I went out to see a friend's band play last night at an open-mic night at the Coogee Bay Hotel. I've played there quite a few times but I've never gone as an audience member. Kind of different but good. It made a change, as my friend Peter has been very supportive of me in the past so it was excellent to return the favour. Pete's new act still needs a fair bit of work but is developing well. I also caught up with Pete's brother, Patrick, whom I haven't seen for many years. He's marrie...

Monday, Monday, bah, dah, bah, dah, dah, dah Oh yeah, Mondays. And today I have an extra bad case of the Mondayitis despite having a great weekend. I actually got some sun on my skin, maybe even a little too much on my forehead. My wife was giggling at me last night because I had lines across my face from wearing my sunglasses. I got some sun because we took a nice walk from our house around the coastline to Waverley Cemetary, which is one of the oldest in Sydney. It is filled with some won...

Here it is, Sunday afternoon and I'm online writing this. This is my first weekend entry and I'm wondering whether I'm becoming addicted to this habit. I don't see it doing me any harm, that is if exposing one's self like this could be considered harmful. I enjoy being able to express some of the thoughts that run through my head and get positive feedback. I'd just like to say thanks to those of you who have responded for no other reason than you've liked what I've entered. I'm not goi...

I joined JU to be part of a community of individuals who enjoy exchanging ideas, advice, wisdom, humour and life anecdotes. I was looking for something to help affirm an idea I had that regardless of country of birth, politics, religion or social position, there are plenty of people around the world thinking as I do. I was looking for an interchange of information. Instead, I feel a little bit frustrated. It seems to me that there is a 'circle within a circle' or a group of users only...

I want to add a few different users to my favourites list but can't work out how to do it - can someone please help me?

My parents used to say ‘if you can’t say something nice about someone, then don’t say anything at all’. It was their way of trying to teach me about the power of positive thinking. Recently, I had a chance to discuss this with my mother. She said she always thought I cared ‘too much’, to quote her. I asked how one could possibly care too much. She simply replied that I was always a sensitive kid who would go out of my way to bring home stray animals and injured birds or lizards. She...

I don't know what's going on at the moment here on JU. There is a lot of negativity I don't want to know about, so please don't even bother trying to justify or explain it. Maybe if we all just stopped being so sensitive all the time, and let things go, the world wouldn't be in the state it is in now. Sure, this may be a awfully niave sentiment, but it is one I will proudly stand by. So, with this in mind, I would like to wish all JUsers and happy, prosperous, safe, loving and toleran...

This is a note to all my JU friends and acquaintances. I won't be posting as much for a while as I have a large project I'm about to start at work. I'm looking forward to doing the job, but I'm not looking forward to not being able to keep up with everyone here. I've been here for only 3 odd months yet I've made friends I hope to have for the rest of my life. So, please don't be concerned if you don't see much of me for the next short while. I've no idea how long this project will last...

I still consider myself a newbie to the JU community but in my time here, I’ve made some great new friends. One of the biggest surprises I’ve found is how similar we all are in a lot of ways. To be honest, this was the last thing I expected. It has highlighted to me how particularly small the world really can be and has given me a greater sense of hope for our collective futures. I’d like to particularly thank the people on my favourites list for making my time here stimulating and rewa...

I’ve not written anything on JU for a little while now. Sure, I’ve responded to other’s posts but actually putting something up myself has been a little difficult. This is because I’ve not had the time to sit and formulate anything, although I have a bunch of ideas I’d really like to put down, but because I’ve been too busy both at work and at home recently to even spend a hour just writing. And I miss it a lot. I am also feeling a little guilty for not having answered a number of email...

I’ve been out of touch for a few weeks now, apart from the occasional commando run into the JU community. The reason for my lack of blogging is I’ve been on holidays. I hadn’t had a good break for 18 months or so and as the rest of this year is going to be very busy for me, I decided to take some time to recharge the batteries. It also gave me a chance to catch up on a few jobs around the house before winter starts. I spent time writing and recording some music with my new collaborato...

Well, the end is just about upon us. The end of the year, that is. I usually like to take this time to get over hangovers and the massive feasting that occurs. Oddly, though, I’ve not yet earned a decent hangover and the feasts have been more like small snacks late a night. But I still feel the convivial mood of the season, even if I don’t have a small man with a large hammer inside my head trying to bash his way out. I think the reason the feeling is different this year has more to do...

This is a follow up to my recent 'Problems with blogging' article. Yesterday, I noticed my latest JU Writers Club piece Link , which had been showing under the forums 'Writing' thread, is now no longer showing there. I don't know if this is related to my previous problems, but it is frustrating regardless. I am also still unable to create a blog group for the Writers Club. If someone could enlighten me as to what may be causing this, I'd appreciate it.

The last few articles I've put up here, despite selecting the 'Display in Forums' selection, are NOT showing in the Forums. Consequentely, a lot of my regular readers, who pretty much surf the Forums, are missing my articles. I'm not so egotistical to think they would be upset because of this but I am wondering what the heck is going on. Can anyone give me any ideas as to how this problem can be fixed?