In moments of boredom during a few days off with vertigo and “flu-like symptoms” the past few weeks, I engaged in a long overdue task of recovering posts from various former sites and archiving them here on my blog. In…
At some point in the past month, the WordPress theme that had served this site so well since 2015 stopped functioning, forcing me into a new search for a new template. As I’ve done, time and time again, I mark…
Recently, Optus Sports run a four-part series on football in Australia. It covered the evolution of the A-League, the debate defining Australia’s football future, the vision for fixing football in Australia, and the women’s game in this country. While there’s…
Two years ago today I wrote “Writing, Drawing, Creating” about how I was going to attempt to reengage with blogging. Given I posted a total of four posts in the two years, I think it’s safe to say that was…
Watching an old 2019 episode of ABC Foreign Correspondent about the growing intolerance of Danish society, The State of Denmark, Ellie Jokar, a Danish Muslim comedian/rapper/actor said something that really resonated with me… something that made me think of my…
Another Olympics comes to a close, and Tokyo 2020 (aka “Tokyo 2021”) has been been a great success despite the many challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. Yes, the stadiums were without crowds, and it was a year late, but…
In a binary world, a world were the only options were thumbs-up or thumbs-down, I’d have to give beaches a thumbs-down. Don’t get me wrong, there’s a lot to like about beaches… the beauty, the serenity, the sound of waves…
Another New Year… another attempt to re-engage with writing… with blogging, actually. Truth is, I’ve been writing a fair bit, and drawing a little. What I’ve not been doing is sharing these here. Why? Not sure. A number of reasons…
I stumbled upon a link on the ABC News website titled “The stats don’t lie: Australia’s gargantuan World Cup task” which took me to James Maasdorp’s article titled “Comparing the Socceroos to the giants of world football through goals, appearances…
