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Robert Lynch
Mar 7, 20212 min read
Rockslide
The last couple of weeks have been quite a struggle. Working permanent nights has always been taxing, and I find myself very tired when I...
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Robert Lynch
Jan 13, 20212 min read
Review - Station Eleven
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, is just a fantastic book. Published in 2014, the book went on to win the Arthur C Clark Award in...
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Robert Lynch
Jan 12, 20213 min read
Looking Forward
The new year is a good point to take stock of the past and plan for the future. Last week I looked at the past, and this week I want to...
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Robert Lynch
Dec 31, 20203 min read
Review - Wonder Woman 1984
The first Wonder Woman movie was disjointed, as the third act didn’t match the first two acts. That isn't a problem in WW84; the film is...
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Robert Lynch
Dec 29, 20202 min read
Looking Back on 2020
At the beginning of the year, I wanted to build an audience by completing my weekly content and writing 12 Frank Mason short stories;...
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Robert Lynch
Dec 24, 20202 min read
Review - Falling Free
Falling Free, by Lois MacMaster Bujold, was originally published in 4 parts in Analog in 1987-8 and won the Nebula award in 1988. The...
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Robert Lynch
Dec 21, 20203 min read
Dopamine
More often than I would like to admit, I have had the time to write but instead procrastinated by watching TV or playing games. It bugs...
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Robert Lynch
Dec 18, 20203 min read
Review – Cyberpunk 2077
There are 168 hours in a week, and in the week since Cyberpunk 2077 was released, I have played a little over 50 hours. As reviews go,...
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Robert Lynch
Dec 7, 20202 min read
One Job Down
In 2015 the Australian government ran an anti-smoking campaign with the tagline, “Every time you quit you get a little better at it.” The...
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Robert Lynch
Dec 3, 20203 min read
Review - The Wheel of Time
I just finished the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan. The series has been on my list of books to read, and I finally managed to make...
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Robert Lynch
Dec 1, 20204 min read
Reset
Last week I had a week off from Crappy Night Job. Unlike previous holidays, I did not try to fill my week with a huge list of things to...
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Robert Lynch
Oct 20, 20202 min read
Sleep Pattern
I’ve talked about sleep a lot on this blog. As a permanent night shift worker, sleep dominates much of the time when I’m not at work...
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Robert Lynch
Sep 21, 20203 min read
Motivation
I don't know what motivation is. I don't know how to harness it. I wish I did. I have spent probably the better part of the last ten...
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Robert Lynch
Aug 31, 20202 min read
Winter
It’s been a while since I’ve seen the sun. Working nights makes the sun my enemy most of the time. By the time I get up the sun is gone,...
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Robert Lynch
Aug 4, 20203 min read
Flavour and Meaning
I read Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari this week. I’m not going to do a review, because my style of story-based review doesn’t fit this...
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Robert Lynch
Jul 29, 20202 min read
Review – The Prisoner (TV Show 1967)
I just watched The Prisoner for the first time. Wow. What a ride. The Prisoner is one of those shows that I had heard about for a long...
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Robert Lynch
Jul 20, 20202 min read
These boots were made for walking
The same as with the end of the calendar year, the end of the financial year always makes me introspective. For the last couple of weeks,...
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Robert Lynch
Jul 15, 20203 min read
Review – Metropolis (1927 film)
Metropolis is a science fiction silent film, one of the first feature-length scifi films ever made. Directed by Fritz Lang, screenplay by...
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Robert Lynch
Jul 6, 20203 min read
‘Work’ vs Work
I re-read last week’s blog, and there is an undertone when I talk about writing that I thought I’d explore this week. I wrote: “I seem to...
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Robert Lynch
Jul 1, 20203 min read
Review – The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler
Every now and then it's good to revisit the classics, and my recent read-through of the Philip Marlowe stories has been a lovely walk...
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