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The phone rang a month or so ago with Pat on the other end declaring that he was looking to book tickets for the traditional end of season rugby match between England and the Barbarians (the ‘Best of the Rest’ playing in English league). Having never been to Twickenham before I thought this would be an excellent notch on my ...

I realise i could have posted the video below in the comments section of Edo’s last blog but i thought this deserved it’s own spot on the front page for a bit. Jonathan Mann (of CO-OP theme song fame, amongst other things) is really freaking awesome and has written a song about Sarah Palin’s resignation using words from her speech ...

This weekend Cindy has gone to visit her parents leaving me on my own for three nights – so I have got some serious time in with the Xbox, Twitter and PartyPoker. Bit bored now so looking forward to her coming home tomorrow. I am conscious that computers and video games provide much more entertainment than TV these days. I ...

Happy American Independence Day everyone. I see that Sarah Palin announced her resignation as Governor of Alaska today.  There were some rumours earlier in the day that she might have been looking for a senate seat or that this move was geared towards kickstarting a 2012 Presidential campaign but I believe its confirmed that Palin is not only resigning as ...

Apparently everyone has been talking about his band for months and I was the last one to the party. I guess that’s what I get for not watching Gossip Girl. Amazon actually recommended this to me (and for once was actually right). This album is brilliant. Sounding like an amalgamation of Nirvana, The Hives, Weezer (circa Pinkerton) and Brand New, ...

I’ve honestly been holding off from writing this review simply because I don’t really understand what I am listening to. Grizzly Bear was recommended to me by an elite hipster friend and not wanting to be the only scenester at the party not drinking Pabst Blue Ribbon, I promptly ordered it on Amazon. Here’s the thing, its hardly pop music ...

I’ve just about finished my three months in Sydney and I’ll be flying back to Brisbane on Friday.  I have learnt an awful lot since being here, but I’ve pretty much finished my project-work in Customer Marketing and now its time to go home to Brisbane. I’ve made some awesome friends in the time I’ve been here.  They organised a ...

.. those are two words that I have thrown around for most of the week in an attempt to justify me being a bit touchy and on-edge. Currently, and I use this word very fittingly, I am juggling two features and a project that need to be done by my editorial dealine on Friday.. Although it is very much an ...

For some reason, about a month ago, I nominated myself to run an all-day workshop for an organisation that has a partnership with the company I work for.  I can’t quite recall why I thought this was a good idea.  I’ve never done anything like this before and now its a day away and I’m a little nervous about it.  ...

Jen gave me an early birthday present this year:  an HD video camera.  She’s pretty awesome like that. It must drive her nuts because I only bought a video camera three years ago and I barely used it.  All the videos I’ve taken over the last couple of years have been using the video recording function on my digital camera.  ...