Houston and the Blind

My most anticipated game of the upcoming holiday season and its less than a couple of months away.  Looks absolutely bonkers.  Cannot wait. Have a good weekend everyone!

Can you believe its friggin’ October already?  Where has the year gone? There’s plenty to like about October.  The football is back on.  The big budget video games come out this time of year.  The Oscar-bait films start running at the cinema.  And there’s Halloween. For me, October is a good excuse to watch a bunch of monster movies and ...

Jaegerbombs

The reason I became an avid reader of Hercule Poirot books as a kid is twofold.  One, I love a good murder mystery.  Two, David Suchet is amazing and watching The ABC Murders on TV made me a fan for life. It’s only as I’ve gotten older and read more about Agatha Christie herself that I’ve gotten to understand the ...

Our off-season is so ridiculously long 🙁  Hurry up, October 11th.  Hurry up. If you concentrate really hard on this teaser trailer from Fox Sports, you will see the mighty Brisbane Roar for about 0.5 seconds.  Clearly the focus will still be on the bigger clubs with their Del Pieros and Shinji Onos.

The FAT Website.  Poor old thing has been neglected badly for the past three months.  Apologies to our readership for the infrequent updates and distinct lack of new content since July.  I’ve been kept super busy in July and August, hanging out with visiting friends and family.  I thought I’d get back into the swing of things in September but ...

The Lego Minifigs Series 11 came out about a month ago.  Using the time honoured ‘bag-feeling’ method, Jen and I have picked up 14 out of 16 characters so far.  We’re still missing Grandma and Blues Brother.  We’ve been pretty successful with our blind buys so far – we haven’t bought a single duplicate in the entire series. I have ...

Urbane is probably one of the most creative and consistently excellent fine dining restaurants in Brisbane.  Thanks to their reputations, other high profile chefs like Ryan Squires and Matt Moran draw greater attention at Esquire and Aria but Urbane is the place to go for Brisbane’s most delicious and inventive degustation.  It’s got the longevity, the loyal customer base and ...