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Author Archives: Ryan Buesnel
A Boy, a Preacher, and a Wizard.
I remember 1997 well. It was the year that the Ricky Martin phenomenon hit the rural Victorian town of Echuca. The girls at my high school were losing their minds over how hot he was. Little did they know that … Continue reading
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Tagged childhood, christianity, church, funny, minister, nostalgia, theology
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Kilkenny Trains
Dad used to walk me to the train line near Kilkenny station in suburban Adelaide when he felt like a bit of train-spotting. The station was a short walk from my Grandparent’s house, where my Dad spent his boyhood years. … Continue reading
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Tagged adelaide, childhood, memories, nostalgia, southaustralia, trains, trainspotting
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Grandpa’s House
As I opened the back door to the house, a rushing blast of pent-up air hit me squarely in the face like the onslaught of a summertime northerly. It was as if years of accumulated stuffiness had been expecting this … Continue reading
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Tagged adelaide, childhood, death, family, grandpa, memories, nostalgia, parents
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Small Moments in Love #3
The paths we walked became sacred to me, but like all things beautiful the memory is laced with pain. The moments we shared- nothing more than tiny windows in time really- was mostly spent walking together. These were occasions that … Continue reading
An Afternoon BMX Adventure
I. My BMX had white tires. It was a cheap knock-off brand from K-Mart, but I rode the life out of it. I had initially wanted something cooler like a Mongoose, but I knew I this was a pipe dream … Continue reading
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Tagged bikeriding, BMX, childhood, memories, memory, nostalgia, reflection, rokeby, shortstory, warragul
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Portrait of an Anxious Mind
I realised I had been on the same webpage just 1 hour before. It was 2am and my panic resulted in another bout of sleeplessness, so I had been indulging in a favourite pastime: googling my headache symptoms in a … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, existentialism, health, healthanxiety, mental illness, worry
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Small Moments in Love #2
The Church I attended throughout my childhood was small but vibrant. Each Sunday evening we would have a more informal service that was designed to ‘reach out’ to people from non-church backgrounds. I remember these services as a lot of … Continue reading
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Tagged childhood, church, friends, love, memories, nostalgia, relationships
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Western Civilisation in the Twenty-First Century Conference
I will be speaking at the University of Adelaide History Department’s Western Civilisation in the Twenty-First Century conference on 20-21 February, 2020. My paper will deal with nationalism and racism as manifest in various extreme heavy metal subcultures. The event … Continue reading
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Nazi Show Trials and the Politics of Condemnation
Roland Freisler was one of the more unsavoury personalities of the Third Reich-era. This achievement was no small feat given his competition: Himmler, Bormann, Goebbels and Streicher were all strong contenders in the crappy personality department. Nevertheless, Freisler occupied a … Continue reading
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Tagged judgement, law, legal, michelfoucault, nazi, nazis, philosophy, rolandfreisler, thirdreich
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Writing Passionate History: The Example of Jules Isaac
Must the writing of history always be undertaken in a spirit of cold detachment, or is there a legitimate place for the use of passion as a guiding force in the pursuit of historical inquiry? Traditional wisdom would suggest that … Continue reading
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Tagged antisemitism, history, holocaust, jewishhistory, judaism, julesisaac, religion, thirdreich
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