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A friend of mine Jess held an Eighties themed party recently.  It was pretty great.  Any excuse to bust out the Def Leppard Hysteria shirt really. It was a pretty messy night.

I was never any good at drinking Guiness. Hope everyone enjoys the day!

This whole thing started seven months ago when my mate Rich lent me a book called A Season With Verona by Tim Parks.  On its own terms it is a wonderfully insightful book into Italian footballing culture but it also resonated with me on another level that relates directly to this blog.  I really enjoyed sharing Park’s highly personal and ...

To get your weekend started…Japanese mimes!

When I was growing up I was a huge fan of newspaper comic strips.  I remember reading those massive broadsheet weekend papers where you would have a double page of comics stuffed somewhere in the middle.  Those papers were so big you could unfold it and lay it out on the floor in the lounge like a map when you ...

South Bank has always been a pleasant and picturesque riverside tourist trap in Brisbane but for the last few years the restaurants and cafes along the Little Stanley street strip left a little to be desired.  There was plenty of variety on offer but most of the eateries were decidedly average. That all changed in the past couple of the ...

This is why Jeff Goldblum is so great. Have a good weekend everyone.

Here I am in my Boba Fett costume.

The 83rd Academy Awards took place on Sunday 27th February, eminating from the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles! This year, I was pretty happy with the ten nominations for the Best Picture award.  I felt there was a decent range of films that were up for recognition with no glaring omissions.  I would have liked to have seen Blue Valentine ...

When I was visiting some friends in London last year, a boyfriend of a friend recommended an author to me by the name of Malcolm Gladwell.  At the time, I was appallingly drunk and had to ask him to repeat the name of the author no less than seven times.  After that, it must have stayed in some dormant part ...