Monthly Archives: May 2012

How Not To Lose Your Mind

Posted on May 27, 2012 by Anthony

Happiness ruled and unabashed joy was the order of the day this week, when we at OP read research published in Science Daily showing that continued learning delays mental deterioration. Who knew? To think it’s that easy. So I set about assessing … Continue reading →

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*Trickle Up or Trickle Down… Defying Gravity

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Anthony

‘Same policies, different managers,’ used to pretty much sum up Oz politics in recent years. Not any more though. Polarisation is on a roll. Problem is, in a post Cold War world, terms like Left and Right no longer mean a whole … Continue reading →

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Perils of a stop over in Bangkok

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Anthony

My wife has an obsession. Any time there’s a washing machine within her control she has to use it. So, when we arrived, sleepless, at the apartment we’d booked in Bangkok as a stopover on our way home from Madrid, Marie disappeared … Continue reading →

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