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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...
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Poor Man, Rich Man: Bankruptcy – Year Two
Year One 2012 wasn’t one of the worst years of my life, but it certainly wasn’t one of my best. There were good periods and successes, as described in some of my posts throughout that year – but often...
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Before Black and Blue Man: The Turning Point (Part 6)
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Saturday, 14 June 2003: morning It was bright and sunny outside, a good day for a friend’s wedding that afternoon. And I was looking forward to going. I’d just...
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International Black and Blue Man (Part 1)
For a long time, overseas travel was something I never contemplated. There were three main reasons why. One reason was lack of interest. Visiting other countries did have some appeal, but not that...
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Before Black and Blue Man: The Six Visits (Part 1)
Early 2006. I was working for another Canberra-based account, and once again travel was required – which at first was exciting. To my mild disappointment, however, it turned out that I would only...
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Mid-Life Crisis (Part 2)
(Wikimedia Commons) Part 1 For the first six months or so, 2012 hadn’t been a bad year. During the last six months, though, things changed. At that time, my five years of therapy with my psychiatrist...
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The night oasis
Jungle oasis (http://www.matteworld.com/film/film_archives/mummy2.html) First – to regular and long-time readers, an apology. It’s now been over three months since I last posted here. Don’t worry –...
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It’s been one year
Quest Canberra, Civic ACT (questapartments.com.au) PROLOGUE I had originally begun writing this post a few weeks ago…but two tries later, it just wasn’t working. Last night, I began another post about...
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The Return of Black and Blue Man (Part 1)
(Steved1973/Wikipedia) Just after 10:30pm, Friday, 26 January 2018. Finally, it was time. I sat down to something I hadn’t done for…yikes, almost a year now. After putting it off for so long, how would...
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2020 (Part 1)
knowyourmeme.com At long last, 2020 is over. Well, symbolically at least. The new normal it has brought us continues. But it’s the start of a new year, which can mean great hope. And of course,...
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