Category Archives: Action

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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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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One does not simply walk into the Piccadilly Motor Inn (Part One)

I spent most of my childhood and teens in a couple of towns around Wollongong, a major city south of Sydney. One night back in 2007 or 2008, I was chatting on Facebook with a friend who still lived near … Continue reading

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Songs of Inspiration 1 (the first in an irregular series)

Friday, 25 February, 2011. Just after 7:30pm. It was a pleasant evening in Potts Point, a Sydney inner-city suburb. I’d just enjoyed a few hours having some laughs with an old friend, and I was at a local restaurant that … Continue reading

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