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Category Archives: Happiness
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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Child-free
Like many folks, I have regrets about some of the decisions I’ve made in life – but there are two that I will never regret. One of those decisions was made in my late teens, when after some serious thought … 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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“ENOUGH!”
WARNING! The following post contains coarse language that may offend some readers and attract others From 1989 to 1991, I went to university in Canberra, the capital city of Australia. It was a very interesting and life-changing experience, especially as … Continue reading
My Top Ten Favourite Movies of 2010
As I’ve written previously, I’ve had a life-long love for movies and cinema-going. This time each year, I like to look back and make Top Ten lists of what were my favourite and least-favourite films during the previous year. So, … Continue reading
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The year ahead and a 2010 resolution I did keep
It’s the second day of the new year, and once again I’m enjoying a Sabbath – from 20 December until yesterday, life had been enjoyable if hectic, so for the first time in almost two weeks I’m having a quiet … Continue reading
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One does not simply walk into Ku-ring-gai
Last weekend, I did something that I hadn’t done in a very long time, at least since my teens 20-odd years ago. I went on a picnic. For most of my life, I haven’t been much of an outdoors person … Continue reading
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Subway jammin’
You may already be familiar with the above – but if not, here’s the story in brief. Recently, the Brooklyn-based buzz band Atomic Tom suffered the theft of all their musical instruments. Despite that shitty setback, however, they’ve been highly … Continue reading
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Zen and the art of model-railroading
I can’t remember what started it all, but during 1999-2000 I became very interested in model-railroading. I didn’t get around to doing any modeling myself, and for various reasons I went on the other things, but for a few months … Continue reading
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