Hi. How are you? Great news. There is much in the sporting news to pick over today. Aaron Cruden for instance, missing the team flight to Argentina because he slept in. Manchester United lose to Wainuiomata or someone I've never heard of. Wellington lose their 6th straight game. Another fantastic game of league coming down … Continue reading Internet Buttheads
This week marks the start of the Ryder Cup in Scotland. It could have been the People's Republic of Scotland or whatever....not to be. Outside of the four major championships, this is the greatest golf event staged. The players are fired up, the fans are fired up and the media go on a hype fest. … Continue reading Riding the Ryder Wave
Could the New Zealand Election get any weirder? I'm sure weirder isn't a word, well at least shouldn't be. The country has suffered a sort of temporary psychosis where, temporarily, the brain acts as if there is nothing else going on. The news is all about it. There are debates, mud-slinging, spying, leaked emails,HACKED emails, books and … Continue reading Temporary (election) Psychosis
I just watched a TED talk by a guy called Dan Meyer. http://youtu.be/qocAoN4jNwc He has some wonderful thoughts on how maths should be taught. Now, WTF was I doing watching an education piece about maths? Could you be more of a nerd? Well, as it happens I was once a maths teacher. Yes I inflicted … Continue reading What have I missed?
] Thanks Seth McFarlane...I hope you don't mind I used your picture. If you do, give me a whistle and I'll offer you a beer and perhaps a bourbon. Today marked the opening of the Hagley Oval's Cricket Pavilion. A magnificent looking little structure to mirror the shape of the Port Hills. A cricket … Continue reading Hagley Nay? Hagley Yay!
So, I went to the game...my beloved Magpies thumped Otago 41-0!!! Quite unbelievable really. On to Bay of Plenty next week....not really a bay...more an elongated piece of curved coastline. I got home in time to watch the sports news and saw the highlights of the Mayweather fight. The guy is quite the athlete and … Continue reading American Sport
A classic test. Punch and counter punch. I am a purist when it comes to my game and last night's test was exactly that....a test. A test of will. A test of character. A test of mettle. The All Blacks came out on top of a contest that for a large part of the 80 … Continue reading All Blacks V South Africa…Number 1 V Number 2
Waikato, Wellington, Auckland, Bay of Plenty. All Premiership teams in the ITM Cup. For those international bods reading this, the ITM Cup is New Zealand's provincial rugby championship, and the very pride of provincial types like me. The teams listed above are all teams that have, to date, sucked something awful. Wellington lost two games … Continue reading WTF happened to the NPC?
There I was, sitting in the back of dad's car driving to Auckland for a flight out to Brisbane. The flights from Napier were cancelled you see, due to fog. So a long day awaits. Anyway, while I was sitting there I couldn't help but but wonder how many trucks/semis/lorries we would encounter. So as … Continue reading Wednesday bitching
The screamer was beaten in the US Open by Caroline Wozniacki. It seems Caro and Rory are doing well since breaking up. Is the screaming necessary? Probably not, but it certainly get people talking and polarises the audience. Michael Sam was dropped by the St. Louis Rams. Sam is/was the only openly gay NFL player. … Continue reading Interesting quips from the weekend
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