Category: Personal Thoughts
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The Adelaide Gay Pride March 2012
Saturday, I went in the Adelaide Gay Pride March. Some might be surprised by this. I marched in my purple tights, black rara skirt, bright pink “I’m too sexy for my wheelchair” t-shirt and a yellow sequined balaclava. The reading group, that I am in, marched all dressed up with coloured balaclavas in support for…
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“I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul.”*
This morning my wheelchair was taken to be fixed and checked over before going to Black Stump this weekend, so I thought, being stuck in my manual wheelchair not really being able to use my computer effectively, I’ll catch a taxi down to Henley Square on the beach for a coffee while I wait for…
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Things are taking shape
Just got back from a great meeting regarding doing a PhD. Things are starting to take shape, both for the actual topic and the administrative support required to undertake the PhD. This was the second meeting that we have had and the types of subjects we covered were scholarships, application processes, identifying possible co-supervisors or…
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AGOSCI 2011 National Conference – Darryl Sellwood’s Plenary
Well, here it is, the keynote address I presented at the AGOSCI 2011 National Conference held in May. It is in three parts. I will endeavour to get Closed Captions added as soon as possible.
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Black Stump 2009 pt1
It’s been two weeks Black Stump Festival and I haven’t got to writing about it. As usual, it was great to catchup with old friends that I have made over the years of going to Stump and made new ones too. This year it was extremely difficult to come with me to assist me. Many…