Well, it's that time again, the rednecks have returned to Bathurst again for that annual festival of burning rubber and oily engines.  The silly season that is the Bathurst 1000 is on again and it's been forecasted to be a big one - something like 180,000 people to attend over the 4 days.

What the politicians and the commentators fail to mention is ( Read more... )

I've been watching the Olympics every night and it's been a bit of a blessing and a curse.  While the blessing is for Sal, in that I've not been playing WoW as much, the curse is that the coverage goes until 2am every night.  When you have to get up at 6.30am, going to bed this late is really, really bad ( Read more... )

I was excited and nervous before my first game of soccer in 3 years on the weekend. I arrived down at Proctor Park ready to go, and we organised that I would play keeper in the second half. At half time, I strapped on the gloves and was asked to check with the referee about my glasses, which he promptly said no, I couldn't play in them. Seems ( Read more... )

Well, I finally succumbed to the virus that Caitlin, then Sally, suffered in the last few weeks, on Thursday night.  I spent Friday with a sore throat in the morning, then developing into dizzyness, nautia and the standard flu symptoms.  It wasn't made easier by the fact I had a bad crick in my neck from probably sleeping on it funny on Thursday ( Read more... )

Yes, they are.  I found this out The Hard Waytm. At indoor soccer on Tuesday night, I was accidently tripped up and went down hard on my knees.  I needed help up as my right knee couldn't take my weight, but wasn't sore, it felt kind of stunned or numb.  After getting up, I took the free kick (I am right footed too).  This probably wasn't a good ( Read more... )