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AFL - Round 16 preview

2008-07-18T03:27:59Z

Only five our of eight last week which means I've really dropped off the lead in the tipping comps I'm in. I have this horrible feeling that, come the end of round 22, I'll be looking back on the time a couple of months ago when I uncharacterist...

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a cynic in the supermarket...

2008-07-17T03:26:37Z

As soon as I was legally able to work (14 years and 9 months of age) I got a job as a night filler at the local supermarket, and pretty much worked at the same place right through until I finished uni and started a "proper" job in 1996. It was a...

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AFL - Round 15 preview

2008-07-11T00:57:30Z

Before I start, I'd just like to briefly whinge about how freakin' cold it's been in Canberra this week. Look at today's prediction - Isolated showers, falling as snow on the hills around Canberra during the morning [I keep looking out the bac...

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Downer responds to Hartcher, and news re: East Timor

2008-07-10T23:15:01Z

A week ago I noted Peter Hartcher's piece on Alexander Downer in the SMH, and today it appears as though Lord Downer has been granted the right of reply - The tragedy of much public commentary in Australia is that it is blatantly anti-conservat...

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Voss goes to the West Coast Eagles

2008-07-10T22:04:05Z

I mentioned in passing a couple of weeks ago about Michael Voss being approached by the Eagles, plus some analysis he'd done of the side, but I flippantly dismissed it thinking that he wouldn't want to make the move all the way over there. But I...

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QotD: Ouch, That Hurt!

2008-07-09T06:45:55Z

Have you ever broken a bone? If not, what's the worst injury you've sustained? Couple of posts from me today as I'm having sort of a "pottering around" day, catching up on doing a few things around the house while looking askance at the some 25...

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The Hollowmen

2008-07-09T04:04:46Z

I think I can confidently predict that Working Dog's new production The Hollowmen (ABC, 9:30pm tonight) will be one of the highest rating television shows in Canberra this week. Well, it's an easy call given the ABC pretty much wins the ratings ...

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One down, one to go...

2008-07-07T05:26:42Z

Just submitted 4,031 words on an analysis of the fees and charges regime under Commonwealth freedom of information law, with a particular focus on the reasoning of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal in Peatling and DEWR [2007] as regards to the ...

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Peter Hartcher on Alexander Downer

2008-07-04T02:38:37Z

Absolutely scathing piece by Peter Hartcher on Alexander Downer in today's Sydney Morning Herald, here are a couple of highlights - ...Downer can be petty and puerile. He plays a mean-spirited, personal, scratchy game of partisan politics. He ca...

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AFL - the rest of round 14

2008-07-04T02:32:19Z

Well, I've had another shocking week with just 2 out of 6 correct from last weekend and, look, honestly, it's feeling like a form slump. I've been a bit crook and had a few other things going on lately so I'm just putting it down to having my at...

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