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You have no right to not be offended

A friend of mine had a discussion with me during the week about free speech. He tried to get me to understand that sometimes suppressing free speech was a good thing. Some people might get offended at the words someone … Read more …

Negotiating for a car

As I’ve been writing about recently, I’m in the process of getting a BMW. I’ve been looking at various high performance models within a strict budget based on what I’d get from selling the 4WD plus a bit extra, but … Read more …

It brought a tear to my eye

I woke up this morning to find a new trailer for the upcoming Star Wars movie, which I watched with a sense of excitement. It was 1977 when Star Wars first came out, and I wasn’t allowed to see it … Read more …

On this day 4 years ago

I opened Facebook this morning and at the top there was a notification of a new feature showing what I’ve posted on this day in years past. The first one was ‘on this day last year’, but then I also … Read more …

Don’t ever stop

Last night I sat up in bed at midnight and wrote 200 crappy words because I knew that I had to. I learned a long time ago that if you want to succeed at something, you need to keep at … Read more …

What’s your purpose

One of the greatest challenges of modern times is to work out what our purpose in life is. It used to be that our purpose was to breed in order to further the human race, and hopefully to stay alive long … Read more …

Say “Hell Yeah!” or say no

If you’re not saying “Hell yeah!” to something or someone, then say no. Too many people get caught up in the grey area of ‘maybe’. If you’re not enthusiastic and excited about something or someone, then you’re not interested. Move … Read more …

Life itself is a gift to us

We didn’t earn any of the things that really keep us alive, or that make life good. We didn’t earn air. We didn’t earn being born. We didn’t earn our conception. We didn’t earn being able to breathe. We didn’t … Read more …

Giving away websites as gifts

Over at Web Design 4 You I design websites for people, businesses and organisations. From today I’ve changed the business model so that instead of setting a fixed price for my web design services, I’m giving completed websites as gifts. … Read more …

Living a life without purpose

One of the things I saw when I visited  Shanghai, China in 2011 was a lot of people standing by the side of the road. Lots of roads. They were just standing there. Not looking at anything or anyone, not … Read more …

Back home from the holiday

It was a brief holiday my wife and I had, traveling up to Sydney yesterday for the Bruce Springsteen concert, staying overnight, and coming back home today. Just like the concert was, it was a wild and wonderful ride. We … Read more …