Author Archive
Are you following my new blog?
Hurry up and follow me on Tumblr!
If you’re not following me there, you’re missing out on all my new blog updates and interesting things that I’m sharing.
I’m not blogging on this site any more. So go follow me on Tumblr.
Thank you.
In the meantime, if you’d like to browse any of my past blog posts on this site, click on Tag Cloud to the right there.
Changing how I do things
I’ve decided to move away from long, detailed posts about what’s going on in my life, towards something a bit simpler. I’m going to use something called Tumblr to provide smaller blog posts, share videos and websites, and include Twitter updates, etc etc.
You can follow it here: Alanz Tumblr
There’s also a link (above) to a page that shows the latest updates. Go to my Tumblr site and follow me, or subscribe via RSS or Email.
I really hope you’ll follow me. You’re going to see a lot more activity there, rather than here.
Wordpress is all well and good, but lately I’ve just been enjoying sharing links, and engaging in conversations about those links. The links and subsequent conversations are reflections of my life and my interests.
I hope you can join in and be involved.
Blogging with the iPad
Since getting the iPad, I’ve found it really convenient to use it in bed before drifting off to sleep, to do some blogging, read some news or a book on the Kindle app, or… just whatever!
It’s lighter and more convenient than a laptop. The built-in keyboard is easy to use, and the apps encourage you to focus on just one thing at a time, instead of the multitasking that you can do on desktop computers and laptops. I like it for its simplicity and ease of use.
And because it encourages me to blog again…
I realized the other day that since I stopped using my Apple laptop when I got the iMac, I also stopped blogging. I thought it was because I was worried about security clearances at work, and not knowing how to write about my BDSM stuff, but in reality it was because I didn’t have the mobility of sitting back and relaxing with a laptop…
Moving to the US?
I recently wrote about my next great adventure, but I didn’t quite realize just how great it might be…
I’ve been trying to work out how to get my girlfriend here from the US, but it’s a real challenge. She doesn’t have any of the skills that the Australian govt deems worth letting her into the country for, and I don’t have enough money just yet to deal with the costs of her getting a visa into the country either. She can’t afford ‘evidence of funds’ that a foreigner has to show before they let them into the country.
I found out today the funds are about $5,000 for every 3 months she intends to be here. And she has to be here for 12 months before they would consider her as my defacto partner and let her have a partner visa. I’m sure you can see where that’s going…
The story of the giant turd
A long time ago, back when I was a young fella, I was at a friend’s house. It was a social occasion, ant there was probably about 8 of us there. As one does, I had to go to the toilet for a ‘number two’. That’s ‘poo’ for those of you that don’t know what a number two is…
I don’t know what I ate, or how long it had been since I’d gone for a poo prior to that night, but when I was finished and got up from the toilet, I jumped in surprise. I kid you not, there was a giant turd in the toilet bowl, standing up straight and proud.
It was pretty disturbing, but with a shrug I pressed the flush button to get rid of it. It didn’t move. I frowned, hearing the laughter of my friends outside the bathroom as they enjoyed the party What would the host think, me having to flush twice? But there was no choice, it had to be done. I flushed again.
