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Everyone like’s a good bloopers reel. “Haaah-lal. Halaaal. Halal.”

So for a team building exercise at work we’re hiring out 4 boats and having a race on Monday. I kind of wish I knew how to sail 0_o

The Brisbane Roar defeated Melbourne Victory 3-1 this week.  It was their third win in a row and saw the team cement second place in the table.  Besart Berisha scored a goal in 45 seconds and… …actually, this week, there’s other stuff to discuss. BRISBANE ROAR 3 – MELBOURNE VICTORY 1 Gold Coast United Meltdown It all started when Michael ...

Like most people, I stopped watching and caring about the NBA when Hakeem Olajuwon retired.  Well, maybe Michael Jordan retiring had something to do with it too. The NBA has struggled to recapture the sort of worldwide recognition that it enjoyed in the Eighties and Nineties.  I think part of the problem is that it that it doesn’t have a ...

Organic Char is a spin-off restaurant from the famous Brisbane steak restaurant Cha Cha Char.  Organic Char opened in June last year and emphasizes ingredients that are sourced from organic, natural and sustainable sources. Beyond that, the dishes themselves can best be described as modern Australian cuisine that incorporate a range of meat, seafood and vegetarian options.  The menu is ...

This looks ominous.

Brisbane Roar travelled to Wellington on Sunday for a battle between second and third.  The Phoenix shot to second place in the table after a club-record run of form where they won three away games on the trot.  As with the previous two encounters between these sides, Ricky Herbet opted to sit very deep in defence and play on the ...

11/22/63 is the latest novel from Stephen King in which a divorced high school teacher Jake Epping meets an aging cancer-afflicted fry cook who reveals he has a time portal in his diner that transports you to 1958.  The fry cook explains that it is possible to make changes in the past, then travel back to the present to witness ...

It’s Sales Conference time! We had our annual sales conference at the Darling Harbour convention centre in Sydney, as has become the tradition.  It comes off the back of a rather brutal year for the company – we’re very happy to see the back of 2011!  It was a slightly scaled back event this year.  It wasn’t quite the celebrity-stacked ...

Against all the odds, Real Steel isn’t a completely terrible movie.  Well, not nearly as bad as you would imagine when considering that its a film about rock ’em sock ’em robots.  Director Shawn Levy wisely opts not to make a bunch of robots hitting each other repeatedly the centrepiece of his film (unlike, say Michael Bay’s last three films).  ...