The first Ashes game of the series concluded in Brisbane yesterday. The build up promised an evenly contested battle between Australia and the Old Enemy and it certainly delivered.  The game was a seesaw contest, back and forth, over the five days.  On the first day, Australia appeared to have the ascendancy on the back of a hattrick by Peter ...

Ah the end of year music best-of list – first off, a disclaimer: I was always under the impression that I actually did one of these on a yearly basis – however looking back over my post history it seems to be that I’ve basically made this fact up in my head and can’t seem to find any previous ones. ...

If the Brisbane Roar won this home fixture against the Perth Glory, they would tie the A-League record held by Adelaide United for the greatest run of matches without a defeat.  Thirteen. The Glory have been a thoroughly awful side this year and only a handful  garnered in the opening rounds of the season has seen them avoid being bottom ...

I thought this was pretty cool.  Jen’s friend Ned is a game designer who works for Traveller’s Tales.  Knowing that Jen is a big Harry Potter fan, he added her name in the closing credits of the latest Harry Potter video game under the Special Thanks section. Needless to say, Jen was pretty stoked.

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Hey Everyone, We’re only a few days away from the first day of the Ashes so with that in mind, its time to sign up for the 2010/11 Fantasy Ashes league.  I’ve created a league on Fox Sports for us to use.  It’s free to sign up and if you use the invitation code 14286-2104 then you can join the ...

Jen held a Mad Hatters tea party on Saturday for Jule’s birthday.  She went all out with cakes, pastries, macarons and sweets.  They decorated the apartment as well and everyone who attended had their own custom made funky hat.  All said, it was one of the most creative ways to celebrate a birthday I’ve seen.

Retired England cricketer Ian Botham turned up at Suncorp to show his support for the Brisbane Roar on Saturday. This week we had a local derby against the underwhelming North Queensland Fury.  It’s only the Fury’s second season in the A-League.  In their opening season they signed up God to play as their striker.  He worked out pretty well for ...

Machete Maidens Unleashed is a documentary about the boom period in the Filipino film industry during the Sixties and Seventies which, at its peak, was outputting something like 350 films a year.  Producers from the U.S were attracted to the market which was welcoming to Americans, had cheap labour and offered a ready-made exotic location. What this translated to was ...

The Roar faced a tricky midweek roadtrip to EnergyAustralia Stadium to play a resurgent Newcastle Jets on a humid Wednesday night in New South Wales.  Although the Jets currently sit bottom the table, they have recently found their form and over the past weekend they made short work of Adelaide United, crushing them 3-0.  With former Arsenal striker Francis Jeffers ...