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Category Archives: Life Strategies
2015: A Life Odyssey (Part 4)
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 May Monday, 11 May, 2015. My job hunt began… …and included one application that was rejected only two hours after I had submitted it. * Despite that very sudden setback, during the next few … Continue reading
Black and Blue Walking Man: The Zoo Expedition (Part 2)
Part 1 The first leg of my walk up Bradleys Head Road was very pleasant. It was a nice winter’s day and there were lots of great old houses to see. Soon uphill became downhill, and I began descending north-west … Continue reading
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Kindle: Year Four
Kindle Kindle, again Kindle: Year One Kindle: Year Two Kindle: Year Three Back in April, I was so caught up in the excitement of not having to work, and spending most of my days building LEGO, that I completely forgot … Continue reading
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2015: A Life Odyssey (Part 3)
Part 1 Part 2 As I write this, it’s been three months since I stopped working. It feels like both a long and a short time ago. March Before I finished working, I had already made plans for March: learning … Continue reading
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Mid-Life Crisis (Part 3)
Part 1 Part 2 As I mentioned at the end of Part 2, I wanted to make sure that 2014 would not turn into another dreary mid-life-crisis year like 2013 had been. One way to do this was to finally … Continue reading
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Eating most of my food with a knife and fork
Yesterday in The Sydney Morning Herald, I was amused to read that UK Prime Minister David Cameron was recently criticised for eating a hot dog with a knife and fork. I was amused not because I think what he did … Continue reading
Posted in Fear, Happiness, Life Strategies, My Story, OCD
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2015: A Life Odyssey (Part 2)
Part 1 As I described in Part 1, I was made redundant from the job that I had had since 3 December 2000. But in several ways, my job had gone back further. First, I had been outsourced to my … Continue reading
2015: A Life Odyssey (Part 1)
Thursday, 28 January 2015. A week ago, a major era of my life had ended with the closing of a restaurant I had been visiting for almost 28 years. Today, it was the beginning of the end for another major … Continue reading
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Pizza Hut 630 George Street, thank you and all the best
Thursday, 21 January 2015. Just before 5pm, as I have done countless times since 2007, I arrived at one of my regular dinner haunts – Pizza Hut, 630 George Street, Sydney. One of the staff who knew me and served … Continue reading
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Black and Blue Walking Man: Kogarah to Newtown (and beyond)
It’s funny how one thing can lead to another. For Christmas 2013, my young nieces and nephew gave me a $50 Sizzler gift card that was valid until 17 December 2014. Although there are many Sizzlers in Queensland, where my … Continue reading
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Black and Blue Man 