I discovered some photo albums in the garage today and decided to scan a few pictures in case they ever get lost. The albums cover the period from leaving home in the mid 80s to when I started using digital cameras around 2001. This picture is of me working as a cadet journalist at the [...]
My hockey career
I played hockey at high school and for several years afterwards. My first experience in year nine was pretty rough. By Year 12 though we had become more sophisticated and we had established teams. I played left inner, by memory, and was captain of the school team that defeated Traralgon High and drew with Gippsland [...]
Players snub Allan Border
The 163 players who have represented Australia at one-day international cricket have omitted former skipper Allan Border from their popularly elected best-ever team. The selected side in batting order is: Adam Gilchrist, Mark Waugh, Ricky Ponting (vc), Dean Jones, Steve Waugh (c), Michael Bevan, Andrew Symonds, Shane Warne, Brett Lee, Dennis Lillee, Glenn McGrath, Greg [...]
The world is going mad #1
I’ve got plenty of examples that the world is going mad. I’ll start counting them. According to the Herald-Sun: Toy soldiers, model war planes and wrestling figurines have been banned in schools across the state in a politically correct crackdown. Primary schools and kindergartens have declared themselves “war toy free zones” and outlawed traditional toys [...]
Kathleen becomes a teenager
When your own children reach certain milestones they are defining moments in their parents’ lives. Kathleen becoming a teenager is one of those milestones for Juliet and I. Kathleen’s birthday is on (Monday) February 12 but we’re celebrating today (Saturday) so she can have friends over. I’d like to say it seems like yesterday that [...]
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