Gremlins is a most excellent Christmas movie made by Steven Spielberg just a couple of years after he scored big with E.T.  It was made during the height of Hollywood’s interest in big budget animatronic creature features during the Eighties. The film has a fairytale like quality to it.  The characters are all very well known storytelling archetypes.  There’s the ...

I made a short year-in-review video for my team at work.  I have no idea if this of any interest to anyone on here but you can see my facial hair and my work colleagues.

The top of the table clash between the Brisbane Roar and the Central Coast Mariners marked a turning point in the fortunes of both clubs.  A win for the Mariners would secure their seventh win in eight games and move them to the top of the table.  A win for the Roar would halt their dramatic loss of form and ...

Problem Child III - The High School Years

A Christmas classic

Block party

I haven’t really done much by the way of producing any new video content for The FAT Website this year.  No real reason.  Just haven’t had the time or the energy to do it.  Having said that, my brother-in-law recently brought it to my attention that a group of his friends on Facebook were reposting and discussing the ol’ Growing ...

BRISBANE ROAR 0 WELLINGTON PHOENIX 2 Three weeks ago we were: “26 game undefeated streak baby!” Now we’re this guy: “Three straight losses, don’t care, chill out and rub icecream in my face” On Saturday we play a top of the table clash against the Central Coast Mariners who are on equal points and have won six out of seven ...

My parents bought me my first ever video game console for my eleventh birthday – a Super Nintendo.  You got a lot more bang for your buck back then.  It came bundled with two controllers and a free copy of Super Mario World, one of the greatest platform games ever made and surely one of the greatest launch titles for ...

Okay…so we lost 2-0 away to Sydney.  It was an away game.  So what?  It doesn’t mean anything.  The streak was nice but its not that important.  We’re still top of the league and we won 36 games in a row.  Now we’ve got a home game against Melbourne Heart who’ve never beaten us.  Let’s see what happens then.  Lets ...