Many things can be passed down in one family through the generations, , traditions, jewelry, illnesses or even old records. But what if it’s something that no one in the family knows about it, something that’s so insidious its wrecks havoc once the matriarch of the family dies, something that is passed down that nobody would ever dare want? Continue reading Hereditary
Halep vs Stephens
This match is a tale of two very different Grand Slam histories. The Romanian Simona Halep is 0-3 in Grand Slam Finals, all 3 set heartbreaking losses. At the French Open last year losing 6-4 in the final set to surprise winner Jelena Ostapenko and 4 years ago in Paris losing 6-3 in the 3rdto Sharapova, could tonight she finally be left standing holding the winners trophy? Continue reading French Open Finals Preview 2018
We are virtually at the mid point of the NRL season, 12 rounds have been played and not a heck of a lot separates 1stfrom 9th. The referees and a smorgasbord of penalties have been a continual discussion and unfortunately will continue to be. Let’s run through the ladder and see how your team is travelling and try to work out how the final top 8 may look. Continue reading NRL Mid-Season Report 2018
The dusty clay of Paris is almost upon us, get ready for long rallies and lingering camera shots of fashionable Paris people you don’t know but could imagine enjoy lots of red wine with blue cheese as they drag on long cigarettes in bourgeois coffee shops. Stereotype alert. Continue reading French Open Preview 2018
Ryan Reynolds is Deadpool. There is no disputing that, ‘Superhero’ over the years have become synonymous with certain actors, Christopher Reeve with Superman, Michael Keaton with Batman, Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, Reynolds plays Deadpool with such wisecracking glee that you can’t imagine another actor playing the role. Continue reading Deadpool 2
By the early 90’s the musical landscape had changed, the machismo dripping hair metal of the 80’s were a distant memory, ‘grunge’ had exploded, in 91 Nirvana released ‘Nevermind’ and the record companies were drooling for the next big thing. Siamese Dream was the second album for Smashing Pumpkins and Virgin Records expected a monster seller, the problem was the Pumpkins were a band in turmoil. Continue reading Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream
There it was, an old rickety shack of a building stuck fronting a caravan park on the outskirts of The Entrance, a sleepy coastal town. It was day one of a swimming class I’d been signed up for; I was 11 years old with a bowl haircut and butterflies camped in my stomach. Continue reading There’s a Dragon in this water
Public Holidays come and go, some have more meaning than others and you could say a certain level of commercialism has crept in along the way, but one day is more sacred than the rest to a lot of Australians and New Zealanders, and that’s ANZAC DAY.
Facebook head honcho Mark Zuckerberg fronted Congress this week to testify before lawmakers with the looming dirty word ‘regulation’ hanging over his head, although from some of these questions and exchanges I don’t think he has anything to worry about with ‘in over their head’ Politicians. Continue reading Your data isn’t yours
The news had come through from the local Track & Field Club; I’d been selected to run a leg of the 1982 Commonwealth Games Relay as the Queens Baton wormed its way up the coast to Brisbane. I was 12 years old. There was one problem, I was a sprinter, the 100m, 200m and occasionally under sufferance the 400m. The distance I had to run with the baton through my hometown of Budgewoi was a little under 3km, oh no. Continue reading My adventures with the Commonwealth Games Baton