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👋 Enjoy the dulcet tones of Otto Thoresen, a Scotsman who finds himself living in Australia with his wife and dog, as he rambles about anything and everything.
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English
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32 episodes
since Oct. 24, 2021
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Gus has won his third "Dog of The Day" title. Stop what you're doing and listen in.
Another big week, packed with:
Shame-watching Mormon Wives on Disney
Meeting Irish men at the gym
An expanding reliance on Claude to hype me up for social situations..
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This Week's Reading: Two articles: one on small actions and the slow accumulation of luck; another on how AI is quietly reshaping the working world, one unremarkable Tuesday at a time
Realisation of the Week: On still playing football in your mid…
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Apologies in advance as the vacuum cleaner makes repeated appearances in this episode.
If you would rather read these musings, head over here.
Anyway, a great week spent:
In Auckland,
Learning about "AI Companionship", and
thoroughly embarrassing myself at a community gatheri…
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Lovely hot sunshine and heavy rain combo this week. It's at this point every year I remember that Australia is not my natural habitat.
Some fun and games this week:
More AI-spiralling,
Fishing (successfully!), and
Watching too much Netflix as always..
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Dad and Christine have left the building and successfully returned to the rainy motherland.
Action packed week in which I have spoken to:
Spoken to random local people,
Been invited for Yum Cha, and
Finished the first season of The Pitt (comfortably my favourite show since Slow Horses…
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Some more time spent in Melbourne has led to thoughts on:
Creating luck
Talking to strangers
Spending too much time on my phone with no purpose
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Two weeks to cover as I have slacked off..(thanks for the nudge Doug) but what a two weeks it has been!
Dad and Christine were in town and so fancy restaurants were on the agenda
Manon and I went to Melbourne for the Australian Open and successfully avoided Djokovic
Gus has a girlfrie…
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We're taking on water in Sydney this week but despite the substantial downpours, there is a ray of sunshine in a visit from the Thoresen-Montgomery clan!
Other than that it has been a week of:
humbling yoga experiences
football with optimists, and
questioning why "Heated Riv…
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Week 2 of the year in the books (almost) and a few highlights to ramble about:
A day at the fifth ashes test
Gus's annual performance review
My favourite breakfast place recognises my valuable contributions, and
My slow descent into listening to lifestyle gurus...
I will switch ba…
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First one of 2026!Recap of:
The festive break (half-price staycation, a Christmas cold and 9pm fireworks on New Year's Eve)
Centennial Park (an Alastair Cook sighting and committing to 80/20 days)
Stranger Things S5 (some times maybe good, some times maybe s***)
My increasing usag…
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