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Rust and Marty and Steve and Danno (Part 3)
Part 1 Part 2 Hawaii Five-O was very different from True Detective, indeed. For one thing, it was fast. Not only did each episode’s story – or several stories – move at breakneck speed, but often everyone spokeveryrapidlywithoutpausingforbreath. For another … Continue reading
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Rust and Marty and Steve and Danno (Part 2)
Part 1 As it turned out, True Detective was nowhere near as intense as I thought it may have been. Also, a lot of it in terms of story was quite familiar, although I don’t say that from a smug … Continue reading
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Rust and Marty and Steve and Danno (Part 1)
In my last post, I wrote about how half-meditating to Iron Butterfly’s 1968 psychedelic classic ‘In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida’ has helped me get through a current period of grueling work. Since then, unfortunately, work has gotten worse. The large-scale project I’ve become involved … Continue reading
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Return to the Garden of Eden
Mid-morning, Tuesday 8 July 2014. It was the second morning of the second week of grueling work. I had only gotten up barely two hours before, but already I was feeling tired from poor sleep. I wanted to go back … Continue reading
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Riding for life and a good cause
Walking for life and a good cause Regular readers of Black and Blue Man may recall my amazing encounter on 25 January 2014 when, during my Hornsby-Artarmon walk, I met the father-son team Jay and Luke Hawkins during their spectacular … Continue reading
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Amazing Journey: Mike McIntyre’s ‘The Kindness Of Strangers: Penniless Across America’
In 1994, 37-year-old journalist Mike McIntyre had a good life in San Francisco – except for one major problem: If I were told I was going to die today, I’d have to say I never took a gamble. I played … Continue reading
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Black and Blue Walking Man: Hornsby to Artarmon (Part 3)
Part 1 Part 2 I continued south-east from Roseville towards Chatswood. About halfway to Chatswood, I saw something that made me laugh loud and take a chance on trying to photograph it. And the result in all its rushed and … Continue reading
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Black and Blue Walking Man: Hornsby to Artarmon (Part 2)
Part 1 The first half-hour of my walk was uneventful as I followed the Pacific Highway south-east through Waitara and Wahroonga. And then around 12:30pm in Wahroonga I had this amazing encounter. After that, I kept on walking and pushed … Continue reading
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Black and Blue Walking Man: Hornsby to Artarmon (Part 1)
Saturday, 25 January 2014. Once again I got up at 9am; made it to the local Subway by 10am; and boarded a northbound train from Town Hall station at around 11am. Just before noon I got off the train and … Continue reading
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Kindle: Year Three
Kindle Kindle, again Kindle: Year One Kindle: Year Two Three years ago today, I made one of my greatest life-changing purchases ever – my Amazon Kindle Keyboard 3. And it’s still going strong, with 1831 titles and 686MB of free … Continue reading
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