Brisbane played their second home game at Skilled Park on Saturday against the Melbourne Heart.  Having tied the 22 game undefeated streak of Apia-Leichardt from 1987, this would be the game to break the record.  For Melbourne Heart, they currently sit in 6th position in the A-League standings and would be desperate to secure some points to ensure they qualify ...

Robot is a Tamil sci-fi film starring the smoking hot Indian actress Aishwariya Rai and some guy I’ve never heard of.  Released in cinemas in October 2010, it is apparently Bollywood’s most expensive film ever made.  From what I can tell, it is also probably the best action film made in Bollywood too. Just look at this clip (which is ...

On a two week break that was imposed by the recent floods in Queensland, the Brisbane Roar got their season back underway at Skilled Park in the Gold Coast on Australia Day.  The Roar’s usual homeground, Suncorp Stadium, will still be in recovery mode until possibly the final game of the season. It was my first trip to Skilled Park.  ...

You wouldn’t have expected it a couple of weeks ago but it was bone dry and absolutely scorching weather for Big Day Out 2011 in Queensland. This was the 19th year that Big Day Out has been held and it continued the festival’s trend in recent years of really serving up a seriously eclectic mix of artists.  The headlining acts ...

More fun than a barrel of yarn

Japan Wins: celebrates with 5-0 demolition of Saudi Arabia Japan celebrated their qualification into the quarter finals of the Asian Cup with an emphatic 5-0 win over 2007 finalists Saudi Arabia.  The win caps off a miserable campaign for the Saudis who lost every single game and comes as some relief to the Japanese who had to rely on last ...

Glee – Season 2 I only just found time to finish watching the two most recent episodes of Glee (Sectionals & Christmas) but now that I have a bit of downtime because I’m on Flood Break I’ve been able to catch up. I dug both episodes and they rounded out the first half of this season nicely.  I’ve timed this ...

It’s about time I gave everyone an update on how the Asian Cup is going.  It takes a certain dedicatation to watch as much terrible football as I do and at weird hours of the night too.  And because I’ve had all this time off work due to the floods, it’s meant that I’ve been able to stay up at ...

Not to bash down Edo’s most excellent Whisky post below. I finally have all the ISB videos sorted. 🙂 After spending quite a bit of time editing the video and making a 20 min special ISB clip. I uploaded it and it was too big, so had to split it into five chapters. Enjoy!!!! Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 ...