The revelation was twenty-years in the making following the resurrection of a friendship.
The accusation of an overly-ambitious nature troubled me and forced ongoing consideration of alleged behaviour.
The trouble manifested in different ways: fidgeting, pensive, distracted, and procrastinating to a stop.
Read MoreYet, as its more fulsome term, brainrot, describes "excessive consumption of TikTok content leads to decreased attention spans and mental fatigue."
It's fair to say, as parents, we don't always model the best of behaviours to our offspring.
The truth is, I'll be rewatching Bridgerton's episodes having missed so much due to distractions that are extremely difficult to control.
Read MoreTo paint a picture of parliament in the 1980s, it was a time when smoking was permitted in the chamber and tobacco companies would send boxes of cigarettes to members who could 'enjoy' a mid-question time 'dart'.
For those with experience or interest in the parliamentary process, the first thing you look for on a new sitting of the state parliament is where members sit.
Read MoreThe Irish Census of 1901 and 1911 were the only two complete records to survive, which makes searching for family history far more complicated.
However, it was at this time that I came across my great-grandfather's service records; the first I have been able to locate although perhaps not even the first veteran in our family.
Frederick William Allen enlisted with Royal Irish Dragoon Guards on March 14, 1874. Remarkably, he was just 14 years and 10 months and would become an army trumpeter.
Read MoreMy first memory of workplace injury and associated trauma remains vivid.
It's staggering to learn that, on average, over the last five years in Australia, 180 workers have been killed while at work performing their duties.
In 2023, 175 workers did not make it home and, already in 2024, tragically, 29 individuals have died because of workplace incidents and accidents.
Read MoreTo make matters even worse, Mr. Ellis' choice of calculated words were uttered following his government's response to the damming Commission of Inquiry into the Tasmanian Government's Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Institutional Settings, which highlighted that young Tasmanians have been wronged in public institutions for decades.
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