Posted in Rick's Posts on Feb 29th, 2008
As the year comes round again it is time once more for the Fringe Festival to hit Adelaide. As last year, we made a point of catching the Street Theatre and Buskers Competition. I have always enjoyed street shows as they aren’t polished, yet require a degree of skill not needed in the controlled environment [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Feb 27th, 2008
This is where I live. Credit to Sir Elton this time.
We have finally settled into our new house, and many IKEA trips later, have added our personal touches. You may remember that my main grumble with the previous house was that it was a sea of beige and grey. It was depressingly dull and we [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Feb 25th, 2008
Apologies for the downtime, but this blog is back in business again. On the 19th Feb we took possession of the keys to our new residence. We’re still renting but the new house immediately feels more like “home” than the old place ever did. It reminds me of the terrace in Hawkesbury Road we occupied, [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Feb 22nd, 2008
This is just a very brief note to say that this site hasn’t been updated for a few days and won’t receive attention again until at least the 25th Feb. This is while we move house and because our broadband hasn’t been reconnected. Normal service will be resumed shortly ….
Posted in BodyPump on Feb 18th, 2008
Credit to Fall Out Boy for this one, and before any berates my choice, remember it could have been a lot worse.
Shortly after arriving here I bemoaned my decision not to bring some mementos with us. My point was that inconsequential items acquired during life often have significance and stimulate associated memories. Tonight I found [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Feb 16th, 2008
One of the nurses had the following as a ringtone on her phone. Unlike most novelty ringtones which are irritating beyond belief, this one actually amused me.
A fuller transcript is as follows:
Hello. Welcome to the Psychiatric Hotline.
If you are obsessive-compulsive, please press 1 repeatedly.
If you are co-dependent, ask someone to press 2 for you.
If you [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Feb 13th, 2008
Last month I commented on my impressions of the Australian psyche and was requested by Vicki:
… don’t write us off just yet. Now we have “King Kevin” . I’m hoping he can turn things around for us on the world stage and we once again give people a “fair go”.
Today her words were vindicated as [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Feb 11th, 2008
Having moved to the Royal Adelaide Hospital has exposed me to some of the more newsworthy trauma patients in the state. All of the MVA, that’s code for car crash, victims, stabbings and shootings wind up on our unit. Just as an example, in just the past 2 days, the following shooting victim, trapped [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Feb 9th, 2008
Today was my first proper day on the shop floor at my new placement. Although it wasn’t that busy I’ve still come home drained physically and mentally. I’ve been through this before and recognise the signs of fatigue.
February will be a month of upheaval. We move out of Brown Street soon, have to settle in [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Feb 6th, 2008
Today was my first day in a new job. Having settled into a comfortable rut at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital I was a little apprehensive about moving to a busier unit at the Royal Adelaide Hospital.
We had the usual dreary induction lectures in the morning before visiting the unit for the most important component of [...]
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