Category: Journal
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First world problems. Part 2.
I recently wrote about our problems after our existing gas heater stopped working: The painful stink of obsolescence. Recap: we have now spent over $15,000 replacing the entire system after a non-replaceable $200 circuit board died (and new models are no longer compatible with our existing ducting). Because: engineered redundancy. Well, the new heating &…
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Coffee and a short walk.
A short journal entry. Because nothing is happening. Still shaking off the last stubborn mucoid residues of my flu. Coffee at Double Shot cafe in Deakin. It was a cold morning and we sat outside. By butt-hopping our way down a row of vacant stools, we managed to snag a single shaft of sunlight for…
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Walk to Mt Taylor.
I have the flu and I am a man. I will leave the diagnosis up to you. I have not posted for a while. As if in cosmic retribution for getting all cocky and self-congratulatory for not getting sick whilst in a week’s isolation with COVID Kelly, I woke up on Monday with a sore…
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When Time Slows Down.
You may have heard someone recount a harrowing story where the events seemed to unfold around them in syrupy slow motion. You may have had such an experience yourself. I have. Such moments of altered perception are known as Time Expansion Experiences (TEEs). I have always thought that they were just the way we remembered…
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MK Ultra.
I first heard about MK Ultra when listening to a Joe Rogan podcast a couple of years back, and immediately threw it in my cognitive wastepaper basket as being yet another fringe conspiracy theory. Into the loony bin with you. But it turns out this improbable and implausible story is totally true. And it all…
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Happy Birthday Kelly.
It’s Kelly’s birthday today. For weeks she has been dropping hints that she wants a new kitchen food mixer. Sorted.
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Anti vaccination protesters and the superheroes.
Over the last week, Canberra has seen significant disruptions to business as usual from a large contingent of anti-vaccination (and anti-vaccination mandates) protesters from all over Australia. Whilst mostly peaceful the protests have at times been disruptive to traffic and businesses, and on occasion, disrespectful, intimidating and abusive towards individuals. Tomorrow they are planning to…
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Are the people you meet in your dreams actually conscious?
OK then. You are dreaming. And you meet this woman.She has a conversation with you, and then she suddenly points across at a mountain you had not noticed up until that very moment. The question is: Who is controlling the behaviours of this dream woman? Why did she suddenly point? Is a part of your…
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