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Sunday, November 16th, 2008 28 views
Yesterday, one of my good friends in the US sent me a link to the blog of a mutual friend. I had only met him a couple of times and had lost touch with what he had been up to.
It was wonderful to see that he had become married to ...
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Monday, November 3rd, 2008 46 views
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Monday, October 27th, 2008 70 views
Sorry friends and family that I've been lying low for the past couple of weeks. Seems it was sinusitus - I haven't been in that much pain since the wardrobe fell on my head back in Ivy Street. Now there's an experience I'd forgotten about, actually.
Anyway, thanks to some prescription ...
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Sunday, October 19th, 2008 104 views
Anyone who knows me knows that when it comes to being sick I hate 2 things - taking painkillers and going to doctors. I prefer to just ride it out. And I hate not feeling well as it gets in the way of all the stuff I want to do.
Having ...
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Saturday, October 11th, 2008 138 views
Lately I've been doing lots of future gazing and talking with smart, like-minded people about a range of web 2 business ideas.
Like several of my friends, I've come to the realisation that working for yourself has got to be more fun than working for others. The challenge though is in ...
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Sunday, September 21st, 2008 134 views
Around a year ago, I was part of a small group who helped to establish the Brunswick Park Tenants and Residents Association and yesterday we held our first fundraising event - a fete in Brunswick Park.
With minimal advertising and a next-to-nothing budget the organisers provided a brilliant day. Free face ...
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Tuesday, September 16th, 2008 134 views
Lately I'm reminded of that saying, something like "owe the bank $1000 and its your problem, but owe them a million and its theirs."
Apparently Lehmann Brothers has debts running into "HUNDREDS of BILLIONS" of pounds. Ironically, no longer their problem of course. And to me that means that there will ...
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Saturday, September 13th, 2008 121 views
Surprised he wasn't a Queenslander :-)
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Sunday, September 7th, 2008 128 views
I heard on the news the other day that the eighties were recently voted the most popular decade. And that got me thinking about life back then. So I thought I'd create a list of things I remember most about it.
Bearing in mind I was living in Sydney for most ...
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Thursday, September 4th, 2008 124 views
Here are some photos I took when in Seattle last week.Â
[caption id="attachment_78" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The first Starbucks store in the world"][/caption]
The Starbucks store was tiny, no seating and of course quite crowded with tourists.Â
It is in the historic Pike Street Market area, which is on the waterside. Because its a ...
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Proud but not lucky
