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While visiting Sydney for work, I made a booking for a restaurant in the city called Tetsuya’s.  We had read about the restaurant and its chef Tetsuya Wakuda, whose cullinary skills attracted world recognition.  It was the first time me and Jen also got to try a degustation menu. For the uninitiated: Degustation is a culinary term meaning “a careful, ...

Reviewed on Nintendo Wii Virtual Console. One of the most welcome additions to all of the current generation consoles is the ability to play older classic titles, whether through backwards compatability or through the online stores: Xbox Marketplace, Wii Shop and Playstation Network.  Its a feature that helps gives gaming context and a sense of history as well as welcome ...

The WWE Pay Per View No Mercy is on tonight and after a year of John Cena as champ, an unexpected real-life injury thats put him on the shelf for a year means we finally get a new champion tonight. Since he got injured on the last RAW before the PPV, the company hasn’t had time to actually build up ...

Okay, so I was completely wrong with my predictions for the first two games.  Tonight we’ve got South Africa vs Fiji and Scotland vs Argentina. South Africa vs Fiji South Africa are huge favourites to win the tournament now.  But something about that smug cockface Eddie Jones actually being on a winning side after leading the Wallabies to 8 losses ...

AUSTRALIA 10 ENGLAND 12 NEW ZEALAND 18 FRANCE 20 I’m tired, I’ve had 2 hours sleep and after I blog this I have to go to work  All my hopes and dreams now rest on Scotland.

It’s on! Australia vs England (c) & New Zealand vs France The strange thing about both quarter final matches tonight is that the outcomes should be predictable.  On form, Australia and New Zealand should advance.  However there’s something about the World Cup though that makes teams behave like its Opposite Day.  England have gotten the better of Australia the last ...

i read this about a possible reason as to the death of Daniel Benoit… i would still rather not talk about my thoughts on the event. ““Is it possible that after Chris killed Nancy (for whatever reason), he felt Daniel wouldn’t be able to get the care and attention he required as a special needs child (who suffered from Fragile ...

Director:  Joon-Ho Bong Writer:  Joon-Ho Bong Cast:  Kang-Ho Song, Hae-il Park The Host (originally known as Gwoemul) is a Korean blockbuster film that is about a gigantic catfish with legs that terrorizes the Han River area of Korea. Written in true monster movie style, the creature is created when a scientist, under the direction of a boorish American, pours chemicals ...

Seriously Pat, I’ve signed up for this thing but I can’t figure out what the hell you’re supposed to do.  I’ve added some people I know and someone sent me a message about being a vampire.  What is the point of this?

So Electronics Boutique called up Jen today to let her know that Gears shipped early and arrived today instead of Thursday.  So she took half an hour off her lunchbreak at work so she could finish early and take a bus to the shopping mall before it closed to get the game for me. Then she served up a delicious ...