It was my sister-in-law Sarah’s 22nd birthday recently.  One of the gifts she received, from her twin brother, was a set of alphabet tiles that spelt out both her name and tuahine, which is Maori for ‘sister’.  A nice and thoughtful gift. It didn’t take very long for us to get into a silly mood and re-arrange the letters. Sarah ...

I don’t quite know how this happened but its April 2011 and I’ve only written a couple of blogs about video games.  I’ve got a huge backlog of stuff I want to write about.  Xbox Kinect.  Xbox Live Arcade games.  Nintendo 3DS.  iPhone Games.  Now is a good a time as any to start getting stuck into it. This week, ...

Have a good weekend everyone.

Q&A Anyone who’s kept up with The FAT Website over the years will know that one of my favourite forms of television entertainment is politics.  Modern day politics is all about sound bytes, spectacle, name-calling and muck raking.  Whether its Silvio Burlusconi having bunga bunga parties, Donald Trump running for the White House or Muammar Gaddafi giving a speech under ...

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Wrestlemania XXVII, the Super Bowl of the wrestling business, sees the WWE at a crossroads where the organisation seems to be going through a rather difficult transition from their current crop of stars to the new generation.  Many of their top tier stars such as The Undertaker and Triple H are likely only a few years or one serious injury ...

It’s Wrestlemania Weekend on The FAT Website.  So here’s a wrestling-related Youtube clip to start your Friday.  It’s a fan-made song called Custom Made which is made up of promo clips from ‘Nature Boy’ Ric Flair.  This is a pretty great song to start your day with.  Charlie Sheen has nothing on Ric Flair in his hey day. So without ...

One of my favourite aspects of trying out a restaurant’s degustation is the social experience that comes with the evening.  By my reckoning, if you’re trying out a multi-course tasting menu, you’re usually eating and drinking with your friends for about four or five hours.  Over the course of that time, everyone is going through a world class culinary journey ...

I just came back from a ridiculously great weekend trip down in Melbourne.  It was arranged through a sales competition at work which my brother-in-law Dom won by a handy margin.  The prize was an all expenses paid trip to Melbourne which included an invite to the McLaren F1 VIP party.  Dom very kindly agreed to take me along. I ...

This weekend I’m travelling to Melbourne for a bit of fun.  It’s an ‘F1 Weekend Getaway’.  So I thought I’d post a related video for the occasion. The weird thing is I’m not actually going to the Formula One race on Sunday.