Category Archives: Anger

Before Black and Blue Man: The Turning Point (Part 5)

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 The last weeks of December 2002 Shortly after I completed The Turning Point, my work manager was in town (he was based interstate). He scheduled one-on-one meetings with myself and my colleagues … Continue reading

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Before Black and Blue Man: The Turning Point (Part 4)

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 The week passed and The Turning Point continued. Every class we meditated. Alas, I didn’t quite return to the bliss of that wonderful first session, but I still enjoyed meditation and resolved to keep … Continue reading

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Before Black and Blue Man: The Turning Point (Part 2)

Part 1 September 2002. I had spent all day at home, both relaxing but also trying to make up my mind about whether or not to do something that night. That something was attending an information session about the next … Continue reading

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Before Black and Blue Man: The Turning Point (Part 1)

January 2002. One afternoon, my three work colleagues and I were taking a break at a café near our office. My colleague Mary asked our colleague John about a course he’d recently completed that, among other things, had taught him … Continue reading

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Poor Man, Rich Man: Bankruptcy – Year Two

Year One 2012 wasn’t one of the worst years of my life, but it certainly wasn’t one of my best. There were good periods and successes, as described in some of my posts throughout that year – but often there … Continue reading

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Poor Man, Rich Man: Two Seats (Part 2)

Part 1 The carriage looked very inviting. It was clean and roomy, the mostly blue decor was fresh and relaxing, and it was mostly empty. Thus far, the only people on board were a group of six at the end … Continue reading

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Jump (Part 1)

For the past few months, I’ve been helping a friend who will soon be staging a play for a local arts festival. Most weekends, the group of us doing the play have been meeting within and without Sydney to rehearse … Continue reading

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WTF?!?

Late night, Friday 3 August 2012. Thanks to my employer observing August Bank Holiday (because our clients include major Australian banks), a long weekend lay ahead. Speaking of work, I was only hours away from finally completing a major and … Continue reading

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The four garbage bags of wisdom

Originally, there were going to be two separate posts about what eventually became ‘Building all through the night’. One post was going to be about the main theme of ‘Building’ – rediscovering the joys of LEGO-building and how that’s become … Continue reading

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OFFS! (Part 2)

Part 1 Saturday evening was just beginning, so the pub downstairs was already quite lively. Fortunately, there were several counters, and the one where I’d checked in yesterday wasn’t very busy. One of the two staff there was a young … Continue reading

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