Category Archives: Resilience

Antidepressants and me (Part 3)

Posted on 23 October 2011 by blackandblueman

To my regular readers, my apologies for not posting last week. Part 1 Part 2 In late 2009, as described in this post, I went through a bad bout of depression that I thought would be temporary. But in the … Continue reading →

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15 Minutes (Part 3)

Posted on 4 September 2011 by blackandblueman

Continued from these thrilling installments: Part 1 Part 2 Down Oxford Street again, for the second time within an hour, but walking as fast as I can. Back across Hyde Park South, but instead of following the north-west path to … Continue reading →

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Subway jammin’

Posted on 17 October 2010 by blackandblueman

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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While I was in Melbourne – the Yarra incident

Posted on 10 September 2010 by blackandblueman

What follows took place the day after my last entry. It is a long description of a serious incident that happened over the course of roughly half an hour. I have divided it into Parts One and Two because it … 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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