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This post will be a sequel of sorts to a far older one. Just as then, I will consider common characteristics of my dreams, but also how some of them have changed since. For now however it is night and I would rather get some sleep. Full entry to be written soon...
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Today I will once more describe a toy collection that is more well-rounded than it is large. I will imagine more than just what a kid could own. Rather I will also imagine what a company could produce. And I will confine my musings to the only truly stand-alone movie of the Star Wars saga - the...
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On the corner of Punt Road and Stewart Street in Richmond is an unremarkable two storey brick structure housing a few wholesale shops or offices. Its roof is about level with the platforms of Richmond Station. It has sometimes sported a big billboard. None of this much interests me but what...
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I was intending to post this last month but better late than never. Here I hark back to my childhood memory of one or more Heinz Christmas parties that the family attended while I was still in primary school. Santa Claus even makes an appearance. Just south-east of Dandenong was a row of three...
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The five years since my last autoblography instalment seem to have gone by fast and yet what happened during that time? I will try to cover some of that here. 2021 was much like the year that preceeded it - dominated by pandemic. One effect of that experience on me is a sense that any home like...
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A few years ago I wandered impulsively into the National Communications Museum housed in an old telephone exchange building in Hawthorn. I had been working in the area and must have had a long lunch between shifts. My understanding of machines is very limited but I enjoy the look and action of...
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I have never run a live-action role-play game. Or maybe I have. On a few occasions I ran a themed clue-laden hunt or quest and it seems like a fun thing to reminisce about here. Dragon Egg Hunt I adopted an old FOME tradition and adapted it into a Dragon Egg Hunt. We held it close to Easter...
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I stood entranced by the automated puppet show in a coin operated display cabinet. Hardly surprising since everything is a novelty to small children. Only a few metres away were automatic sliding doors and they fascinated me too. At the time they were triggered by pressure sensors in a rubber...
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I have written much on the topic of Dungeons & Dragons as a role-play game but here I will turn to some toys of the same name. Once more I ruminate on the concept of a 'modest yet well-rounded toy collection' (as I did here and here). In the 80s there was a toyline by LJN that was given the...