What an awful person.

They are.

Call them a Trump Tax.

This is the 'democracy' enough Americans voted for it to be thus.

These tariffs are stupid.

Make America Ignorant.

I am not as confident as you. I suspect they are in control of this game as they have players on both sides.

More people with platforms need to stand up and be counted like this.

In the meantime, a short play I wrote, Shirley, is being produced next month for the first time ever – in Chapala, Mexico of all places, by Bravo Theatre (thebravo.org).

I’ll stay on with Tower Systems for two years. I still have, and love, the newsXpress business that serves 200 awesome local Aussie newsagency businesses as well as the associated websites: www.mintcoinshop.com.au, www.myornaments.com.au and www.hugsandlove.com.au.

My first job ever, four years with the CSIRO, is what set me on a path in computing and having worked in a newsagency while at High School taught me about business. The two experiences were at the heart of starting Tower in 1981.

I am also reminded of opening the envelope in December 1973 to read my high school results, discovering I had failed. While school is important, the number you are given is not necessarily a measure of your capabilities.

It’s been an odd time since the sale on November 1, 2024, finding memories of the first days filtering up along with other memories of embarrassment, excitement and joy.