Sabbatical

Just to let everyone know I've decided to take a short sabbatical from blogging. If academics get them so can bloggers, albeit unpaid. It maybe a month or even longer, or shorter, I dunno.

Not sure yet what's going to eventuate but something's gunna give after a thorough review. So rather than posting lame-arsed efforts I intend concentrating on some outstanding tasks, unless of course something extraordinary surfaces in the meantime.

Ciao for now,

Adrian.

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Hi Adrian,
I'm a long time reader, first time poster.

I hope you enjoy your break, and I hope that you come back soon, bigger and better.

I will miss your daily tales of the incredible world of a Sydney taxi driver.

Posted by: damon | Feb 20, 2007 8:25:20 AM

That is very sad.... I love your blog.... it is my morning coffee.....

Please come back!

If any readers are also feeling sad please visit my wife's web site for some retail therapy www.hiromik.com

Kind regards,

Posted by: Paul Pluta | Feb 20, 2007 8:28:47 AM

Hasta la vista, ol' son!
See ya 'round the ridges.

Posted by: Ian | Feb 20, 2007 9:08:07 AM

Oh no!!!

I guess I'll have to take lots of cabs in the evening, in the hope of randomly getting you as my driver and hearing your stories live.

I'll miss you and will look forward to your return.

Take care!

Posted by: mc | Feb 20, 2007 10:04:30 AM

So what am I supposed to do at work now? It's not like there are millions of other blogs to choose from. Oh, wait...

Seriously though, thanks for helping me slack off at work for the past couple of years. I look forward to whatever it is you serve up next.

Cheers,

Ben.

Posted by: Ben | Feb 20, 2007 10:05:59 AM

Have a great break, Adrian. You deserve it.

We'll await the return of your words of wisdom (and experience) with antici ... ... pation.

Posted by: MikeFitz | Feb 20, 2007 10:27:08 AM

Aloha!

Posted by: Wil | Feb 20, 2007 11:01:09 AM

have a good one mate XD !!

Posted by: Alvaro | Feb 20, 2007 11:20:20 AM

Happy Hibernation.

Don't cease altogether, some of us keep sane by reading this stuff.

Outstanding posting so far.

And... Have a long & peaceful "blog hibernation"!

Posted by: steve at the pub | Feb 20, 2007 11:38:01 AM

damnit!

OK OK ur entitled to a break but still DAMNIT.

Well, enjoy ur break after years of blogging u've kinda earned it a couple times over =)

Miss ya whiole ur gone!

Kaz
Long time reader, but a bit lack on the posting...

Posted by: Kaz | Feb 20, 2007 2:58:28 PM

Good on you Adrian. You deserve a blog break to recharge the batteries. I look forward to the result of your assessment.

Hopefully we will see you back here........

Cheers

Posted by: ymmoT | Feb 20, 2007 3:34:32 PM

please come back soon!!!

Posted by: alice | Feb 21, 2007 2:07:05 AM

i keep looking for you at the airport feeder whenever i do a shift in sydney thought you would be easy to find(as not to many of us white fellas in cabs anymore)have a good break hope to see you one day.

Posted by: south coast cabbie | Feb 21, 2007 5:22:37 AM

very nice pic. could benefit from some better pixelage

Posted by: DanMac | Feb 21, 2007 7:07:37 AM

Hi Adrian,

I have enjoyed reading your blog for sometime now but have never posted a comment.

I hope you enjoy your sabbatical and that you do come back.

Lisa

Posted by: Lisa | Feb 21, 2007 9:39:26 AM

Have a good break, Adrian.

I hope this is "au revoir" and not "goodbye".

Posted by: PQ | Feb 21, 2007 11:43:50 AM

Good riddance as far as I'm concerned. Yer blog's rubbish!

Posted by: The Paper Boy | Feb 21, 2007 11:56:57 AM

adrian - good sabbaticaling but remember in the Good Old Days academics were expected to write a book each sabbatical.

I look forward to a signed hardback copy.

Posted by: Francis Xavier Holden | Feb 21, 2007 4:28:45 PM

Hi Adrian !

I enjoy reading your comments. Please take a short brake and come back refreshed.

Posted by: Gus | Feb 21, 2007 5:54:01 PM

Miss yo already bro. Yo all come back hear.

Posted by: Brian | Feb 21, 2007 8:50:35 PM

Seeya have a good holiday from blogging.

Posted by: TheDailyMagnet | Feb 21, 2007 9:59:28 PM

You've posted throught Chrissies and winters and trials of all sorts. Enjoyed it all. You are stil the only blogger on my favourites. Thabnks for the late night input. Thanks!

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Thanks again!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Carl | Feb 21, 2007 11:20:08 PM

Ahaa
Got the book deal did ya?

Posted by: killerbee | Feb 22, 2007 8:53:14 AM

At various times, I really want a sabbatical from life. Is this possible Adrian? Have a good "breather" - Kim.

Posted by: Kim | Feb 23, 2007 3:34:52 PM

Shame. I enjoy your posts. Hope you will be back.

Posted by: pommygranate | Feb 26, 2007 10:44:19 AM

Argggggghhhh...you will be missed, Adrian. Enjoy your break and achieve all that you wish to achieve plus more.

Come back soon...your blog was my first!!! Doesn't seem right without you about. :)

Posted by: Lee | Feb 26, 2007 11:11:11 AM

Absence makes the heart grow fonder....

Actually, read your "I'm off on a sabbatical" post last week, but had forgotten by today and now am sorely disappointed not to find you here with something wise and witty to lighten my Monday blues!

Come back soon!

Posted by: 100percent | Feb 27, 2007 3:33:52 AM

never thought I would agree with The Paper Boy (forest killer). But he has got this one right.

Posted by: hard work equals results | Feb 28, 2007 12:16:58 AM

Gees, thanks for all the best wishes folks, even the backhanders from a couple of relos. There'll be trouble at the next family BBQ !

Everything's good and I'm feeling somewhat refreshed. Back soon. Cheers, Adrian.

Posted by: adrian | Feb 28, 2007 3:01:09 AM

Adrian--greetings from the Cathy's World blog in Los Angeles. We look forward to your return.

Since you drive for a living, I'm curious if you've driven the new VE Commodore. I just bought a Pontiac GTO (Holden Monaro) and also picked up a couple of books about Holden. There's a lot of your country's postwar history in its car business--labor, technology, politics, you name it. Myself, I'd take an HQ Monaro from the early seventies.

Posted by: GMcV | Mar 5, 2007 9:34:02 AM

And here was me checking in to see your inimitable take on driving through Mardi Gras weekend........

Yours is a "must read" blog, Adrian. It's beautifully written with a whiff of "boulevard of broken dreams" realism that people less blessed than you with the insight and experience to depict it accurately, would kill for.

You've no business going on a long hiatus. There's work to be done.

Posted by: Geoff Honnor | Mar 5, 2007 6:07:22 PM

Well, I guess you've earned a break. ;)
Hurry back though you slacker!!

Posted by: steph | Mar 9, 2007 10:11:29 PM

Lokks like taxi driving's the same all round the world?

Posted by: Gaz | Mar 11, 2007 3:43:49 PM

Only a week or so to go?. I Hope all is well with you Adrian, thanks for all the topics, links etc and time you spend.
Cheers Peter

Posted by: Peter | Mar 12, 2007 6:37:21 PM