Onwards and Upwards. Do unto Others. Yes, you can, and will. Dream it. It can happen. Don’t let naysayers discourage you. Sometimes fight fire with fire. Sometimes turn the other cheek. You’ll know the difference. Feel it. Feelings are right. Follow your Heart. Think it out. Plan, but don’t overplan. It’s about executing your plans....Read More
Well, I survived the first ever Dad’s Big CampOut. My “2 man tent” could just about fit me diagonally, and the “3 man tent” just about squeeze in the 2 kids, and it was pretty cold when I woke up at 2am, but overall, a fantastic time. Camping out on the local primary school oval...Read More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHPOzQzk9Qo] A poll last year asked people for their favourite comedy song of all time – way ahead atop the pack was Monty Python’s Always Look on the Bright Side of Life from the Life of Brian movie. Legend has it that the Python crew were holed up in Tripoli shooting the movie and...Read More
It’s labour day long weekend (I love how most public holidays fall on Mondays in this country!). “Labour Day” conjures up a few things in my mind – to my wife it probably brings back memories of a 14-hour labour for our first born, to me that too, but also there are images of Red...Read More
The bull came out of the blue … well out of the bush … and slammed into the side of our car. Bouncing off it tried to scramble away as we slammed on our brakes, so it then caught the front bumper as it flew over the bonnet and back out in the bush on...Read More
Busy junction on the way to work. Stream of traffic, two lanes, traffic lights red ahead. The right hand lane includes those that are going to turn right at the lights, but the line is much shorter than the queue in the left hand lane, which is only for those that want to go straight...Read More
When I was 19 (probably ten years too late) I ventured onto a golf course for the first time, and hit 104. Not bad for a first round. 30 years on, and I rarely score less than 90. I bet this is the story for most weekend hackers like myself. My kids are primary school...Read More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exwn6fuF9y0] About as perfect as song as you can get – the fabulous Tim Minchin and ‘Not Perfect’. Saw him live in Perth (his hometown) with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra, a brilliant performance. This song was the encore. Thought provoking, funny, touching. Excellent end to an excellent night.Read More
I am sure there are some people doing it tough out there, but from what I witnessed at the weekend, ‘we’ (the general working family population of Western Australia) have never had it so good and quite a few are doing OK … We live opposite a lovely park, which has a lake, children’s playground,...Read More
60 years ago yesterday, King George VI (as featured in last year’s Oscar winning King’s Speech movie) passed away, four days after waving goodbye to his daughter, who jetted off to a holiday in Kenya. The daughter, the current Queen, packed a black dress in her luggage, half knowing the worst might happen. At 25...Read More
