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Paying Homage to my Baby

Paying Homage to my Baby

I started blogging on justinhartman.com on Oct 26, 2006 and carried on until I lost my domain to hackers in 2011. I lost all the content along with my domain but after years I've managed to find and restore the old content. This is that content.

My Tattoo, what, where and why I did it

My Tattoo, what, where and why I did it

When I was 16 my father gave me a framed copy of the Rudyard Kipling poem titled "If" which hung on my wall for the entire duration of my high-school career. This poem was very special to him and when I was 21 he read me the poem in his speech at my 21st birthday celebrations.

My Sabbatical

My Sabbatical

Over the last few months it has become clear to me that the loss of my father has had a much bigger impact on my life than I realised. I’ve also had a number of personal issues which have really played a major part in defining where I am at today.

In Loving Memory - Rodney John Hartman 25/02/1949 - 18/05/2010

In Loving Memory - Rodney John Hartman 25/02/1949 - 18/05/2010

At exactly 00:00 today my father passed away after a long battle with Cancer. Back in 1995 my father was diagnosed with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) and at the time I was only 15 years old. I remember thinking that my dad was going to die but the beauty,

England, thanks for ruining cricket for my son

England, thanks for ruining cricket for my son

First let me state that Luke, my 5 year-old, is a cricket fanatic. If we’re not watching cricket he’s bowling balls down the passage or setting his imaginary field and he’s driving me nuts with wanting me to purchase every piece of cricket equipment that has ever been made.

Why are Clocks so prominent in my life right now?

I’m struggling to find the meaning behind this but for some reason children’s clocks are featuring very prominently in my life right now. Two days ago Colette and I went to see a psychologist about our eldest son Luke. There’s nothing wrong with him but we were

Getting rejected, it's never fun

While this blog has been a lot about my good news lately, today it’s a lot about my bad. If you’ve been reading my blog then you’d know I was chosen as a nominee in the Men’s Health Best Man Awards 2009 and last week I