Category Archives: Hope

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

Posted on 27 February 2011 by blackandblueman

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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The 10-Year Plan

Posted on 6 February 2011 by blackandblueman

Recently at his blog, Roosh posted the interesting and thought-provoking entry What Is Your Project? about challenging, improving and growing yourself. After Roosh explains why it’s important and rewarding to keep taking that one step further in your life, he … Continue reading →

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One fingernail at a time

Posted on 5 January 2011 by blackandblueman

Ever since I was a kid, I have bitten my fingernails. A couple of times during childhood, my parents tried coating my fingernails with a foul-tasting deterrent called Bansuk – but despite its awful taste, I kept on biting. A … Continue reading →

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The year ahead and a 2010 resolution I did keep

Posted on 2 January 2011 by blackandblueman

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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50,000 words in 30 days – the joys of doing NaNoWriMo

Posted on 30 October 2010 by blackandblueman

It’s almost that time of year again – National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo for short, or NaNo for even shorter. If you’re unfamiliar with NaNo – starting from midnight on 1 November and finishing at 11:59pm on 30 November, … Continue reading →

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Copiapó

Posted on 26 August 2010 by blackandblueman

Like many other people around the world, I’ve become engrossed by the current plight of the 33 surviving miners at the Copiapó mining disaster in Chile. It’s stunning to think that not only have they been down there for 17-18 … Continue reading →

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