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Succour 26 Aug 2013 | 05:56 am
As I was driving home from Ballarat late Saturday afternoon, with the sun low in the sky behind me, I crested one of the hills on the highway and beheld a panorama of Melbourne and its surrounds. Ther...
Saved From The ‘Saved for Later’ Button 23 Aug 2013 | 05:56 am
In an effort to read the posts I mark ‘Saved for Later’ in Feedly, in what I hope will turn into a regular feature I’ll be pulling out the best, most interesting, weird, disturbing, compelling, import...
How to Blog: 7 Blogging Tips from 7 Years of Blogging 21 Aug 2013 | 04:55 am
1. What you get is proportionate to what you give. Yes, I’m talking in a selfless way here. Many successful bloggers will tell you that their mantra is always to ‘give, give, give’ – or, in other wor...
Dear Family, Nathan Fillion Is At A Loss to Account For Your Bread Eating Habits 20 Aug 2013 | 06:26 am
This sight can regularly be found in our kitchen: multiple loaves of bread opened and at various degrees of being eaten. The bread I try to eat – you know the kind, that has the look and consistency o...
Happy Blog Birthday! (Yes, Things Have Changed) 19 Aug 2013 | 04:39 am
It was this blog’s 7th birthday yesterday. Below is the picture from my first post and another I took on Saturday to put side by side and illustrate just how much has changed over this time. (Saturda...
Personal Relations (PR) – Getting it Right, and Getting it Wrong 15 Aug 2013 | 09:02 am
I’ve always been open and transparent about my dealings with brands here on the blog. You’ll find a pretty frank Disclosure policy over on my About page (if you haven’t seen it already) that outlines ...
Inevitability 14 Aug 2013 | 01:54 pm
In a scene in The Matrix, Hugo Weaving’s Agent Smith has Keanu Reeves’ Neo down on the subway tracks; as they’re fighting a train’s approach becomes obvious and Agent Smith says, “That is the sound of...
The Family Audit 12 Aug 2013 | 06:51 am
Let’s start with jonquils. I bought them on Saturday, after escaping from the house to do the grocery shopping – a chore I loathe, but hey I got to go alone. Forty-five minutes away from sickness (Ad...
Turns Out the Queen and I Have Something in Common 10 Aug 2013 | 09:05 am
I get the same look on my face as hers when Melbourne turns on a fine Saturday like today is turning out to be. Enjoy! x Turns Out the Queen and I Have Something in Common is a post from: Misc...
Melbourne Writers’ Festival 2013 – at M.A.D.E in Ballarat 9 Aug 2013 | 08:06 am
This is going to be a quick update today – it occurred to me that I’ve not said I’m a guest of the Melbourne Writers’ Festival in a couple of weeks. On Saturday 24th August I’ll be over in Ballarat...
