My work life is a series of controlled scheduled actions.  My daughter’s birthday provides the opportunity to reflect on the value of unplanned events.

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Social media played a huge part in the response efforts for the recent Queensland floods.  Reflecting back at the amount of time I spent glued to my iPhone, I wonder if the medium plays too large a part in our lives?

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I live on an acre on the river in Ipswich, Queensland.  The value of this statement is much less now than it was 10 days ago.  This is my story.

Very cool comparative satellite imagery between June 2010 and Thursday, 13 January 2011, one day after the peak of the Ipswich flood (click here for map)

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First week into the New Year and I am reminded why I wasn’t doing my resolutions before the first of January.  I’m just not that good at it.  Thankfully, competence is only one aspect of my 70% chance of keeping my commitment.   

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I started my blog 18 months ago with few objectives beyond creative self-expression.  This I have achieved.  As I look back on my posts for the year and compare the number of posts and traffic in each catagaory, I now see a difference between what I want to talk about and what people want to read.

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Movember is theoretically about raising awareness for men’s issues of depression and prostate cancer.  Capturing my photo diary of the experience, I now realise the real purpose is to allow men to answer the facial hair question: “Am I looking good?”

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Movember is about raising awareness for men’s health.  With every man and his black dog sporting lip warmers, the facial feature is now becoming common.  In an attempt to raise the bar as well as some funds for the cause, I offer you a chance to colour my soul patch.

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It’s November, and I am once again growing a moustache as part of work’s Movember initiative.  Truth be told, I hate it.  It itches, no kisses for a whole month, and I look like a 70’s porn star (which I hear so many complain about that I think all people do is watch 70′s porn).  That said, I hate depression even more.

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Having a birthday in June is good, as it presents an opportunity to reflect both as a half-way point through the year and a start of a new age.  This is also my first birthday with a blog.  In the interest of full disclosure, I pause to reflect on the thoughts behind the face looking back at me in the mirror.

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I took part in a collective farewell at a close friend’s memorial last week, gaining a deeper understanding of a woman who lived a selfless life and earned the commendation by many as a saint.  I also came away with a sense that I am just not very good at funerals.  …read more »