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It was only last night when we said farewell to Jen’s parents as they flew out to China did it really feel like the closing chapter to a four week winter holiday.  It all started in mid-July when we had relatives arrive from around the world – visiting from Scotland, China and America.  Six in total.  Plus all of Jen’s ...

Wow, the last few days have been as eventful as ever. Earlier in the week, heard that after police shot dead a well known drug dealer and father of four. As a result there was a riot in Tottenham, and apart from hearing Angela and Robin were safe, didn’t really think too much of it as no one else had ...

Today is the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan – it is a day that has more meaning for me this year, as it is the first year in over a decade that I will be spending it living in a Muslim country. This year, the 30 day period however – somewhat cruelly – falls on the ...

I have been meaning to blog about my year of transition but if this NOTW story doesn’t spark inspiration I don’t know what will. Heres probably the biggest story of at least this year if not the last few years and its been all over the press here in London and the world most the of the last few weeks. ...

Starting from tomorrow, I’m going to have six relatives visiting Jen and I in Brisbane for the next three or four weeks.  I won’t have any free time to update The FAT Website until the week starting August 8th. Hopefully in the downtime, some of the other TFW bloggers might do an update or two.  I hear one person has ...

I have no idea what the story is behind this video clip or why it got made.  It’s a short film about the friendship formed between a dolphin and a dog.  It’s pretty rad and has a soundtrack scored by Vangelis who did the soundtrack for Bladerunner. Enjoy, and have a good weekend everyone.

The FAT Website is currently in its eleventh year of operation and aside from a six month hiatus between 2008-2009, the site has now been running for approximately 3,800 days, making it one of the longest running blogs on the Internet. The last time we looked at the stats was in June 2010.  Back then we were pulling around about ...

WWE RAW It’s been said that the wrestling business is ‘cyclical’ meaning that it undergoes peaks and troughs in popularity and relevance to popular culture.  When I was a kid, Hulk Hogan and Rock N’ Roll wrestling was a staple of Eighties pop culture.  It then underwent ten years in the wilderness before being revitalised again by Steve Austin and ...

I was very pleased to learn that my favourite band of all time Def Leppard will be returning to Australia for a tour in October of this year.  An Australian tour is a rare thing for these guys – prior to this occasion, they had only been in town twice in twenty years. I was there for the 2008 show ...

Last night was the night of the big Super 15 Final between the Reds and the Crusaders.  Although it’s the third sporting final I’ve had the good fortune to watch this year, it didn’t make me any less nervous on the day.  Probably the best idea that afternoon was when Dom suggested we go kick the ball around in the ...