My father died last night
He died in his sleep. I’m still trying to work out how I feel… There’ll be a funeral this week, which Deidre and I will be attending. I’ll be finding out tomorrow when that’ll be. Maybe this lack of feeling … Read more …
OLD (1998-2012)
I’m not sorry
During the week just gone, Australia had its 'Sorry Day', where the government apologised to the Aborigines for the treatment they experienced generations ago. I can certainly understand the need for the Australian government to be seen saying sorry for … Read more …
Numa Numa
About three years ago, back in 2005, there was a video put onto the internet by a young guy who was miming to the Romanian song, 'Numa Numa'. I really don't understand how it became the most popular video on … Read more …
Happy Australia Day
Today is Australia Day, where we celebrate the beginning of Australia, which was when the British first settled here in 1788. It's almost midnight on this day, and I thought I should do a post about it. Australia Day is … Read more …
Borat
Deidre's watching Borat on Foxtel. I started screaming again at the naked wrestling in the hotel room…. That's all I'll say about that.
Inappropriate assumptions
I 'met' someone recently on Facebook that turned out tonight to have a few issues with me. Apparently I was playing 'games' with them because I'm engaged and yet chatting with them (they're female), and I changed the picture in … Read more …
Happy anniversary!
Last week Deidre and I celebrated our 3rd year together, after having met each other mid-January 2005. It’s not just amazing, but it’s a wonderful thing that we’re still together after this long. We’re both stubborn and pig-headed, so we’ve … Read more …
How to clean like a maid
If you’re like me, you hate cleaning. You hate it so much, you try to avoid it as much as you can. Yep, that’s me! Well, thanks to this site, you can now learn to clean like a maid and … Read more …
10 Commandments of personal finance
Thanks to Free Money Finance for the reference to the 10 Commandments of personal finance. 1. Thou shalt create a savings plan 2. Thou shalt not spend more than you make 3. Thou shalt not try to keep up with … Read more …
What Tarot Card are you?
Some time ago I did a test and found out that I was a Hermit. You can see it here. I thought I’d do the test again to see if I’ve changed, and it seems that I have. What I … Read more …
New beginnings
This is my first real post on this new blog that’s using WordPress. All the other posts previous to this have been imported. I’ve had some real frustrating challenges with this new blog and new domain over the past week … Read more …
New articles on Spirituality
I’m posting a number of articles on spirituality that I’ve written in the past, but which have taken me this long to get around to posting in here. I’m posting them by the date that they were originally written. You … Read more …
Finally, some work!
I received word today that a job interview I had just before xmas has resulted in positive developments. It looks like I’ve got the job! I’m having a meeting with them tomorrow afternoon to sort out the details, and I’ll … Read more …