Olympics preview
And it’s going to be “gold, gold to Australia, gold” quite a lot at the Beijing Games, if the predictions of US sports magazine (and annual cheesecake purveyor) Sports Illustrated hold up. They’re predicting 22 gold medals for Australia, five [...]
Restless natives & all that
Yes of course I should be working. Paperwork piled beside me like a poorly executed Andy Goldsworthy piece, a floor that could do with a vacuum, sink full of dishes, presents to wrap. Thankfully there’s always tomorrow. Such ill-discipline. So [...]
This time last year
On Larvatus Prodeo last year, and crossposted at Hoyden, I posted a short few lines on how I don’t bother to turn the telly on the watch the Melbourne Cup. If I was still working in an office, I’d enjoy [...]
Government looks to wedge…AFL
Fresh from wedging African refugees, the government moved on to its next wedge target yesterday…the AFL and its drugs policy. The AFL, in its infinite wisdom (or that of its sponsors) began testing its players all year round for illegal [...]
Who else is getting excited about the Rugby World Cup?
The Rugby World Cup kicks off on Friday and I’m super-excited. For the first time in quite a while it looks like there are a whole bunch of teams in the mix to win this year’s cup. It’s no secret [...]
What about experience?
While down here in marvellous Melbourne our Premier might have left at the top of his game, an even more important figure was eased out. For every column inch devoted to Steve Bracks going, there has been two devoted to [...]
Australia wins world cup and nobody cares
After such an insipid and tragic tournament, there is some appropriateness that the tournament ended in farce. Australia were so far in front of the field this time around it wasn’t funny; despite not having arguably their best one-day paceman [...]
Cancelled due to foul play
Watching the sports news on TV last night left me with a bad taste in my mouth. The item about Australia’s latest cricket victory made no mention of the murder of Pakistan’s coach in the West Indies last week. Of [...]
Mens Sano in Corpore Sano
OzConservative Mark Richardson mulls over liberalism and concludes: [Cultural elitism] is a cheap elitism. To claim it, you don’t actually have to be elite in any field or in any aspect of personal character. You simply have to look with [...]
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