Seven Useful Facts

Mrs. M from New York Renovator tagged me with a meme which requires me to list seven useful facts about me.

Mmm.

OK … here goes. (Some are more useful than others.)

1. I wanted to work in radio from when I was very, very young.

2. I’ve now been working in radio for over 20 years. (Part time and full time.)

3. I’ve taken 68 flights in my lifetime so far.

4. I’m just under 6 foot tall.

5. Perth, Western Australia has always been home for me.

6. I was instantly attracted to my wife from the moment we met.

7. I am the world’s worst gardener.

I’d like to throw this one open. If you’d like to grab this meme and run with it, please let me know in the comments section of this post. You can leave your seven useful facts on your own blog or here in the comments.



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It's a bird, it's a plane, it's …

Superman.jpgMy sister recently turned … a little older.

I’m the youngest of five and as I’ve been taught to respect my elders I won’t tell you exactly how old she turned but it was a significant birthday which called for a significant party.

We got together a couple of weeks back but this is the first chance I’ve had to blog about it.

It was a dress up party and as much as I don’t really get into such things I felt that it was my opportunity to take on a persona that I haven’t for many years.

When I was a little tacker mum made me a cape so that I could play at being Superman. I would fly around the back yard making the world a better place. I was a big Superman fan.

I suppose that strictly speaking I wasn’t really dressed as Superman the other night but as half way between Clark Kent and Superman.

My connection with the man of steel goes pretty deep. While it wasn’t the reason we named our son James, we were more than aware that ‘Jimmy’ Olsen is Superman’s best friend.

Were you a Superman fan when you were younger? Who was your favourite super hero?

Superman was great because he could fly, see through walls, he was strong and so much more.

What super power do you wish you had?



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Farewell Rotto

lighthousesunset.jpgThe sun has set on another Rottnest holiday.

We took the 2:00 p.m. ferry from Rottnest back to Fremantle on Monday. I had woken up on Monday morning in pretty bad shape. It was a particularly nasty gastro bug which had me feeling the worst I’ve felt in a very long time.

The thought of an ocean crossing, even a short one, didn’t thrill me at all. I managed to shuffle down to the jetty and pour myself onto the ferry.

Thankfully I woke up yesterday feeling a lot better and even better still today.

What a week it was. There were so many mixed emotions throughout the week as good times mixed with sad news.

One of the highlights of the week was a cycling trip to the western tip of the island with Emily and James. It’s a fairly hilly trip but they didn’t complain once. I’m so proud of them. It wasn’t just about cycling, it was about sticking at something hard so that they could enjoy the sense of satifaction that waited for them at the end.

So now I’m back at work and looking forward to Compassion Day tomorrow. I really hope and pray that people across Australia rise to the challenge and sponsor hundreds of children, releasing them from poverty and giving them hope for tomorrow.

I’ve got a lot of stuff to tell you about Compassion tomorrow and I’m certainly looking forward to letting you hear a couple of special reports I’ve put together for the day.

If you want to see a brief video introduction to Compassion Day go to the Compassion Day website. (See if you can spot my short appearance.)



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