I found a series of photo's on an old back-up a few months ago. Which reminded me of my pal Simon. I'm going to post them here so that he can ask me to unpost it. I am quite an annoying old friend. Simon Wilson last seen 2001 I'm not quite sure how old I was, perhaps about 14 or 15, when I made friends with Simon...

After several weeks of intermittent failed attempts I finally managed to get root on my crapass phone. "Getting root" has a different meanings here in Australia but in this case it refers to gaining full control of my telephone operating system. A bizarre idea when I stop and think about it. Just in case there is...

John amongst the flora of his ancient beach John Lee was a friend of mine who died of old age. I say old age but the hospital would tell you it was stroke. John would have told you it was because his body betrayed him. After going for a run this morning I climbed down the 74 steps for a morning swim. The water was...

Time passes and I've removed another iteration of tregeagle.com , there is a hole in the shell and my thoughts keep running through. Some Nerdy History I don't really remember when I first registered tregeagle.com . Sometime around 1999/2000, I think. I first hosted the website on Pair . I wrote my first pages in...

Early this morning as I put my son on the train for a school excursion, I witnessed the propogation of pain. Nothing was meant by it, nobody intended any harm and the cruelty was imperceptible. Children, parents and teachers all crowded on the platform waiting for the infrequent train. The boys were crowded...

So here I am. I have some work to do. Something about a patient/client case study. I am supposed to use the clinical reasoning skills I have been taught. Sort of Sherlock Holmes the nurse. I will be presenting it later in the week. Motivation is an issue. I went home for the weekend. I felt ill, I did my laundry and...

I was just reading about the six conditions that Karl Rogers believes are required for therapeutic personality change. Skipping right over the obscene phrase, "therapeutic personality change" I would like to have-at-it with the second condition, which is not to say I don't have problems with other aspects of the...

Agrippa was feeling petulant, he wanted somebody to feel his frustration. All morning he demanded it but nobody was listening. Then Ben walked walking past the kitchen table with a criticism. He quickly stepped behind the irritating old git and head-butted him between the shoulder blades. With a shout of pain and...

I have yet to read the Flaneur book I gave Suzy. She seemed to enjoy it, I would like to read it before my studies begin again. There really ought to be time in ones life for walking and art. ... Permalink

Mr Dilmah provides the finest leaves of tea, I do enjoy it. I think tea must be the best stimulant available to humankind. It has ben consumed since forever and it has remarkably few adverse effects. Oddly enough it does not appear to do much in the way of stimulation either and yet I am thoroughly addicted to the...

The brass helmet was too small, as the junior firey it was mandatory for me to wear it. On New Years Day each year Sawtell is host to the Sawtell Fun Day. This year I was on the old Garford fire engine with Alan. That's me on the right. We chugged through the high street chucking lollies to the crowd, it has been a...

John on one of his delightful visits in our kitchen A friend of mine died last night, John was an fantastic fellow who lived up Coro Ave. Eighty five years old he was. We became friends after he mentored Choppy and I down on the sand dunes. He was passionate about regenerating the foreshores of our local beach, he...