I had been planning to spend tonight watching the Infernal Affairs trilogy to celebrate the Year of the Metal Rabbit, but that fell through. As it turns out, this is looking to be a big sporting weekend. I was pointed at a live feed of the Wellington Sevens, so I'm watching that this evening, as well as keeping an eye on the Cricinfo commentary of ( Read more... )

That might be a bit strongBut, as I too noticed after the last match, our last four games do feature three of the bottom four teams. I have a sneaking suspicion that our season will come down to the last game, against the Blues. And fair warning to everyone, I'm jinxing the Lions game in a couple of weeks by having my local rugby compatriots round ( Read more... )

Fuuuuck. Could our middle order be any more incompetent??

Credit where credit's due: great work by the openers. 135/0 by drinks is a score I'd like to see a lot more often.

[Edit: And fantastic work by Butler, Mills and Southee at the end to even get close!]

Don't expect any sports teams to tour Pakistan for a while.

Stuff is reporting that CNN is reporting, but there's nothing on the news here.

On Saturday I attended a Rock Band party at which a number of cocktails were consumed. My creation was up to my usual standard, but on this occasion has a back-story. A couple of years ago, while living in the hood, my roommate and I purchased a number of chili peppers, for shits and giggles. Most were jalapeños, but a couple of were habaneros. One ( Read more... )

For me art resides with the artist. If an athlete is doing something strictly to make money, then they are not an artist (same goes for anyone in the music/writing/etc business). But if they are doing it for love or to entertain then, yes, sport is art.
The entire argumentThere are structural weaknesses to the argument and it doesn't directly ( Read more... )

Synchronised swimmers are freeeeaky. Eight disturbing plastic smiles moving in perfect unison. *shiver ( Read more... )

The Death of American Television?Is American TV killing itself under a steaming pile of its own fetid output? If the Blackberry-and-iPhone set abandon network TV, will the networks adapt to appeal to that demographic or continue for those who remain? Are things this dire in other countries? How much does this apply to TV beyond news and sports ( Read more... )

Dear NBC. Your Olympic coverage sucks. Perhaps if you spent more time showing sport (you do know there are 24 hours in a day right? Use them!) and less time asking female athletes if they're going to settle down and have babies, saying the name of your show (two words) twice in a ten word segue, playing your orchestral theme music, you might not ( Read more... )

What a fantastic day!

purpledragon3 and I smashed the crap out of our to-do list during the day: Island Bay Butchers, Red-Rocks (photos to come), Crepes-a-go-go and Schock. The birthday/leaving drinks was fantastic: Olympics, friends, marmitinis, fire, good times!

And the sport!!

Mahi's inspirational bronze

Valerie Vili "smashes the crap out of it" with a ( Read more... )