October 2011

Horses, wagons and bikes. Or something

October 30, 2011

I must confess that I’m a bit of a whinger. I know, I know… this surprises you (!!!)… but I am prone to moaning, groaning and whinging (yes, I know they mean the same things, but I added the extra word for emphasis and to assist non-Oz readers in deciphering my slang!). I’m well-versed in [...]

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Barry Donald Cook (1939 – 2011)

October 30, 2011

This is the only writing I’ve done in the past week… a eulogy honouring my father, crafted with my brother which he delivered yesterday. My father, Barry Donald Cook, was born in Maryborough on 4th April 1939, the second of three children to Dulcie Jean Boldery and Arnold Archibald Cook. Older brother Adrian was born 3 years [...]

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The world outside

October 24, 2011

As a connoisseur of fine television (as well as some particularly spectacular trash) one of my favourite TV shows is Buffy the Vampire Slayer. And (as I’ve said before) I believe that its creator Joss Whedon is freakishly talented and an eccentric risk-taker of epic proportions. I’m not sure I have favourite episodes of the show, [...]

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Reasons and excuses

October 24, 2011

I remember years ago trying to explain to my niece the difference between reasons and excuses. Dictionary definitions aside, I think I probably dumbed it down – as you do for very young children (even though she was, and is, whippet-smart) and said: excuses are just fibs you use when you really do / don’t [...]

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Oops

October 21, 2011

I do realize that two weekdays have passed since my last post… A rarity for me since I committed to post 5-6 times a week in this blog… But stuff’s happening, and not all good. It’s currently almost 2.30am here in Oz and I’m sitting beside my father’s palliative care bed, while my mother is [...]

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Double digit dreaming

October 19, 2011

I first mentioned this impending milestone a few weeks ago. In fact… this blog has been half-written for four or five weeks. It was (however) initially super-upbeat because after losing quite a bit on my first week or two of the program (well…. according to my parents’ scales) it appeared I was going to zoom [...]

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