"Thoreau: If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away" 64 years old Male Narangba, Australia Hometown: Bowen
My family and friends
My students in my part time teaching
Writing
Reading
Voluntary community work
Travel
Sports:
Rugby League (Go the Brisbane Broncos and the Queensland Cane Toads in the State of Origin)
Australian Football League (Brisbane Lions, St Kilda)
Cricket
Synchronised Word Waffling
Music:
Leonard Cohen
Paul Simon
Bob Dylan
Vivaldi
Joanna Newsome
Martha Wainwright
Insane Clown Posse (very explicit adult lyrics, but I like the thoughts!)
Movies:
Favourite Movies:
Parent Trap (with Hayley Mills) Pretty Woman, Trading Places; Scrooged; Groundhog Day; Lethal Weapon series; Die Hard series;
Most recently: PS I Love You, Fools Gold, 50 First Dates
TV:
Thank God you're Here
Black Books
Monty Python
Occasional documentaries
British Comedy Shows (most of them)
Frasier
MASH
Two and a Half Men
Seinfeld
The Simpsons (My son said I HAD to include that one)
Books:
Favourite Books: Zen and the Art of Motor Cycle Maintenance; Jane Eyre; anything by Lee Child, Japanese Haiku, Terry Pratchett)
Most recently read: The Lost Continent (Terry Pratchett)
Heroes/Idols:
The greatest hero I have is the Love of My Life, Margaret - she has taught me the most important lessons of my entire life, she has always supported and encouraged me, she has stood beside me in the darkest times that I have ever faced. For her, I have changed so much about who I am, and how I am, and what I say and do, and how I say and do it.
My other heroes are all the people who have struggled in their lives and triumphed; those who care for frail, aged or disabled family and friends - the unsung heroes of the world; my family, my students, my friends, Wayne Bennett (the coach of the Brisbane Broncos, who instils in his players that football is just a part of the wider game of life)
