Author: Andrew Whalan
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Is This The Most Boring Opposition Ever?
Politically, I always thought it was the role of the Government to bore the electorate to death. And then be re-elected. But, and especially of late, that role has been taken on by the Opposition. As posted yesterday, it was the asylum seeker debate. Now it is the AWU scandal which dominated Parliament yesterday with allegations that […]
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Tony and Julia : Put Out The Welcome Mat We Need More People Like This!
As a political junkie, the most boring issue for me is how both sides of politics treat asylum seekers. Nothing ever changes except the number of boats and sadly the death toll. Both sides treat asylum seekers as a law and order issue. Abbott on a regular basis decries them as illegal which is incorrect.The […]
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Men Shopping with Women : The Unwritten Taboo
I wrote before about being a stylist in training for my partner. And I had my successes and mainly failures. But I learnt lots. Especially about shoes. I now know good quality from bad. I know what does and doesn’t work fashion wise. And still stumble and fall. But unwittingly I stumbled on a taboo […]
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Whatever You Do: Don’t Sit Down!
I don’t stand outside the dress or shoe shop when my partner enters. I follow her in. It is the option of least boredom. I feel quite silly hanging out like I’m loitering with intent or stalking or something. But it has some advantages. One or two occasions I chose a dress or coat which […]
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The Happiness Test
After a break up I was asked what happened! Here are the questions that match the answers: Do I make the other person happy? Does the other person make me happy? Do I want to make the other person happy? Does the other person want to make me happy?
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The Empathy Gene
Several years ago, my three year old son asked me the question I will never forget. “Daddy, are you happy?” And that time, my marriage had completely disintegrated. I wasn’t happy. Almost silenced, I think I said yes. But he knew I wasn’t happy. I mean how could he know? Why would he ever ask? Did I father […]
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Father and Daughter : Spiders and Cobwebs
Yesterday when I got home from work I couldn’t check my post box or even open my front gate. My way was blocked. By a little girl standing in front of my house. Who of course was no threat. She didn’t even notice I was there. She was busy staring quite intently at the front […]
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Kokoda: Courage, Endurance, Mateship and Sacrifice
Not as regularly as I should, I travel to and then walk Melbourne’s Kokoda Track Memorial Walk (1000 Steps) at Ferntree Gully at the foot of the Dandenong Ranges. In the last few months, the track has been refurbished and renovated. Now at the entrance to the track is a memorial recording the Kokoda Track’s history covering […]
Andrew James Whalan 