Since 2002, I’ve been writing here about life, the universe, and everything. My interests include genealogy, history, and the arts. More recently, since July 2023 I’ve been writing about my experiences as a below-the-right-knee amputee.
I had to be at work early again this morning, though thankfully I escaped the trauma of having to go again via Oxford Street at four am. After a few hours work, I came home and had a nap for a few hours, as I needed to be back at work for much of the afternoon. By the time five o’clock came around, however, I was hangin’ out for a beer. Catching up with Graeme…
I never ever thought I’d find myself on Oxford Street at about four a.m. on New Year’s Day stone cold sober. But it happened. As I had to work this morning, I heralded in the new year by going to bed early last night. Getting a cab on Crown Street was a lot easier than I expected, although the driver did look me up and down fairly suspciously once or twice before pulling over to…
Well, that’s most definitely NOT the way I feel about this year. Rather it’s been one of the most amazing years of my life. For me, it’s been a year of extreme highs and extreme lows. I feel like I’ve ended the year , though in a pretty good state of mind, and with a high degree of optimism and positivity about the future. For the first half of this year, though, I was really…
As I walked in to work today it was pretty bloody quiet around Sydney. The streets were quiet. All of the buses looked half empty. And then when I actually got to work itself, it was quiet even there. Even though it’s supposed to be a quiet time of the year, I work in an industry that still operates twenty-four seven. So, as well as running the place, I found myself doing odd-jobs like answering…