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The FAT Website has had over a dozen bloggers writing about their lives around the world for over a decade. Topics cover everything from food, music, sports, travel and general musings on the minutiae of everyday life. The FAT Website blog first started in 1999 as a means for five high school friends to stay in touch as they independently traveled around the world.

The Ashes 2013: The First Test

Current holders: England (since 24 August 2009) Series Records: Australia – Won 31 series, Lost 30, Drawn 5 England – Won 30, Lost 31, Drawn 5 Fixtures: Australia in England 1st Test – Wed Jul 10 – Sun Jul 14; Trent Bridge, Nottingham 2nd Test – Thu Jul 18 – Mon Jul 22; Lords, London 3rd Test – Thu Aug ...

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The Awkward Blog

  www.theawkwardblog.com   Longtime TFW readers will remember Angela who used to blog on this site.  Good news~!  She’s back on the blogging bandwagon.  You can read her stuff at The Awkward Blog.  Unlike The FAT Website, it actually looks like a blog made this decade.  Nice big colourful images, a tidy, minimalist layout and plenty of instagram filtered images.  ...

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Australia Decides 2013: The polls are in…

A week ago, Labor was staring down the barrel of electoral annihilation in September.  Julia Gillard was somehow losing a popularity contest against conservative leader Tony Abbott who typically ranked at about a 35% approval rating.  Labor were looking at losing by ten points in two party preferred polls and that had been consistent for about six months. So last ...

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Shadow of a Doubt [1943]

It’s hard to believe that just one year after he made the earnest, flag-waving ode to Americana that was Saboteur, Alfred Hitchcock would follow it up with Shadow of a Doubt, a creepy paranoia-inducing thriller about an uncle who visits his sister’s family from out of town.  Sweet nature sixteen year old Charlie loves her uncle who has the same ...

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The Lions 2013 Tour

Australia 21 British and Irish Lions 23 Australia 16 British and Irish Lions 15 Australia 16 British and Irish Lions 41 British and Irish Lions win the series 2-1 For the uninitiated, the concept of the British and Irish Lions Tour is that they are a team comprised of the best players from England, Wales, Ireland (and sometimes Scotland) who ...

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Two Weeks Till PAX Australia!

It’s been a whole six months since we’ve been on holiday but thats all about to change in a fortnight.  Jen and I are off to Melbourne for my birthday.  As is our traditional, we’ll be treating ourselves to a nice dinner on our weekend away but the main activity we’ve got planned is attending the inaugural Penny Arcade Expo ...

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Youtube Friday: A Typical Day

I’m coming up to the end of my probation in my job and its going really well (I think).  I’ve just finished a big recruiting drive and I’ve now got a gun sales team together that can crush our targets for the second half of the year.  It’s an eclectic bunch including a fork lift operator, a Lithuanian business woman ...

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