My QotD: Change is good. Change is difficult. Whereas underestimating the value and importance of change is hazardous to one's soul and future. Appreciating the fact that change is inevitable is smart thinking. Even if it takes a little time to realise.
Photographs of South Australia
I have a few locations on the internet where I display my South Australia Prints. Most recently I have been uploading a LOT of my landscape, scenery and geography photographs shot around the Adelaide hills and upon Kangaroo Island. I encourage you to check out my many photographs upon Fine Art America gallery to consider... Continue Reading →
The Power of Advertising on Social Media
As a graphic artist, I find advertising of my work upon social media is quite effective. Here is today's example of how much a little self-promotion can work: For the last few hours I have been updating my entire Redbubble Tshirt Collection. This has included editing a few works, changing fonts, adding text-shadows, plus lowering... Continue Reading →
Week of Comments
Here is my latest post-idea, which I really should have started doing MANY years ago. Below are comments I have left on sites around the inter-web. Those sites are linked within the comment below so you are able to go read the article to which it refers. 1. First time visitor to your site -... Continue Reading →
Did I Really ‘Just Fall Over’?
One of my Facebook friends is saying "I fell over" is not much of a story! Whilst it is up there in the top#10 of painful events I've ever endured, I truly wish I could tell it another way. Maybe I should have chosen one of these options: I got hit by low flying Archaeoraptor... Continue Reading →
How to Fail Miserably at Flying
Let me first premise this article with the dialogue from which the title was born: There is an art, it says, or rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. … Clearly, it is this second part, the missing, which presents the difficulties. ~... Continue Reading →
Wanna buy a Baseball Cap?
Do you like baseball caps? I do! For the past 15years I have been collecting baseball caps from souvenir stalls in every town I've visited between Auckland and Adelaide. Plus I have acquired a lot from people who knew I liked them. But times change. I now wear a kangaroo-skin wide-brimmed hat. Why? Because [1]... Continue Reading →
Top 10 Ways to Get your Partner out of Bed
Decided to compile a list of best methods I can get the wife to wake up this morning! At no time were any of these ideas attempted. We have a happy relationship. I'd like to keep it that way.. 1. Airhorn. One blast will put them on the ceiling, the second blast will bring out their... Continue Reading →
15 Reasons To Never Give Up
After a recent tragedy (~someone I had the good fortune to meet several times, and talk with more than a dozen times, took his own life), I decided it was time to post this list as it has often helped me put the whole world into a new perspective. As Long As You Are Alive... Continue Reading →
Can you Solve Restaurant Mathematics?
In the age of internet oddities, there's a quirky trend of blending unrelated elements that sometimes leaves us scratching our heads. One such phenomenon is the world of "Restaurant Mathematics." Picture this: Three friends stroll into a restaurant boasting $10 meals upfront. They dutifully order, pay the bill, and savor their dinner. Yet, as the... Continue Reading →
Dare to be More than Who You are Right Now
About five years ago I had each of these UPPERCASE-quotes printed in 22pt and stuck on my office petition at my government department day-job. It's obviously aimed at a salesman, but can easily be used in anyone's life. DARE TO DO IT AGAIN Always finish your day on a positive. Pick up the telephone again... Continue Reading →
A Photo-Opportunity on New-Years-Eve!
Some days life takes unexpected directions! Last night at 5.14pm I left a message on Twitter and Facebook that read ... "In this heat, leave the house? I ain't going anywhere! Forget the pubs, I am going to enjoy a few drinks at home in front the open fridge." It was 42 degrees for a... Continue Reading →
