One of the frustrating things about Australian release dates for films is that they are usually day and date in alignment with American blockbuster films released in the middle of the year but when it comes to the independant films and Oscar season films, they are usually several months behind in their distribution.  And given that most of those films ...

The Year I Saw Brisbane Get Flooded, Went To My First AFL Game, Became A Brisbane Roar Die Hard, Started My Whisky Habit, Holidayed In Cairns, Saw Def Leppard In Concert, Met My Favourite Rugby Player and Had A Ridiculously Great Christmas Lunch

In the Boxing Day M1 Derby clash, the Brisbane Roar marched on with their losing streak, losing 1-0 to Gold Coast United.  The winning goal came via a penalty late in the game when Rocky Visconte was wrongly adjudged to have fouled a Gold Coast player inside the penalty area when in actuality he was about a metre out.  A ...

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Billions of blistering blue barnacles

Christmas Day in the Inoue household was spent at home with Jen’s siblings.  Although Jen and her mum Karen raised the bar for Christmas meals with an awesome seafood feast last year, I think she outdid herself once again this year with what she prepared.  My glorious wife laid on a six course all day meal, starting with a croissant ...

Gremlins is a most excellent Christmas movie made by Steven Spielberg just a couple of years after he scored big with E.T.  It was made during the height of Hollywood’s interest in big budget animatronic creature features during the Eighties. The film has a fairytale like quality to it.  The characters are all very well known storytelling archetypes.  There’s the ...

I made a short year-in-review video for my team at work.  I have no idea if this of any interest to anyone on here but you can see my facial hair and my work colleagues.

The top of the table clash between the Brisbane Roar and the Central Coast Mariners marked a turning point in the fortunes of both clubs.  A win for the Mariners would secure their seventh win in eight games and move them to the top of the table.  A win for the Roar would halt their dramatic loss of form and ...

Problem Child III - The High School Years