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It was top of the table versus bottom of the table when the red card prone and injury-ravaged Wellington Phoenix visited Brisbane on Sunday.  Few punters gave the Nix a chance.  After all, the Roar would be angry and in the mood for goals after being held to a 2-2 draw against a nine man Melbourne Victory the previous week. ...

On Friday I took my team out for an offsite to a high-ropes obstacle course at Mount Tamborine, followed by a BBQ and some beers at a friends place.  It was nice to get out of the office on a Friday and enjoy the sunny weather and good company.  The day reminded me of how lucky I am to work ...

Jen and I have had a pretty good run as a couple but there’s a mutual understanding that for the next month or so, I won’t really be seeing much of my wife.  You see, the new Bethesda game The Elderscrolls V: Skyrim came out on 11/11/11 and it’s going to suck up almost all of Jen’s free time until ...

Texas Governor Rick Perry attended the CNBC televised debate yesterday.  He said he would get rid of ‘three agencies of goverment’ include ‘education and uh…and uh…and uh…’ and this went on for the best part of a minute. Perry is sometimes described as ‘George Bush on steroids.’

Just hung out, chatted about the Super 15 season, the Reds team and Twitter.  No biggie.

Back Where It All Began The Brisbane Roar travelled to Etihad Stadium for a big Saturday night clash against Harry Kewell and the Melbourne Victory in front of 24,000 fans.  This away game would be the largest crowd that the Roar have played in front of this season.  Melbourne were the last team to beat Brisbane back in September of ...

Survivor: South Pacific – Season 23 – “Double Agent” *contains spoilers for episode eight’s eviction* The latest season of Survivor has really hit its stride with the eighth episode as the two tribes head into a merger and with several players on the show now carrying pretty compelling stories leading into the final few episodes.  Of the two returning players, ...

Have a good weekend everyone!

I love the show QI.  The series began nearly a decade ago when producer John Lloyd initially had the idea of doing a quiz show with questions so difficult that no one can answer them.  The BBC loved the pilot episode and it has since spawned a terrific little show that is now in its nineth season and is still ...

In which things begin to settle It’s round four of the A-League and after the dust settled this weekend, we finally started getting some semblance of balance to the competition.  Melbourne Victory, Gold Coast United and Central Coast Mariners all secured their first wins of the season and Perth Glory finally lost their first game.  The new players are starting ...