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Month: August 2008

Marc

badaling

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…

Marc

phew

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…

Football

heartache

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…