2024
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Some more about me
Recently I was interviewed for an article, about me, that was posted on our company website. Me. I’ve only been there a year! Apparently they must think I’m very interesting (which I am, to me). I was, of course, able to provide more dazzling insights into my suave and considered life – if you are…
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Six Thousand
07/05/26: This post is a lie. I have no idea why it said I had 6000 posts when I have just over 3000 (I have deleted some recently but not that many!) Still, numbers aside, it’s still mostly valid. This is my 6,000th post. Almost 1.5 million words and counting. It’s a bit bonkers really.…
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The thing about Bluey
Being a parent is hard. It’s also rewarding, fun, tiring, expensive, and I wouldn’t change it for the world!… but it can be really overwhelming to have so much responsibility. You spend every single day making decisions for this tiny human who has no conception of what he’s doing most of the time, he’s just…
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1 year at Allied
It’s been a year since I returned to the world of the salaried, and to working in an office (three days a week) and I’m happy I made the right decision. It’s been a fun, challenging year, but I think I’ve made the transition well; it’s been an adjustment for sure but I knew that,…
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Plans and goals and things
My life is on hold.My plans have wavered.My dreams are simpler.My hopes are vivid.My goals have shifted. As parents, Becca and I are well aware that it’s easy to lose yourself in the day to day of caring for our son. The weeks collapse on each other, and before you know it June has arrived.…
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25 Years
25 years A long, long time agoI can still remember how that musicUsed to make me smileAnd I knew if I had my chanceThat I could make those people danceAnd maybe they’d be happy for a while American Pie by Don McLean I can sing many songs (badly) word for word, the full version of…