Here’s a screen grab from The Age web site today. Is it any wonder we’re all depressed. My kingdom for a good news story!
Archive for May, 2009
Is It Any Wonder We’re All Depressed
Posted in Media, Opinion on May 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Canada Retrospective (Part 3)
Posted in Photography, Travel, tagged Canada, holiday, Niagara, ottawa, Toronto on May 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
To recap, Part 1 saw Carol and me travel from Melbourne to Banff. Part 2 covered Banff to Calgary and has us in a cab to Calgary airport. The flight to Ottawa was uneventful although I get the feeling Air Canada saw us coming when we checked in. We got slugged $100 for excess baggage – [...]
Go Sens
Posted in Sport, tagged AFL, Canada, nhl, ottawa, saints, senators on May 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
About 12 months ago, Ken Fleck gave me a fantastic Ottawa Senators NHL shirt when I was at his place in Ottawa. I reciprocated with a St Kilda jumper signed by Nick Riewoldt and Fraser Gehrig. Here’s the proof I actually wear it, Brother. Looking forward to the pictorial proof from your end.
Technology – I Just Love It
Posted in Red Cross, Technology, tagged iPhone, twitter on May 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I spent a chunk of yesterday Tweeting (is that really a word now?) for Red Cross (www.twitter.com/ausredcross_em), trying to get as much information out there as I could on the Red Cross activities for the Queensland & New South Wales floods. It got me thinking about how things have changed. I first started interacting with [...]
Do Your Research Paul
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Microsoft Word 2007, Wordpress on May 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Anyone who bothers to read my blog entries will know I’ve put a fair amount of work in lately documenting Carol’s and my trip to Canada last year. I used the standard editor in WordPress, and being reasonably new to blogging, didn’t realise there were other (easy) options. In particular, uploading pictures was a real [...]
Canada Retrospective (Part 2)
Posted in Photography, Trains, Travel, tagged Banff, Calgary, Canada, Lake Louise on May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Readers of Part 1 will know that we’d worked our way from Melbourne to Banff. The next morning, I was back at the railway station to see Rocky Mountaineer heading off on its return journey to Vancouver. We were then transferred to our coach for a day trip that turned out to be as equally [...]
Canada Retrospective (Part 1)
Posted in Photography, Travel, tagged Canada, holiday, rocky mountaineer, vancouver on May 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
22 May this year will be exactly 12 months from the day that Carol & I left to go to Canada. I thought I’d blog about that trip. Why? Twelve months on, I wanted to force myself to think about everything we did, because we had such a great time, and truth be known it’s [...]
Red Cross Appreciation
Posted in Red Cross, tagged bushfire, volunteer on May 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Red Cross recently sent out a lapel badge to each of its volunteers in Victoria. Along with the new uniform items and the upcoming afternoon tea with the Governor for those who assisted with the bushfires, they are small but greatly appreciated ways of recognising our volunteers. Well done to the team in North Melbourne.
My Photo On Rocky Mountaineer Web Site
Posted in Photography, Trains, Travel, tagged Canada, holiday, Lake Louise, rocky mountaineer on May 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Carol and I travelled on the Rocky Mountaineer in May 2008, the train that runs through the Rockies between Vancouver and Banff. I submitted one of more than 2,000 photos I took to their photo competition. Didn’t win anything, but was wrapped to find a thumbnail of it on their website last night. Wow! It’s [...]
Toolbox
Posted in Opinion on May 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
People who, through their declarations or actions in the public spotlight, deserve a place in the toolbox. (To be updated regularly.) Matthew Johns Sam Newman John Howard Alan Jones Neil Mitchell Jon Faine Kyle Sandilands Andrew Demetriou Mick Malthouse Ian “Dicko” Dickson Andrew Symons The Chaser gang Gordon Ramsay Tracy Grimshaw
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- Outstanding effort by the @SES_Chelsea gang this afternoon as the front came through. Almost 30 jobs in total. Nice work team. #fb 1 day ago
- No power. #fb 1 day ago
- Loving listening to @saintfrankly on ABC Grandstand doing #grandstand breakfast. SEN without the ads. Sweet! #fb 1 day ago
- Hey @SaintFrankly. what could be more exotic than the animal cage at Moorabbin. Keep up the good work. #grandstand 1 day ago
Chelsea SES
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