Everything in your past has succeeded in bringing you here today
Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me! Remember that saying? It’s from an old rhyme we used to say in school. Wikipedia says that it “persuades the child victim of name-calling to ignore the … Read more …
Well, the title may be a bit misleading. I’ve not been living in Melbourne since late July, almost 3 months ago. But as of today, it’s somewhat official. At least for the time being. I went down to Melbourne on … Read more …
Last year, while I was working in Sydney, I met and befriended a fellow patron of a nearby restaurant and had dinner with him almost every night for about 6 weeks. We became very close in that time, and I … Read more …
Tonight I was sitting in a cafe waiting for a friend to turn up for dinner, and was checking out the LinkedIn app. One of the people I follow on LinkedIn was promoting a Sharepoint Business Analyst role (permanent) in … Read more …
I was commenting on a shared article on Facebook yesterday about how flight attendants don’t want you using your mobile devices during takeoff and landing because your phone becomes a dangerous projectile if something bad happens to the plane. I … Read more …
Have you ever tried being honest for a day, and just telling people around you what you think or feel about them or the situations you’re in? If you have, how has it worked out for you? Radical honesty is what … Read more …
I had someone tell me today that I overthink things. My response at the time is that I can’t do anything else but think about things. As people breathe, so do I think. But I was thinking about this tonight, … Read more …
I have to write about this, at least just to add my voice of dissent to the propaganda I keep seeing about the ongoing discrepancy of wages between men and women, and how women are still earning less than men … Read more …
I’m very excited to be off to Bali tomorrow for a week’s holiday, something I’ve been looking forward to for a couple months now. We’re going to be taking only carry-on bags, so we’ll be doing the minimalist approach. Only … Read more …
When I’ve been in the mood in the past, I’ve been able follow a plan in the past to write 500 words a day. But one of the things that’s important is that in order to write interesting articles, you … Read more …
I went in for surgery this morning around 9am to get two wisdom teeth and a dead molar removed. For the first time in my life I’ve had an operation that put me to sleep. It took about an hour … Read more …
Another ‘first’ is happening in my life tomorrow – I’ll be put to sleep for surgery to remove my wisdom teeth. Not just the broken and infected one, but others too. This is gonna hurt, but I’m planning for the … Read more …
It’s said that humans use only about 10% of their brains – what would we be capable of if we could use 20%, or 50%, or even 100% of our brains? The movie LUCY attempts to answer that question. It’s … Read more …