“When I think of my wife, I always think of her head.” On their fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne’s wife Amy disappears and their home shows signs of a violent struggle.  There are traces of blood but no body is discovered.  What happened?  Who killed Amy?  Is she even dead?  Just what is going on here? Gone Girl is the ...

I’m not sure what I expected when I went to see Coldplay perform at Suncorp Stadium but it wasn’t this. Like just about everyone else, Coldplay are a band that I’ve enjoyed since their debut album Parachutes twelve years ago when their single Yellow first made it big on the radio.  Since then, the band has rather consistently pumped out ...

With my upcoming trip to the States, The FAT Website will be idle for most of December.  Not to worry though, as there is still plenty of material for regular readers. It’s been about three years overdue but I’ve finally gotten around to uploading some the blogging archives from the earlier years of the website.  I’m still not finished but ...

The West Wing Season 3 The third season of The West Wing sees the show at a crossroads in its narrative.  The major story arc for the second season is focused on Jeb Barlet’s failure to disclose his MS condition to the public and the ramifications this has on running for a second term as president.  In some ways, I ...

Life in Aberdeen I remember in 2010 when I went to Scotland for a holiday, I caught up with my cousin Craig and his girlfriend Mari.  We had a really awesome 48 hour whirlwind visit to his home in Aberdeen where we walked around in this crazy-ass foggy weather (seriously, Aberdeen looks like its the setting for The Road), played ...

At Harvest, Sigur Ros played this song which is one of my favourites of theirs. It made me happy.

BRISBANE ROAR 4 – SYDNEY FC 2 ADELAIDE UNITED 1 – MELBOURNE HEART 0 MELBOURNE VICTORY 2 CENTRAL COAST MARINERS 2 NEWCASTLE JETS 0 – WELLINGTON PHOENIX 3 PERTH GLORY 0 – WESTERN SYDNEY WANDERERS 1 Del Piero’s Roar Deal After a dismal three losses in a row saw Brisbane Roar slump to the bottom of the table for the ...

Per Se is American chef Thomas Keller’s urban restaurant in New York which opened in 2004.  In its relatively short existence, it has consistently been recognized as one of the best restaurants in the world.  It’s also consistently recognized as one of the hardest restaurants in the world to get a booking at. Well, after a bit of persistence, I ...

I went to Harvest Festival on Sunday with Jen and Rich.  Harvest is only a couple of years old but I think it has found a pretty good niche for itself amongst the crowded festival circuit.  It’s positioned as the festival for people that don’t like the stereotypical bogan festival goer.  There are no shirtless, roided up dudes wearing Australian ...