My brother returned from service a different person. He’d been back in the country for three years, struggling with PTSD, which had been diagnosed by a clinician, who he said made no difference to the way he felt. While I always saw my brother as an open minded and honest person, he was now very …
Have you ever spent Christmas in a freezer? I have. I have now, that is. You know, it wasn’t quite as bad as it sounds. It was one of those freezers that shuts from the outside, and if you’re inside you can’t get out. I did some research, and yep, they’re illegal now. The grandparents …
It may have been a mere anime, but after seeing it, I now know…magic is real. And the greatest magic of all is believing in the people around you! What an uplifting message delivered by Small Warlock Scholarship, the show about a boy going to a school for magic. It’s sort of like that other …
My resolution for 2018 is to pinpoint the ultimate recipe for vegetarian shepherd’s pie. Yes, I’m aware that it’s only February – I tend to think around six months ahead when it comes to this sort of thing. You see, I’m convinced that the secret to shepherd’s pie success is that at least 50% of …
Britney came home from school today blathering on about something that she’d heard about in her class news session, as usual. Kid sisters are so annoying! Eventually, I had to take the bait and ask her to calm down and tell me exactly what portable hyperbaric oxygen chambers are all about. There’s no point in …
Godfrey is going through garbage pick-up truck phase. He’s had his fill of ambulances, it seems – possibly for the best, as I was starting to feel disturbed by how excited he’d get whenever he’d see one with the siren on (I’m not sure he’s managed to connect ambulances to medical emergencies). Anyway, his current …
The community centre is finally coming together. Woo hoo! I’d had it just about up to here with the red tape, but the end is in sight – or, rather, the start of actually doing the thing. Anyway, now that we’ve got the okay to host the public in the building, the next step is …
I’ve known Steve since were little kids. He was always quietly tinkering with something, and I thought he was going to grow up to be a scientist. Well, now he’s some kind of ultra successful digital entrepreneur who spends about half his time out camping in the bush. Go figure. I met up with him …
When an actor wants to win an award, they change themselves. It’s a surefire way to get the nod for best actor. Lose a load of weight, put on a load of weight, cut your hair, cut…other stuff, and inhabit the character, so called ‘method acting’. Follow that path and success is waiting for you. …
In June last year I was lucky enough to catch up with an old friend. When I say lucky, I mean it. While we rarely get to see each other, we often catch up over the phone – I’m lucky he can do either of those things as a few months before we caught up, …
Hyperbaric Chambers and the catch up I nearly never got to have. Read More »