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The premiere world footballing competition, the AFC Asian Cup begins this weekend.  The competition features sixteen of Asia’s best footballing nations and is held every four years.  The defending champions of the competition are Iraq who beat Saudi Arabia in the final of the 2007 competition. Australia are perennial favourites to win the tournament but they did such a shit ...

The first home game of the New Year saw the Roar entertain the basement dwelling Perth Glory.  Although the Glory languish near the bottom of the table, they have hit a run of good form beating Adelaide United and drawing away to Gold Coast United in recent weeks.  Would the Glory finally be the team to end The Streak? The ...

Australia 280 & 281 England 644 England win the game by an innings and 83 runs. England retain the Ashes and win the series 3-1. Whelp, the fact that I had an awesome final round in the Fantasy Ashes league was little consolation for what has been a miserable summer of cricket for the Aussies.  What an absolute hiding.  I ...

Today is my last day working as the manager of the Service Centre.  So for this week’s Youtube Friday clip, here’s Ronnie Corbett doing a sketch about the problem’s he’s having with his Blackberry.

Imagine if you will, a ninety minute fantasy film that managed to recreate the essense of the Lord of the Rings films.  There is a young protagonist who must embark on a long and perilous journey.  He has a network of friends that will give him guidance and support.  There is an evil army that wants to conquer the land.  ...

I Love You Phillip Morris is the remarkable true story of a gay con artist Steven Russell who commits a massive amount of credit card fraud, gets sent to prison, finds love with an inmate and then sets about becoming a lawyer so that he can secure an early release for his newfound lover. The story is told as a ...

New Years Eve at the Watson residence, Brisbane. Happy New Year! I trust that on New Years Eve, all the TFW staff and readers had a great night and a fitting send off to 2010.  I know I certainly did.  Thanks to Rich for hosting a great evening with plenty of good food and drink.  That twelve year old Yamazaki.  ...

Two Dudes Are Better Than One

For some reason, I guess I forgot to blog about the end of the fourth game in the Ashes.  Anyway, its not like there was much to write about.  Australia were bowled out for 108 in a truly awful first innings batting collapse and England went on to hand them a second crushing defeat where they won by more than ...