Melodifestivalen 2013

January 26, 2013 By 2 Comments
Shirley Clamp in full vocal flight

I really, really love this photograph taken almost three years ago at a shopping centre in Stockholm with Swedish pop singer (and daughter in law of ABBA-Benny), Nanne Grönvall. In particular, I love the look on the face of the child behind us. I had been waiting in a queue with a friend who is a long-term fan of Nanne, and who had brought along quite a few things for her to sign. Quite a few, actually. And of course, I had come all the way from Australia so I was also very keen to have a … [Read more...]

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Beard Blog

January 20, 2013 By 2 Comments
One Month Trimmed

At the risk of this blog turning into a "Beard Blog", here's my one month update on my attempt to grow a beard. After roughly one month of letting it "grow wild" I went to the barber today to get a trim both "on top" and "down below". On top, I'm a 1.5 clipper man myself. Down below, I asked the barber if he could just "tidy it up and even it up a bit". I'd read a fair bit about how you should let your beard "grow wild" for the first three or four weeks until it starts to fill in, and … [Read more...]

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On The Road Again

January 18, 2013 By 5 Comments
Arlanda Airport from Stockholm-Arlanda

I've been thinking about it for a few months, and was procrastinating about how long I would go for. But by about Wednesday this week. it was pretty clear in my mind 2013 would be the year I would take a "longer break". As you'll note from my blog, it's been eighteen months (almost two years) since I've had a holiday, and I'm feeling a little tired, exhausted, to be honest. And so I've booked a flight from the beginning of March until the middle of May. So where am I going? You don't really … [Read more...]

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Year in Review 2012

January 1, 2013 By 2 Comments
11 Day Beard

It was just me and Kylie for New Year's Eve this year. After spending last year in Perth, and the year before in Lismore, I didn't really feel like spending this year at the fireworks in Sydney, or at Tropical Fruits in Lismore. So I spent the night listening to some late night music and watching the fireworks curated by Kylie. I woke up this morning feeling quite chipper. It's a good start to 2013, because, quite frankly, 2012 was a bit of a disappointment. In 2012, there was no overseas … [Read more...]

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The Other Direction

December 29, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Willow

I felt a genuine sense of excitement as my name was called out as a winner of a "meat tray" at the Lismore Worker's Club last night. While part of the excitement was, undoubtedly derived from being a "long time loser, first time winner" (when it comes to meat trays), I also felt slightly "neanderthal". The hunter-gatherer deep inside my DNA was showing itself, I thought, as I was able to proudly take a larger offering of raw meat home to my family. We cooked some up for dinner last night. It … [Read more...]

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Walk Like A Man

December 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Gollan Hotel, Lismore

"Do you want a lift over town?" is one of the phrases most commonly used by my family in Lismore. Even though we live only a few hundred metres from the main shopping centre, there's a level of confusion, even suspicion when I tell members of my family, "No it's okay, I'll walk". In Sydney, every day I walk several kilometres to and from work and the shops. For me, it's nothing to walk those distances, and to not even think about it, unless of course it's raining. But in Lismore, like … [Read more...]

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