Checking out the bit between departure and arrival. I hope I never get there.
This is a journal more than a blog.
Very self-centred. It is written for some future me. I am not looking for a following. You may read it. Please comment, but please don't judge. I write about what interests me, concerns me, and a bit about what happens to me. I hope some of it interests or entertains you.I should probably have titled this blog "Shit Happens". Because it does.
Sometimes I quote a song or some poetry, either just because I really like it, or because it expresses something I cannot put as eloquently into my own words. Occasionally i am brave enough to publish one of my own.
Category Archives: Classics
Salomé
Whenever I take the trouble to watch an opera, I am always just a little surprised each time, because I really enjoy it. Yet I have never considered myself an opera fan. It helps a great deal if I know … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Classics, dancing, Death, Drama, Entertainment, Folklore, Life, don't talk to me about life!, Movies, Music, Opera, Performance, Relationships
Tagged Books, Covent Garden, dealing with life, denial bay, equanimity, Music, Nadja Michael, opera, Oscar Wilde, performance, Relationships and Sex, Royal Opera, Strauss
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Aesop Reviewed
I chose at random a fable by Aesop, to see if the moral it presents has stood the test of time. Commentary: The moral seems to be a valid one, but on closer examination, the example given is so literally … Continue reading
Posted in Art, birds, Classics, Drinking Water, Entertainment, Folklore, Food and drink, Handy Hints, History, Humour, Nature, opinion, Philosophy, Science
Tagged Aesop, dealing with life, equanimity, Food and drink, Health and wellness, reasoned argument
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Flashback and Update: Ten Rules for Motorcyclists in Fiji
Searching for a piece I thought I wrote, but could not find, I came upon the following list of rules I first published in October 2009. I believe it has relevance for places other than Fiji. Years of empirical evidence … Continue reading
Posted in Autobiography, Classics, Communication and language, dancing, Death, Handy Hints, History, Humour, Life, don't talk to me about life!, Motorbikes, Motorcycling, Philosophy, Political Correctness, Riding, Travel
Tagged Autobiography, cannibalism, dealing with life, disaster, equanimity, Fiji, fun, Handy Hints, History, Humour, Motorcycling, road safety, travel
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Red Adair
I was thinking the other day of Red Adair, the famed fighter of oil well fires. He was renown for his courage, ingenuity and cool demeanour when in the direst situations. His nickname of ‘Hellfighter’ as well-earned, and his name … Continue reading
Posted in Classics, Drama, Entertainment, fiction, History, Humour, Life, don't talk to me about life!, Lifestyle, tall tales
Tagged Autobiography, dealing with life, disaster, disasters, fires, heros wit, oil
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End of the Year
I am told that people who blog about their employers, and what goes on at their workplace, may find it difficult to find future employment. I can say that as from Christmas Eve, Michelle, my very valued and respected … Continue reading
Posted in Autobiography, Books, Classics, Communication and language, Depression, Drama, Drugs, Dungeons and Dragons, Family, fiction, frogs, Hobbies, Humour, Life, don't talk to me about life!, Lifestyle, Movies, Nature, Nightmares, Pets, Philosophy, possums, quandaries and Dilemmas, Relationships, Wildlife
Tagged Autobiography, Books, cannibalism, dealing with life, denial bay, depression, disaster, don't talk to me about life!, equanimity, Family, Food and drink, frogs, Handy Hints, History, Humour, Relationships and Sex, vacation
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2013 in review
In 2013, there were 143 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 1,338 posts. There were 326 pictures uploaded Continue reading
Posted in Autobiography, Classics, fires and disasters, Health and wellness, Life, don't talk to me about life!, Motorcycling, News and politics, Nightmares, Non-Events, opinion, Philosophy, Photography
Tagged Autobiography, cannibalism, Climate Change, dealing with life, denial bay, depression, disaster, don't talk to me about life!, equanimity, Family, Humour, Life, Life the universe and everything, loss, marriage, Motorcycling, Nature, Pets, raising frogs, tadpoles, travel, vacation
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Before the morn ye’ll work mischief…
Her majesty the Quoon was visiting a hospital in Edinburgh. She approached one old chap in the wards, and said “How are you today my good man?” “Ach” he replied. “Ma twin misfortunes – Barren land and fertile women!. “He … Continue reading
Posted in Animal Husbandry, Art, Autobiography, Books, Classics, Communication and language, dancing, Death, Depression, Drama, Drugs, Entertainment, Family, fiction, Folklore, Food and drink, Handy Hints, Health and wellness, History, Hobbies, Humour, Life, don't talk to me about life!, Lifestyle, opinion, Philosophy, Poetry, Relationships, Sheep, tall tales
Tagged Autobiography, Books, cannibalism, Climate Change, dealing with life, depression, don't talk to me about life!, equanimity, Family, Food and drink, Handy Hints, Humour, loss, marriage, Motorcycling, reasoned argument, Relationships and Sex, Robert Burns, sleep, travel
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Whining Poetry
THE TRIPLE FOOL. by John Donne I am two fools, I know, For loving, and for saying so In whining poetry ; But where’s that wise man, that would not be I, If she would not deny ? … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Autobiography, Classics, complaints rorts and rip=offs, Death, Drama, Folklore, Life, don't talk to me about life!, Poetry, Religion and Superstition
Tagged Autobiography, dealing with life, denial bay, depression, don't talk to me about life!, equanimity, Family, Handy Hints, Humour, Life, loss, marriage, Relationships and Sex, travel
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Ungrateful Basterd
Stockholm Syndrome. Carl called around on Monday evening and we sat and chatted. Suddenly I realised Jack was not there. “Did you shut the gate Carl?” “!” He was gone. Carl headed out to find him in the ranger’s truck, … Continue reading
Posted in Autobiography, Classics, Communication and language, complaints rorts and rip=offs, Depression, Dogs, Drama, frogs, Hobbies, Life, don't talk to me about life!, Motorbikes, Nature, Pets, Photography, Poetry
Tagged animals, Autobiography, dealing with life, depression, don't talk to me about life!, Drama, equanimity, Food and drink, frogs, Life the universe and everything, Nature, ponds, raising frogs, Relationships and Sex, travel
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Imagine
Playing with this image for my first attempt at original cartoon humour on this blog, it occurred to me that this wonderful painting actually contains evidence that despite the religious nature of his works, Michelangelo Buonarroti was probably an atheist. It is not too unlikely. He … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Autobiography, Classics, Communication and language, Computers and Internet, Humour, Life, don't talk to me about life!, Lifestyle
Tagged Adam, Autobiography, dealing with life, depression, don't talk to me about life!, equanimity, Family, Guinness, marriage, Michaelangelo, Relationships and Sex, Religion
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Hodophilia 