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Last night, before Brisbane got demolished by Stormageddon, I went to the cinema and saw Tangled.  When the trailers for the film were being aired in December, Jen pointed out to me that the character Flynn had a bit of a resemblance to Matt.  It became one of those annoying things that I couldn’t unsee when I watched the film ...

“Never have I seen such horrible weather.  Here’s to 2011 being an improvement.  I can’t see how it could be any worse.” – Me, when I blogged 11 days ago. These are some pictures from Queensland in the past 24 hours which has been hit with severe flooding across 75% of its populated areas.  The whole city came to a ...

I made a JIS video from the footage I had from July 2000. Let me know what you think. Have two more to come. One of ISB which will be much longer and some salt monkeys / new years 2000 as well. Edo – you will very much look forward to the new years footage! Give me until the weekend ...

So upon returning to the UK, my girlfriend asked “Do you have any resolutions for this year?”, to which I answered “Yup. Blog more.” – This is my first post. It is the tenth. If I carry on at this blistering rate then this year will see an astounding 35 posts. Man, resolutioning is easy. My first blog is a ...

The premiere world footballing competition, the AFC Asian Cup begins this weekend.  The competition features sixteen of Asia’s best footballing nations and is held every four years.  The defending champions of the competition are Iraq who beat Saudi Arabia in the final of the 2007 competition. Australia are perennial favourites to win the tournament but they did such a shit ...

The first home game of the New Year saw the Roar entertain the basement dwelling Perth Glory.  Although the Glory languish near the bottom of the table, they have hit a run of good form beating Adelaide United and drawing away to Gold Coast United in recent weeks.  Would the Glory finally be the team to end The Streak? The ...

Australia 280 & 281 England 644 England win the game by an innings and 83 runs. England retain the Ashes and win the series 3-1. Whelp, the fact that I had an awesome final round in the Fantasy Ashes league was little consolation for what has been a miserable summer of cricket for the Aussies.  What an absolute hiding.  I ...

Today is my last day working as the manager of the Service Centre.  So for this week’s Youtube Friday clip, here’s Ronnie Corbett doing a sketch about the problem’s he’s having with his Blackberry.

Imagine if you will, a ninety minute fantasy film that managed to recreate the essense of the Lord of the Rings films.  There is a young protagonist who must embark on a long and perilous journey.  He has a network of friends that will give him guidance and support.  There is an evil army that wants to conquer the land.  ...

I Love You Phillip Morris is the remarkable true story of a gay con artist Steven Russell who commits a massive amount of credit card fraud, gets sent to prison, finds love with an inmate and then sets about becoming a lawyer so that he can secure an early release for his newfound lover. The story is told as a ...