“The man in black fled across the dessert, and the gunslinger followed.” When it comes to books, I’m always cautious of the fantasy genre.  I don’t necessarily object to them in principle and I enjoy plenty of fantasy genre films and video games.  It’s just that the fantasy genre for books almost always favours sprawling epics that take the author ...

Over the weekend, Jen and I attended the wedding of our good friends Rhea and Cameron Proudlove. There was a wonderful service held at a chapel in Bardon followed by a reception at the Botannical Cafe in Mount Coo-Tha.  I was the Master of Ceremonies at the wedding which was a rather intense experience.  For all the public speaking I ...

For Jen’s birthday, I took her to one of Brisbane’s most decorated new restaurants.  Esquire’s head chef is Ryan Squires, formerly of Buffalo Club fame.  It’s been three years since we dined at Buffalo Club but it still rates highly for Jen and I as one of our favourite dining experiences so we eagerly awaited Squires’ new venture.  His food ...

This video is cool as shit. I have no idea whether we’re getting Paralympics coverage in Australia though 🙁

To paraphrase Walter Sobchak, the beauty of the Gandalf Arrives set is its simplicity. This Lord of the Rings set is taken from one of the earliest scenes in the Fellowship of the Ring when Gandalf makes his return to The Shire.  The minifig for Gandalf looks awesome, his cart is made up of only a handful of pieces but ...

Just a few months to go now…

Hats off to Gomez

Game boys

It’s been a memorable couple of weeks, hasn’t it? Sweet shot of the iron-forged rings from the opening ceremony Ridiculous save from the American Women’s volleyball team Hipster Korean archers are pretty gud Corgis Awesome Independent Athletes from the Opening Ceremony being awesome Shin A Lam’s sit-in protest Kim Un Guk salutes the crowd after winning gold in weightlifting Saving ...