Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Nov 29, 2009, 1:26 am
I made it … and just over a month early. By the time I finished cycling today I’d nudged my total for the year to just over 10 000 kilometres. Last year I managed to notch up 5 192 kilome...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Nov 26, 2009, 7:37 pm
Losing someone to suicide is such a devastating experience. There’s no chance to talk things through and work towards a solution. It’s an event that fills the rest of your life with so man...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Nov 25, 2009, 3:30 pm
OK, so it’s not an overwhelming majority but it is a majority, which is certainly not what some people want us to believe. The Los Angeles Times is telling us that while the science community i...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Nov 25, 2009, 12:49 am
Earlier this month Joe Hockey, the federal Member for North Sydney and the Shadow Treasurer, delivered an address to the Sydney Instute titled In Defence of God. Mr Hockey believes that those who wou...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Nov 24, 2009, 10:44 pm
Today, in Australia, it is National Swear Day. I consider it my responsibility to swear today. Men across Australia are being asked to swear an oath that commits them to never commit or excuse violen...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Nov 24, 2009, 6:48 pm
Do you listen to audio books? I certainly haven’t in the past because I enjoy the ability to read the words from the page in front of me at my own pace. I like the fact that if I didn’t ge...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Nov 23, 2009, 3:57 pm
... to poor sales. For those outside Australia who have never tasted the delights of a Polly Waffle, it’s an Australian chocolate bar that ... , adding that it had been a difficult decision....
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Nov 23, 2009, 1:14 am
If you’ve had kids in the last couple of decades you’ll know a lot of the characters in this video. It’s the Official BBC Children In Need Single for 2009 and I’m sure you̵...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Nov 22, 2009, 8:49 pm
Have you ever noticed how some people have no idea how to merge in traffic? In theory, vehicles should speed up or slow down slightly to allow for everyone to enter the lane seamlessly. When it works ...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Nov 18, 2009, 1:00 pm
The TimesOnline is reporting that men married to smart women live longer. That being the case, looks like I’ve got many good years ahead of me. Swedish scientists have discovered that long life...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Nov 18, 2009, 12:42 am
Did you see that the New Oxford American Dictionary has named “unfriend” as its word of the year? Reuters is reporting that it was chosen from a list of finalists with a technical flavour....
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Nov 17, 2009, 6:59 pm
There was a fair breeze blowing this morning as I made my way to work. It gave me an extra work out on the bike. It also made conditions trickier for a magpie that I’ve encountered a few times in r...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Nov 16, 2009, 11:47 pm
What would drive almost fifty thousand people into the desert for a week? Why would those thousands voluntarily go back to basics in a temporary township without most of the spoils of modern living? ...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Nov 16, 2009, 6:14 am
I had a great weekend helping with the commentary for the Scody Tour de Perth. Gary Suckling once again did most of the race calling and it’s great to work with someone who has such a great know...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Nov 12, 2009, 10:52 pm
What are you prepared to give away? I guess that depends on what you truly value – not what you say you value – but what you really do value. An Australian academic has just made a pledge...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Nov 12, 2009, 9:49 pm
As I mentioned a coupld of days ago, I’ve got a busy weekend on the way. I’ll be helping out with the Scody Tour de Perth as part of the commentary team. I know that some people are confu...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Nov 11, 2009, 8:16 pm
This is truly amazing. Other posts you may enjoy: August 10, 2009 — The New Kid March 3, 2009 — Ride for Youth 2009 January 7, 2009 — Bicycles continue to outsell cars December 25...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Nov 11, 2009, 12:40 am
I’ve got a busy weekend on the way. I’ll be helping out with the Scody Tour de Perth. Tour de Perth will bring first class cycle racing to the streets of Perth on Friday evening and acros...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Nov 8, 2009, 10:54 pm
Do you remember watching episodes of the old Batman series when you were a kid? I loved seeing Batman and Robin zoom towards the bushes that would drop down allowing the batmobile to enter the secret ...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Nov 5, 2009, 6:00 pm
I posted one of these videos in December last year and asked the question So what does this all mean? I spotted this latest edition on Hamo’s Blog yesterday and it is truly mind blowing. I̵...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Nov 4, 2009, 10:02 pm
I’ve interviewed dozens of ‘famous’ people but today’s chat with Cadel Evans was certainly one of the highlights of my radio career. I’m a cyclist but Cadel is cycling ...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Nov 4, 2009, 9:38 pm
We first met Ian ‘Dicko’ Dickson when the first series of Australian Idol burst onto our television screens. Back then he was sometimes referred to as the nasty judge but the nation has since well...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Nov 4, 2009, 7:04 pm
Would you let a complete stranger hold a sharpened blade against your neck? I did yesterday. I was sitting in the barber’s chair considering what an odd thing hair cuts can be yesterday afternoon. ...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Nov 4, 2009, 4:16 pm
Sadly it’s always been a part of school yard life and while we’ve woken up more and more to the often devastating effects of bullying, in the past our children would at least have the safe haven o...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Nov 3, 2009, 5:45 am
It’s now been six years to the day since I started blogging. The first time I ever heard of blogging I thought, “What a stupid idea. Why would you want to share all your most personal tho...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Nov 2, 2009, 1:03 am
If you’re in a capital city in Australia you’d better make sure your front garden is looking good. Google’s getting ready to put your home on the world stage with another round of pictur...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Nov 1, 2009, 7:35 pm
News broke last week that the reigning world road race champion, Cadel Evans, was leaving his Silence-Lotto team. Today we’re hearing that Cadel has signed with US team BMC. It seems that in th...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Oct 30, 2009, 5:50 pm
… and let’s push this thing down the hill. One thing history teaches us is that we don’t learn from history. Australia wasn’t hit as hard by the global financial crisis as ot...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Oct 30, 2009, 12:15 am
If you were given the chance to save someone’s life, would you? It’s not a difficult question for most people. We all like to think that given the opportunity we’d save another person’s life....
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Oct 28, 2009, 7:21 pm
Don’t you just love it when you find out something you enjoy is doing you good? I’m always fascinated by the research that comes out every now and then to tell us that things like red win...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Oct 28, 2009, 12:03 am
He’s just turned 28 and his music keeps getting better. I’m sure it’s only a matter of time before he breaks the lucrative US market. You’d have had to be living under a rock in A...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Oct 25, 2009, 9:50 pm
What’s the strangest place you’ve found something you’ve lost? On Friday evening I was getting organised for bunking down in the Cranbrook Baptist Church as part of last week’s ride for cance...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Oct 23, 2009, 8:04 pm
We cycled just over 100 kilometres to make it from Cranbrook to Albany yesterday afternoon. The conditions were cold and sometimes wet but with the end in sight we powered on towards our goal. We had...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Oct 22, 2009, 7:26 pm
Video of the fifth official day of the Perth to Albany ride. Yesterday we cycled from Katanning to Cranbrook. We cycled around 80 kilometres. We stopped for an amazing afternoon tea at the Tambellup ...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Oct 21, 2009, 9:08 pm
Video of the fourth official day of the Perth to Albany ride. Yesterday we cycled from Wagin to Katanning. We cycled 55 kilometres with much of the distance being against the wind and we encountered ...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Oct 20, 2009, 8:58 pm
Video of the third official day of the Perth to Albany ride. Yesterday we cycled from Pingelly to Wagin. We cycled 100 kilometres with much of the distance being against the wind. You can still dona...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Oct 20, 2009, 7:28 pm
Video of the third official day of the Perth to Albany ride. Yesterday we cycled from Pingelly to Wagin. We cycled 100 kilometres with much of the distance being against the wind. You can still dona...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Oct 19, 2009, 8:08 pm
Video of the second official day of the Perth to Albany ride. Sunday was a rest day but we were back on our bikes yesterday riding from York to Pingelly through Beverley and Brookton. We cycled 87 ki...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Oct 19, 2009, 7:37 pm
Video of the first day of the Perth to Albany ride. We cycled 98 kilometres from Perth to York on the hottest October day in 13 years. Some areas of the journey we faced hills and temperatures up to...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Oct 16, 2009, 10:15 pm
We’re finally on the road. At nine o’clock this morning our team of seven cyclists and our trusty support crew said goodbye to friends and family as we left 98.5 Sonshine FM in Como to be...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Oct 15, 2009, 8:19 pm
(I really need your help to get the word out about this. Please read and act on the ‘Help spread the word’ section of this post.) It all begins tomorrow. I’ll be one of seven cyclis...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Oct 14, 2009, 9:38 pm
Here’s a free tip. If you’re a wanted fugitive, try to resist the urge to update Facebook and be careful who you choose as a Facebook friend. Maxi Sopo has learned the hard way that what ...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Oct 14, 2009, 8:01 pm
Time has gone so quickly and I’m now only a couple of days away from riding from Perth to Albany to raise money for Cancer Council WA. If you haven’t had a chance to donate yet you can head to my ...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Oct 14, 2009, 7:49 pm
Australia’s first ever national research findings on chaplaincy in Australian government schools have just been released and the results are very positive. According to the 688 principals who parti...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Oct 11, 2009, 6:30 pm
If you’re looking for some good, Australian, parenting resources, you really can’t go past the stuff that David and Charissa Scotford are producing. Have a look at the promotional video in...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Oct 7, 2009, 1:28 am
I’ve loved the idea of the Kindle ever since Amazon started selling them, but being in Australia meant that I couldn’t buy one. The waiting is over. If you’re in Australia or many o...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Sep 29, 2009, 6:45 am
To tell the truth I had never been much of a fan of bean bags. I considered them to be relics of the 70s which were trumpeted as being not only groovy, but extremely comfortable. I found them to be ne...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Sep 24, 2009, 10:13 pm
I just got an email from a real estate company in Hong Kong. They specialise in exclusive and very expensive apartments in Hong Kong. Apparently they have clients who would be interested in living in...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Sep 23, 2009, 8:05 pm
How will you use the 24 hours you’ve been given today? Would you use those hours differently if today was the last day of your life? Can you be absolutely certain that today isn’t the la...
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Rodney O. posted an article on RodneyOlsen.net - Sep 22, 2009, 11:24 pm
Compassion Australia’s Gifts of Compassion is open and ready for business. Their gifts help people who are battling desperate poverty. You can buy everything from mosquito nets to a carpentry w...
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