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Lost In our household, it’s gradually whittled down to the point where I’m the only person persisting with watching the final season of Lost.  After having some rather sour feelings about the start of the season, I’ve actually really come around to enjoying this season.  Sadly, no one else in the house actually believes me when I say the show ...

Its been a while since me and Jen had a chance to check out a new restaurant.  Probably not since the Sydney trip in January.  So we’re breaking that streak by eating at Jellyfish on Eaglestreet Pier and then in a fortnights time, we’ll be making a return to the Buffalo Club for another degustation.  Five guests.  Chefs table booked ...

I came home from work today to find that the courier dropped off the Samsung TV from the Biggest Loser comp at last. We’re still not really sure what to do with it.  Tossing up between selling it to someone who said they’d paid RRP for it or holding onto it and using it in our guestroom. Also, when I ...

Its been a weird sort of week in Brisbane.  It started raining about ten days ago and it hasn’t really stopped.  In fact, I’m looking out the window now and its still going. Typical then that it should happen on a week where we actually had some plans to go out a bunch of times.  Firstly, the Asian Cup Qualifier ...

You’ll notice its been pretty dead on the ol’ Fat Web for the month of February. That’s not to say nothing has happened.  Far from it.  Just a set of circumstances where we’ve had people crashing on the couch and some extra visitors passing through so I haven’t really had the opportunity to take five and blog about stuff. But ...

*spoilers for the first two episodes* So I finally got around to watching the double-length episodes that started Season Six of Lost.  I can’t really say I know what to make of it.  The show seems so far up its own ass at this point that I’m not entirely sure the writers know where they’re going with this. So, you’ve ...

Ah, conferences. Work conferences are a strange beast.  Its a great time to catch up with lots of work colleagues, particularly those interstate and out of town who you don’t get to see that often.  There’s 2 nights put up in a nice hotel and plenty of drinking.  You usually get some nifty swag from the vendors peddling their wares ...

Over the past 18 months or so, myself and Jenni have come to have quite a soft spot for Sydney.  I’ve travelled there about 10-15 times in the past year and both of us have many fond memories there.  We’ve got our favourite restaurants, favourite shops that sell stuff you can’t find in Brisbane and many old friends from Queensland ...

Picked up a new board game this weekend.  I’d heard a lot about Settlers of Catan before but never got around to playing it.  We picked it up from Mind Games over the weekend and played a couple of rounds with Jen and Dominic. Turns out its pretty awesome and I’m not just saying that because I won the first ...

Cormac McCarthy’s The Road follows an unnamed man and his son as they trek through a post-apocalyptic America that is reduced to smouldering ash with only a handful of survivors left alive.  As they trek down the eponymous road that leads them out towards the coastline, they must continually search for food to eat and fend for themselves against other ...