Trying something a little different today with the publication of a short story I wrote for university last year. The resulting grade of Distinction has given me the confidence to put it on the world wide web. I suspect the high mark was less for my writing and more for how I effectively displayed the power … Continue reading BIRTH DAYS
Thank you very much to thefilm.blog for the Nomination! Bit of fun so here goes! The Mystery Blogger Award was created by the wonderful Okoto Enigma, who I’m sure we can all agree can describe the award better in her own words, than I ever could, so without further ado: “The “Mystery Blogger Award” is an … Continue reading THE MYSTERY BLOGGER AWARD NOMINATION
This post is the concluding chapter to my best hit adverts from earlier in 2016, which every four months would track changing statistics. First up the United States of America had the most views this year taking over Australia’s lead from the year previous. British views also saw a sharp uptick almost knocking Australia into … Continue reading THE YEAR THAT WAS 2016 ON LLOYD MARKEN WORDPRESS
This is just a quick stocktake for the second quarter of the year to see where we stand heading into the last third of the year. Think of it as less a self-congratulatory pat on the back and more a shameless plug for previous posts. Consistently most of my views come from the USA ( … Continue reading SOME STATS FROM 2016
I studied in the Creative Industries and like a lot who do it is not now where I work. A few years ago my sister who blogs suggested I should too. I guess to have a creative outlet and maybe to practice my craft and build a portfolio. Sadly I don’t think I’ve really become … Continue reading The Year of Blogging Dangerously
At the Brisbane Comedy Festival, March 13 2020. Copyright Lloyd Marken March 13 For me it always come back to Friday the 13th of March. As we entered 2021 there were lots of anniversary milestones. The first reported case in America, in the UK, in Australia, when restrictions came into place for air travel. Monday … Continue reading COVID-19 DIARY – A YEAR INTO IT
February 02 Many years I was walking through the city on my way to work in the lead-up to ANZAC Day. There was a gentleman big jowled sitting in a wheelchair selling badges. On his cap was stitched 105 Field Battery. I noted that 105 had been at the battle of Long Tan. “Long Tan … Continue reading COVID-19 DIARY – GOD BLESS SIR TOM MOORE
December 07 Monday and a new week and while I was off sick Monday and Tuesday hotel quarantine started up again in Melbourne, Victoria. For the first time since late June international flights with returning Australians were landing to complete 14 days of hotel quarantine in Melbourne. The Australian city that had experienced the … Continue reading COVID-19 DIARY – BACK IN THE GAME – PART I
October 02 In the modern world there a few times you can jump out and proclaim news that you can comfortably believe will interest everybody. It was Friday afternoon in the office and one of my work colleagues walked out of his office and declared to the floor that “Trump has COVID.” Without fail there … Continue reading COVID-19 DIARY – BALLBAG DROPS THE BALL
July 10 In Victoria there were 288 confirmed cases recorded overnight and 60 fines handed out for breaches since the lockdown came into effect. Two paramedics getting a feed at a KFC at 1:30am in the morning noted an order taken by two people for 20. They advised police who went to a house … Continue reading COVID-19 DIARY – IT’S GOT TO BE KFC
