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Contact post
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Where to go for help with LiveJournal
LiveJournal support, oddly enough. I don't work for them any more. Even when I did, I didn't like it when people I didn't know asked questions in my journal, instead of using the support page.
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On government-funded healthcare
It's distressing to read that the_ferrett had to take a guess at whether he was having a heart attack, because he couldn't afford to blow $5,000 on a false alarm. Like most Australians, I pay 1.5% of my income towards universal health insurance. (Low income people don't pay, but are still insured. High income people can either pay an extra percentage, or ( Read more... ) -
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Random and only partially sorted
I don't know to say. I've wanted to write something for a few days now. Back in the day, I'd have spent several hours a day for a week coming up with a killer post that would have knocked everybody's socks off. I've been 'processing', as Kim and I call it. I think about what has happened, and possibly even feel about it. And it builds up, and ( Read more... ) -
Back, kinda
As many of you know, I have difficulty tolerating the company of people who care about me. It's frustrating, and strikes me as completely stupid, but it's a difficulty that I have. I'm now married (for 8 months now) to a woman who really cares about me, and I've spent more of the last 2 years avoiding her than I consider right. But she forgives ( Read more... ) -
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I like this whole business of posting using your real name. And a friend of mine has gotten me interested in blogging again, by blogging about things that I'm interested in. Here's a link to a friend of that friend of mine. -
I miss my audience
Seven years ago, when I started this journal, my life was shit. I had been forced out of the house I'd shared with my wife of nine years, and was living alone in the cheapest flat I was willing to move into. I had fascinating neighbours of the "Gosh it's a good thing you're not going to let an attempted murder conviction get in the way of a ( Read more... ) -
Good news
A week ago, I was feeling miserable about a situation at work (largely resolved now). I called my dad, asked him to help me cope, and received a combination of emotional support and good advice. I felt much better afterwards.
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