We held the 9th National Palliative Care Conference in Melbourne last week. It was a long and exhausting week, full of fantastic presentations, social activities and time to network with colleagues as well as great opportunities to celebrate what we do.
For me personally, there was a number of anxieties, not least of which being the […]

Well I’ve had four weeks off work…………and I know, I still havn’t done a show! I am however trying to train up my new partner, so I guarentee you the 2007 version of Dead Serious is going to be exciting and challenging!
Christmas was wonderful for me, surrounded by family and friends and spent in the […]

It’s Christmas time again and while we’re amid the joys of presents, trukey, ham, family and flashing lights we need to take a moment and remember that Christmas can be a sad, fearful and worrying time for many in the world.
Poor, sick, grieving, homeless and lonely people struggle with the whole view of happy families, […]

Next weeks there are rallies all over the country to “beat the drum” and bring David Hicks home by Christmas.
Who is David Hicks?
He is an Austtralian citizen who has been held in Guantanamo Bay for five years. David has not been charged, he has had no tiral and he has been abandoned by the Australian […]

I watched a program on TV a few weeks ago about a guy called John Dobson who founded an organisation in the US called the “Sidewalk Astronomers” in 1968. Dobson invented a mount on which he sets his Newtonian Dobson Reflector Telescope. He carries the mount and telescope around the streets, setting it up on […]

Well this most contraversial of media promotions for the “land down under” has been applied to me on numerous occasions over the past weeks!
Yes, I’m still alive and well, though have been neglecting both my Blog and the show (for which I’m suitably repentant), but must give you an idea of what I’ve been up […]

Well, I’ve been reading madly in every second spare about “quantum physics’. Why you may ask???
Somehow my exploration of all things esoteric has pushed me into mainstream science which is an interesting development I think. Given that I never understood physics when I was at school (in fact I thought it was like Chemestry, but […]

I know Dead Serious is not about AFL footy or soccer (despite recent posts), however now that the AFL home and away season is over and we start the finals this weekend, I just want to let you all know I am a proud Collingwood supporter………..a legacy from my dear old Dad who died in […]

I know you all probably think I’ve dropped off the end of the earth…………this is far from the truth. Fact is, I have been madly working on an innovative project with Fr Bob (of the Father Bob Show on TPN) and a couple of other committed folks on establishing an organisation that encourages people to […]

As i check my stats it seems that lots of you out there are interested in the role, structure and function of funerals.
I have done a show on why we have funerals and rituals to assist us in making meaning of significant losses but I havnt yet done a show on planning and conducting a […]