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How many animals are dying for us?

There’s been something on my mind lately, about how much meat we’re eating, and how many animals are dying every single day because of our insatiable hunger. It’s phenomenal. I was out at a large restaurant on the weekend, and … Read more …

Welcome to 2017

Happy new year everyone. Wasn’t 2016 an interesting year. I had a great time. How about you? Back in February 2016 I wrote, ‘It’s time to be quiet for a while‘. Looking back now, I see that I did 30 … Read more …

It’s time for a 4WD update

Back in early October I talked about returning to the 4WD life. Here’s a list of cars that we’ve test drove, since the beginning: 2013 Land Rover Discovery 4: While I talked about this in my last post, I never … Read more …

Welcome to the new illusion

I was one of the first to predict that Trump would win the election back in May this year. And it’s quite a nice feeling to have been right. Yesterday I wrote this on Facebook: Everything you thought was right, was … Read more …

Do you respect the police?

A long time ago I used to be a tv news and documentary cameraman. I was involved in this documentary about homeless kids and their relationship with police in a particular area, and both sides were interviewed. One of the … Read more …

Thoughts on writing quality

I was reading something a blogger was writing, about the quality of their writing and how they think about it. This writer analysed everything they wrote prior to publishing, and asked themselves, ‘would anyone want to make a profit from … Read more …

Will Donald Trump become President?

Back in May I said that Donald Trump will be President. It’s now a month out from the election, and I’m not entirely sure he’s going to win. He might. He might not. It’s close. I think he’s said too … Read more …

Returning to the 4WD life

Around this time last year I returned from a holiday into central Australia, visiting Uluru (Ayers Rock) and meandering along the Oodnadatta Track. It was awesome, but it made me feel I didn’t need to do the off-roading any more, … Read more …

I’ll explore a new writing style

One of the things I’ve enjoyed doing with this blog is writing reasonably lengthy posts, at least 500 words. But if nothing much is happening or inspiration fails me, then I just haven’t bothered TRYING to write something. Of course, … Read more …

I finally got a new iPhone

Back in 2008 I bought the Apple iPhone 2. I enjoyed it for a few years, until the Samsung Galaxy Note 1 came out in 2011 with its bigger screen, and I enjoyed that more. So I switched over to it … Read more …

Now the IVF journey begins…

Over the next few weeks my wife starts IVF treatment so she can pop out some babies. Hopefully not too many of them. One will be good. Eventually two. I expect my life to change significantly. It’ll be like the … Read more …