Go Eagles

Fantastic game today in the AFL grand final, with the West Coast Eagles holding on to win by a point over the Sydney Swans. Thats 2 grand finals in a row between these teams, Swans up by 4 points last year, the Eagles by one today … and, as they kept saying during the broadcast, […]

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Time to commit

Who will win the footy this weekend?

Tomorrow, West Coast to beat the Sydney Swans.Sunday, Melbourne Storm to win over the Brisbane Broncos.

Technorati Tags: AFL, West Coast Eagles, Sydney Swans, NRL, Melbourne Storm, Brisbane Broncos

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Philistines? Barbarians?

Labor MP Peter Garrett has labelled senior Federal Government ministers as “philistines” claiming they are obsessed with sport at the expense of Australia’s art and culture.Garrett had this to say:

“The idea of a national political leader championing an artist, author or designer in 2006 seems almost absurd.
“Politicians continually associate themselves with sport and sporting success […]

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Hey look!!! I’m a serious blogger now

Look at me … I made it onto Crikey’s Blogwatch. Does this lend credibility to my rantings or not?
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PDA alert

Big news day today obviously. Margaret Whitlam, wife of former PM Gough, criticised Janette Howard, wife of John, for ….get this …. holding hands with him in public. Errrr, PDA (public display of affection) - is something my kids would say when my wife and I hold hands or kiss in public, but its hardly […]

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Finally!

The Australian women’s basketball team, the Opals, are world champions, after beating Russia 91-74 in the world championship final in Brazil this morning.

Congratulations! The Opals have been there or thereabouts the top for many years. I remember them coming 4th in Olympics and World Championships, then cracking it for bronze, then silver (with the USA […]

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Defeats the point, doesn’t it?

Schools are having problems with parents doing their childrens’ homework, and are having to warn parents off. Some schools are making the kids do their assignments in class time to make sure it is actually their own work.
Sort of defeats the point of homework doesn’t it? I know parents hand hold their children, but this […]

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Crime and punishment

The killing of Jodie Palipuaminni by her husband Trenton Cunningham was terrible. He did this while on parole for previously assaulting her with a steel bar and pouring boiling water over her. Despite a parole condition that he have no contact with his wife, he was able to breach his parole on at least 5 […]

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Working from home

I work from home most of the time now … the joys of laptop and mobile phone, and working with people in different time zones (for example, I have lots of conference calls late at night, early morning US, sometime in the afternoon in Europe). But one of the advantages is the flexibility I get […]

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Shelley Kovco lets rip

In the hearing into her husband, Jake’s shooting death in Baghdad earlier this year, Shelley Kovco gave it to:

Brendan Nelson, for shooting his mouth and speculating how Jake died without actually having any facts to base it on
diplomat Alistair Adams for fucking up the identification of Jake Kovco’s body in Kuwait
the media for its invasion […]

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