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Lies, death, and change seem to be dominating the attention of the world at the moment. Much of the middle east is in upheaval, many countries overthrowing dictatorships as old as I am. The name Gadhafi to me rings as much nostalgia as the term Reaganomics, and now these things that have simmered quietly for so long have boiled over. And of course ( Read more... )

I have hit an existential cul-de-sac. I simply don't need much of anything these days. I don't need material things, in fact I feel like I still have too much. All the things and experiences I've wanted I have had. Years ago I made a list of all the things that I wanted to own or do, and I've ticked off everything on the list and then some. The ( Read more... )

While it was by no means a spectacular Australia Day, somehow it seemed very appropriate for me. I'd been invited to two BBQs, but thanks to a hangover lingering well past noon I made it to neither. Instead I opted, against my better judgement, to head to Manly on the offchance that I might catch up with the tail end of one of the BBQ groups. Sure ( Read more... )

Catching the tram to the Melbourne office this morning, the pavement was mysteriously dry, the traces of the torrent that the city had been under only noticable in the weight of the air. Halfway along my journey, the weight of water in the air became too much again, and the deluge returned. Engrossed as I was in email on my phone, the sluggish and ( Read more... )

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Last night I was subjected to my own private circle of hell. Around yesterday morning I developed a simultaneous cold and unstoppable nosebleed, the latter alarming enough to send me to a doctor and the ER, a less than reassuring experience in a foreign country where you don't speak the language or have insurance. Feeling miserable and sorry for ( Read more... )

I think a big part of my lack of posting to LJ lately has been the fact that I simply have too many places to post the random day-to-day things. My Tumblr account now gets all the random internet finds. Facebook gets my miscellaneous life updates that carry no real weight. Flickr gets a (nearly) daily snapshot of what I see. I've even started a ( Read more... )