The welfare/interests of art and photography models
Because of my poor eyesight I don’t use live models and have a tendency not to think overly much about their profession. However a lot of
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Simple joys – painting plaster figurines
Today my local cemetery opened its gates, not to let zombies out but to let sight-seers in. Those zombies that did get out were completely unintentional! My wife, always the more macabre of the two of us (hard to believe, eh?), decided to visit. So we all did. I was frustrated that we somehow missed the display of medieval warfare (yes, it’s a rather unusual cemetery) but I ended up
Updating my WAR page and finding my first animation
It’s been a nostalgic few days going through old discs and tapes dating back to the 1990s. Alas many seem to have corrupted and the memories are gone for good. On the bright side, some survive. I guess there is a lesson to be learnt there. Firstly, I have been finding lots of stuff relating to my years as an online gamer. I am recording these years because they coincide
New site theme – Point
Hi all, Today I have transitioned my page from the Twenty Fourteen theme to the Point theme. I wanted a more magazine-like feel to my blog and, after some experimenting with Twenty Fourteen, found that it just could not do what I required of it. After a fair bit of researching and experimenting I settled on Point. I am certainly happy with the outcome. My Venice video is taking time
The end of Laughing Mark
Today I discovered that a friend had died. He had died almost four months ago. Not much of a friend am I, to remain oblivious to a fact like this for so long. *** A few years back my family joined the local branch of the Doctor Who Club of Australia.
Site changes, writing plans, travel videos, art, Keratoconus
By now you are probably certain that I am insane, or at least overly-ambitious with my plans. But here are some more, as well as some progress. Site changes If you haven’t noticed I have really been playing with the gamer pages on this site. Pages? Yes, plural. I figured that I wanted to write my entire experience from the first computer game I played in a museum in Birmingham
A few changes to the site
Hi all, just a little post to tell you about a few changes to this blog site. I’ve now added a contacts page. A friend of mine suggested the need for people to contact me privately, and so here it is. I’ve also changed the name of the “WAR Clan” page to “My gamer life” and in it I will be adding totally self absorbed stories about my experiences playing
Lawn mowing, masculinity and rebranding my videos
Two topics today. The first was born of me mowing my back yard. The second is me thinking about how to make my YouTube channel better. Mowing and masculinity I live in a suburb of Sydney where lawns (front and back) are kept tidy and presentable. The men in my neighbourhood spend their weekends washing their cars, mowing their lawns and undertaking all manner of house maintenance. They do
The artist and keratoconus
At the age of 13 I was told that I would be blind by 21. That was in 1977 and obviously I can still see. Well
Review: Kaiju Winter
OK folks, this is a book review. Context 1: Me Back in the mid-1970s one of my mother’s boyfriends took me to a rundown cinema and introduced me to the joy of Godzilla. Later he disappeared from my life, but Godzilla never did. I loved the concept of some giant monster stomping across the horizon. It is a passion that I have carried with me through the various incarnations of