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The law is the law. That is for sure. And for normal people, caught up in the every day cares and worries of just getting on with things, the world of the law can seem very confusing and opaque. In normal circumstances this does not really matter that much. We just scratch our heads over the intrigue and intricacies of things like LA Law on television and do not worry too much about how it all works.

However, if you ever find your self in some kind of legal bind or other, you may have to get a crash course in the fundamentals of how the legal system works for you when needed.

Golden dream

Who knows what life can offer? I think that really most people have, at some stage or other, entertained dreams of what it could possibly be like to be really affluent. One of the many images that convey genuine luxury and riches has to be the sight of those amazing gold items that are so impressive to just look at such as jewellery and art objects. At

Investing in gold bars, gold bullion, coins, silver, platinum and palladium and other products can be a great option. Moreover as everyone surely knows, investing in gold is generally one of the safest options bound to keep their worth in years to come. You can’t really go wrong with gold, that much is certain.

To be honest, on the whole, it is usually a very good idea to keep yourself informed of the current gold price. Purchasing gold has been recognized for ages and ages as one of the most reliable ways to preserve one’s wealth and buying power. And of course gold bullion is a unique investment. From time immemorial to more recent modern times, humankind has had an enduring affinity with gold bullion that has truly stood the test of time.

Moving house

Love is all around me, and so the feeling goes. That is what the near immortal song tells us is it not? Well, my life is replete with love and that is a most enchanting and wonderfully amazing feeling. I have been walking on sunshine and dancing around, all the while high on life and simply put just completely smitten. But, lovely as this rosy tinted feeling may be, there will always remain the practical side of life. You know what I am talking about, just the normal every day cares and worries, just getting on with life on a day by day basis in all of its glory and also all of its at times frustrating detail and what have you.

This is just life and it is a wonderful thing to be alive and in love and to know that you are loved to such a degree. That is why I love to take care of my family and make sure they are comfortable and happy as can be. For instance we recently moved house and as such this is a brand new start for us which in itself is very exciting. But it also brings with it some practical implications and we have had to scramble to get the move over and done with in a short space of time. We have purchases some lovely Contemporary Furniture and have just now ordered a nice big dining table to be crafted. So, you see, it is all good as we Aussies like to say. It is all good and life is wonderful.

Halloween Thrills

Yes, dear or mere mortals, that time of year is coming upon us once again. The witching hour, the time when the veil is lifted for a moment to allow a glimpse into another world, the nether world of ghosts and ghoulies, critters and spectres. Do not go walking alone on abandoned moors or heath lands or on cemetaries at midnight. What am I talking about you may well ask? Well, Halloween of course, what else? Yes, the streets will once gain be filled with skeletons, pointy withes' hats complete with the odd broom stick, monsters and munsters and what have you?

When I lived in England the whole notion of trick or treat was criticises at times as an unnecessary American import but I think it is sort of fun as long as it does not get out of hand. I know for a fact that children love to be thrilled by something a bit spooky. Hence the immense success of some of the late Roald Dahl's books for instance. Children are little people but can be quite matter of fact and even mature in their approach to the big questions in life.

So, by alll means let us have a great time this Halloween. Let us spook one another silly, chill our selves to the bone, shiver with delight at the strangeness in the air. It is only once a year after all and it does go back to an ancient tradition, at least in the Celtic countries. I am sure you can come up with some Awesome Halloween Costumes Ideas to make a really big impact this year. Let us do it!

Dating

Love is in the air..it certainly is. Love is all you need..and then some. Sure love is a wonderful magical thing that should never be taken for granted. After all it is elusive and enchanting and all enveloping when it is right, that is for darn sure. And there are many kinds of love, did you ever consider that? There is the solid love between a man and a woman, a sound foundation to build a family on. Then there is also the love of a parent for his or her child and of course the love that a child had in its little heart for its father or mother. Between brothers and sisters in differering permutations exists a love that can at times become frayed. Familiarity breeding contempt and all that jazz.

The love of God for his people and the extent to which that higher love is reciprocated are notions that are crucial, even if lots of people can't bring themselves to realise it. The truth remains the same, none the less.

I met my fiancee while browsing the personal adds on a dating website. We do not mind telling people that this is the way in which we first met. After all, it does not matter how you get to meet up as long as you do. Check out the personals charlottetown if do not know what I mean. Love is the air as the song goes. And let us all hope that song never stops singing. Here is to love in all its many splendid manifestations. All of them are precious.

Shopping..ah

My wife and I recently moved to a new unit. What is a unit I hear you ask. Well, a unit is an apartment, a flat if you will. It is a marked improvement and yes, dear readers, we are very happy with our little family in our new abode. Of course, moving to a new place invariably means..shopping. Oh yes, shopping has been the motto of the day on quite a few occasions. And me being a typical bloke, I can say that the pleasure, at times, was not all mine, but that is neither here nor there. Oh well. A new house means a fresh new start and of course to do that you need a few new things, that is obvious.

Whether you are in the market for western furniture, a new book case or some lovely fresh bed linen, it all helps to make that adjustment to the new residence and to convey a sense of a brand new start. It's all good, as the Aussies say. Funny thing that shopping by the way, whenever I find myself in some shop in a shoppin centre with my better half I tend to see other blokes with their ladies, looking just as weary and lost as I sometimes feel during those expeditions. It is the way of the world, I think, and it will probably always be thus.

I love the new house and it is really a brand new start so it's a nice feeling to be here together. Shopping? Never mind..

Trade is the name of the game

Business, that is the name of the game. Oh yeah! I love the fact that I live in a country where you can just go out and make a buck by sheer wit, hard work and some good luck thrown in. We have seen other economic systems crumble and yes I was a happy camper when I witnessed the demise of communism in the late eighties. It was a work of art and a joy to behold. For decades the eastern European countries had suffered from this imposed system, so infantile and repressive in its conception and application. We, in the West, used to see news footage of scenes in Poland or Bulgaria where huge lines of putative customers would line up in front of shoe shops after news had broken in town that a few pairs of shoes had arrived from Moscow, likewise crowds would descend on butcher shops at hearing some chops had become available. As an economic construct it was moronic. No incentive to do your job well. Do an appalling job? Does not matter, no one will fire me just for that. And there is no competion anyway. Do a great job and you don't get rewarded.

Why would anyone apply themselves? There was no unemployment because all the unemployed were rounded up and put in the army. Nice. Anyway, my belief is that capitalism is nothing other than trade. And trade is as old as humankind and will always be the one system that works. One hand washes the other, that is the bottom line, after all.

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Computers and Broderick

Have you heard of a thing called Internet? What is this interweb everyone keeps talking about for heaven's sake, I ask you verily. Well now, there once was a time when all of us forty somethings did not know the first thing about computers or the internet or that pesky phenonomen of social media. I remember as a teenager watching American films, usually starring Matthew Broderick, in which our United States fellow adolescents would be depicted being moody up in their rooms, comfortable as they always seemed (the rooms, not the teens) and already furnished with a bulky looking personal computer. It seemed so advanced when the best we could do in little old Holland was mess around with a lowly games computer that was just one step up from Pong, the funny table tennis game that, truth be told, I still like.

Many years have passed, gather around little oned and grand dad is going to tell you a mighty story and so on. No, but seriously the internet has changed lives forever. These days when I need to find out about something I just look online, often using that well known search engine. Once the only recourse would have been to make endless phone calls, trying to locate some service or business that you were in need of in a hurry or otherwise.

So whether it is linux web hosting or any other kind of information technology requirement, it is all out there for you. I am sure you know how to find what you are looking for. Tap, tap on your keyboard and you are there, no worries, mate!

Love in a cold climate

For me, life and love are miraculous notions. But then I am a poet and I am truly enchanged with life and the glorious creation, with its many wonderful manifestations that I confront on a daily basis. If I did not think life was special or even magical in any way I would see little point in living to be brutally frank. I do not really think the reductionist relativism that pervades large sections of the Western world these days is very healthy. To me it seems quite pathological. Consider for instance the vehement vitriol poured onto believers by people who are atheist evangelicals. They get really upset at the very thought that there are huge numbers of people out there who do believe in a higher force. If they honestly believed their lack of faith was justified and that religion and spirituality were just nonsense, then why are they getting so worked up about it? Very suspicious.

I cannot hold with a philosophy that claims that life as we know is a mere cosmic accident and inherently meaningless in every way. Also, it seems much more far fetched as well to believe that this dazzling creation just happened for no reason at all, even though as far as we know there is nothing on planets around us to compare even remotely to what we have on our hands right here on terra firma. Ah well.

But love is love and love is grand and I wonder what an atheist makes of the concept of love. A mere chemical reaction? I wonder. And what would atheist dating look like? Good luck to them anyway. It takes all kinds and we are all God's children after all, even if we don't realise it. Yet.

Investing the right way

Perhaps it is true to say that most if not all of us have, at some point, dreamt of what it would be like to be very rich, really rich. One of the many images that are associated with real luxury and abundant wealth remains the enticing commodity that is gold bullion. It is now so easy to invest in gold bars, gold bullion, coins, silver, platinum and palladium and many other products as well.The sky is the limit. And of course, as everyone knows, investing in gold is always one of the safest options that will keep its worth over a long period of time.

To be honest, buying gold has been recognized over the ages and ages as one of the most trusted ways to preserve one’s wealth and assets in a volatile world. And of course gold bullion is a unique investment. From time immemorial to more recent times, humankind has had an enduring affinity with gold bullion that has truly stood the test of time. In all ages and across the world, people have been fascinated with the beauty and the magic of gold. Nowadays the beauty of a gold bar must lie in its proven capacity to diversify investments, to protect wealth and also to preserve one’s purchasing power.
Purchasing gold bullion is truly a great investment and one on which you can rely now and in the future, that much is certain.

Driving in my car

Cars. Does anyone remember that great Gary Numan song? It was a cracker, that is for sure. All eighties synthesizers and electro pop but so incredibly cool. Somewhere in that track we hear the lyrics: 'I feel safe in my car', or words to that effect, hey come on, I'm merely paraphrasing, alright? Okay then. Well, it is true that the confines of a car can create the illusion of comfort and seclusion, even sanctuary, would you Adam and Eve it already? That, I suppose, is why you regularly see people get up to all sorts while in their car. It is so easy to forget you are still more or less in a public space, even though you are tootling along, listening to your favourite cools sounds and what have you.

All through my life I have owned a car on and off. There have been times where I had to rely on public transport and honestly did not mind that either. Being driven around by someone else who has to watch the traffic is not so bad really. But these days I once again own a car because the family needs one and I have to have a car to get to my place of work. And I love my car. Knock on wood, but so far it has been very reliable. I love driving in this country much better than I ever used to in Europe and the United Kingdom where people are just mad in traffic and the roads are so much narrower. Not for me, mate.

Whether you are looking for a Used Land Rover Tempe or a snazzy hatchback like I was, shopping around for a car is not always that easy so it is good to find a reliable outlet where you are sure to get some decent service. That at least is my experience.

Cars, eh? We blokes could talk about them until the cows come home. No, really!

Celtic festivals

Samhain, a name that conjures up all manner of spooky nightmares, spectres and shades. Verily, I tell thee, you can almost hear the banshees shrieking, the witchy witch flying on her broomstick against the backdrop of a harrowing fiery moon. Brrr!

Yes, dear readers, Halloween is not far off now. Once again the year turns towards that time when the veil between our world and the next is wafer thin and almost porous, letting the daring travellers criss cross between the two. The old pagan Celtic festival is, indeed, very ancient, and I have no doubt that the druids of old used to lay on quite a spectacle for the awe struck revellers.

Of course, thanks to American popular culture, Halloween nowadays means little kiddies dressing up and trick or treating. The custom was exported and while I lived in the United Kingdom, we used to have trick or treaters ringing our door bell a few times over the years. I never minded. It seemed like a fun enough thing to do and you would usually see the parents standing behind the little urchins keeping an eye on things. Of course, there were also stories of tricks being played, disgruntled trick and/or treaters who would come back and pelt the house with rotten eggs. Nasty!

If you are looking for HalloweenDecoration Ideas there is a lot of inspiration to be found in the actual Celtic mythology of the festival. Have fun!

Life and so on

Life sure as heck is complicated, is it not? I ask you. I think I am not stating anything too controversial with that remark, I am sure. Anything could happen at any given moment and we cannot see what is waiting for us around any old corner; that much is certain. None of us can see into the future and we just have to do our best with what slender measure of knowledge that we may think we possess about our situation, our lives, our position in the great chess game that we call existence. Wow, that is really deep, I hear you mutter in weary despair. Not so, it is just that you can never really be certain that anything untoward will not befall you when you least expect it.

Of course, this does not at all mean that you should huddle in a corner of your room, frenzied and anxious and scared to go out into the big bad world. No way, Jose!

That is not how life works. I love the old adage, fortune favours the brave, and so it is. But even the most courageous among us may find themselves in a spot of bother or hot water from time to time.

When that happens it is good to know there is something like Family Attorney Austin to fall back on. Legal matters can be troublesome but if you get the right kind of help it can make a huge difference, that’s for sure.

Warm and fuzzy

Where you live is important in so many ways. These days, dear friends, I live in a lovely country with a hot climate. Having said that, it still tends to get a bit nippy in winter at times. I remember my first winter here in the city when I was visiting with my erstwhile partner. We were tired, hungry and cold and even though it had been a nice sunny day all day long when the sun went down it became rather chilly and no mistake. We went to a pub and were quite pleased to find a nice blazing fire in a corner of the watering hole. It was a welcome sight for us weary travellers.

I used to live in merry old England and friends of mine had a fireplace in their comfortable home. It was very nice, even soothing, to warm up in front of the blazing embers on a cold winter’s day. It was just lovely to be quite honest. Central heating, though so much more practical, just does not convey the same sense of warm fuzziness, I think you must agree.

The same goes for wood burning stoves in a rustic country kitchen. These stoves just spell comfort and solid quality. Lovely!

Love is the drug

How many people really listen to what is being said, or sung, these days? I ask you. For instance, many people love the beautiful warm sounds of that Stranglers hit 'Golden Brown', but do they know the song's lyrics are actually about heroin and heroin addiction? 'Never a frown, with golden brown'. I once heard a theory that the Chinese introduced heroin to the West as an act of vengeance because of the Opium Wars and the way Western colonial powers subjected the Chinese people to opium dependency in order to make a fortune with the Indian poppy crops. Who knows? I have dabbled in some softer stuff but these days I have to day that I am very wary of anything that could lead to an addiction in whatever shape or form. Addiction is a horrible thing and it is a very nasty feeling to realise one is a slave to a mere substance. The mind plays tricks and is truly a very powerful thing.

When we least expect it, our strong resolve may crumble and we can give in to a longing for exulation and escape from everyday worries and cares. But real life is never far behind and you simply cannot run away from yourself no matter how fast you run. Your inner demons will outrun you until you manage to lay them to rest. Some people manage their desires and cravings for stimuli. I remember reading about William Burroughs but I never found that sort of life story very uplifting by any means. I focus these days on lighter aspects of life and a more wholesome approach to the big questions. I can but try.

Some remedies from addiction can work really well, so people should perhaps realise that there is help out there for those who need it. Take heart. Life is hard but also quite wonderful. At least that it what I like to think.

Telly man

I loves my TV. There, I have only gone and darn well said it. One of my favourite childhood yarns is one that my dear old mum loves to tell and it goes a little like this. When I was a wee little nipper of a lad, growing up in West Sydney, my mother would often be working the laundry in.erm..the laundry only to hear me laughting my head off in the lounge room. Naturally she would investigate at once and would find me parked in front of the television set, cracking up over the funny shenanigans of the Three Stooges. This was an early introduction both to comedy and the medium of television. In later years, fond experiences were to be had when the family had retired for the night with just me left in the lounge room, watching some odd Italian art film on one of the more obscure public telly channels. This, by then, was in Holland. I remember watching Amarcord for the very first time, in a darkly lit room, late at night, with no one around to see it but me. It felt like no one else in the whole world was watching those snowflakes twirl down at precisely that time.

Ah..memories. And I used to love some cheesy sitcoms as well. Not so much the American ones where they always had to include some moral imperative at the end but just fun stuff like Mork and Mindy, Family Ties, Happy Days.

My family also watched The Love Boat and Fantasy Island religiously. Lateron I came to appreciate Dutch intellectual talkshows as well, for instance those presented by the late Theo van Gogh, so brutally murdered for defending free speech and Western democratic ideals.

Of course these days you do not have to limit your self to the telly set. You can have your TV Online and access a whole universe of programming. Tis a brave new world out there, I tells ya! Even with the supposedly dumbed down nature of television, I still regard it as a sophisticated medium with, still, a great potential for broadcasting amazing content, online or otherwise..

Let us hear it for good telly. You just cannot beat it, that is my humble opinion and I stand by it even though I am sitting down while I write these lines. So there!

Horizons

The Greenies are coming. Hide, run away! I never imagined the philosophy of greenism and environmentalism would ever take off to the extent that it has. Back in the eighties the green mob were a few hippie reject and sixties throw backs that no one took any real notice of to be honest. They always seem to be ranting about something or other and it always seemed a very obscure obsession they seemed to be entertaining at any given time. Of course, looking after the planet's resources is not so crazy when you think about it and, as long as we don't have to go back and live in caves again and reinvent the wheel, it makes sense to look after our very own habitat as best we can. I do not think we should wreck our economy just to prove an ideological point though, but that is my opinion. The bills will still need to be paid and we can not all be professional protesters and subsidised activists.

But I have to admit that I hate pollution and I hate waste of any kind. I loathe people littering the streets and just not caring about how they leave the space behind for others who may come after them. I hate wasting food as well as that is precious. Of course, these days we also have ewaste and we will need to find ways to recycle and deal with our many electronic gadgets and computers. This of course needs to be done sensibly.

So, will we be heading for a Green tomorrow? I just hope we can find a balance between the attainable and the desirable. Mankind is hugely adaptable so there is hope for us. Let us keep our chins up, that is what I say!

Working

I work in a call centre. There you have it and no mistake. I have been working there for a number of months now and I have to admit that it is not a bad place to work, all things considered. My previous working life was mostly as a library assistant. I have worked in academic, legal and public libraries. I certainly do not miss working in a public library with the endless wrangling over little fines for overdue books. Bah humbug! To be continued, I'm sure..

Rain

How very strange indeed. I woke up here in North Sydney, not to the usual clear azure sky but rather a damp morning and a grey sky that weighs me down. Bah, dear readers. That is not what normally greets my sleepy eyes of a morning, I can tell you that for nothing. But, the nice weather is not far off and soon we'll be going swimming again in one of the many fabulous salt water pools.
Bring it on!