Congratulations Spain
Another soccer World Cup is over, with Spain beating Netherlands 1-0 in the final this morning. Congratulations to Spain on winning the Cup. I didn’t get up early this morning to watch the final – in fact apart from watching a couple of the midnight games during the tournament, I didn’t follow it as [...]
Pink Panthers
I turned the TV on tonight to see how the football was going and saw this. Took me a minute to figure out which team it was – the Penrith Panthers, who normally wear black. What was going on? Had the whole team turned gay all at once? Was it a celebration of our new [...]
Hero?
Jessica Watson arrived in Sydney yesterday, having completed her aim of sailing solo around the world. Jessica, 16 years old, took 211 days to complete her journey. Greeting her in Sydney were many thousands of spectators, and of course, the inevitable politicians looking to bask in some reflected glory. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd gushed over [...]
Busy man
Tiger Woods sure has been a busy man the last few years. The US magazine National Inquirer says the golfing star and serial adulterer has confessed to his wife Elin Nordegren that he slept with as many as 120 women during their five-year marriage. Seems to me that he doesn’t quite get the idea of [...]
Please please keep this promise, forever
According to her agent, Max Markson: "Lara Bingle will not be commenting on her personal life," Thank fuck for that is all I have to say about that. Please, please stick to this promise Lara. How stupid is it that the lead story on the news the last couple of days has been the apparent [...]
Setting realistic expectations
We talk often about setting expectations. For example at work what is our project going to deliver? Is it going to be on time? On budget? Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong was Ghana’s first Winter Olympian, competing in the mens’ slalom skiing event. His objective – to finish, and not last. His result – 47th out of 48 [...]
Go Lydia
Congratulations to Lydia Lassila on winning gold in the womens aerials skiing event at the Vancouver Olympics. Australia’s 2nd gold medal of these Olympics and only 5th of all time. What is it about Australian women flying through the air on skis and snowboards? First Torah Bright, now Lydia Lassila and don’t forget Alisa Camplin [...]
Torah, Torah, Torah
Congratulations to Australian snowboarder Torah Bright on winning gold in the women’s halfpipe in snowboarding today in Vancouver. She’s almost a local, coming from Cooma, NSW, about an hour and a bit down the highway from my home.
Always, and I mean always, proofread …
Especially if its a tattoo design. Penrith Panthers rugby league player Jarrod Sammut didn’t (or he did, but can’t spell himself – quite a likely possibility), and here’s the result. Spot the error. Still I suppose most of the bogans who get tattooed probably don’t notice bad spelling before defacing their skin with shit [...]
Values – words versus actions
Following the Tiger Woods saga is like watching a train wreck happening in front of us. His Mr Clean image is shot to ribbons. As of now, I think he’s up to 11 girlfriends with whom he’s been cheating on his wife. In the only statement I’m aware of since the news of his extra-marital [...]
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