Firstly, mind the look of the place. This blog is like most people’s spare room at the moment. Nobody comes in here much, it’s a bit of a mess but there’s definitely a plan to fix the place up a bit. That said, Christmas is coming and with all the weekends pretty much booked out [...]
This week marked my auspicious return to the volleyball court. I had forgotten which year it was that I last slipped on the knee pads but due to the magic of putting a lot of work into writing a blog since 2003, I can simply go back in time and see that my operation was [...]
I was thinking about writing a post on the Olympics until I realised I did that four years ago.
Here, and here.
Only the city has changed, really.
And last night I watched handball.
So where was I? Yeah, that’s right, I went to Melbourne then came home and sort of just fell asleep.
Melbourne was great. Good to be back in my home state. I don’t know what to make of myself sometimes because I don’t often feel very Australian and despite, or probably because of, my football-filled youth, [...]
There’s a growing number of people joining in protest over the Olympic games, soon to be held in China.
I, for one, would like to add my voice to the chorus. I think the upcoming Olympic games should not only be boycotted by athletes everywhere, but be cancelled outright.
Not so much for any political reason, you [...]
Growing up, I played a lot of competitive sport. When I got a bit of coordination about me, sometime in early high school, I took up Australian Rules football, then moved on to volleyball quite early and gave footy the flick before I turned 16. For a while I was a bad sportsman (which I [...]
I don’t know what to say. But not in the way you think I don’t know what to say.
There are so many things that the Aus v Ita result brings to mind. That everything from here on in is a cliché, that sport really brings out the ugliest in people, whether it’s in victory or [...]
Now, I have nothing against David Hookes and I think it abhorrent that he died the way he did.
However, the media circus that has surrounded not his death, but his post-death period, has been nothing short of cringeworthy. Yesterday was his funeral, and while I respect that he was a good cricketer and deserved an [...]
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