Saturday night was a big homecoming for the Brisbane Roar. It was the first home game back at Suncorp Stadium since the Queensland Floods six weeks ago.  It was also the final game of the regular season, an M1 Derby against the Gold Coast, and the night in which they would be presented with the Premiere’s Plate for finishing top ...

The Super Bowl this year had a much maligned musical performance from the Black Eyed Peas that had a lot of people yearning for some of the performers from yesteryear.  So for this week’s Youtube Friday post, I thought I’d put up one of my personal favourites:  Michael Jackson at the 1993 Super Bowl Half-time Show. Have a good weekend ...

I didn’t actually get to see this game because I was down in Sydney for the Conference.  The game was supposed to be played at Dairy Farmer Stadium but because of Cyclone Yasi, it had to be moved to Skilled Park.  This game attracted a record low attendance which is probably what you get when the top team plays the ...

This might be a good time to talk about my new job. I alluded to having a new job earlier in the year but haven’t really had a chance to write about it.  Partly because on my second day in the new role, the Queensland Floods happened and I didn’t go to work for nearly two weeks, so there wasn’t ...

Missouri loves company

A montage of Japanese MMA fighter Genki Sudo entrances to his fights. My favourite is the mechanical KFC bucket hat that shoots steam out the top. Have a good weekend, everyone.

Swanderful

Man, I don’t know what the deal is with the weather in Australia at the moment but I think this diagram summed up the situation in January quite succinctly. And just as Queensland started its recovery from the Floods, now we’ve got this stupidly large cyclone coming our way.  Seriously, it’s like the size of several European countries.  Just look ...

A tough U.S. Marshal helps a stubborn teenager track down her father's murderer.

For a football tournament that I went into with some pretty low expectations, I derived a surprising amount of entertainment from the 2011 Asian Cup. Firstly, both Japan and Australia totally cleaned up the rest of Asia, piling on big scores and playing entertaining games throughout the tournament.  Japan played no less than four games where a last minute goal ...