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Posted on January 29, 2023

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

Tim Horan's copy of 'The Fountainhead' by Ayn Rand.

Deep thoughts visit me when I stand at the kitchen sink and wash dishes.

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Posted on January 9, 2022January 9, 2022

The Black Death by Philip Ziegler

Photo of 'The Black Death' paperback by Philip Ziegler

I read books for one simple reason โ€“ to stay sane in a world that has clearly lost its mind.

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Posted on December 28, 2021December 28, 2021

Timbo’s Top Thirty Movies

Montage of Tim Horan's Top 30 Movies

The day before Christmas, I took my youngest daughter to see Spider-Man: No Way Home. It felt like a novel thing to do because we had not been to a movie theatre in a long, long time.

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Posted on November 1, 2021November 1, 2021

Blisters On My Feet and The Broken Bridge of Doom

The remains of a bridge photographed by Tim Horan.

I was tired and irritable, so I had little patience for what happened next. After a difficult hike, the narrow trail I was on dissolved into thick scrub. The path was no more.

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Posted on October 23, 2021October 24, 2021

My Walk into The Great Unknown

Photo of a path disappearing into the darkness of the Australian bush.

My fear of the dark blossomed when I was seven years old. That’s when we (my family and I) moved into a house at the end of a dirt road in the Adelaide Hills.

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Posted on September 19, 2021September 19, 2021

My New Social Media Measurement Model

Tim Horan eating a chocolate donut.

I created a new way to measure my social media activity while under the influence ofโ€ฆ a chocolate donut ๐Ÿฉ

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Posted on August 23, 2021August 23, 2021

Mushrooms Are Great Teachers

White Oyster mushrooms grown by Tim Horan.

The best education I received was when I learned to grow Oyster mushrooms.

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Posted on August 16, 2021August 19, 2021

Under the Black Flag by David Cordingly

Tim Horan's paperback copy of 'Under the Black Flag' by David Cordingly on his timber dining table.

We all have a price. Each of us can be persuaded to compromise our sense of right or wrong if a reasonable sum of money or dream job is offered to us.

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Posted on August 9, 2021August 9, 2021

Finite and Infinite Games by James P. Carse

Tim Horan's copy of 'Finite and Infinite Games' by James P. Carse.

My wife has told me more than once: “Tim, you like to play games and push other people’s buttons.”

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Posted on August 1, 2021August 1, 2021

The Untold History of the United States by Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick

Tim Horan's paperback copy of 'The Untold History of the United States' by Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick.

I found this book hiding in a box of unwanted paperbacks at a second-hand book fair beneath a church.

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I’m Tim โ€“ a writer, editor, and photographer from Sydney, Australia. Here I talk about work, play, and everything in between.

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