It really is an unfathomable question isn’t it?…
But yet its a reality for many people who are either forced into slavery, or sold into it. If you watch the video you’ll be told that slavery is at an all time high in the world today, so despite our so called laws, people are still bought [...]
One of the things I have been learning over the last few years is just how little control I actually have over my life.
I think we all like to think we are in control, but really it’s an illusion and we are foolish to think it any different.
Death comes unexpectedly too often, illness strikes, money [...]
Back in February I took on a job for a guy in our local area that I thought was clear and simple. We discussed the two parts of his Retic that needed fixing and I went on to fix them.
When he hadn’t paid two weeks later I dropped in to see if there was a [...]
I have been reflecting again on some of what I read in Tribes by Seth Godin. Essentially its a book about the challenges of innovation, entrepeneurship and creativity in leadership.
Godin is calling people to ‘lead’, to step up and actually choose to be different from the crowd and be a ‘heretic’. What he is meaning [...]
We are on the road again about 200ks out of Port Hedland after spending the last 5 days in Karajini National Park. We lobbed in on Monday around lunchtime and after 50ks on the dirt managed to find the campsite.
Stu and co had managed to find a fantastic free campsite just outside the national park [...]
The Slap
I’ve been reading ‘The Slap’ by Christos Tsiolkas, a novel I heard about a few years ago and have been hoping to get a hold of.
The story revolves around a group of friends present at a party where one ‘dad’ actually hits the 3 year old from another family and we are then drawn [...]
On Saturday morning we hit the road again.
It’s been 8 months since we came back from the big lap and we are all ready for the break. Strangely last week was one of my busiest for the year so I finished it exhausted. We had planned to meet my good mate Stuart Wesley and family [...]
One of my blog readers sent this thru today. Looks like it could be a great flick!
Its only being shown online so you will need to go here if you want to see it. Its got my curiosity piqued!
Three years of running my own business has taught me a lot and it has made me much more perceptive of how others run their businesses. In the last month I have experienced both the best and worst of small business and the good has inspired while the bad has been a reminder how easy [...]
Over the last 12 months Danelle and I have increasingly considered homeschooling as a way to go with our kids. To be honest, its been more Danelle than me as I don’t want to get too involved practically, but recently we made the decision to give it a shot for the second semester of 2010.
Its [...]