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How I deleted facebook #deletefacebook

It took about 9.5 months to delete myself from Facebook. Luke Skywalker deleted Facebook on the same day. I am in good company. The original StarWars came out the year I was born. Somehow my sisters convinced our whole family to go. I lasted till Darth Vader and spent the rest of the time in […]

Thank you.

For the past six months I have been wading through a swampish malaise of discontent. Despite my blog or Instagram feed. I am an intensely private person. I tend to sit apart at social gatherings and am fond of letting people come to me. However, my quagmire has left me to confide in people I […]

RIP Rikki

2019 still wags it’s tail. Some sobering news today. One of my Chief Engineers passed away in Antarctica earlier this week. Rikki was the first Chief who had been younger than me although you would not know it. He had a penchant for wearing some extravagant shirts. His knowledge of birds was second to none. […]

Bohemia(ns)

I went to Prague for the weekend. It was amazing, I will share some videos and pictures at some point. I am currently reintegrating myself with reality. Current mood. I feel like I went to heaven for three days and I had to leave prematurely. All I can think about is how do I get […]

Some music

I am actually writing a rather large blog post at the moment. But until then you can listen to this mix my by Wife to tide you over. Listen to Funky house mix September 2019 by Anna Quayhttps://soundcloud.com/anna123456789012345/funky-house-mix-september-2019 I also recorded this a couple of weeks ago,

The 42 Step Program. Step one

The past 42 years has been a slow accumulation of wisdom. In 2016 I started planning for a 42nd Birthday party which went off in January of this year. Turns out if you concentrate on anything for a long period of time. It comes to pass. Reinvigorated from a poignant ceremony of sorts and released […]

Writing about Writing

Hellooooooo. I thought I would quickly write something about the things I have been writing about. Currently in draft purgatory. I am currently Mid Atlantic near the Bermuda triangle. I am almost three months into my Facebookless experiment. There are a lot of interesting benefits to starving yourself from that monster. Skynet is already here […]

Experiment Findings

Today affords me the opportunity to log back into Facebook and I’m not in a hurry to do so. In a nutshell. I missed the whole awful tragedy that unfolded in New Zealand being simulcast on Facebook. I have more time in my day. My relationships have improved. I feel happier and lighter. On the […]

My Day in L.A

As promised. I touched down about 11am. I was bemused. I do have to give America a bit of a bouquet as passport formalities were as smooth as I have seen. The grumpiest border control person on offing took his time to have some chit chat with me which was not at all invasive. I must […]

24 Hours in Los Angeles

I am currently lying down in the Air New Zealand lounge writing. My Facebook starvation diet continues to surprise me. More about my 3 step program on the 1st of April. Zero Fools. My travel itinerary has afforded me about 24 hours in LA with a night in a Hotel. Past layovers have usually been a […]