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Category Archives: Pain
Poor Man, Rich Man: The Website That Saved My Life (Part 4)
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Most of the time, I have a good memory – which has been both a blessing and a curse. I remember a lot about when I applied for bankruptcy, but not everything. Most of … Continue reading
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Poor Man, Rich Man: The Website That Saved My Life (Part 3)
Part 1 Part 2 Mid-morning, Tuesday 21 December, 2010. My eldest sister, her kids and I drove to that town near her home. Sis dropped me off at the dentist and went away for the next few hours to do … Continue reading
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Poor Man, Rich Man: The Website That Saved My Life (Part 1)
DA (Part 1) DA (Part 2) DA (Part 3) Late night, Monday, 20 December 2010. Five nights before Christmas. I was staying at my eldest sister’s home in rural south-east Queensland. She and her family had all gone to bed, … 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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Poor Man, Rich Man: DA (Part 3)
Part 1 Part 2 A week later, I went back to DA. And for the next six months I went back to most meetings, unless something suddenly came up that night. The routine very quickly fell into place – catching … Continue reading
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Poor Man, Rich Man: DA (Part 1)
A few months ago, a friend who’d spent the past few years living overseas returned to Sydney. Recently, she invited me to join her roommate and some friends for a pizza night at her new home – and when she … Continue reading
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Poor Man, Rich Man (a new series and category)
There’s a small IKEA storage container that sits on the bottom shelf of the freezer in my fridge. That container holds six dead relics from an 18-year chapter of my life that came to an end on Monday 14 February … Continue reading
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The Longest Day (Part 4)
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 The final six hours – Tuesday 8 November 8pm to Wednesday 9 November 2am My friend and I got to the cinema with plenty of time before In Time and took our assigned seats. … Continue reading
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The Longest Day (Part 3)
Part 1 Part 2 The next 12 hours – Tuesday 8 November 8am to Tuesday 8 November 8pm I got to the dental clinic just after 9:30am. I asked at reception how soon I could see a dentist, please. They … Continue reading
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