The Domino Project update
News has come through about The Domino Project competition. If you remember a friend entered me into the competition with a piece called Live Life Well. Thanks to John…
Browsing: Pondering Life
ANZAC Day 2011
As a Kiwi living in Australia…. © The Ponder RoomWaking to a crisp blue ANZAC dawn, and seeing 5 biplanes flying over head, it’s very easy to give thanks…
Working Bunnies….really? (Segmentation gone too far)
While walking around the supermarket I came across another stand. Is it just me, or does this one seem a bit well….wrong. The sign read Working Bunnies…..really? © The Ponder RoomI stood…
Happy segmented Easter especially to the Easter disadvantaged (Vegan, Lactose Intolerant)
If I’ve learnt nothing else in my 25 years working in consumer psychology I’ve learnt that society insists on segmenting itself over, and over, and over, again. Not a bad…
Playing Tennis With God (Motoring #3)
This article first appeared in Mazda MX5 Magazine.Last year someone or something had really upset God. Maybe he’d heard that Australian criminals were being glorified in yet another Underbelly series,…
Billy Stairmand takes out Kelly Slater in Margaret River (Telstra Drug Aware Pro)
Breaking news21 year old Billy Stairmand from New Zealand rode a perfect wave scoring 9.0. In that one moment he not only created the upset of the event, but also gave…
Crossing the line with Billy Connolly
The other day I witnessed yet another act of generosity, I love hearing about these. One of the girls behind the Cottesloe Lifeboats installation gave her mother two tickets to…
Ralphs Revenge (Motoring #2)
This is the second piece in a series published in Mazda MX5 Magazine. The first wasCutting the umbilical cordThe day before Christmas Eve, the presents wrapped, a drink left for…
Cutting the Umbilical Cord (Motoring #1)
This is the first in a series of articles that appeared in Mazda MX5 Magazine. Hope it helps with your Grand Prix withdrawal. thanks to zbyszko666There’s no denying the noughties have given…
Australian Grand Prix Withdrawal Test
Thanks to thewamphyriAfter two full days watching countless flashy cars race around Albert Park, this morning I was left pondering whether you, like me, found yourself driving a tad faster,…
Thank You (Domino Project votes)
Well what an interesting few days that was. Thanks John Ashcroft On Wednesday morning I woke and contemplated taking the day off. The plan was to sleep in, dawdle…
Friendship above and beyond
A very good friend of mine entered me into a worldwide competition, eekk!! Thanks to Ross Hong Kong After the initial panic of realising what she’d done, I can’t tell you…
Modern day meditation barrier identified
As some of you know I’ve been toying with meditation for a quite a while now with varying levels of success. For those of you who’ve joined me in the challenge,…
The day Amanda Kendle invited me into the Futuresphere
One hot, seemingly innocuous February morning this year, I ventured into The Futuresphere, sphere, sphere, sphere, sphere (you get the idea), and I’ve never been the same since. Amanda Kendle AugustinYes…
50 Ways To Grieve Your Lover (Truth or Dare)
Okay some of you may have noticed the name change in my profile, please let me explain. Over the past year I’ve been playing a long running battle of ‘Truth…
Gluteus Maximus, there she blows! (Entering a writing competition)
Life’s been a little bit hard to watch of late, so I thought you might like a bit of a giggle. This was the first piece I ever submitted to…
10 Things I did Today that I couldn’t have 100 years ago (International Womens Day)
The 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day, got me pondering about the things I was able to do today, that I probably couldn’t have done 100 years ago. Thanks to IMLS…
20 Hour Personal Best At Perth Writers Festival
3 days, 20 one hour sessions attended out of a possible 24, a personal best of 83%!© The Ponder Room © The Ponder RoomAfter three days, the voices of so many brilliant authors are…
