Oh no take ii

Breakings news is that Richard Hammond is critically injured trying to break the land speed record while filming for Top Gear. (If you have no idea what that show is you are missing out on one of THE most entertaining shows on TV. It might be about cars, but to give you an idea just how entertaining it is, Sharon LOVES it... and so do most other girls that watch it. It's that good) You may also know him as the Brainiac presenter.

Here's to hoping the 'Hampster' as he is affectionately known pulls through this ok.

Oh, and my feet are ok...

oh no!

In the UK I used to run a bit, especially towards the end of my time there. Once, not long before leaving while we were living with the Thomas family I ran further than usual. A fair bit further. That afternoon my feet started to hurt. The next day I woke up and the outside edge of both my feet were black - top and bottom. And walking literally felt like I was stepping on needles. It was so bad I really didnt walk for nearly a week and they actualy were bruised for a whole month!!!

Tonight I went for a run in the rain and the darkness (the best time to run)... Longer than I have been going by a fair margin... I forgot the feet thing... I got out of the bath just now and my right foot is killing me...

Uh oh...

Beer ads are always the best!

Lots of companies spend a lot of money on ads. So why are beer ads always the best?

Another classic, this one a flashdance rip-off can be viewed here.

Great job Big Ben!

This will be reported elsewhere in the Aussie media I'm sure, but just wanted to give props to Ben Graham for making it as one of the NY Jets co-captains for this years American NFL season. This is nothing short of extraordinary! Why? Here's the reasons:

• He is only in his second season in the sport
• He was the oldest rookie in NFL history (age 31)
• It was voted for by the players, not appointed by the coach or match committee
• He is possibly the first Aussie to captain an American pro sport team (unconfirmed)
• He is most probably the first player in modern professional sport to captain teams in two different sports and is surely the first to have done so on two continents (again, unconfirmed, but quite likely).

This is such an outstanding achievement for a bloke who took a big risk. Good luck with it big fella!

That HAS to be fun!

If you haven't read Brad's latest post yet, go read it here. That HAS to be one of the best ideas I've ever heard of!

Turns out I like trees...

So, Sharon and I were talking yesterday, and it turns out owning a home has turned us into people that like trees... I can't explain it much really. It's not that I didn't like nature before - I loved it actually. But I never really noticed Spring in action before... All of a sudden I notice trees that are budding with new Spring growth. I notice flowers and things like I haven't before. I appreciate trees in a way I never did before.

I could always stand on a mountain and marvel at Gods' awesome handiwork, but this is different. Now I can just look at a tree and I get it. I can marvel at the work of the Almighty and pretty damn funky God just by watching a tree in my yard that was last week totally bare all of a sudden spring to life with green everywhere. It knows just when to do it.

I can't see how there couldn't be 'intelligent design' when I see this. My sight is different now. Seriously.

How odd do I feel right now...

*mumbles something about turning into a tree-hugging hippy*

Farewell, mate!

About 2 hours ago Steve Irwin was killed filming a documentary on the Great Barrier Reef. Early reports indicate he was stung by a stingray.

Farewell mate. A larger-than-life, over-the-top, fight for all he believes in type of guy that all Australia should be truly proud of for the amount he has achieved for wildlife education and conservation not only in this country but internationally.

You'll be sorely missed by us all.

World Champions

Here's a thought...

Now that the U.S. basketball team have once again managed to not make it to the Gold Medal game at a major world championship, let alone win the gold medal, would it be too much to hope that they stop calling their club team that wins the NBA title World Champions finally?

Yeh... it'd be too much to ask. Nothing like blind arrogance...

Oh, and I was once told that the World Series in baseball is called that because of some paper or something called The World that was a sponsor or some similar story, so it was literally the 'World' Series. So in baseball I was going to forgive them... Then I started to read up on it, and I think that information was wrong. It seems the history of baseball in the U.S. is just as misguided. And the U.S. last won the actual world championship in baseball in 1974...

I know it seems like I'm yank bashing. I only write this blog because I'm watching the basketball worlds on TV as I write this. And besides, if you make big claims you need to back them up, or you leave yourself open. And I know, I know - one is a country event, the other is a club event. But still, the term World when you don't play other nations' teams is still crazy. The AFL premiers would have a better claim to World Champions as they really WOULDN'T be beaten in that sport, but it just would seem wrong...

What's so bad about 'National Champions'???