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The FAT Website has had over a dozen bloggers writing about their lives around the world for over a decade. Topics cover everything from food, music, sports, travel and general musings on the minutiae of everyday life. The FAT Website blog first started in 1999 as a means for five high school friends to stay in touch as they independently traveled around the world.

A Life Well Eaten

Per Se is American chef Thomas Keller’s urban restaurant in New York which opened in 2004.  In its relatively short existence, it has consistently been recognized as one of the best restaurants in the world.  It’s also consistently recognized as one of the hardest restaurants in the world to get a booking at. Well, after a bit of persistence, I ...

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Harvest 2012

I went to Harvest Festival on Sunday with Jen and Rich.  Harvest is only a couple of years old but I think it has found a pretty good niche for itself amongst the crowded festival circuit.  It’s positioned as the festival for people that don’t like the stereotypical bogan festival goer.  There are no shirtless, roided up dudes wearing Australian ...

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Big Ass Storm Hits Brisbane

We had an absolutely massive storm in Brisbane today.  A gigantic, Biblical-scale, thunder bolts and lightning, rain falling upwards and sideways type storm. It’s absolutely terrible timing.  Tomorrow is Harvest Festival.  Nothing like going to an all-day outdoor festival in torrential weather.  The funny thing is that this is Jen’s second ever festival and the last time we went…same thing.

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My Plans For the Rest of 2012

I’m pretty excited about how the end of the year is looking.  There’s a couple of dates and events that need finalizing but basically this is what I’ve got in store: Plenty to look forward to.

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Time For A Holiday

It’s been a long time since I’ve had a trip overseas.  I must admit, I get a little stir crazy when I see Facebook and Twitter updates from Mike, Matt, Pat, Angela…it seems everyone has been travelling and holidaying except me. Fortunately, that’s all about to change.  In December, Jen and I have booked in a three week trip to ...

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U.S Presidential Elections 2012: Obama Wins

“I believe we can seize this future together because we are not as divided as our politics suggests. We’re not as cynical as the pundits believe. We are greater than the sum of our individual ambitions, and we remain more than a collection of red states and blue states. We are and forever will be the United States of America.” ...

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U.S Presidential Elections 2012: Live Blog

3.25 HURRY UP AND CONCEDE ROMNEY 2.52 2.51 Donald Trump totally delivers on the bitter tears Fox anchors are starting to turn on one another.  Karl Rove still reckons Romney is a chance and Megyn Kelly is just laughing at him 2.50 SECOND TERM CONFIRMED 1.55  “Panic has set in at Fox News.  The news anchors are wondering around in ...

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