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Another word of the year
Read more: Another word of the yearThe famous potty mouthed English chef has an amusing saying in relation to food preparation: If it’s brown, it’s cooked, if it’s black, it’s fooked! I’d have to suggest that a mild Scottish accent would improve the delivery of the pithy observation. It’s true too, burnt food is not the gourmet ideal, and yet in…
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Mental Gymnastics
Read more: Mental GymnasticsEarlier in the week we’d set aside fifteen minutes to do what was meant to be a simple work task. Due to recent changes, what had once been easy, has become bafflingly complicated. Three quarters of an hour later, the matter had been resolved to a satisfactory conclusion, but we were left shaking our heads…
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Fall on me
Read more: Fall on meTwelve weeks into marriage with Sandra at the tender young age of 25, her mother unexpectedly passed away. Memories from the past become hazy with time, but not that day. My mother, who was always a bit fickle, retired from work around the same time and moved to far northern Queensland. No doubts the beaches…
