Aug 09

Cool!  I’m sitting here watching the cycle road race at the Olympics and the cyclists are going through a place called Badaling just outside of Beijing.  That’s where I visited the Great Wall of China in ‘91.  I even recognosed the carpark after all these years :)

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Aug 08

I’ve finished (at last) reading James F. Hamilton’s Night’s Dawn trilogy all in one go. Six volumes each at more than 600 pages in paperback form!  Naturally I read it on my Sony Reader and what a great read it was!

It was a strange series mixing sci-fi with a lot of afterlife/spiritual threads mixed in.  The 3600 odd pages flew past and the the ending drew all the different story lines together brilliantly.

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Aug 07

The mighty Phoenix reached the first cup final in their short history and last night played the Melbourne Victory, last years league winners, in the pre-season cup final.

9,208 people watched the two teams have their chances in regulation time but no-one could break the nil all deadlock.  After 90 minutes it all came down to a penalty shootout.

The Phoenix lost 8-7 after about 15 minutes of agonising shots from the spot…….

A great but ultimately disappointing night.

Here’s Vic and Emma during the shootout!

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Aug 04

It certainly seemed like this when I was fourteen (and thirty) :)

From xkcd

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Jul 31

It’ll confuse a lot of people…. :) Very funny though!

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Jul 30

I thought I’d search for myself (as you do) in the newest search engine in town - cuil (pronounced cool).  Disappointingly I was on about page 12 but it linked to a couple of pics I haven’t seen in a while :)

Houses of Parliament in London

Greenwhich tunnel under the Thames River

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Jul 28

Got this from a guy at work and it made me laugh :)

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Jul 25

This absoolutely tickled Vic :)

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