Half a lifetime or so ago, I was enrolled in a Master of Arts by thesis course, which I eventually abandoned – hence my proud boast of being a post grad dropout. Nietzsche, Hegel and the End of History all seemed so intriguing to me back then. But this Sunday cartoon strip from Calvin and …
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Grand Final Night 2016!
October 1 2016 was an awesome day. My brother and I went to see the Western Bulldogs play in the AFL Grand Final. Afterwards, we went to the Victoria Hotel in Footscray to celebrate the awesome victory. This picture is from the Channel 7 news footage the following night, where we were briefly shown. A …
I’ve been to Pisa and here is the proof!
I am still getting the hang of this blog. Here is a selfie I took in Pisa in 2016, when I visited it on my first and so far only trip to Italy. When I took a wrong turn and took a while longer to get to the Leaning Tower, I had a ‘wow’ moment …
So, Google Plus was good whilst it lasted….
I am not exactly an early adopter of technology. About six years ago, a colleague suggested, after I finally got an iPhone, that I should join Google +. Prior to that, I had not been on social media – Facebook and Twitter and Snapchat remain undiscovered countries for me. Henceforth, for five and a half …
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Narrow Minded Italian Catholic Conservative Peasant From Footscray
The prompts from the blog platform suggest that I introduce myself. In short, I am several things. Firstly, I am a Narrow Minded Italian Catholic Conservative Peasant From Footscray. I have been describing myself as that for at least the past 15 years or so. This description might not be totally accurate. I am probably …
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Lost For Words! 