What’s this all about then?

This blog is about a lot of things. The picture in this post is a version of me with my little doggy mate (Jake, the logo for my business) whispering something in my ear. Advice, inspiration, silliness, sweet nothings – all of that and more. I say it’s a version of me because in truth there’s lots of versions of me out there in the world. So one of the aims of this blog is to pull all of that together. There’s people that have known me all my life; others that knew me in the past; some that know me now; not many that know me fully and completely. My hope is that through my writing and my art you’ll all get to know a bit more about me.

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Published on June 18, 2010 8:06 PM.
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Almost a half century of bleeding.

I have been a blood donor since I was 16 years old, and today I was scheduled to make my 50th donation. To mark the occasion I had planned to write a post to give those of you that have never donated some idea of the process and hopefully encourage some of you to give it a go, or get back into it as the case may be. My donation today had to be postponed, but I thought I’d still write while the thoughts were fresh in my mind.

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Published on August 19, 2010 1:34 PM.
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Harden Up Featured

Some good news today, my Harden Up T-Shirt was featured on the Typography group home page on the Red Bubble site.

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Published on August 17, 2010 7:43 PM.
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Spot and Snot are Celebrities!

Well, kind of. Two of my favourite monsters from behind the Same Dog door have been featured on the Red Bubble home page today, which is quite a big deal for me.

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Published on August 14, 2010 1:29 PM.
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So I’ve done a little something…

The Sketchbook Project: 2011

I read a post on Red Bubble (the place that makes all the Same Dog products) that casually mentioned something called The Sketchbook Project. For someone who loves sketchbooks and is a recent convert to drawing in cafes for fun and practice, the link was irresistible. Roll on twenty minutes I am now signed up to participate in the project.

Here’s what will happen:

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Published on August 12, 2010 8:54 PM.
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Same Dog’s Alter Ego in Architecture Australia Mag.

From my previous post Et tu, Brutalist?, you may know that a while ago I showed two pieces in the Please Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood exhibition organised by the Save 10 Murray group.

After the event, organiser Briony Kidd contacted me to say that Architecture Australia wanted to feature one of my pieces in an article about the exhibition. I hadn’t thought much more about it until Briony contacted me this week to let me know that my cartoon The Not So Amazing Adventures of Clever Kind Man had made it to press.

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Published on August 12, 2010 1:04 PM.
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Dog Names a Raven

This morning I got one of those text messages that’s generated when someone leaves a voicemail with Telstra these days, which left me scratching my head.

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Published on August 12, 2010 12:26 PM.
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The Only Saint I Believe in is Plugger

I was reading The Mercury in Hobart yesterday when I came across the headline Aussie saint’s day for all, with a nice publicity shot of Mary MacKillop above it . I have nothing more than a passing interest in Mary or her impending canonisation.

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Published on August 10, 2010 8:27 AM.
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Harden the F*#% Up

OK, before we get stuck into this post, let’s recognise that the picture up there has a truck in it and something that rhymes with truck. Some of you may not like that picture, or that word for that matter. If that is you, it’s time to exercise your manual dexterity, aim your mouse at the back button on your browser and click like the wind Trigger. Moving on to the rest of this post is probably not for you. Goodbye.

People who are not as offended by naughty words, please read on.

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Published on August 8, 2010 8:53 PM.
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It’s a boy (with another freebie if you want).

OK, I’ve gone a tad crazy with my little Fiat car on cotton, and the front page of my blog is starting to look like a motoring website, but I promise this is the last version! It’s available on T-shirts, Hoodies, Kids Clothes and Stickers by clicking HERE.

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Published on August 7, 2010 5:07 PM.
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Dreaming of a winter trip to Bruny

Some months ago I spent a few days on Bruny Island with Mum and Dad when they were visiting from the West. It was the first time I’d been back to the island since my first trip to Tasmania in 2002, and while a lot of new places had sprung up it was still the Bruny I remembered. We’re very spoilt to be able to make a short drive and ferry trip to a quiet little island (to get away from an already quiet-ish little city).

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Published on August 7, 2010 2:41 PM.
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