Space. The Final Frontier (to pollute)

According to the BBC, “Europe’s biggest, most sophisticated spaceship is about to bring its six-month mission to an end by plunging into the Pacific in a ball of flames.” How sophisticated could it be? – they have to crash it to get it out of space.
I have blogged previously about how much space junk there [...]

Bush and Palin go on a date

What’s going on with the world? All of a sudden a bloke who can’t say the word ‘nuclear‘ sounds like the voice of reason in the United States. I’m finding myself saying, “That Sarah Palin sure is wacky. Lucky good ‘ole George is there to steady the ship. Yep, George Bush – he knows what [...]

Reflections on a mediocre football career

(i.e. my football career).
With AFL football finals starting this week, I thought it was a good time to take stock and reflect on my six-year amateur football career. Don’t worry, it won’t take long.
I never really had a nickname at the footy club, but if I did it would probably be something like ‘The Human [...]

Listening to life

Just quickly – I saw this article today about a paraglider who died yesterday. Fair to say the location gave a clue about the perils he faced. Seriously, who would jump from somewhere called ‘Crackneck Lookout’? That would be like Harold Holt swimming at Drown Mysteriously surf beach. Or Todd McKenny being found with his [...]