Nineteen Sixty Four (The Blog) is a collection of random thoughts, comments and adventures from my life, opinions are my own and are not to be confused with the thoughts in my head or written elsewhere, trademarks are similarly not mine (except for the ones that ARE mine) and are used within the context of the stories being told. Some of these stories are as I remember them, others may be spiced up to keep the reader engaged… you can choose what to believe or not…
Sometimes plans change, I'm not really sure why this is, external and internal forces often mean things you planned to do get delayed, postponed (often indefinitely) or simply don't seem to be the right thing anymore. It is dissappointing when you realise that some of...
When I first bought my place in Tassie I never gave any thought as to how I would actually afford to build anything, back in 2007 the plan was to sit back and wait until something changed (a lotto win possibly) well after 9 years and a lot of challenges I have had the...
Future Predictions - Robert M. Goldman MD, PhD, DO, FAASP - In 1998, Kodak had 170,000 employees and sold 85% of all photo paper worldwide. Within just a few years, their business model disappeared and they went bankrupt. What happened to Kodak will happen in a lot of...
This week I was given the Facebook challenge to 'share a song from your teens' everyday for seven days... music had always been such a big part of my life that the challenge seemed easy. Every generation would claim that the music they listened to was the best and for...
I had always enjoyed soup, it didn't even need to be winter before I found myself reaching for a good soup option either as a starter or a light meal at the end of a busy day. While visiting Tassie recently two different but really tasty soups found their way onto my...