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marcus kelson

5 days

Everything clean, floors have been vacuumed and washed, the dog bowls put into storage, and now there is silence - our Archie will live in our hearts forever, because he was the best boy💕

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marcus kelson

@marcuskelson

2 years

Anyone else think Ben Roberts-Smith should be in a different court, like the one in The Hague?

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@marcuskelson

3 years

No one wants to see a film about Martin Bryant, no one.

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@marcuskelson

2 years

forget Novak Deltavic for five minutes, Australia has woken up to an American spelling in the latest wordle and the entire country is currently folding in on itself.

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@marcuskelson

6 years

16-17 year old girl in front of me at chemist, clearly distressed, needed cream, no money on card, retreated to rear of shop, very heated argument on phone with mum and in tears - l went up to her and said I’ll buy it for you - life’s too short.

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@marcuskelson

2 years

My beautiful dad, Brendon Kelson, husband of Jenne, father of myself, and my brother Adrian, former husband of my late mother Patricia, has left us for good. He is no longer in pain and in the end everything was about peace and love. Rest in Peace.

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@marcuskelson

4 years

Incredible conversation with my dad ~ a long time public servant retired for many years ~ he says one of the worst things government has done was sell off the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories ~ add in the massive defunding of the CSIRO - what sort of country have we become?

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@marcuskelson

4 years

. @Adam_Creighton no offence old son but there is a state in deep crisis with a Premier @DanielAndrewsMP doing his best in a life and death situation, and here you are sounding like a five year old barking from the wings seeking attention - take a fucking hard look at yourself.

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@marcuskelson

2 years

OK so Albo had a first day stumble it happens to everyone, we've had a decade of the worst government in living memory and this is the lead story? we deserve better.

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@marcuskelson

5 years

I'm a 58 year old white Australian man who grew up in ther eras of Whitlam, Fraser, Hawke and Keating, all had issues but all were dedicated to a morally sound Australia - John Howard unravelled that and now this is where we are and the price we are paying - it needs to be fixed.

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@marcuskelson

3 years

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Australia's George Costanza.

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@marcuskelson

2 years

And the Sydney to Hobart yacht race has ended, no one watched no one cared.

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@marcuskelson

2 years

Have woken up to see the NSW Government has shut down all trains in Sydney, they of course are blaming the unions who were undertaking low level industrial action so as not to disrupt services; unconscionable behaviour by @Dom_Perrottet and his enablers.

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@marcuskelson

4 years

Ladies and Gentlemen the Prime Minister of Australian has been seriously burned.

SBS News

@SBSNews

4 years

‘Do not deport your people and your problems’: Jacinda Ardern has unleashed on Scott Morrison in a live media conference #auspol

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@marcuskelson

3 years

Well l hope the justifiable outrage felt against @GladysB for effectively abandoning the people of her state is reflected come the election, I’ve never seen, in the Australian political context, a greater abrogation of responsibility.

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@marcuskelson

3 months

Oh no Barnaby Joyce has pulled the 'alcohol has interracted with my medication' card - oh I laughed and laughed and laughed #Insiders

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@marcuskelson

2 years

Hey lovely folks just a thing - I’m not really engaging much at the moment, dad is dying and is in a cancer ward in the Canberra Hospital and tomorrow we will be considering palliative care options - so just that, take care and hold your closest closer still 💕

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@marcuskelson

2 years

I am ready for my father’s funeral.

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@marcuskelson

2 years

last post on the matter for now but it has been said man is born alone and he dies alone. Utter rot! My dad was born to loving parents and was embraced throughout his life to the end, this pic from last Sunday - today l said “you are so completely loved it’s OK to let go now.”

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@marcuskelson

1 year

looking forward to Sam Maiden's companion piece to Albo's investments on how Peter Dutton is worth something like three hundred million dollars...

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@marcuskelson

2 years

FYI I know a lot of people want immediate action from @AlboMP across a number of areas, and I'll be up front I'm a card carrying member of the ALP, but the election was held in May and it is now only August, may I suggest just cool your jets for a bit, no offence :)

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@marcuskelson

4 years

This is an actual economist.

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@ALeighMP

4 years

Why HomeBuilder is the worst policy of the year, in 90 seconds. #auspol

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@marcuskelson

3 years

The next door neighbours are having such a great time blasting commercial FM music at one am on new year’s day that I’m thinking 8am might be a good time to mow the lawn.

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@marcuskelson

3 years

just a casual reminder you know Scott Morrison was fired twice from marketing jobs, yeah?

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@marcuskelson

26 days

good to hear @SenKatyG contacting @InsidersABC and disputing Dutton's erroneous claims about her involvement in Ms Higgins' payout.

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@marcuskelson

3 years

so what is it with the Stockholm Syndrome opinion pieces about Scott Morrison? I've never seen a worse Prime Minister in my life!

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@marcuskelson

2 years

Now bear with me on this, yesterday l had a bath with magnesium flakes and afterwards hadn’t felt more physically relaxed in years - at 3am this morning all my various muscle twitches had completely stopped, and several vertebrae in my neck were spontaneously cracking 🤗👀

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@marcuskelson

2 years

also gotta say @KKeneally is one of the most polished performers in the ALP @InsidersABC #insiders

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@marcuskelson

7 days

Our beautiful boy is with us no more - the vet said he had two massive seizures this morning while in her care after so many last night, he was never really coming back - almost nine years of so much love and joy, l feel utterly shattered but glad he is now at peace.

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@marcuskelson

2 years

Oh my god this is hilarious, son just texted me to say there was a place in an industrial suburb halfway between the pool and home that may have antigen tests, I rang, they did, but sold out - also, it’s a brothel….

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@marcuskelson

3 years

26 people out of Afghanistan, @ScottMorrisonMP you ineffectual muppet.

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@marcuskelson

2 years

So l see Brendan Nelson who has created a half billion dollar theme park to himself at the Australian War Memorial is now back on the Board - what an insult to Charles Bean and my father, Brendon Kelson who brought home the Unknown Soldier.

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@marcuskelson

2 years

Just heard a news item in which government Minister Alex Hawke conceded there could be unconscious bias around grant funding - Jesus pull the other one mate.

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@marcuskelson

2 years

I think @abcnews probably needed to really tackle the doctor’s story very differently and they buried the lead, GP’s aren’t the problem, government neglect for the past decade is.

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@marcuskelson

9 months

chatting to a woman at the pub after a swim, remember this is Noosa, and she started referring to Gillard as Juliar; did l have to go there? No l didn’t but within five minutes l had systematically destroyed all her arguments about the ALP; Christ it was tedious.

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@marcuskelson

1 year

Well I've not seen hand grenade throwing like that for a long time and I suspect many in the ALP, including myself, agree 100% with Paul Keating.

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@marcuskelson

2 years

. @AlboMP speech today, all sustainable, reasonable, thoroughly decent - this will win him the election.

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@marcuskelson

2 years

as someone who has suffered at times crippling depression for 20 years and completely lost the plot when my dad died a little over two months ago and am now in therapy with a psychotherapist, I look at this man who has never offered sympathy to another human being in public life.

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@marcuskelson

1 year

Well l think Scott Morrison’s legacy has been well and truly sealed - he has literally poisoned everything around him and guaranteed his legacy as Australia’s most unworthy Prime Minister in the history of Federation.

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@marcuskelson

3 months

Dan Tehan is on @InsidersABC and they wonder why nobody watches anymore - might as well interview a house brick.

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@marcuskelson

4 years

I’ve decided today is the first day of the rest of my life, I’ve not been kind to myself in regard to drinking and self destructive behaviour ~ l might not be on here as much, I’m giving myself one month to start with and then reassessing the whole thing again, god bless.

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@marcuskelson

3 years

never forget this....

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@marcuskelson

2 years

so I see Speers is interviewing Jane Hume for Insiders on Sunday, think you'd get more sense out of a parsnip to be honest, I'm going to mow the lawn.

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@marcuskelson

6 years

it’s now official, all the paperwork has been dealt with and I’m now actually retired from the ABC after 29 years. Let me restate, the National Broadcaster is our most cherished cultural institution and should be defended and championed as an essential part of our democracy.

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@marcuskelson

3 years

Must be said Jack Irish a one of the undisputed triumphs of Australian television.

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@marcuskelson

2 months

A few things have emerged for me over Sam Kerr - many people really don’t understand racism and its history and what does it say about a police system that charges a woman 12 months after the incident?

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@marcuskelson

2 years

I smoked bongs almost every day 40 years ago, someone needs to get a fucking life.

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@marcuskelson

1 year

I just stuck my head out the window and thought surely this not a lone cloud just sitting there on its lonesome - and so l walked up the street and took a snap, never seen anything like it…

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@marcuskelson

10 months

dear @AlboMP I'm a proud member of the ALP but I find myself siding with @DougCameron51 more and more because gargantuan amounts on military spending, stage three tax cuts for the super wealthy while working people are living in their cars seems untenable to me.

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@marcuskelson

3 years

I never thought anyone could eclipse John Howard's embarrassing turns on the international stage, and yet here we are..

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@marcuskelson

6 years

People often rage against twitter as a terrible site full of bile and hatred, but for me it has been a salvation from the depths of mental illness and a shining light on what people can actually be like, I’ve made genuine friends here who l love dearly, the choice is yours ...

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@marcuskelson

3 years

no responsibility for robodebt, children in detention, failure in Aged Care, climate denialism, marginalising the already marginalised, blaming the states for COVID then claiming praise, cuts to welfare & the ABC and attacking super - my brilliant year, Scott Morrison.

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@marcuskelson

2 years

Went to the doc this morning, told him of my woes, he immediately put me back on a second anti-depressant l stopped using last year, I think this was wise and l will speak to a grief counsellor in the coming days, so l am putting one foot in front of the other :)

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@marcuskelson

5 months

So Brittany and David look like they are moving to France, many of us are wishing them all the best for a new and better life.

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@marcuskelson

1 year

OK l guess I’m expecting a pile on here and yes of course Labor should do more on housing that’s not in doubt but for the Greens to side with Dutton l consider to be an act of political bastardry.

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@marcuskelson

3 years

I've said it before and I will say it again @AlboMP maintain medicare and add basic dental to the schedule, this will all but get you elected.

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@marcuskelson

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My late father, Brendon Kelson, a former War Memorial Director, was absolutely opposed to this gluttonous and vile upgrade (the Memorial needed work but it didn't need to become a theme park) and here is some more meat on the bone from @swrighteconomy

War Memorial scandal: Morrison pushed $500m project before business case was done

The controversial project was spruiked by Scott Morrison just months into his prime ministership and has since seen cost blowouts and conflicts of interest over key contracts.

www.smh.com.au

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@marcuskelson

3 years

shout out to all men if you are marching with women on Monday. There is no need to speak, there is every need to listen.

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@marcuskelson

2 years

you know, it's a sad day when you can't stop laughing...

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@marcuskelson

1 year

We say goodbye to the year and l say goodbye to my father - l think it is time to let go. Brendon Kelson 1935-2022.

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@marcuskelson

3 years

I'm creating a juxtaposition in my mind, an image of Paul Keating chatting to @leighsales about super policy last night, an excellent and thoughtful exploration of ideas and policy, as opposed to a man sitting on a stationary bike, peddling frantically, going nowhere.

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@marcuskelson

4 months

I see @AlboMP just got booed at the @AustralianOpen not hard to tell which upper middle class demographic will have to scrimp and save for that third Tesla because of the changes to the tax regime, poor darlings.

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@marcuskelson

3 years

27 December 1988, said to best friend Paul, you’ve got a drinking problem, he agreed, admitted to detox unit at Canberra Hospital. He never drank again; on his death bed from a brain tumour in 2003 said l gave him 15 years he never thought he’d have. Today is that day.

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@marcuskelson

3 years

"Mr Smith, who crashed his Jaguar into a car before ploughing into the fence outside a child’s bedroom while driving more than 2½ times over the legal alcohol limit, has told several senior Libs he believed he could weather the political storm and remain in Parliament." really?

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@marcuskelson

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I suffer, and have suffered, from depression for 20 years plus, know many here also in that boat, who have been in hospital, sectioned etc - but why today, of all days, does a former PM go public, to one news org, ahead of his book release? timing? marketing? I have questions.

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@marcuskelson

4 years

In 1973 this was considered the height of sophistication - l kid you not.

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@marcuskelson

2 years

I deleted a tweet about Bevan Shields because I have friends at the SMH, but bugger it, this business around @RebelWilson is the latest in a series of poor, thoughtless and dangerous judgements and instead of apologising he doubled down...I consider it unforgivable.

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@marcuskelson

3 years

Not that you need to hear it from me or anyone really but @Milliganreports everything you have done has been vindicated.

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@marcuskelson

4 months

Scott Morrison is writing a book? oh how I laughed and laughed and laughed...

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@marcuskelson

3 months

OK given I tend to share everything, I've already spoken openly about this, but here's what I just posted on facebook...

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@marcuskelson

2 years

had my last of 9 grief counselling sessions with psychotherapist @EmilyRowe69 since dad died in March; there are weekly modules and follow up conversations, $150 a week, she has taken me from a basket case to a new different person in that time; thought you might like to know :)

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@marcuskelson

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I see that in Ms Higgins statement she both offers an olive branch and apology to Senator Reynolds and Ms Brown, it would be dignified if the former Minister just quietly let things go I’d suggest.

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@marcuskelson

3 years

So Dutton and Pezzullo are making up stories about an imminent war with China, Morrison claims to be doing god’s work whatever, this is the worst version of a start to any Monty Python script.

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@marcuskelson

2 years

The funeral service for my father was wonderful and full of love and laughter and everything you could have wanted for - he would have enjoyed every minute of it - and here we were at the end, he was so loved.

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@marcuskelson

3 years

My regular daily swim is 60 laps of an Olympic swimming pool or three kilometres, however you want to couch it is neither here nor there, but everyday l touch the wall at the end it is another day to celebrate a win over mental illness.

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@marcuskelson

4 years

yesterday at lunchtime l went into the front yard and a couple of magpies gave me that crooked head stare as they do, told them to stay put, and brought out some left over dog mince ~ same time today they were back with four mates on our doorstep ~ of course they were.

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@marcuskelson

3 months

just had a very long chat with a fromer ABC colleague, now I've been retired for nearly six years and haven't seen how much it has gone downhill from the inside (we've all seen what it looks like from this side of the fence) but things are dire beyond belief 1/2

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@marcuskelson

3 years

That Tom Waterhouse nativity scene was pretty weird hey?

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@marcuskelson

3 years

well I wasn't expected @ScottMorrisonMP to thoroughly disassemble himself on the world stage this week but here we are...

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@marcuskelson

2 years

today I applied for a senior's card, officially entering life's third trimester.

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@marcuskelson

4 years

Look at it this way, when push comes to shove at least Tony Abbott’s daughters will know what to do when the time comes.

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@marcuskelson

2 years

The whole diet thing while we have been in Europe has been oddly interesting - three meals a day, more than l ever eat, wine and coffee, lots of walking and lost five kilos in the process … may need to give that an entire rethink ..

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@marcuskelson

2 years

last night two dear friends dropped us over soup and risotto and this morning our youngest son's friends took Archie for a walk and several twitter mates have offered to bring over supplies, so if you're unwell with the rona and you think twitter is a hellsite, think again :)

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@marcuskelson

2 years

right well dad died on Thursday, rang the funeral directors before leaving the hospital to start the entire process, meeting with them at tomorrow and now my brother and step mother have tested positive to COVID - is it too early for wine?

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@marcuskelson

10 months

tonight at swim class l had a student, she’s been coming for about a month, around 10 but it’s a beginners class, most kids 6,7 and she’s been very reluctant, so I’ve been going softly softly and tonight she put her head in the water for the first time - it was a moment :)

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@marcuskelson

4 years

Next time you go to vote either Federally or in Victoria have a good think about how people like Josh Frydenberg and Tim Smith have continued to do nothing more than undermine a government which reduced COVID cases to zero.

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@marcuskelson

6 days

Nearly 500 replies to this post and people say Twitter is a hell site - well l beg to differ, thank you all so so much from the bottom of my heart - V is out of town at the moment and rarely does socials but would be feeling equally as appreciative - all my/our love💕

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@marcuskelson

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Our beautiful boy is with us no more - the vet said he had two massive seizures this morning while in her care after so many last night, he was never really coming back - almost nine years of so much love and joy, l feel utterly shattered but glad he is now at peace.

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had to block a few fuckheads today..Brittany Higgins was brave and brillinant, not surprised most the blocks were white, middle aged men with no actual lives.

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@marcuskelson

2 years

just emailed an old university friend who is a psychologist asking whether he does grief counselling, as I've told you many times I've been a bit of a train wreck since dad died, and I need serious help :)

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@marcuskelson

5 months

OK I see some year 12 results are out today - mine were rubbish, so l worked and travelled for several years, went to the ANU as an adult student at 22, breezed through a degree and had a 30 year career at the ABC - there are always different pathways.

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4 years

Woke up feeling thoroughly depressed this morning like black dog depressed and thought fuck this! Got up made tea for my bride, bought coffee, drove her to work and I’m now at the pool for at least an hour and a half so screw depression you’re not winning this day!

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@marcuskelson

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home after seeing Nick Cave. Today has not been great, I held my beloved dog Archie, kissed his face and rubbed his ears as the injection to end his life went in, I've had a few wines, but will return to sobritety tomorrow, I'm not perfect, never pretended...just loss.

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@marcuskelson

2 years

Prime Minister Albanese - just let that sink in for a minute.

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@marcuskelson

2 years

my beautiful ailing dad is coming for lunch tomorrow, he hasn't seen our youngest Chris for two and a half years, I'll be making risotto and salad and buying quality wine - these days I think we just have moments, shards almost, in time - embrace.

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@marcuskelson

3 years

So today l turn 60, today l had coffee, and today I’m at the AIS for a swim - who knew?!

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@marcuskelson

3 years

spare a thought for the man or woman who is our Ambassador to France.

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2 years

I’m out and about in Canberra this morning and these nutters are everywhere..

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3 years

I've seen dark days in the history of this country in my 60 years, and I thought nothing would be more grave than the dismissal of the Whitlam Government in 1975, but here we are all these years later with the Morrison administration taking the country to a new nadir.

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@marcuskelson

4 years

It appears I’m the only Australian not watching Masterchef.

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@marcuskelson

2 years

Senior's Card arrived in the mail today - so I am now officially an old man shouting at clouds.

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@marcuskelson

2 years

@Rob_Stott I like it fine enough, a bloke in uggies and PJ's goes out to get the paper as opposed to some aggressive manufactured hyperventilating shrill machine we were forced to consume for the better part of a decade.

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