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  • The Journey of the Sensitive Man

    The Journey of the Sensitive Man

    The separation from the patriarchy began i think at age eight. After breaking my arm, i lived with an uncle and aunt who got on so well that the household was absolutely peaceful. Then i went back home to my parents’ extraordinarily sad relationship and realised that something was terribly terribly wrong there. My parents’…

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  • Ikigai Regained? The joy of writing

    Having lost yet another role, which this time was a technical writing role (as opposed to the training one previously), I am…writing. Although I’ve written blogs previously, it’s not a blog. Nor for those that do follow me, not poetry although the muse is yet to visit me. But the muse will. A revamped novel.…

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  • When Ikigai Fails – Training in Isolation

    When Ikigai Fails – Training in Isolation

    For me, my Ikigai has failed me. And yet what is my Ikigai answers the four factors that makes Ikigai. And what undoes my Ikigai is a fifth factor – isolation and irrelevancy. Ikigai in its English translation is doing: As I say in my course introduction, I get paid to learn new things and…

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  • why the patriarchy is a cult

    Unfortunately this will recur. Again. Whether it is the murder of yet another women by her partner. Or whether it is the rape of a young girl by teenagers. Or whether it is AFL players having too good a time. Most likely the murderer will be brought to justice. More unlikely will be the rapist.…

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  • Another AFL Off-Field Win – Another loss for women

    I remember years ago being at my then wife’s friends’ place. Watching TV. A documentary. About the fall and rise of Ben Cousins. And every so often her friends would coo, Poor Ben. And I’m watching thinking I know what’s going to happen. Nothing will change. And nothing did. That was fifteen or so years…

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  • Beta Testing a Lifelike Simulation

    Beta Testing a Lifelike Simulation

    All I want is one thing – only that one thing – to go wrong and not be followed by yet another…

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