Be very afraid ... there be DUST BUNNIES!!! Lethal to computers of any size or shape!

it is the simple genuine compliments that make me smile and be thankful for having the small circle of friends that are loyal and honest - with me and about me - thanks to those who know that I embrace them and value them

I sure hate working on Sundays!

Oh well, at least working keeps me occupied - lol.

is it justifiable homicide when you kill the bastard that gives you the worst headcold in history? I hate feeling this miserable!

flicks the temperature onto 42degreesC - and walks into the cascading water to cleanse myself - the process seems like a re-birth at times when you emerge ready to face the world again

and yes I do miss the convenience of being able to set the water temperature in showers when travelling

Why does silence seem the loudest sound?

Happy Birthday to me!

Another year survived! LOL - well it feels that way some days. I do believe though that with age comes wisdom if you keep your mind open and active.

Electric Shock No. 5. Still alive!

If you don't have a safety (RCD) switch on your home power outlet circuit then you are crazy. Tonight one such device sure saved my arse.

It was a dark and stormy night ...

tenting - - - without canvas

had a rather long intense debate last night with some old friends after a fantastic meal and quite a few good bottles of red - the argument from the debate still rages in the social media streams between us - so good people of CM answer me this please - which is the more annoying/intolerable - tradespeople not even turning up to your house on the day they are due and yet demanding payment before they leave the job OR finally getting an appointment to see a Doctor through rude and obnoxious secretaries and then always having to wait for nearly 30 minutes after the appointment time before they allow you to be in their presence?? anyone??

Sometimes stopping to smell the roses gives you .... hayfever .... and then the chance to laugh and smile as the stresses fade away and you realise life is about moments.

No one can make you happy except you.

Find what makes you happy and pursue it.

So when are politicians actually going to return to representing the people rather than trying to win mass media opinion polls? Really sick of the puppets that front the camera's with false smiles.

Society makes it easier to "take" than to "give".

But in life the times comes when "giving" is more pleasurable to those with the keen minds and open hearts. Damn the easier option, easy never brought me any joy in my achievements.

Is it true that you had to give someone else the flu before you can get back to full health rather than stay a sniffling coughing mess? I thought it was an old wives tale but I am starting to believe that it more truth than myth!

Chicks dig scars.

Sometimes you have to draw a line in the sand and say "Enough". Today was such a day. Change beckons.

Heavy rain on a tin roof. So peaceful. So soothing.

The cycle of life. It is better to realise when something is not working and start afresh.

Not the best voice but you got to love how cool this version is ... and yes the geek inside me is still smiling with this being one of my favourite songs ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaOC9danxNo&feature=player_embedded

R.I.P. Mrs Marsh. Yes, it did get in. (and yes this is a very Aussie late 70's reference)

Red Roast Pork!

Ever have one of those calls from the blue from a long lost friend? It just happens that sometimes you lose contact with a person. Fact of life. Strange to think how five years can pass and it just seems like a small bump in the road when you connect again. In an age of increasing social isolation, it is nice to re-connect with past friends.

Heard the phrase today "from womb to tomb". Got to love simpleness that is so expressive.

And yes, from womb to tomb, life zooms, so saviour it, enjoy it.

Is greed the worst of all the human behaviours? Today was the enlightenment that in this world of ours, you can't even trust your own blood with money. Sadness ruined this day.

You make a mistake. You man up and admit it. Learn from the experience and move forward.

I am me. Like me, or not, I will always have my feet on the ground and treat others with respect and honesty. I wish others shared my perspective.

Don't expect me to be a "White Knight" riding into the thick of danger to solve the world's problems, I have enough of my own to shoulder and deal with. But if you wish some intellectual discourse, especially on all things dark and delightful, then I am always able to lend an ear.

Why are people so determined to winning pissing competitions? (Not literally urinating but bragging about what they have to the point of lying unrealistically.)

My attitude is that it is not about what you have (in a materialistic sense) but it is about how happy you are with what you have. A billionaire with all the money and toys in the world may never achieve the happiness of a kid with his friends playing backyard cricket in bare feet and a taped up tennis ball.

Get real people. Life for me is achieving happiness and being at peace with who I am and what decisions I have made.

I don't know why he saved my life. Maybe in those last moments he loved life more than he ever had before. Not just his life - anybody's life; my life. All he'd wanted were the same answers the rest of us want. Where did I come from? Where am I going? How long have I got? All I could do was sit there and watch him die.

Deckard - Blade Runner (1982)

I drove past the site of a helicopter accident today - about fifty (50) meters away from the charred wreckage - it was disturbing to realise that four (4) people were dead in that wreckage - more disturbing was the amount of people stopping to "view" the scene! - some people are ghouls - sick disturbing ambulance chasers - let the dead rest in peace and may the investigators find some outcome that might give the families some peace.

When did our expectation of our standard of living increase to an unattainable level leaving most of society angry and depressed with life and the future?

does anyone want to join me in asking doctors to have iPads in their offices, so that you can google all the medical terms that they use when trying to explain their diagnoses? ... or maybe the medical associations can supply their doctors with plain english dictionaries .... one day I will come out of a doctor consultation less confused than when I entered

"working safely" seems to be a tired message in industry - until one of your fellow workmates ends up going to a specialist burns hospital rather than going home to his family - a long term hospitalisation for an incident that happened in an instant - hopefully his recovery is swift and uncomplicated

is it justifiable homicide when you kill a moronic workmate that comes to work with a horrific case of the flu then proceeds to give it to you the day before the weekend starts!!!! I vote yes - especially as it is summer!!! I like my sunny outdoor weekends

the nightmares continue - nearly a decade in the past and the sensations do not dim in the recesses of memory - the body remains scarred - but not as much as the mind

from bushfires to floods in the space of a week - mother nature sure knows how to entertain the masses - conspiracy theoriests would argue that mother nature has share stocks in the media companies - lol - on a serious note though, hopefully everyone stays sane and takes all the right safety precautions so our emergency services don't have to risk their own lives saving others

AUSTRALIA DAY - gardening in the morning - swimming in the afternoon - BBQ tonight - a perfect day!!!

are more people seeming to get diagnosed with cancer - or it is that the diagnostic machines are getting so good that they are finding more cancers? and yes, the thought is at the forefront of my mind as a close friend is undergoing chemo/radiation therapies - I wish them well

strange to think I am black and white at times - I am either horny or apathetic - no greys - being horny does bring out a better me though 

to look into a girls eye's - to know that moment of total surrender - when she finally let's go of herself and falls into orgasm - that is the moment of power - that is the moment when you know she is the most vulnerable - she is giving herself to you - I do not feel the need to be gentle - that is when I use her for my own pleasure and ultimate release

to sit on the sandy beach and watch the waves roll in - therapeutic for the mind and soul - even if it is for but a brief moment or two

Does anyone truly expose their soul to another? Is it ingrained within us to reserve a portion of what we truly are from even those closest to us?

Intelligence is wasted when creativity is absent.

Driving home in the darkness of a quarter moon.

Left, the lightning flashes over the vast unbroken ocean.

Right, the bushland has ridge-lines ablaze with amber bushfires.

When time slows. When that smallest click of an electrical contact sounds as loud as a gun firing. When twenty-five years of experience veterans run to intervene in high consequence outcomes. These stressful malestroms are when men step up and boys find places to hide. Bring forth more days like these, they make me feel alive.

The day has made the body weary but the mind continues to churn through the analysis of legacy issues from past incompetance and apathy. Today we uncovered - tomorrow we resolve. 

I am no White Knight, nor do I aspire to be such. Neither am I a Black Knight wanting to terrorise others into subjugation. I uphold my own value set of ethics and morality. These may not match what is accepted by society but they suit me and my world. At times I feel like kicking my values aside, and resorting to baser instincts, when someone tramps all over what I value to gain an advantage over me but that would solve nothing and only dilute me as a person. I shall not dilute what I am or what I believe in. I wish good luck and strength to those that also hold dear to who they are.

Peace - the final frontier.

Spring has sprung.

Woo hoo - achieved a huge personal achievement this day - I know I will feel it for the next week or so but worth all the follow-up issues.

I hope everyone else attempts to do something for the hell of it.

Different strokes for different folks BUT I really do not understand feet fetishes and guys wanting to buy girls USED underwear!

Behaviour modification.

16,071 days young. Hip Hip Horray. But does age bring wisedom? Fuck no, not when stupid me played ninety minutes of soccer yesterday. "Oh the pain. The Pain." Dr. Smith.

Proof that I don't understand the world anymore. Guns sales in the USA jumped UP after the mass shooting in Colorado last Friday! Crosses off the USA as a destination on my holiday list.

This day was memorable. A hour sitting in the warmth of the winter sun with an intelligent and insightful person for company. Meeting such people awakens the grey matter so often abused by mediocrity.

A chilly night - a bottle of aged Port - some dark thoughts rattling around the corners of the brain - life is good.

Last thing you want with a spasming lower back? -> hay-fucking-fever ! I blame my parents for passing along their poor genetics.

Holidays - wooo hooo - got to love them.

Each day is new.

Each day can have a different ending.

Concussion (day 2) isn't such a great feeling.

Concussion is such a surreal feeling with it's out of body experience. The real bummer is the blistering headache when reality intrudes again.

I don't recommend alcohol become involved in any intense situation as it does cloud the ability to determine a correct decision.

But a bottle of nice Penfolds Cabernet Sauvignon during a period of relaxing calm sure is a mellow way to round off a long day.

Don't you just love it when someone comes to work sick and proceeds to spread the germs around!!! I hate having the flu!!!

to beard or not to beard, that be the question: so many opposing views on whether a beard is an attractive addition to a male's face - especially when mine turned out white - oh well maybe a casual job as Santa during the Christmas rush might be a fun this year!

okay running a quick poll here - which is worse - cockroaches or leaches? both seem to run shivers down people's spines - but after tonight I am sure saying leaches - took forever to stop the blood and now I have jeans and sock soaking to remove all the blood - damned bloody sucking worms!

Another cracked rib! Playing a sport for fitness should be considered a health hazard! Worst aspect of cracked ribs is not being able to sleep properly. Damn it!

Proud to be an Aussie today and every other day.

Standing four deep lining the ANZAC march route in strong winds was amazing. Each year the community bonds more to commemorate this ocassion. To have family marching makes the event that much more enjoyable and memorable.

Was woken about 3am last night by a group of drunk youths walking down the street shouting and swearing. The disturbing aspect to the incident was the shouting was Nazi slogans such as "hiel hitler" and anti-Jewish remarks. All this in the week before ANZAC Day. Rung the police and they remarked that a lot of compliants had been received but the group was yet to receive a priority within the existing incidents the police had on their database. This world never ceases to surprise me.

I thought money was the root of all evils before entering CM. Now my line of thought tends to be that anonymity is the root of all evils within the cyber domains. Faceless persons bent on malicious behaviours as they perceive that the real world is persecuting or oppressing them are the real evil to those that come online to enjoy the freedom of expression of their experiences and thoughts. Anonymity does not absolve you from morals and ethics expected by normal social rules. Grow up trolls, hackers and players. The world is not against you, your own mind is against you and nothing is anonymous in the cyber-world. Everything you do leaves a footprint if people truly want to find you.

Pouring down rain today. A guy at work still insisted on doing a field inspection at the far end of the site. So raingear on and off I go for the meeting. About three quarters of the way I was soaking wet and suddenly my hamstring cramped up. Middle of nowhere hopping around like someone had lit a fire under my arse. Laughing was the only remedy as it must have looked hiliarious. And yes, I did get to the meeting, late but still got there. I hope everyone else had the fortune to have a belly laugh today.

Ever felt like a round peg trying to fit into a square hole? My realisation is that being unique and an individual is sometimes not comfortable but it sure beats the alternative.

Yesterday was full of set-backs and un-resolved complications on my current work projects. Frustration and tired after seven hours chasing an idea that never really suited reality.

At the end of the day, to have the boss walk into my office and shut the door seemed like another bout of bad news. Surprisingly, it turned out to be a private message of appreciation for a successful year of out-achieving. The news of scoring the highest grades in the performance review was well received. It may not result in any money nor promotion but it is the recognition of the effort that most pleased me.

Which reminded me to thank all those that have helped me this last year. The smiles generated have promoted a new positive attitude towards solving these outstanding issues.

Good luck people with being successful this week in achieving your goals.

Power is the ability to look someone directly in the eyes without wavering.

Power is having the confidence to smile and know that the other person will respond with a bigger smile.

Such power is only gained once a person acknowledges their own strengths and weaknesses and can find the tolerance and wisdom not to pre-judge others but to accept the variances that the world holds.

Optimism is simply opening your mind to new opportunities to experience and enjoy life.

Has the world become so bogged down in political correctness that no one wants to risk the consequences of saying the truth anymore? Society has become a risk adverse majority with the true thinkers and motivators becoming so rare that they may actually be placed on the endangered list soon.

The back story behind Midnight Oil's (rock band) playing on the back of a truck in front of the Exxon building in New York City after the Valdez environmental disaster. The point that makes me chuckle is how the record companies could contribute to the Police "funds" and effectively be "allowed" to perform. Got to love how "gifts" rule not just 3rd world countries but even the land of freedom and democracy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1HWripf6zE

Loyalty is priceless.

R.I.P. Trix 1998-2012

The slipper is now resting.

I flicked a switch today - nothing happened - oops.

Surreal - that was my day - I really have not felt connected to reality all this day - I can't tell yet if that lack of connection is a good or a bad thing - maybe tomorrow I may be able to judge from a better perspective - but at the moment, this surreal mindspace is creating some disturbing/enlightening/dark concepts that are tempting me oh so wickedly.

Valentine'sDay may have slipped into the embraces of consumerism but it sure is a special day when people receive a gift given with love and smile from the heart. I just wish people smiled from the heart everyday without the need for gifts.

So tired. But life is like this sometimes. Time to kick myself in the rump and attack life again.

And a big thank you for those few that have left me smiling recently.

"Plant native trees." "Attract the native birds." "Be one with your natural environment." All those oh so politicially correct narratives we have to endure in today's mass media.

Fact of life is that now I have a swollen foot from accidently stepping on three bees that were so ladden with pollen (from above mentioned native bottlebrush) that they couldn't even fly out of the grass. And yes I was bare foot but why have grass if you can't walk barefoot across it!

Ice, pain relief and a commitment to go find some bug spray tomorrow. Maybe.

Recommended reading/viewing - The girl with the dragon tattoo.

Complex. Fascinating. Mind-food.

Not the usual novel/movie.

Aussies. Stand up and be proud. Hopefully we all continue to value the spirit of giving a mate a hand in times of trouble and strife.

Physical challenge - can you dislocate the joint between the first and second bones on your second toe when opening a fridge door?

And yes, that lunacy when I first awoke this morning sort of set the tone for my whole day.

After shuffling around paperwork for so long, plus managing a (supposedly mature) workforce, it has been nice to feel the soil under my hands and the sun on my back. Gardening brings forth my smiles because I can see I am creating life and being rewarded with their flowers and fruit. A little hard work to achieve these smiles is not really that much hard work really.

When morbid obessity is a valid criteria for a disability parking permit then society is whimping out on the reality of the issue. Walk the extra distance and burn off the excess energy that a person consumes rather than end up desiring a disability parking permit because your knees and ankles can't carry all that excess weight.

Which are you more scared of - snakes - or - ladders? Personnally, I am going with the ladder. Although hitting a small snake, accidently, across the head with a flysquatter when chasing a wasp probably was rather unfortunate. That little bugger sure was pissed off. And yes the wasp escaped.

Summer. Better late than never.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hCZuYzNujI

Watched the rescue of three people this afternoon. They were swimming in the surf about two hundred meters from a patrolled area. A rip caught them and washed them onto rocks. Unfortunately, one failed to be resuscitated. The efforts of the life guards saved the other two. Those life guards risked themselves on those rocks to save people they don't know.

Be sensible. Swim in conditions suited to your abilities and between the flags.

Fresh local prawns and chilled beer.

This morning, I watched a white rabbit eat a cob of corn.

In the immortal words of Snoopy - "It is what it is."

Stood outside in a storm this evening.

Lightning flashed. Thunder sounded. Rain hammered. Winds pushed.

http://www.stregaswo...tuff/track3.wma

thought 31 for 2011 - when pulled in many directions, pushed from others, with all the contraints of time, money and societies expectations, all those pressures strip a person down to their naked core - to show either their strength or their flaws - I grow stronger each day - do you?

thought 30 for 2011 - it's official, the Bureau of Meterology has announced that Sydney got 45 minutes (yes minutes) of sunshine during this last working week! I am starting to feel like vampyrism might be a new lifestyle! And yes the rains continue ...

thought 29 for 2011: intelligence - the most under-rated force

rage - that fire within us that has such intensity - such a "true" emotion

thought 28 for 2011: do you remember the anticipation of Christmas eve as a kid? or was it the anticipation of visiting the dentist that you remember more? anticipation ... the building ... that escalation ... such a delicious pleasure ... a pleasure that can be manipulated in skilled hands

thought 27 for 2011: it is not what you know ... but who you know ... (so fucking true)

spare a thought for these poor buggers ... five runners burnt by grass fire whilst competiting in an ultramarathon in the middle of nowhere (Kunanurra being in West Australia in the remote far north-east) ... I hope they are receiving the best possible medical attention ...

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/newshome/10180061/fire-traps-ultramarathon-runners-in-gorge/

thought 26 for 2011: I feel myself fracturing ... different expectations ... differing goals ... pressures to be more than one ... so the process begins to compartmentalise my mind and life

thought 25 for 2011: to hold in your hands, the freely given, total trust of another is a powerful experience .. which opens the mind and expands the strength of a person

thought 24 for 2011: after spending the last eight days visiting a hospital at least three times each day, I can honestly say that the medical profession is no longer a noble cause ... it has degenerated into a profit centred industry with Doctors not caring about the individual just about how much their bank balance is inflating

Just when you think you know what to expect from life, everything goes pear shaped and you have to re-adjust your thinking and the expectations of your future.

I am an optimistic soul though and will smile through any adversity but still be frustrated by what fate/karma/the lords above dictate as my future.

thought 23 for 2011: sometimes it is as simple as having a "need"

thought 22 for 2011: be sane and recognise what is the boundary between fantasy and reality both realms have great potential to make people content and sated if lived properly

thought 21 for 2011: some days are gems, some days are disasterous, but tomorrow is a new day (lmao ... especially just after my birthday) ... and I planned to make my tomorrow fantastic ... and thanks people that did wish me the happiest of birthdays, I value you all

thought 20 for 2011: is life meant to be full of false promises and unrealistic expectations?

thought 19: 

there  is a special magic in some of the simplier aspects of life ...

rain falling on a tin roof

thunder resounding around a valley

and the whiteness of lightning

thought 18 for 2011

(and yes I know I have been absent for a while in the updating)

the simpliest things are often the most hard to achieve ... when did you last smile without restraint and found life to be that little bit happier?

thought 17 for 2011:

"The air’s so heavy
It could drown a butterfly
If it flew too high"

yes I have ripped off the lyrics of grace potter and the nocturnals ... but it is a little bit of gold in a boring world of sameness

thought 16 for 2011:

I admit my moral compass sometimes does not point true north ...

and I do not judge those that want to live their alternative livestyles ...

but some people do need reality checks when they think malicious and hurtful behaviours make them feared and respected

grow balls and earn respect and admiration from deeds of value not from lurking in the scum of the pond

thought 15 for 2011:

you are born an individual ... don't conform to people's expectations otherwise you become a part of the masses ... strive to be yourself and achieve the goals you set yourself

thought 14 for 2011:

"Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not
giving the kiss the attention it deserves."
Albert Einstein

thought 13 for 2011:

so when did the CM multiroom videochat forums become the property of a few individuals? They really must think they own them with their poor behaviour and derogatory comments to others. It is a part of the maturing process that those that want to be have to beat their own chest to make sure others know of their presence? In the end though, I make a few comments, I abhore abuse language and profanities in an open setting and have no need to "make my bones".
So for those that like such "bullish" behaviour I say good luck with that but in the future look constantly over your shoulder as the new breed will copy your ways. So be accepting that in the future you will definitely receive what you have dished out in the past.

Plus I always believe it costs little, and it pays well, to be nice to others.

thought 12 for 2011:

never argue with idiots as they drag you down to their IQ level and win through drawing on a lifetime of experience at that level

thought 11 for 2011 :

does it really matter if the world is flat or round?

it isn't worth killing each other if we disagree

thought 10 for 2011 is not mine, so I credit Nickelback and ask the you please watch the youtube music video and take a moment to think about what you are doing in this world ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IUSZyjiYuY&feature=related

thought 9 for 2011:

so many people pay good money to visit a Doctor (general practioner) and yet do not heed their advice ...

more money than sense?

(also a waste of the Doctors time)

thought 8 for 2011:

nature is a raw elemental force ... mankind continues in its quest to tame nature ... but the floods in Queensland prove mankind still has a lot to learn from mother nature

even if people cannot live in harmony, we should be trying to make peace with mother nature and listen to her

thought 7 for 2011:

there is a faint line between humilation and abuse ... and if you don't see that line you certaintly don't know your play partner or don't have the skill required to humilate ... either way you should NOT be playing ... abuse should not be toleranted nor condoned.

rule 6 for 2011 (and it is really simple but many find it so hard):

Be honest.

With yourself and with others.

rule 5 for 2011:

everyone wants/needs to be special, unique, an individual ... which is against societies expectations of conformity of the populus ...

so applaud those that seek to be independent persons and give them the respect they deserve by interacting with them on an individal basis ...

don't mass email ... don't cut and paste generic thoughts ... don't use familiarites with people you don't know ...

I shall always respect those that seek a path different

rule (ponder) 4:

if roses are red and violets are blue, why is the world full of grey?

rule 3 for 2011:

what you put into life ... (be it energies, karma, good vibrations et al) ... is what you get out of life ... be positive (in mind, body and soul) and it will be returned

rule 2 for 2011:

don't over think ... sometimes it just is what it is

rule 1 for 2011:

create do not destroy

Happy New Year ... I hope this year for you is free of funerals, has no natural disasters and that you bust a rib or two laughing ... go for gold in 2011 good people

is it just my exhaustion or has the level of chat in CM rooms slipped into moronic cyber and rote greetings?

I aim to challenge my brain in CM chats ... and yet fresh concepts are getting fewer and fewer.

Anyway ... on the positive side of life ... Christmas is here ... let us all live in peace and harmony for at least this one day ... and strive to make peace and harmony last more than just this Christmas Day

My sincere best wishes that you and your loved ones enjoy the day.

a year ending ... some chapters in life ending ... yet time continues for those remaining ... with the new year I shall change ... life is a constant challenge and to survive we must adapt

quality of life is a key ... don't bitch and moan about your circumstances ... someone is always going to be worse off than you ... pick yourself up off the ground and emulate my example ... adapt and prosper

we all live in a yellow submarine ... a yellow submarine ...

must be all this heat and rain ... my brain is starting to rot from the inside out ... it is a catchy song though

company credit cards are great ...

until the accounts people start chasing for invoices and delivery documents ....

damn you paperwork ...

damn you

The mind can’t see it, can’t understand it and therefore reacts to the unknown with fear. But if your soul is crying out for something more, it is sending out an alert to you that there IS more. Remember, we are not a body with a soul, we are a soul with a body ~CS Lewis.

what type of person are you .....

do you play the games that you are good at to show others that you win all the time and lap up their adulations?

or do you find a game that you aren't so good at and enjoy the challenge of improving over time?

the actions of a person do speak louder than their own words

the intricacies of the female mind continue to amaze and bewilder me

consistancy ...

I know people have moods that make them a little different in their attitudes from day to day ... but when people swing from one extreme to another in the space of a few days I start to wonder about why the variations ...

sitting back and being an observer for a while is way too undervalued ... being outside and looking in does bring new perspectives ...

consistancy is the key for me when I interact with others ... hopefully people value my lack of mood swings  ...

I wish for peace in your heart and parties in your minds good people

sitting in the shallow surf yesterday was a time of peace and contemplation ... waist deep in refreshing gentle waves ... the sinking feeling as the sand errodes away from underneath you ... the laughter of others around enjoying the beach on a sunny day ...

life is short and yesterdays worries are the past, so be careful to enjoy the now

A bushwalk through a rainforest is never really a complete experience without a leech ... or two ... maybe three ... shit it was a whole family of those bloodsuckers ... a little salt and some patience made my world parasite free again.

I wish a little salt and patience rid the whole world of parasites but we aren't that lucky ... especially those of those that are indebted to banks ... they even rank above lawyers nowadays.

Peace and great bushwalks good peoples.

I am no GreenPeace groupie ... I have worked in the Timber Industry, manufactured equipment for Underground Coal Mines and Airports and currently on a Chemical Refinery ... I think I am only missing Nuclear before GreenPeace totally strikes me off their Christmas Card list ... but I am constantly amazed at how consumer driven people are becoming ... does every occassion need an expensive and disposal gift rather than something small with meaning attached? does everything have to come blemish free and waxed to artifically shine ... or ripened via chemical vapour baths rather than on a tree?

I do value a simplier life when I picked my apples from the tree at the orchard and people did value their backyard vegetable patches ... winks even if it was just chokos ... lol

may everyone think before they consume

currently in Australia there is a story in the mass media about a football player simulating a sexual act with a real dog ... even drunk you would have to stop and think about how wrong doing such an act is ! ... and yet the football club wants to "spin" the story into the issues surrounding social media (such as twitter, facebook, etc) exposing the private lives of people by publishing photos taken in the heat of the moment ... my opinion is if a person is like that when in private when people have cameras around then it is not truly a private situation so keep your penis in your pants and behave appropriately.

I'm so hot right now ...
a sun-burn should be named after me

has social networking challenged people to want to become popular? when success is measured in "friends", then for me it is time to take a step back and wonder where does "quality" come into the equation ... hundreds of generic "hiya how are you?" pale when compared with the quality of "hiya, did you enjoy the xxxeventxxx yesterday?" ... I will stick with my philosophy of learning about a person and knowing them in some depth before calling them a friend

life has a definite expiration

between our birth and our death is what defines us in the memories of those that continue to live

it is not up to me to define who I am ... it is up to me to see what I am in the reflections of eyes of the special people around me

Ataturk had led and inspired the Turkish forces at Gallipoli.

"Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives, you are now lying in the soil of a friendly country. Therefore rest in peace.
"There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets where they lie side by side here in this country of ours.
"You the mothers who sent their sons from far away countries, wipe away your tears.
"Your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace.
"Having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well."

The quotation is inscribed on a memorial named after Ataturk on the Gallipoli peninsula, which was opened in 1985 to mark the 70th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings.

change is often gradual and not perceived until reflection makes us aware that the present is not the same as the past

at other times change is forced upon us like a billycart going downhill with no brakes ... you either bail out ... or grit your teeth and brace yourself to continue the ride until the very end

today it is my decision to ride this damned billycart to its conclusion ... and embracing the changes with an open mind, heart and soul

good luck everyone with your own adventures

some days are held in the memory like gold ... others like dust ... but the trick is to move forward in life no matter whether your past is filled with gold or dust

after this days dismissal events and the dust of the last three months ... the balance of the cosmic karma means gold is headed my way soon

enjoy life people, it isn't a dress rehersal