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Robots, cat toys and Beyond 2000

Some people may remember a great Australian science show called Beyond 2000, it aired weekly on Australian networks between 1985-1995.

The basic premise of the show was to report on groundbreaking technology and inventions that would become ‘main stream’ beyond the new millennium. Of all the inventions, possibilities, and futuristic gadgetry showcased during those 10 years only one stuck with me…

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Meditation and mining unplugged....

Meditation and mining unplugged….

eBay called me today to see if I was ok……

Forgive me eBay, it has been several weeks since my last purchase.

It’s ok Etsy,  call off the impeccably stitched search….

One cannot have six weeks in Europe and five months later an indulgent week in Las Vegas, a main bread-winner who is ‘between jobs’ and still support a healthy relationship with ones internet shopping affiliates, which is a shame…

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The Mutilation of an Australian Icon...

The Mutilation of an Australian Icon…

In 1824 John Cadbury opened a shop at 93 Bull Street in Birmingham, England and sold among other things cocoa and drinking chocolate. In 1831 John Cadbury rented a small factory in Crooked Lane and began manufacturing drinking chocolate and cocoa, laying the foundation for the Cadbury’s chocolate business.

In 1922 Cyril Callister developed a paste from leftover brewers’ yeast extract, with…

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Friday 22nd May 2015 - still no signs of the apocalypse.....

Friday 22nd May 2015 – still no signs of the apocalypse…..

I know everyone is thinking it – but how did we get to the end of May already? Big W will be putting up those horrible blue plastic Christmas trees any day now.

2015 has been quite eventful for so far, coming off the heels of Europe late last year and a sneaky week in beautiful Las Vegas early this year it feels as though I have been rather spoiled in the travel department.

I have recently merged…

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Viva Las Vegas....

Viva Las Vegas….

This is the second part to our recent Las Vegas adventure, the posting of which was interrupted by my last post….

With fight night over and the weekend coming to an end the crowds on the strip thinned out and life in Sin City went back to normal, still a far cry from our normal but staff all over the strip were breathing a sigh of relief, taking some well earned time off and counting up what must…

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A Little Goodbye for Oscar....

A Little Goodbye for Oscar….

The second part of my Las Vegas story has been interrupted by the cycle of life and death, today we have to say goodbye to our oldest dog Oscar. He is a stunningly handsome Border Collie x Smithfield who has given us about 15 years of unwavering loyalty, tolerance, and the unconditional love that comes only from dogs. 

I have been preparing myself for this for almost a year and yet my tears seem…

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What Happens in Las Vegas....

What Happens in Las Vegas….

We touched down in Las Vegas the week of what is touted to be the biggest fight in history – Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao. With a record breaking crowd in attendance we are lucky that we booked and upgraded our room at the Cosmopolitan before the fight was announced – some rooms are going for upwards of $1,600 a night.  We are sitting pretty in a suite overlooking the famous Bellagio…

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European Adventure 2014

Last year a girlfriend suggested we take a tour in Italy to which I said – sure, why not let’s do it! That idea has now evolved into a six week European Adventure, the first two weeks with a woman I love and respect and the remaining four with the love of my life. I got a pretty good deal I think.

Toni is one of my oldest dearest most cherished friends, we met many years ago when we started work…

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Daylight Savings

Sunday 6th April…..

4:46am!!!

Thank you daylight savings.

I remember being in Year 4 at school and finding my already rather eclectic mind struggling to grasp the concept of daylight savings on the grounds that there was no way to move the sun and time travel was not yet possible. The idea that simply turning all the clocks back would change time was completely lost on me – time was a real…

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The Art of Lauren Bradshaw

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The Age Old.....

The Age Old…..

Ageing is inevitable it happens to the best and the worst of us, with age comes experience, wisdom, a more refined pallet and eventually admitting that the desire to be at home on the couch with a good book on a Friday night and not ending up at a Karaoke bar at midnight with your workmates is not a cop out but in fact a really reasonable choice.

Once you reach your mid thirties things start to…

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The Ocean Bureaucracy

Let us not be oppressed by the yoke of the corporate machine, revel in the joy and light of our own creations that sit beyond the grasping greed.

Seek the inner child and let that mischief maker free to turn the depressive and mundane into the bright and entertaining.

Be separate from that which enslaves you and focus on being present in this moment. Find your bliss and create your own safe…

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This is the 17:10 train to Seaford Station, stand clear doors closing....

This is the 17:10 train to Seaford Station, stand clear doors closing….

Although there is no Seaford on the screens, only Brighton…..

We are advised that due to a car accident at Marino the track is impassable. The Seaford train can get to Brighton where it will stop and there should be substitute buses to shuttle commuters onward to Noarlunga where we can continue our journey by rail to Seaford.

The 17:10 is consistently standing room only for those people who join…

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I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go 'round and 'round.....

I’m just sitting here watching the wheels go ’round and ’round…..

“I’m sick and tired of hearing things

From uptight, short-sighted, narrow-minded hypocrites

All I want is the truth

Just gimme some truth”

- John Lennon

I was almost 5 years old on December 8th 1980 when Mark David Chapman shot John Lennon in the back four times outside the Dakota Building in New York City, he was pronounced dead at 11:07 pm. Earlier that evening John had autographed a copy of Do…

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A clockwork orange, rage against the machine and more dental work - surprising combination.....

I am one tooth on one tiny cog in a giant Clockwork Orange, Blue, Purple, Teal, Pink machine that crunches away turning and churning out dollars to what end? To make more dollars to spend on colour printed, semi-gloss A5 double-side, 220gsm card marketing…

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Wake up to distant rolling thunder, steadily increasing winds and an ominously dark storm front approaching, check this against BOM forecast. Conclusion? Go back to bed and predict (once again) it must be the apocalypse rolling in....and here I was hoping for a bit of a lay in on a Sunday morning.... #zombieapocalypse #43degreesisridiculous (at Seaford Rise)

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The dreads are coming back!