Posted in Rick's Posts on May 20th, 2012
A slightly sad post this time. Recently, Milly our oldest cat started to lose a lot of weight. She’s never been the stockiest feline so when the weight began to fall off it became very noticeable. The poor cat is a bit skin’n’bone at the moment. Naturally we took her to the vet expecting the [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Apr 28th, 2012
It’s been a while since I ranted about the generally poor standard of driving in this city. Now I’m commuting every day with a 50km round trip, more of the bad habits are becoming obvious. Competitive sheep. Some very strange psychology is at play here. Many drivers seem unwilling to occupy empty stretches of road [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Apr 21st, 2012
Living as we do in a modern Westernised city, it’s easy to forget that Australia is actually quite a wilderness beyond the confines of the electricity grid, water supply and sewerage. There is a strange dichotomy at play which results in very different perspectives amongst the people who live in the respective areas. I’ve encountered [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Apr 17th, 2012
To paraphrase Mark Twain. I acknowledge that this blog has been noticeably quiet over the past few months and that a strong element of negligence has developed. Some people may not have noticed, some may not have minded but to the literally one person who asked RickInOz will receive some attention again. There are a [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Dec 31st, 2011
Hello all. Thank you to everyone who sent us Christmas cards and apologies for not posting one on here. It’s been a busy year so let’s get cracking with the wrap-up. This year, I have: been granted (provisional) Australian citizenship completed my first year as a specialist officially graduated from the ICU college continued to [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Dec 10th, 2011
Despite the various woes and troubles around the world this is a good time to be alive. We are enjoying a golden age of technological developments with a pace rivalling the industrial revolution. Enormous resources are being invested in improving existing products, taking tangents and turning imagination into reality. Gene Roddenberry deserves much credit for [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Dec 3rd, 2011
Hello again all, Quite a delay since the last instalment. Mostly due to laziness on my part and a distraction that seems to be occupying every minute of my spare time and most of my mental stamina. I’d like to report that it was a hobby, social life or other lifestyle activity, but unfortunately we’re [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Oct 12th, 2011
This is going to be a very short rant just to achieve some catharsis. It goes without saying that some of our colleagues work under very difficult circumstances and great pressure. None more so than those in the emergency department who have to deal with some of the worst of humanity and some who have [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Oct 10th, 2011
So they say. The concept of time contraction (and or dilation) is one of the great metaphysical clichés. Yet we are all aware of the effect. For example, and the reason for this update, it’s now a year since I started my full-time job. No longer am I “the new guy”. The past year seems [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Sep 29th, 2011
Minister for Immigration and Citizenship. He’s not a terribly popular chap with many members of Australian society right now, especially those residing at Her Majesty’s pleasure in various detention facilities. However I think he’s a stand-up bloke, mainly because he’s just written me a letter. And I quote: On behalf of the Government and people [...]
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