How much is enough?

Last night I went to see ‘The Blind Side’, a movie based on the true story of Michael Oher. In the story a family (The Tuhoys) take in Michael ( a poor African American uneducated  boy) and add him to their existing rich white southern American  family. He eventually becomes one of the most prized [...]

Peter Dutton MP are you for or against the filter?

It’s an election year. I am the consumer. My single vote is meant to count. I want to know where politicians vying for my vote stand. I want them to earn my vote, or accept the consequence. I want politicians the country over to step out from the shadows of their mighty parties and their leaders, and stand for [...]

Getting movie tickets shouldn’t be such an event.

This post first started in early 2009, back when the Event Cinemas site was still found at the greaterunion.com.au domain. As evidenced across social media channels, many users were frustrated by an awkward and poorly serviced website provided by one of Australia’s leading entertainment providers. I wanted to summarise many of the site failures into [...]

Education is meant to be about learning

Today, the launch of the My School website occurred. It was heavily promoted, and given how controversial the scoring system and the way schools can be compared has been, it was always going to be a pretty obvious heavy first day of usage. It was very disappointing (albeit a little expected) to see that the site has [...]

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All that glitters is not gold!

Last night a person (yes a real human) made several mistakes. They made an error and then the attempts to manage it weren’t so great and things didn’t exactly resolve themselves as they could have. Ever happened to you? In your working life, have you ever made one of those mistakes that sent chills down your [...]

A new mini blog for my gardening posts

A new mini blog for my gardening posts
I have decide to pull the gardening and self sufficiency section out of this blog. This week I set up www.goingabitgreen.com to run something a little more specific to the new adventures in self sufficiency for beginners. Will see how it goes. Only 1 post up but many more to come along the journey. If you have a...
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Rebuilding a garden…. and our health?

Rebuilding a garden…. and our health?
One year ago, November 2008, saw a decent storm waltz through Brisbane.  It absolutely devastated The Gap, and out where we live on the north side of Brisbane we copped a fair bit of it as well. Our acreage property had trees down and damage all over, none to our main living accommodation, but the main...
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Choosing the right tool for the job, gardens or web tech, it saves in the end.

Choosing the right tool for the job, gardens or web tech, it saves in the end.
My camping holiday is over again. I came back to my semi rural property overgrown and messy. My ride-on mower had gone to God; it was hot and didn’t look like I was in for much fun at all. Several options ran through my head: Can I force this old mower to start and do a rough...
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Feeding oneself – life’s hard school

Feeding oneself – life’s hard school
Gardening. One of life’s oddities. So many love it. Others find it bemusing. Sounds a little like social media. We moved to acreage 18 months ago, as a lifestyle choice. Part of the new journey on our paradise plot is that gardening of all sorts and sizes is very much a part of our daily lives. In the...
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