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Audra's Australian Adventures: Birthday Reflections
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I am not prone to wallowing in superstition, especially Chinese superstition, which seems to be the most abundant variety. Nonetheless, I am experiencing a disproportionate feeling of relief to bid farewell to the age of 44, the Chinese pronunciation of 'four' closely resembling the sound of the word for death. But instinct and philosophy point to the inescapable notion that *something* matters, and it seems to have far more to do with 'how' than with 'what'. Not what you do or what you accomplish, b...
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Audra's Australian Adventures: The Ins and Outs of the Ups and Downs
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The Ins and Outs of the Ups and Downs. Wait, scratch that, the news media gave serious treatment to Britney Spears' hair color change. Obviously, they are not to be trusted. At all. The Dr. Seuss fan declared that 70% of the daily movement of share prices is governed entirely by computers adhering to various (and wholly imperfect.can something be 'wholly imperfect'? And *I* am expected to perform independent market research to determine the risks before making an investment? Well, if there is no such t...
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Audra's Australian Adventures: June 2013
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Yes, we are moving back to the United States. I want to be closer to my family and the friends I have loved all my life. I hate my job. Kevin has been very sick and is finishing treatment and we want to start a new chapter. We move every three years and the clock ran out on Adelaide last month. There is no place like home. Do you have jobs? Where are you going to live? That has yet to be decided. Where are you going to stay? What are you going to do? Are you taking your stuff? What about health insurance?
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Audra's Australian Adventures: And Him Whyyyyyy...
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Restoring order to the homestead following last night's debauchery, I tuned in some soft jazz and left the television displaying some random channel, background company, like childhood. I wanted to really *remember* what it felt like to be eating a bologna and miracle whip sandwich between soft white bread from atop a paper plate made greasy with the delicious saltiness of Cain's Potato Chips under the cool air-conditioning of my Grandma's house in summer on Sandralee Drive. I was named after Tina Louise...
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Audra's Australian Adventures: April 2012
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All Men Are Islands. What is it about an island that so captures the human imagination? Nothing erases the cares of the ordinary world so much as crossing a small channel of water and wandering around an unfamiliar landscape, bumping into the sea in all directions. Lately, the stress of daily life has been weighing quite heavily upon me, so we decided to spend the long Easter weekend on Kangaroo Island. The morning was glorious! The next day we ventured out to some tourist attractions in the Chase Flinde...
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Audra's Australian Adventures: A Rare Politicoreligious Treatise by Me
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A Rare Politicoreligious Treatise by Me. But this is all very boring. What captured my attention and compelled me to take finger to keyboard was the following statements:. In a 2007 article penned after. Rick Santorum expressed the following beliefs:. I'm more concerned about losing our children to jihadis or a materialistic culture than losing them to Mormonism.". Orum, The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 20, 2007. Christian children martyred by. While children who die as. Orum and Newt Gingrich is divi...
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Audra's Australian Adventures: June 2012
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The Ins and Outs of the Ups and Downs. Wait, scratch that, the news media gave serious treatment to Britney Spears' hair color change. Obviously, they are not to be trusted. At all. The Dr. Seuss fan declared that 70% of the daily movement of share prices is governed entirely by computers adhering to various (and wholly imperfect.can something be 'wholly imperfect'? And *I* am expected to perform independent market research to determine the risks before making an investment? Well, if there is no such t...
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Audra's Australian Adventures: A Game of Solitaire
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A Game of Solitaire. Compulsively, once more, I shuffle the deck and flip the cards one by one, sorting them into four piles, count the cards in each. Even. Reshuffle. Do it again. The cards always fall the same. 1) My job sucks the joy out of my soul on a daily basis. 2) Relatively homogenous nationwide culture. 5) Cost of Living. 6) Boring news programs. 7) Lack of local meteorologists. 8) Serious lack of tacos. 10) Seasonal incongruity of holidays. 11) Faded sense of adventure and discovery. I survey ...
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Audra's Australian Adventures: December 2013
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Whaddya mean, Happy New Year? It’s December 21. I don’t wish to write a treatise on the stupidity of the modern calendar and the selection of seemingly arbitrary dates for marking the beginning/end of a circular event, but it seems far more obvious that the trajectory should align with some sort of inversion, and since today is the solstice and I happen to be awake and reasonably alert and in the mood for some reflection – well, here we go. 2013 – You can go get fucked. Better to just close the door on t...
