Alica Molik and The Roar
I’ve had my first article published on sports opinion website The Roar.
It’s about tennis player Alicia Molik, her comeback from injury and her disappointing first-round exit from the Australian Open.
I watched Molik play all of her matches in the Pro Tour event at Mount Gambier last year. Big crowds turned out to see her and I thought it was great that she came back via the regional circuit.
She’s a lovely lady and I hope she overcomes the Melbourne loss to make her mark on world tennis this year.
The Roar is an interesting site. It’s been going for a couple of years and has some high-quality sports commentary and discussion.
Please take a look and “cheer” my article.
Blogging block
I’ve struggled to write anything here over the past couple of weeks. I feel I need to “use it or lose it” so I’ve pushed myself a couple of times to write a post.
Writing is a good habit to maintain.
A couple of my other sites like Australian Newspapers are virtually dormant.
I’m enjoying the brief format of Twitter at the moment though and Short Say.
Maybe that’s part of my problem here.
If you haven’t visited Short Say yet, take a look. Anyone can register and comment or post.
Copyright Agency Limited
I had never heard of the Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) until today when they surprised me with some happy news.
CAL sent me an email and left a phone message saying they wanted to pay me some money!
Like most people I’m suspicious of emails like that, and because I received the email before hearing the phone message, I almost sent it straight to the spam folder. (more…)
Poor handwriting
I’m embarrassed how poor my handwriting has become. It was never good, but it’s become worse. I struggled to write neatly in primary school; now it’s impossible.
I can print letters okay, but cursive script is atrocious.
Today I wrote Christmas messages for some key contacts. I could barely read them myself. I blame two factors:
1) Typing. I’ve typed far more than I’ve written over the past 20 years. I barely write at all now, except short notes and my signature.
2) Work. I never learned proper shorthand, but developed my own version. It gives me useful notes of conversations, meetings and interviews. Only I can read it, so it’s almost like writing in code!
So, between lack of use and “writing” an alternative script I figure that I’ve lost the art of cursive script. Whether I need to rediscover it is debatable.

