what he did … Continue reading
Posted in Fear, Happiness, Life Strategies, My Story, OCD
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Mid-Life Crisis (Part 2)
Part 1 For the first six months or so, 2012 hadn’t been a bad year. During the last six months, though, things changed. At that time, my five years of therapy with my psychiatrist Dr. Khan came to an end … Continue reading
Posted in Anger, Depression, Fear, Life Challenges, My Story, Pain
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2015: A Life Odyssey (Part 2)
Part 1 As I described in Part 1, I was made redundant from the job that I had had since 3 December 2000. But in several ways, my job had gone back further. First, I had been outsourced to my … Continue reading
Poor Man, Rich Man: Bankruptcy – Year Four
Year One Year Two Year Three Last weekend saw Valentine’s Day, which to me has other significance. Four years ago on 14 February 2011, I was declared voluntarily bankrupt by the Australian Government. So how was my fourth year living … Continue reading
Posted in Anger, Hope, Inspiration, Life Challenges, My Story, Something to Think About
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2015: A Life Odyssey (Part 1)
Thursday, 28 January 2015. A week ago, a major era of my life had ended with the closing of a restaurant I had been visiting for almost 28 years. Today, it was the beginning of the end for another major … Continue reading
Posted in Action, Fear, Hope, Inspiration, Life Challenges, Life Strategies, My Story, Resilience
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Pizza Hut 630 George Street, thank you and all the best
Thursday, 21 January 2015. Just before 5pm, as I have done countless times since 2007, I arrived at one of my regular dinner haunts – Pizza Hut, 630 George Street, Sydney. One of the staff who knew me and served … Continue reading
Posted in Gratitude, Happiness, Inspiration, Life Strategies
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Black and Blue Walking Man: Berowra to Hornsby, perhaps (Part 1)
Wednesday, 21 January 2015. Just before 9:45am, I boarded yet another train at Town Hall station with yet another Subway lunch. The train headed north, and as most of the next hour passed I ate my lunch and read on … Continue reading
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Mid-Life Crisis (Part 1)
In 2006, English travel writer Mike Carter spent six months motorcycling almost 20,000 miles around Europe. His 2008 book Uneasy Rider: Travels Through A Mid-Life Crisis is his amusing and thought-provoking account of that experience. What prompted Carter to undertake … Continue reading
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Black and Blue Walking Man: Kogarah to Newtown (and beyond)
It’s funny how one thing can lead to another. For Christmas 2013, my young nieces and nephew gave me a $50 Sizzler gift card that was valid until 17 December 2014. Although there are many Sizzlers in Queensland, where my … Continue reading
Posted in Action, Happiness, Inspiration, Life Challenges, Life is Good, Life Strategies, Reading, Travel
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Black and Blue Walking Man: Seven Bridges to Cross (Epilogue)
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 When I got off the train in the CBD, I decided to treat myself to dinner at one of my favourite restaurants down in Chinatown. That meant a 10-15 minute … Continue reading
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