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The Holiday in Sydney

Over the past 18 months or so, myself and Jenni have come to have quite a soft spot for Sydney.  I’ve travelled there about 10-15 times in the past year and both of us have many fond memories there.  We’ve got our favourite restaurants, favourite shops that sell stuff you can’t find in Brisbane and many old friends from Queensland ...

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Weekend of Catan

Picked up a new board game this weekend.  I’d heard a lot about Settlers of Catan before but never got around to playing it.  We picked it up from Mind Games over the weekend and played a couple of rounds with Jen and Dominic. Turns out its pretty awesome and I’m not just saying that because I won the first ...

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TFW Book Club: The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Cormac McCarthy’s The Road follows an unnamed man and his son as they trek through a post-apocalyptic America that is reduced to smouldering ash with only a handful of survivors left alive.  As they trek down the eponymous road that leads them out towards the coastline, they must continually search for food to eat and fend for themselves against other ...

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Monday Night Wars II

Tomorrow is a huge day in the professional wrestling industry.  For the first time in a decade, there will be two competing wrestling promotions running live shows on Monday at the same time!  Its the Monday Night Wars II! In one corner, you’ve got the WWE who are running a New Year show featuring Bret “The Hitman” Hart returning for ...

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Predicting The Next Ten Years

Note:  This is probably the sort of stuff I should be writing in 2009 but I’m not that well organised. There’s already been plenty of articles written about the social, political and technological changes in the last ten years.  TIME Magazine actually described it as the worst post-WWII decade that we’ve had.  It was the decade that gave us a ...

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